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The Grateful Academic

Mar 3, 20233 min read

Dialling up the positivity switch in our brains

Have you ever considered that how we think about something, might be able to change how it feels? This blog is about the power of positivity

Dr Vikki Burns

Dec 3, 20223 min read

Guest Blog: Accepting where you are is the first step to getting where you want by Dr Vikki Burns

Dr Vikki Burns aka The PhD Life Coach, writes about self-acceptance and how we can learn to treat ourselves more compassionately.

Fabienne Vailes

May 5, 20225 min read

Guest Blog: The importance of compassion and self-compassion in education by Fabienne Vailes

The latest guest blog at thegfratefulacademic.com is all about compassion, from the wonderful Fabienne Vailes.

Kate Tapper

Apr 8, 20223 min read

Guest Blog: Can academics be kind and successful? by Kate Tapper

Sharing the Grateful Academic's second blog on kindness, I welcome the wonderful Kate Tapper, founder of Bud Development to the site.

Prof James Norman

Nov 13, 20214 min read

Guest Blog: The Kind Professor by James Norman

In this latest guest blog, Professor James Norman writes his blog on the amazing quality that is kindness

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