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Hillary Rettig is a writer, coach and workshop leader who specializes in helping ambitious and creative people from all walks of life use their time better, create more rewarding careers, and overcome procrastination, perfectionism, fears, and blocks. She is also a vegan and animal rights activist, a free software/free culture activist, an atheist, a former foster Mom of four Sudanese refugees ("Lost Boys") and a kidney donor. A Bronx native, she now lives in the wonderful community of East Boston.

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January workshops: Boston, Providence, North Haven (CT) and Online
More info here
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Workshop in NYC This Thursday evening. Hope to see you there!
New York: Thursday, December 15, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
“The 7 Secrets of the Prolific”
All Souls Unitarian Church Career Development and Life Design Group
1157 Lexington Avenue
Free, all welcome
Phone: 212-535-5530
Email: info@allsoulsnyc.org
This workshop tells you how to identify and overcome the major forces that inhibit and constrain productivity including:
1. perfectionism and negativity
2. resource scarcity
3. unmanaged time
4. suboptimal process
5. internalized oppression and ambivalence
6. toxic rejection, and
7. disempowering career paths
Writers, students, programmers, entrepreneurs and job seekers and others all welcome, and all will find the content useful. By the end of the workshop, you should feel more empowered and less stressed, and have real solutions that you can use to immediately boost your productivity.
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Upcoming Workshops: New York, Boston, Providence, North Haven (CT), and Online
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New Telephone-Based Support Program for Graduate Students and Other Academic Writers
I’m VERY excited to announce that I am starting a new telephone-based support program specifically for graduate students and other academic writers. Whether you are working to complete a thesis, book, or coursework, the Academic Writing Catalyst Program will not only provide weekly support and a fantastic, caring community, but tools and techniques that will boost your productivity, and lower your stress, now and throughout your career.
Each 90-minute call will start with a 20-minute lesson/discussion on a particular productivity barrier and/or technique. Then we’ll do a round-table discussion in which each participant discusses his or her progress over the last week, and achievements and challenges. I’ll offer advice and insight, and additional valuable advice and insight will come from the other participants.
As we’ve discovered in the Grub Street Writing classes I’ve taught for more than seven years, there’s a real benefit to working on your productivity challenges in a group of like-minded and compassionate peers. A peer group not only “normalizes” your underproductivity, but helps you gain confidence and perspective as you watch (and help) other good people make progress on their productivity challenges.
Calls will be weekly, and last 90 minutes: days and times to be determined. Since it’s a new program, I’m offering the first cycle at a discount: $200 for 8 calls, plus you’ll get a free copy of The 7 Secrets of the Prolific ebook, which I’ll be asking you to do some readings from. The maximum number of participants is 8, so register early. (Use PayPal button, below, or email me for a mailing address for your check.) If at any point you decide the program isn’t for you, I’ll refund the balance, minus $25 per call you’ve already participated in and applicable PayPal or other fees.
The Academic Writing Catalyst Program is truly an investment that will pay off now, and into the future. I look forward to joining you on the call.
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