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  April 6, 2026 / Building Confidence, Career Change, Change Strategy, Confidence, Joy, Learning, Moving on, Optimism, Positive Thinking, Resilience, Stress, Taking Control

  7 easy strategies to implement for change right now

  Are you struggling with unexpected change? Even when a transition is anticipated—or something you’ve wanted for a long time—it can still be unsettling. In my new book, Dealing with Change: How to Move from Surviving to Thriving During Difficult Life Transitions, I share practical ways to navigate change with resilience, perspective, and even joy.

   
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  July 1, 2025 / academia, Communication, Happiness in academia, Help with Writing, Learning, productivity, Success, Teaching, Writing

  Should I use AI in academic writing?

  Table of Contents If you still need help with your writing, schedule your free 20-minute, no-obligation session with Hillary.  

   
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  October 1, 2023 / academia, brain, Critical Thinking, Learning

  7 ways to train your brain for higher education

  Isn’t training your brain exactly what the world of higher education is all about? Whether you are a student, faculty, or administrator, don’t you want to train your brain and increase your ability to discern what’s important from what is not?

   
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  August 1, 2023 / academia, ChatGPT, communication, Communication, Communication Tool, Critical Thinking, Help with Writing, Learning, Teaching, Writing

  6 essential strategies to use when allowing ChatGPT for student writing

  In this post, you will find a short list of the pros, cons, and six strategies you can use if you allow the use of ChatGPT for student writing. Professors […]

   
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• October 1, 2022

  Good enough and five tips for learning