Where are you going and what do you need to get there?
Get Out of Your Head: Planning Ahead to Achieve Your Goals
Length: Three (3) Day Intensive Workshop
June 9-11, 2025
Philadelphia, PA
Register here!! FIVE SLOTS LEFT!
We all plan to get something done. We also know getting things done takes a lot more than thoughts and subject matter expertise. There is always the constant need to improve the balance between rest, life, and work. Perhaps you need a space and time to really focus and force your hand to get something done. Maybe you need someone to validate you and your work. Whether you’re shifting priorities for a current activity or planning ahead for the coming months, after completing this workshop you will be able to:
Build a parking lot for your ideas, your study/class planning, and set up an extremely detailed plan to follow.
Move from the 10,000 foot view to a 1,000 foot view of your work
Identify surprises that are not actually surprises so you can avoid them
Show up for your work as your true authentic self
Enact practices such as meditation that can help you stay cool under pressure, reduce your stress, and keep your mind clear
Use free and paid tools to plan based on your learning and work style (e.g. visual, verbal/written, auditory, physical)
Share your plan with your department chair, research office, advisor, etc.
It’s time to get out of your head, take care of yourself, and get the business done!
Cost: $2800 $1800 per person (Register here) We’re discounting the last five seats! Grad students get an additional $150 discount.
This includes:
Longer form and mini workshops on a variety of relevant topics
4 1-hour coaching sessions after the conclusion of the workshop (usable until December 15, 2025)
A full review and feedback on your plan if shared within 6 weeks of the workshop (Friday July 25, 2025)
1:1 individualized coaching during the workshop
Expertise from 4 facilitators to move you forward (see below)
A post-workshop cohort of collaborators
Daily time to focus and do the work
Daily mindfulness and meditation (meditation takes many forms!)
Lunch on Monday June 9 and dinner on Tuesday June 10
Plenty of snacks and drinks each day
Target Audience: This workshop is geared toward faculty and graduate students new to research or pivoting focus areas, people preparing a new class, or anyone that needs help getting out of their own way for any major project. However, all are welcome!
Only 20 FIVE MORE spaces are available!
Location: The Guild House Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
1307 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (MAP)A workshop $300 discount is available for those that book their stay at The Guild House Hotel. Provide your hotel booking confirmation via email for a code to enter when registering for the workshop.
The Guild House is easily accessible from the Philadelphia 30th Street Station (Amtrak), Philadelphia airport (PHL), by bike, and by car.
Co-Facilitators
During the 3-day intensive, you’ll have access to three amazing co-facilitators. Learn more about each of them below!
Dionna Walters, MPA, MPH
Dionna Walters from DWArticulated is a public health professional experienced in partnering with nonprofit organizations to develop strategies, programs, and initiatives that speak to the health/social services needs of the communities they serve. She has over 25 years creating actionable implementation and evaluation plans centered on continuous quality assurance and improvement, and strategizing for long-term success and fiscal support. An adjunct professor at the NYU School of Global Public Health and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Dionna brings a wealth of knowledge to help you be as strategic and realistic as possible when planning your next project, big or small.
Dr. Joy Howard
Dr. Howard is a writing, wellness, & productivity coach who specializes in supporting clients who are marginalized, especially women, BIPOC, queer identifying, & disabled clients. Her individualized coaching helps faculty, researchers, graduate students, postdocs, admin leaders, & writers at all stages create work rhythms that achieve their career goals, but also create pleasurable, sustainable lives in which they thrive. Learn more about the value of getting your thoughts on paper and how a writing coach can help you achieve week after week.
Dr. Eleanor Fleming
Dr. Eleanor Fleming is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Dental Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and a certified yoga and meditation teacher with over twenty years of practice. She found yoga and meditation in graduate school, and these practices have helped me to manage a professional world that is always complicated and rarely kind. In our time together, she hopes to offer you tools to help you manage the anxiety of grant writing, develop the focus for your analytic work, and cultivate the dedication for a daily writing practice. More importantly, she hopes to support us as a community during the three-day intensive to stay present and grounded, as we work.
Questions?
Feel free to schedule a chat to discuss this workshop and how it may fit your needs.
Want to email instead? Send a message to charlotte@bakerdrph.com
Ready to register? Click here!
Payment due at time of registration unless arrangements have been made to use a university or organization purchase order or to set up a payment plan.