{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"300: Powering Down 2025 And Welcoming 2026","description":"Today we\u2019re celebrating a milestone: Episode 300. Instead of doing a big party episode, I wanted to share a more grounded, honest reflection as we wrap up 2025, a year that has been one of the most professionally disruptive years for academics. This episode is all about wrapping up, embracing seasonality, and entering winter break with a mindset of restoration rather than burnout, guilt, or the urge to \u201ccatch up.\u201d If you\u2019ve been feeling behind, overwhelmed, stretched thin, or like your writing has been pushed into the margins of your life, this is for you. I walk you through the metaphors and practices I use to design an intentional pause rather than defaulting into the binge-and-bust cycle that academia encourages. You\u2019ll also hear how I\u2019m thinking about 2026, a sneak peek of my new approach to the podcast, and why restoration is an essential part of your writing system. For full show notes visit&amp;nbsp;scholarsvoice.org\/podcast. We're receiving applications for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap\u00ae. Check out the program details and start your application process here. &amp;nbsp; CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION:   Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap\u00ae program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Apply here!   Cathy\u2019s book, Making Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and Take Control of Your Academic Career Through Writing is available in print! Learn how to build your career around your writing practice while shattering the myths of writing every day, accountability, and motivation, doing mindset work that\u2019s going to reshape your writing,and changing academic culture one womxn and nonbinary professor at a time.  Get your print copy today or order it for a friend here!   If you would like to hear more from Cathy for free, please subscribe to the weekly newsletter, In the Pipeline, at scholarsvoice.org. It\u2019s a newsletter that she personally writes that goes out once a week with writing and publication tips, strategies, inspiration, book reviews and more.   &amp;nbsp; CONNECT WITH ME:&amp;nbsp;   LinkedIn   Facebook   YouTube   &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Academic Writing Amplified","author_url":"https:\/\/www.cathymazak.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39405375\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39405375"}