FREE Webinar: Strategies for Showing Up

Procrastination is often treated as a motivation problem, but what if it is better understood as a learned pattern of avoidance?

Many dissertation writers experience cycles of avoidance that feel automatic and difficult to interrupt. Despite good intentions, they find themselves repeatedly delaying work, getting distracted, or feeling stuck in patterns they don’t fully understand.

This webinar draws on research in awareness-based approaches to habit change to explore procrastination not as a motivation problem, but as a learned pattern that can be gently examined and reshaped.

Participants will learn how avoidance develops, why it persists, and how cultivating curiosity instead of self-judgement can open new possibilities for change. Rather than offering quick fixes or willpower-based solutions, this session focuses on noticing habitual responses, understanding their underlying drivers, and creating small, workable shifts that support dissertation progress over time.

Webinar Details

🗓️ Thursday, August 20

⏰ 1:00–2:00 PM EST (New York Time) | Free

By the end of this webinar, participants will have a deeper understanding of procrastination and the patterns that can contribute to avoidance, as well as practical tools for approaching these patterns with greater awareness and curiosity.

Participants will take away:

• • A reframed understanding of procrastination as a habit loop, not a character flaw
  • Tools for noticing avoidance patterns without judgment
  • Strategies for interrupting habitual responses through awareness and curiosity
  • Practical ways to apply these insights to daily dissertation work

Whether you’re struggling to get started, finding yourself repeatedly distracted, or simply want to understand your procrastination differently, this session offers practical ways to notice your patterns and begin making meaningful shifts.

Taught by: Karen Rosenberg, PhD