By Kimine Mayuzumi Dr. Cleopatra Abdou is an assistant professor of Social Work, Psychology, and Gerontology at University of Southern California. She specializes in the intersection of reproductive health, human flourishing, and how health is transmitted from one generation to the next. Through her website, she communicates with the non-academic world about her passion for women’s health and wellness and provides fertility, pregnancy, and Mommy Lifecycle consulting and programs to women and families nationally…
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Unpacking the “Slowing Down Circle”: An Interview with Dr. Kayt Sunwood
By Kimine Mayuzumi Dr. Kayt Sunwood is a contingent teaching faculty member at University of Alaska after retiring from staff positions in higher education in 2017. She participated in one of the services that Being Lazy and Slowing Down offers, Slowing Down Circle (SDC), last year by driving for an hour to attain a decent internet connection and attend every single online meeting early in the morning while it was still dark and cold outside…
The Top 10 Posts of Being Lazy and Slowing Down: 2-Year Celebration
By Kimine Mayuzumi It has been (a little over) two years since Riyad and I launched our website, Being Lazy and Slowing Down. While it may not mean much to many, two years of blogging means a lot to me in my reflection. Let us celebrate our blogging journey. Most of all, our blog has been a source of connection because it allowed us to be in touch with people whom we may not have the…
Developing your own academic “index”: An interview with Dr. Beronda Montgomery
By Kimine Mayuzumi Dr. Beronda Montgomery is Michigan State University Foundation Professor in the Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory. Her research focuses on understanding how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist. Beronda also pursues the research theme in the context of effective mentoring and leading in research environments. She often shares mentoring and faculty development issues on Twitter. My partner, Riyad, and I, met Beronda last…
Where are our feelings of guilt and shame coming from?: A webinar clip
By Kimine Mayuzumi I decided to share a video clip of the webinar that Soko Starobin and I co-hosted a few weeks ago. The title was “how can busy academics slow down without guilt?” In the clip (Youtube video) below, I show you the part that interrogates our feelings of guilt and shame, which oftentimes keep us from stopping or slowing down. Where are the feelings coming from? I draw a diagram to show a possible…