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Rich Furman, MFA, MSW, PhD, Life, Career and Writing Coaching for Scholars and Amazing Humans https://sites.google.com/view/richfurmancoaching/testimonials

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Happy New Year Eve!!! Bring it on 2026

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This has been such an intense year with so many losses. Like most of us in academia, I have a deep sense of grief about the assault on hig...

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Big goals are facilitated by good processes.

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I have never had more emails before about a blog post. People seemed to really resonate with this notion. Big goals are facilitated by good ...

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Goals and Deadlines=Anxiety

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Does motivating with a mental health condition sound like a wise idea? When you use goals and/or deadlines as your primary tools for motivat...

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

I am responsible for living a joyful and purposeful life: Happy B Day to me

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And that is that :)

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Do Hard Things....

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With no judgement or expectations. That is it...

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Weekend Email Verses Weekend Writing

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Checking your university email over the weekend is a far greater cognitive load than having a healthy writing session. Not saying you should...

Friday, July 11, 2025

Are You Checking Your Email Over the Weekend?

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Then yes, you actually are working.

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Rich Furman: Rich Furman, MSW, PhD, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington Tacoma. Author 20 books and over 120 peer-reviewed articles. Areas of research interest include globalization and social work, and expressive qualitative methodologies.Empowering Leaders and Scholars to Thrive Through Insightful, Strengths-Based Coaching.

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