Want to be part of the 50% who complete their doctoral program? IN JUST 7 STEPS, you’ll learn tools and techniques to help you start strong, stay the course, and finish on time. Each step contains action items so you can apply the information for immediate results. You’ll learn how to: • Position yourself for success • Manage stress and overwhelming emotions • Use ego-shattering feedback to your advantage • Build a supportive network so you never feel alone • Find quality time for school in your already busy life • Work smarter so you can finish on time • Choose a topic, complete your dissertation, and shine at your defense Informed by 20 years of work with hundreds of students and faculty, The Happy Doc Student Handbook demystifies the process so you can successfully navigate your program. If you’ve ever wondered, Can I really do this? —this handbook is for you. In a program? Floundering in a program? Contemplating a program? "I don't know how I got through my Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Cornell University without Heather Frederick's The Happy Doc Student Handbook. Read this book and gird yourself to succeed at a process that, in some cases, is designed to make you fail. Dodge sociopathic Professors! Leap over duplicitous mentors in a single bound! Defy imposter syndrome nightmares! -- all are possible with Heather Frederick's timely inoculation of savvy, smart counsel." -Dr. William Nericcio, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University Sage Guidance "Dr. Heather Frederick has created an abundance of sage guidance to get doctoral students through the toughest moments on their journey so they graduate healthy, happy, and ready to make a positive impact in the world. Her dedication to empowering our future leaders' success is admirable." - Dr. Gladys Ato, Author and Psychologist Highly recommended!!! " As hosts of the Doc 101 podcast, we value practical tips that illuminate the sometimes mysterious doctoral quest, and Dr. Frederick delivers them, along with exercises—action items—interspersed throughout so the reader can apply the concepts and immediately reap the benefit from her wisdom." - Doc101 Podcast Hosts (Dr. Scott Self, Assistant Provost for Academic Initiatives and Innovations at Abilene Christian University; Dr. Linnea Rademaker, Professor, School of Ed. Leadership at ACU-Dallas; Dr. Peter Williams, Associate Professor, Ed Leadership at Texas A&M University-Commerce) Powerful "Heather Frederick, Ph.D., masterfully weaves together a tapestry of solid advice, practical tools and wisdom to help any struggling graduate student make it to the finish line. Yet Dr. Frederick's The Happy Doc Student Handboo k and her companion podcast go beyond helping graduate students complete their dissertations; they offer powerful tools for elevating one's consciousness and living a fuller, more fulfilled life." -Dr. Anna Yusim, Clinical Director, Yale University School of Medicine Survival Guide "Heather Frederick's The Happy Doc Student Handbook is an all-purpose survival guide and a sensitive, thoughtful, practical resource. If you're a doctoral student or thinking of becoming one, you should value yourself--and take this book along on your journey." -Leonard Cassuto, Professor of English, Fordham University and coauthor of The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education