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- Guidance to navigate the expectations of academia and program regulations.
- Belief in themselves about their ability to rise to the challenge of conducting research and creating knowledge in their field.
- Motivation, grit, determination, tenacity, and stamina to get back up each time they are knocked down and see their program through to the end.
- Emotional intelligence to manage themselves throughout the journey.
- Courage to do difficult things.
- Patience to complete a years-long process.
- An outlet for pent-up frustrations about their programs, their performance, and their inadequate support systems.
- Encouragement to see their strengths they may have overlooked or downplayed.
- Compassion from themselves and others for their struggles to grow.
- Self-care to soothe their souls.
- Creativity to communicate their research.
- Trust in themselves and others to uphold the doctoral process.
- Safe space to cope with all of the pressures from internal and external forces.
- Integrity to avoid taking shortcuts to just be finished already!
- Fueling the journey with love instead of judgment.
- A nurturing and distraction-free space to study.
- Balance between the doctorate and the rest of life.
- Commitment to themselves and their cause.
- Support from someone who has been where they are at.
- A coach to hold space for them and facilitate their transformation.