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You know exactly what she says:

Who do you think you are? Everyone in your cohort is further along. Just one more article before you start writing. If it's not perfect, don't bother.

That's your inner mean girl. She's the reason you've reorganized your sources three times and still haven't written the section. She's the reason a project you'd crush at work has sat untouched for months… maybe years. And she gets louder every time you sit down to write alone.

Here's what nobody told you: a dissertation isn't a writing project. It's months of writing through confusion. Grammar was never your problem. You've been doing the hardest intellectual work of your life in isolation, with your inner mean girl narrating every sentence.

You don't need to try harder. You need someone who will help you manage your mind through a project this size, and a room full of women who are doing it right beside you.

The Dissertation Breakthrough Intensive is 3 months of private coaching, group coaching and a 24/7 co-writing community for high-achieving women who are ABD and done being stuck. Using our FIRE framework for writing resistance, we help you quiet your inner mean girl, get back into your chapters and keep moving, even on the days it all feels like fog.

Join the 50,000+ women doctoral scholars Write the Damn Dissertation has supported since 2018.

I think I just need help with the writing itself.
Almost every scholar who joins us says this first. Then we look closer.

You can write. You've written papers, reports, grants and policy documents. What's happening now is different: you're writing through months of confusion on a project bigger than anything you've done before, and you're doing it alone. That's a mind problem, not a mechanics problem. It's exactly what our coaching is built for.

One thing we never do: review your content, mechanics or formatting. That work belongs to you and your chair, and we respect that relationship. Your coach focuses on what's actually stopping you: resistance, planning, prioritizing, and the perfectionism, procrastination and imposter syndrome that keep you avoiding the work.
I've tried coaching (or writing groups) before. I'm still stuck.
Then you already know accountability alone doesn't fix this. Someone checking whether you wrote doesn't help with why you're not writing.

Here, you get weekly 1:1 coaching on the resistance underneath the stall, using our FIRE framework, plus a 24/7 community so you're never writing alone between sessions.

I don't have time to add more calls to my week.
Your 1:1 coaching is 30 minutes a week. Everything else (the Pomodoro Writing Cafe, the Morning Hive, Coffee Talks) is there to use when it helps, not to add to your to-do list. Most of it is time you'd be spending trying to write anyway. The difference is you won't be doing it alone.
I'm at a weird stage. Is this right for me?
If you're ABD and stuck, yes. Our scholars come in at every stage: tangled in the literature review, stalled after the proposal defense, frozen before data collection. Most are working on their lit review. What they have in common isn't the chapter. It's the stall.
What if I start and realize it's not right for me?
Then you're covered. You have 7 days from enrollment to experience the coaching and the community for yourself. If it's not the right fit, email us within those 7 days and we'll refund you in full. After that, your spot is yours and enrollment is final.
Are the group sessions live or recorded?
Group coaching calls are live every week. Can't make one? The replay is posted in your member portal and emailed to you each week. Your private coaching sessions are recorded too.
How does the payment plan work?
You can pay in full ($2,297) or in 3 monthly payments of $799. The 3-pay is a fixed plan, not a subscription. After your third payment, you're done.
When does it start?
The day you enroll. Your private coaching, the community, the Pomodoro Writing Cafe, and our coach-led check-in calls and Coffee Talks all start right away, so you can book your first session as soon as you're in. Dr. Amy's 12-week Breakthrough group coaching and the Morning Hive run in cohorts, and you'll be part of the next one from its very first session.

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I can't afford this right now.
I hear you, and I won't pretend $2,297 is small. So let's be honest about the other side of it, too. Every semester you stay stuck has a price: another round of tuition or continuation fees, another round of "So… when will you be done?" at every family dinner, and the title you've already earned still waiting on a document you haven't written.

If the full program truly isn't possible right now, our Dissertation Breakthrough community program (https://checkout.writethedamndissertation.com/dissertation-breakthrough-community/) gives you the full community and group coaching, without the weekly private sessions. It's a real place to start. And if the Intensive is possible but feels scary, there's a 3-pay option below.
I'm already paying a fortune in tuition. Spending more on myself feels selfish.
That's your inner mean girl talking, and she's been very busy.

This isn't spending on yourself. It's protecting what you've already invested: the years, the tuition, the coursework, the late nights. You wouldn't let a department you run sit on an unfinished project that cost this much. Your dissertation deserves the same.

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Saying yes to yourself is a big step. We want it to feel like a safe one.

Once you enroll, step into the community, write with us in the Pomodoro Writing Cafe and book your first private coaching session. If within 7 days of enrolling you decide it's not the right fit, email us at team@writethedamndissertation.com and we'll refund your payment in full, however you paid. No guilt trip. No hoops.

After those 7 days, your coaching spot and your coach's time are fully reserved for you, so all enrollments are final.

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