Break The Proposal Trap

A workshop that will help you understand why spending more time reading and writing is not helping you finish your qualitative dissertation proposal, and what to do instead.

You keep reading.
You keep writing.
So why is your proposal still not finished?

If working harder were enough, your proposal would be finished by now. In this free workshop, I’ll show you what needs to change if you want to get your proposal ready for defense.

What you'll learn

Discover why finally having uninterrupted time to write still does not lead to the progress you expected.

Understand why reading more still leaves you struggling to turn your notes into dissertation pages your committee can approve.

Recognize when getting organized has become a waste of your writing time and how to stay focused without another planner or notebook.

Learn how to finish your proposal even when you feel like an imposter and are unsure you are doing it right.

Hi, I'm Dr. Lacy.

For the past nine years, I have helped thousands of doctoral students turn confusing dissertation requirements into clear plans, finished chapters, and successful defenses. I am a qualitative researcher, dissertation coach, and the founder of Qual Scholars.

I also know what it feels like to be smart, capable, and completely stuck. I spent nine months struggling to write my own dissertation before finishing it in two and a half months. Since then, I have learned exactly what keeps smart students stuck and what helps them move from working on the dissertation to finally finishing it.