Struggling to finish your master’s degree? Maybe you have had a setback. Maybe you are stressed out trying to balance multiple responsibilities like coursework, exams, thesis, family, and work. Graduate student success coaching can help master’s students, like you, get unstuck and stay unstuck.
Maybe you feel overwhelmed, and what used to come easily to you doesn’t anymore. You are not alone. Every day, we help master’s students overcome the challenges they are facing so they can finish their degrees faster and with less stress.
Whether you are having trouble with time management, confidence, research skills, motivation, test anxiety, imposter syndrome, academic writing, working efficiently, or overcoming a setback, master’s student success coaching can help you, too.
If you aren’t getting the support you need from your professors or adviser, or if you feel like you’ve bitten off a little more than you can chew, you do not have to go it alone. Schedule a free consultation and find out how coaching can give you the skills, tips, and tricks you need to get unstuck, stay unstuck, and finish your master’s degree.
Benefits of Academic Success Coaching for Master’s Students
Is this you? You have a goal, you’ve committed, you’ve worked hard to get into graduate school, and now you’re facing challenges no one warned you about, needing skills no one taught you. Sure, you knew it would be hard work, but no one said it would be like this, filled with sleepless nights, stress, anxiety, heartburn, and way more than an occasional long day. Burnout is imminent – if not already here. More than once, you’ve thought about quitting. More than once, you’ve wondered why others seem to be mastering this with aplomb while you are struggling to keep your head above water.
Sound familiar? Then Graduate Student Success Coaching may be right for you. We help master’s students overcome all of these challenges and more. The master’s degree students in my coaching program report:
Get Unstuck, Stay Unstuck, and Finish Your Master’s Degree!
Lower stress
Less loneliness
More resilience
Improved efficiency
Better focus
More confidence
Improved time management
Increased motivation
Better organization skills
Higher productivity
Less procrastination
Less test and presentation anxiety
Faster writing speed
Better quality writing
Healthier work-life balance
And best of all, they report finishing their master’s degree! Coach Alecia and I want that for you. Nothing makes us happier than to hear our clients say, “Coach, thanks so much for your help, but I don’t need you anymore. I graduated!” We want this for you, too.
How Do We know that we can Help You?
Because we have been, for over a decade. Plus, we’ve been there. Dr. Cristie completed a master’s degree in public health while taking maximum credits and working two jobs, and completed her Ph.D. in Epidemiology in three years. And, she’s spent over a decade coaching graduate students to the successful completion of their degrees! Coach Alecia completed her MSW despite balancing challenges like ADHD and being one of the pilot students for the international MSW program at NYU! Now, she’s joined Dr. Cristie in helping master’s students achieve their dreams, and she wants to help you.
We know the strategies and skills for working faster, more efficiently, and with less stress, and it’s our mission to teach them to you and give you the support you need to succeed. Whether you are failing courses due to test anxiety, need to improve your study skills, are struggling to balance competing deadlines, fighting procrastination to get your work done, or feeling lost and overwhelmed by your thesis, we can help. Getting your master’s degree is always going to be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be miserable.
For almost a decade, we’ve helped neurotypicaland neurodiverse master’s students from all walks of life overcome the challenges they face in graduate school. In fact, we’re so confident that we can help you that we offer a 100% money-back guarantee. No questions asked.
Being supported is one of the strongest predictors of graduate student success, and we’re here to provide the support that you deserve. There may be hard times, but graduate school doesn’t have to suck.
How Do We Help Master’s Students?
The process is simple. First, schedule a free consultation with Coach Alecia by clicking on the link to graduate student success below. We’ll have a chat on the date and time you select. The consultation will cover what your goals are, what your time frame is, and the things that you are struggling with. It’s an opportunity for us to get to know each other and to identify your coaching needs. At the end, we decide – together – if Coach Alecia is the right coach for you. If not, no worries, we will help you find other resources. No high-pressure sales or obligations, and with our satisfaction guarantee, no risk.
So, if you are ready to get unstuck, increase productivity while lowering stress, and finally finish your degree, then schedule a free consultation now. Your golden ticket to graduate school success is just a few easy clicks away.
How Much Does it Cost?
We have two types of coaching plans to meet your needs. The sessions and services you receive are the same; the difference is in how you use them. For students who want regular sessions and extra accountability, we have a subscription model. This model bills automatically on the same day of each month. You get four sessions to use during that billing period. This is the most inexpensive plan, but the sessions must be used within that billing period; they do not carry over.
The other coaching plan is the as-needed plan. For as-needed sessions, you purchase a package of four or eight sessions and use them as you need. These plans are slightly more expensive per session, but can also be used at any time. They are good for a full year after purchase.
Prices
Monthly Subscription
Weekly 50-minute sessions with automatic renewal.
Saves 15% off the 4-session package price.
Sessions must be used within the 30-day billing period; they do not carry over.
$169
4-Session As-Needed Package
Four, 50-minute sessions to use as needed.
Sessions are good for one year after purchase.
$199
8-Session As-Needed Package
Eight, 50-minute sessions to use as needed.
Saves 10% off the 4-session package price.
Sessions are good for one year after purchase.
$358
Still Not Sure?
Check out what our clients have said about coaching with us. Then reserve your own spot, because it’s time to lessen stress, find success, and finish your degree!
G.G., Ph.D. Bioinformatics
I just wanted to let you know I successfully defended and will be graduating in a couple weeks!
Thank you again for all your help […]!
Heather Mentzer, Ph.D. Physics
Working with Dr. Cristie Glasheen has been one of the most transformative parts of my graduate school experience and genuinely integral to my success. She has an extraordinary ability to take the overwhelming, tangled mess of academic responsibilities, emotions, expectations, and deadlines and help me turn it into something clear, structured, and manageable.
Cristie helps me organize my thoughts when everything feels chaotic, prioritize tasks and deadlines in a realistic and sustainable way, stay accountable to both my personal values and professional goals, and learn tools and frameworks that make the behind-the-scenes part of academia far less overwhelming.
She has guided me through some of the most challenging aspects of academic life, including switching research advisors with clarity and professionalism, communicating needs around extensions or conflicting deadlines, applying for funding and fellowships, advocating for myself in professional settings, and interpreting the bureaucratic noise that comes with academic life and turning it into concrete next steps.
Beyond that, she has supported me in managing the emotional and psychological load of graduate school, creating realistic long-term research timelines, balancing personal health with sustained productivity, strengthening communication with advisors and collaborators, building confidence in my own expertise and decision-making, and developing healthier writing, planning, and project management habits. She has also helped me stay focused during high-pressure seasons like conference preparation and defense planning, learn how to set boundaries without guilt, and understand the unwritten norms and politics that everyone somehow expects graduate students to already know.
Cristie brings a rare combination of experience-backed insight, empathy, practical tools, and zero-judgment accountability. She doesn’t just tell me what to do—she helps me understand how to think strategically, protect my time and energy, and grow into the scientist and professional I want to be.
I honestly cannot imagine navigating graduate school without her support. If you’re a graduate student who wants structure, clarity, confidence, and someone on your side who truly understands academia from the inside out, I could not recommend her more highly.
K.H., Doctor of Physical Therapy Student
It has been a crazy semester but it is going really well. Just finished 2 of my courses and feel really good about them. I feel like I have been able to use so much from working with you the last year to make this semester go amazing.
K.G., Ph.D. Public Health
Just got this in my email – [Dissertation] Approved with no restrictions! THANKS, COACH!
F.N., Ph.D. in Environmental Economics
What’s been the most helpful? “Breaking down tasks that overwhelm me. Navigating many difficult decisions that are crucial towards achieving my PhD. Getting feedback on my work. And tracking the work in progress which is often invisible.”
“I think Dr. Cristie does an amazing job. I have tried the free coaching provided by my institution and I would rather pay Dr. Cristie.”
S.C., Professional Development Coaching
It’s so very evident how much Dr. Cristie cares about my progress and successes. It gets me through the hard days knowing how much she is genuinely routing for me. She’s gone out of her way to be responsive and supportive and help me get past the blocks I kept running into. She really did help get me unstuck and now I’m staying that way.
H.N., Masters in Public Health
Just want to appreciate the incredible Cristie and how wonderful of a mentor she is. I’d want to be your student and to learn from you over and over again! There’s absolutely no one half as good as you’re. Thank you for being a part of my journey. My heart is SO full now that I’m done with my degree and I reflect on the huge role that you played in making it true. What a gem!
M.H., Ph.D. Toxicology
Dr. Glasheen! I passed with barely any revisions requested of me. I am able to submit my dissertation tomorrow morning […]!
Thank you for all your help!
A.M., Postdoc, Atmospheric Science
Hi Cristie, I just wanted to let you know that I finished my presentation on time… one day ahead of schedule! That’s a first for me. Thank you for your help keeping me on track with our coaching sessions!
A.S., Ph.D. Public Health
Finished! My dissertation was defended on 01-July and I am an official Ph.D.! What an incredible journey. I am so grateful for our interactions and still apply [your] lessons in life.
Alex, Ph.D. Environmental Science
Having Cristie as a coach was one of the best investments I made in graduate school. Period. She was instrumental in helping me pass my comprehensive exam and finish my research proposal, all while giving me the tools to manage two other projects I was juggling at the time. Despite being laser-focused and results-driven in helping me achieve my academic outcomes, Cristie is also very human and reminded me that graduate school is more than just academics and that you have to make time for yourself and for fun stuff.
A.S., Ph.D. Epidemiology
I don’t know how other people who are balancing work and family manage to finish their dissertations without a coach, but I am so glad [other client] told me about you. This was the best decision I could’ve made. I’m so thankful.
A.M., PhD Student, Economics
Successfully submitted my online [grant] application! It was an unknown journey for me, but what I now do know is that it was possible greatly thanks to you. So thank you so much!
T.N., PhD. Evolutionary Biology
I’m a doctor!!! Wooo! The presentation went well […]. Thanks so much for all of your help getting to this point! I really appreciate it!
I PASSED [the oral comprehensive exams]. Thank you so so so so so much! I could not have done this without you! [redacted for privacy] I can’t believe it’s over […] The beginning of the end is finally here! I’m so happy!!!
R.H., Admissions Coaching for Master’s Higher Education Admin
“Hi Dr. Cristie! (…)
I’m happy to report I got into all the programs I applied for!
[Redacted] University: fully funded, plus $24,000 stipend & health care (…)
University of [Redacted]: no scholarship offered, did not apply for GA positions.
[Redacted] University: offered 50% tuition, GA position offered up to 66% tuition. (…)”
*Some content redacted for privacy.
I.M., Ph.D. in Economics
What’s been the most helpful? “It has been useful to look at problems from a different/more helpful perspective. I like that I have been able to work on my thesis sustainably without burning out, considering that I have a full-time job. I usually feel very motivated to work on my thesis after the meeting with Cristie, and having weekly meetings helps me be accountable and drastically reduce my procrastination. I also really appreciate the knowledge sharing of resources and the work smarter, not harder approach (e.g. AI suggestions, Andy Stapleton videos, Focusmate, programs that help with identifying duplicates, etc).”
