Hello! I’m Dr. Kate Henry, a former academic, current Productivity coach, always writer.

I’m also a chronically ill, sober, queer femme nerd who loves slow fashion, ceramics, and writing. I’ve been researching productivity and slow living since 2018, and have published over a hundred blog posts, twice-a-month newsletters, and a book, Tend to It: A Holistic Guide to Intentional Productivity.

Two years before I finished my PhD I developed severe back pain and what I would come to learn was chronic illness. Deciding a future in the hustle culture of academia wasn’t for me, I gave myself an ultimatum: if I could blog weekly for a whole year about my newfound fascinations—productivity, slow living, workaholism—then I could say goodbye to the faded dream I’d been pursuing for decades: a tenure track professorship.

That year-long project turned into two years of weekly blogging, I finished the PhD, and I launched my coaching business in 2020. Since then, I’ve been supporting academics through 1-on-1 coaching, workshops, courses, and writing.

I am thrilled to expand my offerings this year through my Substack, where I’ll explore independent scholarship on the things that fascinate me the most.

Become a Subscriber

When you subscribe for tending, you’ll have access to my research, practice, and pondering. Here are some of the things I’ll share:

• Slow Productivity aka productivity through the lens of slow living

• Hacking productivity as someone who lives with chronic illness

• Knowledge work, specifically in the realm of academia, publishing, and entrepreneurship

• Small and big ways I’m trying to disconnect my worth from my productivity

• Things I read, watch, and play

• Recommendations that I think you’d enjoy

Upgrade to a Paid Subscription

If you’d like to dive a little deeper and support me in my work, I welcome you to become a paid subscriber for $5 dollars a month or $50 a year. Here’s what I’ll share with paid subscribers:

• A monthly subscriber-only Q&A with Dr. Kate. I’ll collect questions throughout the month and send out an audio recording and transcript with my answers.

• 10% off Success & Accountability Coaching Packages

• Access to subscriber-only co-working sessions once a month

Paid subscribers help me to create more space in my days to focus on sharing writing and slow productivity resources. Regardless if you are a free or paid subscriber, I’m grateful that you’re spending some time with me.

I welcome you to reach out via email (kate@katehenry.com) or via the Substack app if you have any questions.

xoxo,

Dr. Kate

katehenry.com