Chichi has an ear to listen and pick up detail as she can listen without commenting. I found myself many a times answering my own questions as the silence would provoke me to ‘hear myself speak’. I started using this in my research and found the flow of my writing with ease. I never knew that coaching could also work for academic research. I always thought the research Supervisor as an academic would be telling me and not asking me to think through my own challenges. At first it was frustrating, however, I soon realized, it was empowering me to own my write up for the thesis.
University of Pretoria PhD Candidate