‘That was all I needed. Someone believed in me’.

The article offers the author's insights on her experience of writing academics based on the self-help book by Fiona Kennedy and David Pearson entitled "Get Your Life Back: The Most Effective Therapies for a Better You." Topics include her motivation to write a book on academic psychology, the techniques used by authors to write their academic papers, and the applicability of core psyschological skills in different fields.