Dr. Simula offers:
  • dissertation coaching
  • career exploration  and transition coaching
  • job search coaching
  • professional development coaching
  • developmental writing and editing services
  • ​career and life design coaching
Brandy transformed the way I think about my work-life balance, self-care, and my role as an academic.  She held space for growth and provided insightful and empathetic support  and helped me develop simple and powerful strategies to keep my humanness while achieving my goal of being a PhD.  - Social Science Postdoc
Deepest gratitude for the boundless graciousness and generosity, truly life-changing counsel, and sustained positive impact on helping me learn to love and take care of myself. - Humanities Graduate Student
Brandy's coaching philosophy focuses on centering the whole person while providing expert coaching on career and professional development topics. A passionate advocate for creating life designs that support personal and professional flourishing for PhDs and PhDs-to-be, she is deeply committed to working to directly combat the isolation, impostor syndrome, and uncertainty involved in doctoral training and post-PhD career experiences. Brandy draws on her own experiences as a queer, first-gen student as well as on her extensive doctoral training in social psychology, identities, and inequalities to help her clients navigate the structural challenges of doctoral education and diverse PhD careers within and beyond the academy. She brings to each of her coaching sessions a commitment to helping her client identify and expand the practices that support their personal and professional flourishing. 
Through coaching, I gained more confidence in my potential for the non-academic job market. I also really appreciated Brandy nudging me toward being OK in leadership positions, which I am wary of because of my own imposter syndrome. - Social Science Graduate Student
Dr. Simula has extensive experience in one-on-one and small group coaching with graduate students and postdocs.  She has been coaching since 2002, when she trained and worked as a career coach at Appalachian State University. She has provided over 2,500 hours of coaching and advising to more than 700 students, postdocs, and PhDs working within and beyond the professoriate. A Board Certified Coach (BCC), she holds career, professional, and life coaching certifications from the World Coach Institute and from Emory University and and is a certified Design Your Life coach.