Momentum online PhD community

£22.50/month or £225/year

Momentum opens to new members again in January 2027

Your PhD is hard enough without trying to figure everything out on your own.

There are some things about doing a PhD that people who aren't doing one just don't understand.

Spending hours on a paragraph and only making it worse. Leaving supervision fairly clear about what you're doing, then opening your thesis two days later and thinking, “Hang on. What am I actually trying to say?”

Momentum is my membership community for PhD researchers who want practical support figuring those things out — alongside other researchers who genuinely get it.

“Nothing prepared me for a whole new type of loneliness – intellectual loneliness. Feeling behind, feeling stupid, questioning every idea that passed through my head. Momentum has changed all of that for me – I feel connected to others, I know I'm not alone.”
— Hollie

Because “just figure it out” isn't much of a PhD support strategy.

Inside Momentum, you'll get practical support from me alongside a community of serious PhD researchers navigating the same messy, confusing process as you.

There are live Q&As for the questions you've been sitting on, masterclasses to help you untangle difficult parts of your research, Let's Write sessions for getting actual words onto the page, and a community where you can talk honestly about what doing a PhD is really like.

Sometimes you need guidance, other times you need protected time to write, and quite often you just need to hear another intelligent, capable researcher say: “Oh God, yes. Me too.”

“Being part of the Momentum community offers a respite from isolation, impactful ideas, and encouragement. Through Momentum, I realize that I am not alone, and my concerns and challenges are normal and understandable.”
— Deborah

Membership is £22.50/month or £225/year, plus applicable taxes - if you’re outside the UK, your bank or card provider will adjust the price to your local currency.

If Momentum sounds like the kind of PhD support you've been looking for, join the waitlist by entering your email address on the form on this page. I'll send you everything you need to decide whether it's right for you when membership opens.

Ooh - and no, you don't have to “keep up” or worry about “falling behind”.

Momentum isn't another enormous PhD course you're supposed to work through from beginning to end. Dip into the masterclasses when you need them. Come to a Q&A when you've got something to ask. Join a Let's Write when you need some structure. Talk to the community when you want some perspective.

Take what you need. Leave the rest without the guilt trip.

Membership Terms and Conditions