Growth doesn't have to stop once one chapter ends
Completing a PhD or thesis is a huge achievement.
But sometimes, when the deadline disappears and the next goal isn't obvious, a different set of questions emerges.
Questions around:
- Who am I beyond the PhD?
- What do I actually want next?
- Do I still want academia?
- What kind of career and life do I want to create?
- What does success mean to me now?
- What about money, wellbeing and lifestyle?
- Where do I want my expertise to take me?
You may find yourself asking:
What now?
What's possible from here?
Who am I becoming?
CTS Momentum was created for this part of the journey.
A space to stay connected, supported, challenged, and in motion — with depth, direction, and the right people around you.
What’s Inside?
True Masterminds
A live space to bring real questions, ideas, challenges, and think through with others who get it.
Live Mentoring
Hear from experienced researchers, leaders, entrepreneurs and specialists across academia, industry, leadership, money, wellbeing, AI and more.
A Library of Resources and Modules
Catch the recordings, revisit key ideas, or move through the content at a pace that suits you.
Community
Connect through dedicated spaces for conversation, support, ideas, questions and shared experiences.
Mentor Access
Learn from trusted CTS mentors inside the community, with optional private 1:1 support available separately.
CTS Momentum is for you if...
 ✔ You've submitted your thesis and wondering what's next
 ✔ You're navigating career transitions or identity shifts
✔ You're exploring academia, industry, business, leadership, or something completely different
✔ You're building something meaningful and want the right people around you
✔ You're wanting greater alignment between work, life and what matters to you
✔ You're ready to move beyond survival, performance and achievement
✔ You want thoughtful conversations, support, accountability and new perspectives
✔ You know there's more possible for you – even if you don't know what that looks like exactly
The Power of Proximity
There is something powerful about being in the right room.
The right conversations stretch you.
The right people expand what feels possible.
The right proximity changes how you think, what you expect, and what you begin creating next.
After completing a degree, moving through a major transition, or simply outgrowing old environments, it can be easy to lose that sense of connection - to thoughtful conversations, inspiring people, meaningful support, and environments that challenge your thinking.
CTS Momentum is designed to bring that back.
Because momentum is not created in isolation.
It is often created through proximity to people, to ideas, to opportunities, and to environments that elevate your vision of what becomes possible for your work, life, and future.
Learn from Trusted CTS Mentors
 Inside Momentum, you'll hear from people who have walked different paths through research, academia, business, leadership, money, wellbeing and professional life.
Different expertise. Different perspectives. One shared purpose: helping you expand what's possible in your next chapter.
Dr. Izelle Labuschagne
(Neuroscience strategies, success, goals, career) - Founder of CTS
Meet the one who's done it all — and came back to show you how.
Dr. Izelle Labuschagne is a neuroscientist, researcher, and the Founder of Complete Thesis Support — and she is the real deal.
With 20+ years of experience, publications in Nature and Lancet, multi-million dollar research projects, and PhD students who passed without corrections, Izelle sits firmly in a league of her own. She's an international PhD examiner, keynote speaker, and has taken her research across the world.
Her mission is simple: to help you finish your thesis with ease, confidence, and a career you're genuinely excited about.
Professor David Penn, PhD
(Academic success)
Meet the top 1% of academia.
Prof. David Penn, PhD is a distinguished research mentor and academic with decades of
experience at the forefront of psychological science. A Research Professor in the Department of
Psychiatry at UNC Chapel Hill (and formerly the Linda Wagner Martin Distinguished Professor
of Psychology and Neuroscience), David brings deep expertise in social cognition and
psychosocial treatment for schizophrenia to everything he does.
As a research and post-PhD mentor, David offers unparalleled guidance to emerging scholars
navigating the complexities of academic careers, research design, and professional development,
drawing on a lifetime of scientific achievement and a genuine passion for nurturing the next
generation of researchers.
Katherine Anderson
(Health, wellbeing & leadership) ~ Ease Wellness
Meet the mentor who turns burnout into breakthrough.
Katherine Anderson is a mindset coach and wellness mentor with 15 years in the creative agency world — so she knows firsthand what it feels like to be brilliant, burnt out, and running on empty.
Blending neuroscience-backed strategies with holistic wellness and mindset coaching, Katherine helps ambitious individuals reclaim their energy, clarity, and creativity without giving up on success or fulfilment.
From unlocking flow states to silencing self-doubt, her approach is practical, personal, and genuinely life-changing. Because your best work shouldn't cost you everything.
Associate Professor Alexandra Gorelik
(Research methodology, analysis, publications)
Meet the person who makes data make sense.
A/Prof. Alexandra Gorelik is a research methodologist and analyst with 21 years of experience — and a reputation that speaks for itself. With publications in The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine, and national awards for clinical trials, Alex is the kind of expert most researchers only read about.
Her background spans statistics, data science, quality assurance, and business intelligence — but what she's most known for is making complex research methods accessible, practical, and genuinely exciting for students.
If data has ever felt like your weak spot — it won't after working with Alex.
Danee Ilic & Ali Plunkett
(Money, business, wealth consciousness) ~ She Evolve Collective
Meet the duo redefining what women in business look like
Danee is a prosperity business coach, multiple business owner, and self-made woman who has built her life around one mission — helping people across the globe step into true entrepreneurship and create lasting wealth for themselves and their families.
Ali is the connector. A bubbly, no-nonsense business mentor with a contagious energy.Through her thriving networking programs, she's helped countless business owners grow through the power of personal branding, authentic connection, and a strategic approach to networking — on and offline.
Together, they bring wealth strategy and the human connection.
Louise Syphers
(Financial freedom) ~ Abundance & Beyond
Meet the woman who's been opening doors — literally — since 2001.
Louise Syphers is the Director of Abundance & Beyond and a mortgage advisor with 20+ years of experience helping women take control of their finances and step confidently into property ownership.
But Louise is so much more than a mortgage advisor. She brings a uniquely personal approach to what can feel like an overwhelming process — offering real guidance, real clarity, and a clear roadmap to long-term financial independence.
From refinancing and debt consolidation to securing home, business, and trust loans, Louise handles the complexity so you don't have to.
Dr Juliana Peloche
(Education specialist, AI in research & teaching) ~ Women in AI Australia Ltd
Meet the bridge between AI and education.
Dr. Juliana Peloche is a Senior Learning Adviser at Edith Cowan University and one of the leading voices on AI literacy in higher education — with a doctorate from the University of Wollongong and over 20 years of teaching experience to back it up.
Juliana specialises in what most institutions are still figuring out: how to help faculty, staff, and students not just understand AI, but actually use it meaningfully in educational settings.
Her doctoral research into stakeholder perceptions of AI in education gives her a rare, ground-level understanding of where the resistance is, where the opportunity lies, and how to move people forward.
Professor Simon Moss
(Leadership, Humility, and Navigating complexity) ~ Radical Humility
Meet a former Dean of Research and director of Radical Humility.
Professor Simon Moss brings a unique perspective shaped by years of academic leadership, research, and working closely with individuals navigating complex, high-pressure environments. His work centres on an often-overlooked but powerful concept — humility — not as something passive, but as a practical and transformative approach to how we think, communicate, lead, and make decisions. For any professionals, this becomes especially relevant when navigating heavy and often competing workloads, challenging conversations and conflict, working with more experienced colleagues, making decisions in uncertain environments, and maintaining confidence without losing authenticity.
His sessions offer a grounded and practical way to move through these challenges with greater clarity, confidence, and effectiveness.t
Why Momentum?
Because completing the thesis doesn't mean the questions stop.
Momentum gives you a place to keep growing through:
✔ thoughtful conversations and intellectual community
✔ mentoring and new perspectives
✔ career and professional exploration
✔ personal growth and reflection
✔ accountability and connection
✔ conversations that support the whole person – not just performance
This isn't just about finding your next role.
It's about expanding how you think, what you see as possible, what you create, and who you're becoming.
 No long-term commitment. Cancel anytime.
And you don't need to have your next chapter figured out.Â
You just need to be ready to explore it.
