This article explores the changing concept of mentorship through academic literature and conversations with colleagues. The author examines their past assumptions of mentorship and describes journey in reframing mentorship as "Thought Partners" (Anderson and Stanny, 2012). This reframe provided space to re-conceptualize mentorship as a productive partnership between equals and let go of past stereotypical assumptions of mentorship. Given the pressure that students may feel to find a mentor in their early career journeys, this article can provide an opportunity for advisors to think about how they talk about mentorship with students.

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