New resident blogger, Olivia Shaw Lovell, introduces her work, and what excites her most about contributing to this SGSAH blog space.
Tag: Mental Health
Coming Off SSRIs During the PhD
This week, Resident Blogger Emma writes candidly about her experience of being weaned off anti-anxiety medication amidst the PhD...
Somatics and Resilience in Times of Crisis: Researching through and with Trauma
This week, guest blogger Rosalind Masson shares the beginnings of her research journey, offering insight into the intersections between embodied practice and resilience after trauma...
Welcome to the Real World: Expectations and Self-Doubt in Your PhD
In this week's blog, Mengyuan Yue shares her wisdom and advice for making the transition from a Master's degree to a PhD, rethinking "perfection", and trusting yourself and your work.
How do I survive … my PhD supervisors?
In this week’s blog, Meike van Lit shares her advice on how to coordinate an interdisciplinary team, how to make the transition from Master's degree to PhD, and, more importantly, how to survive your PhD supervisors!
My Research Life: Attempting to Avoid Burnout
In this week’s blog, resident blogger Beth Price talks mental health, burnout, and the pressure to do self-care perfectly.
Back to Basics: A Balancing Act, or How to Keep a Work/Life Balance During Your PhD
In this week’s blog, resident blogger Beth shares her tips on how to maintain a work/life balance during your PhD. Photo by Tim Gouw on Pexels.com Full disclosure, when this blog goes live I will be up a hill in the Lake District. An old friend is visiting the UK for a few days and … Continue reading Back to Basics: A Balancing Act, or How to Keep a Work/Life Balance During Your PhD
Navigating Hyphenation and Mental Health
In this final blog post for Mental Health Awareness Month, Alix Gallagher writes about compartmentalisation of the many, varied roles we often find ourselves engaged in while we're conducting PhD research. She looks at some practical ways in which she has been able to divide those roles and prioritise, especially during a part-time PhD. Photo … Continue reading Navigating Hyphenation and Mental Health
My Life in Research: Coping with Social Anxiety
In this post for Mental Health Awareness Month, current blogger Garry Mac talks about social anxiety, a condition that can be debilitating and which can have all kinds of effects on your PhD research. He'll discuss his own experiences with the condition, dig into why ‘networking’ events can be crisis-inducing for those with social anxiety, … Continue reading My Life in Research: Coping with Social Anxiety
The Person That I am and How that Affects My Mental Health
Week 3 of our Mental Health Awareness Month posts come from Jodie Russell, a 3rd year PhD researcher at University of Edinburgh whose research explores the intersection of mind and medicine. In this guest post, she explains how our concept of the self can influence mental health. Мышь 2 by George Shuklin is licensed under … Continue reading The Person That I am and How that Affects My Mental Health
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