Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide

Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide

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This book explores the PhD experience as never before and provides a “survival guide” for current and prospective PhD students. The book investigates why mental health issues are so common among the postgraduate population, going beyond the statistics, looking at lived experience of both the author and as well as current PhD students, who have found balancing mental wellness with the PhD endeavour challenging.The author discusses tips and tricks she wished she had known at the start of her PhD...
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Chapter 12: Thriving, Not Just Surviving

Aug 19th, 2023 6:13 AM

This chapter looks at how to get help for mental illness, based on the author's experience.The book was written by Dr Zoë Ayres, edited by Dr Petra Boynton, and narrated by Gabriella Kountourides. Cover art by Hana Ayoob."Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide" was originally published in print by Springer, and can be purchased here.This podcast is entirely free. If you are able to, you can BuyMeACoffee. This helps keep me going helps support future projects.For full early access to the podcast (ahead of the 12 week release schedule), you can purchase this through my BuyMeACoffee commission.Please find the full reference list for the book here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chapter 11: The High-Walled Rose Garden - Understanding there is life outside the academy

Aug 12th, 2023 6:11 AM

This chapter looks at the uncertainty of "what comes next" after PhD study, and the alternatives to academic careers.The book was written by Dr Zoë Ayres, edited by Dr Petra Boynton, and narrated by Gabriella Kountourides. Cover art by Hana Ayoob."Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide" was originally published in print by Springer, and can be purchased here.This podcast is entirely free. If you are able to, you can BuyMeACoffee. This helps keep me going helps support future projects.For full early access to the podcast (ahead of the 12 week release schedule), you can purchase this through my BuyMeACoffee commission.Please find the full reference list for the book here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chapter 10: Publish or Perish - On the Myth of Meritocracy

Aug 5th, 2023 6:08 AM

This chapter explores the overwork culture in academia and the pressure to publish.The book was written by Dr Zoë Ayres, edited by Dr Petra Boynton, and narrated by Gabriella Kountourides. Cover art by Hana Ayoob."Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide" was originally published in print by Springer, and can be purchased here.This podcast is entirely free. If you are able to, you can BuyMeACoffee. This helps keep me going helps support future projects.For full early access to the podcast (ahead of the 12 week release schedule), you can purchase this through my BuyMeACoffee commission.Please find the full reference list for the book here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chapter 9: Perhaps It's Not You It's Them: The PhD Student-Supervisor Relationship

Jul 29th, 2023 6:06 AM

This chapter looks at the professional relationship between PhD students and their supervisors, and when things go wrong.The book was written by Dr Zoë Ayres, edited by Dr Petra Boynton, and narrated by Gabriella Kountourides. Cover art by Hana Ayoob."Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide" was originally published in print by Springer, and can be purchased here.This podcast is entirely free. If you are able to, you can BuyMeACoffee. This helps keep me going helps support future projects.For full early access to the podcast (ahead of the 12 week release schedule), you can purchase this through my BuyMeACoffee commission.Please find the full reference list for the book here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chapter 8: Dismantling the Ivory Tower - Systemic Issues that might impact your mental health

Jul 22nd, 2023 6:04 AM

This chapter explores the environmental systemic issues that PhD students might face.The book was written by Dr Zoë Ayres, edited by Dr Petra Boynton, and narrated by Gabriella Kountourides. Cover art by Hana Ayoob."Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide" was originally published in print by Springer, and can be purchased here.This podcast is entirely free. If you are able to, you can BuyMeACoffee. This helps keep me going helps support future projects.For full early access to the podcast (ahead of the 12 week release schedule), you can purchase this through my BuyMeACoffee commission.Please find the full reference list for the book here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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