If you missed our @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social webinar on #AcademicMentalHealth please find the link to the recording below ⬇️
@anabastos.bsky.social shared their personal experience and provided comprehensive, insightful advice. Thank you Ana for discussing this important topic 😊
Show me a spreadsheet that tracks "Service Equity" and I'll show you... a headache. 🤕 Academicsphere visualizes your workload so you can advocate for balance. Data = Power. www.academicsphere.net #AcademicMentalHealth #FacultyDevelopment
The @egubg.bsky.social Early Career Scientists team invited me to share my thoughts about #AcademicMentalHealth and what to do about the ongoing crisis. Some folks wonder: I am an Earth System scientist, why do I keep talking about mental health?
@egu.eu
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Check out the full report, freely released today: stresscafe.net/census/ #AcademicSky #AcademicMentalHealth
71% of participants report working more than their contracted or paid hours. Employees in the sample are contributing $271m of free labour. #AcademicSky #AcademicMentalHealth
Substantial numbers of staff are working in conditions that pose a serious risk to their mental and physical health. 82% report high to very high levels of emotional exhaustion. Only academic deans and senior professional managers reported lower risk levels. #AcademicSky #AcademicMentalHealth
Results of the Australian university census on staff wellbeing. All universities recorded high or very high risk psychosocial climates. 76% of university staff reported high- to very high-risk levels of psychosocial safety: more than double the general workforce. #AcademicSky #AcademicMentalHealth
Tomorrow I'll be talking about mental health in the geosciences as part of the EGU BG ECS webinar series.
www.egu.eu/webinars/694...
#AuDHD #AcademicMentalHealth
Ever catch yourself doubting your place in the lab or at a conference? It happens a lot in early research. What practical habits or support have actually helped you build real confidence? Small steps count more than we think 💡 #AcademicMentalHealth #ItzikThoughtLoop
Imposter syndrome is common in early research. Comparing your work to others is easy, but building skills takes steady practice and real feedback. Honest conversations with mentors can help untangle doubt from progress. 💡 #AcademicMentalHealth #ItzikThoughtLoop
Imposter syndrome is common in early research. Comparing your work to others is easy, but building skills takes steady practice and real feedback. Honest conversations with mentors can help untangle doubt from progress. 💡 #AcademicMentalHealth #ItzikThoughtLoop
Imposter syndrome is common in early research. Comparing your work to others is easy, but building skills takes steady practice and real feedback. Honest conversations with mentors can help untangle doubt from progress. 💡 #AcademicMentalHealth #ItzikThoughtLoop
Ever question if your research ideas are “good enough” or if you’re just missing something obvious? Building confidence often starts by talking openly with mentors and peers. What helps you break out of the imposter mindset? 💡 #AcademicMentalHealth #ItzikThoughtLoop
#PerformancePsychology #MentalHealth #drdevroy
Colourful postcards with reminders for PhD students
Preparing for my event with PhD students at the University of Sydney next week.
Also printed these postcards from my art collaboration with some important reminders.
My message: Your mental health is more important than your thesis.
@thephdplace.bsky.social
#AcademicMentalHealth
#FirstGenPhD #ImposterSyndrome #WorkLifeBalance #AcademicMentalHealth #Conferencing #Research #PhDefense #Thesis #Dissertating #PhDProposal
Telling employees to do laundry, cleaning or floss their teeth to manage stress when they are facing potential redundancy is appalling.
Feeling for all of my colleagues at the University of Technology Sydney.
#AcademicMentalHealth
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
While institutions make a big thing about #AcademicMentalHealth and #wellbeing, very often there's no specific responsibility for pastoral roles or dedicated spaces.
So nobody has control over where support is provided. Often it's not even a room. Particularly not in shared/open plan offices.
"For me, success is getting seven to eight hours of sleep every night, having a little bit more balance, going to Pilates class twice a week... Take your annual leave. Don't feel guilty about it."
Loved this recent chat with Vikki Wright!
#AcademicMentalHealth
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We need to stop whispering about depression, anxiety, and impostor syndrome in academia.
Unrealistic expectations & silence don’t make it easier—honest conversations do.
You belong here. Your mental health matters.
#AcademicMentalHealth #PhDStruggles #EndTheStigma #YouBelongHere
A laptop covered in bright stickers
New work laptop stickers 💗
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
@thephdplace.bsky.social
#AcademicTwitter
#AcademicMentalHealth
doing a PhD: 30% research, 70% fighting invisible brain demons.
ironic how much I love my project, yet getting out of bed feels harder than climbing everest.
anyway, brains are weird. be kind — to yours and to others’.
#PhDStruggles #AcademicMentalHealth
New Voices of Academia blog: Exploring Mindfulness Methods for Thriving in Uncertainty in Academia by Sarah-Jane Potts ✍️
"the unending challenge of completing every task to a high standard within the timeframe can be exhausting."
#AcademicMentalHealth
voicesofacademia.com/2025/03/21/e...
Read more:
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We are scienceOS. We strive for a world where scientists can swiftly tackle global challenges and assist researchers by providing them with AI-enhanced research tools.
#scienceOS #partnership #AcademicMentalHealth
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Tonight at #APSSummit25, I am running APR-EV10:1: Mental Health Roundtable in Marriot Marquis Northwest at 6:00pm-7:00pm! Many of us are feeling a lot of anxiety and depression especially now with the state of the world. Come find support and community! #AcademicMentalHealth
"I can't do a good job ethically and morally. I don't want to teach any more. I am so sad about it. I grieve for it."
theconversation.com/they-eat-sna...
#AcademicMentalHealth
#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
For anyone interested in #AcademicMentalHealth note how this area is deeply political and yet many trainers, experts and speakers hired by institutions knot themselves into a pretzel to avoid appearing political, or mention or challenge what is causing or worsening mental distress in universities.
Just migrating Voices of Academia here, from X. Please give us a follow at @voicesofacademia.bsky.social
#AcademicMentalHealth
A follow up of my path to finding out I'm an #ADHDer, mental health, navigating the school system and academic career as #neurodivergent, and of course the need for more #inclusion #DEI #DEImatters #AcademicMentalHealth
Interviewed by the amazing Birgit Pfeiffer for @cdfunileipzig.bsky.social
Latest Voices of Academia blog 📝
It’s Also Okay Not to Talk About Your Mental Health by Anonymous
"The lying about being fine became so exhausting on top of everything else ...the unintended effect was that I became even more isolated."
#AcademicMentalHealth
voicesofacademia.com/2025/01/10/i...
