Some time ago, I conducted a workshop for the PhD candidates at Amsterdam Movement Sciences. The workshop was titled ‘Taking the Helm: Strategic Leadership and Feedback Tactics for PhD Students’. Take Charge of Your PhD Journey We discussed how to take charge of your PhD journey, emphasising that the…
A cliché, but true: researchers and scientists experience stress. It has various causes: competition for research funds and the race to be the first with publications, financial pressure to secure sufficient resources, the pressure to regularly publish in renowned journals, time pressure due to various deadlines, no proper work-life balance,…
On first thought, diving and earning a PhD may not seem to have much in common. But, the things that let you make a safe dive can also apply to keep you healthy, successful and earn your degree in time. How can this be? To dive safely, it is imperative…
We all have stress, but PhD students experience it in a very specific way. This is due to a variety of factors as shown in our research. For example, PhD students may feel it is unclear what exactly is asked of them, that the workload and finding a conclusion of…
Stress can be very good for your. You do need it. To make sure you can focus and as it will give you an extra energy boost. Our body is made up to handle stress in an intelligent way. Well…. We know how to handle stress as long as the…
The hour draws near that you have to meet deadlines, holidays are looming, your paper has to be submitted, your presentation will be the day after tomorrow….. the pressure and the stress are building up..…before you know it you are running around like a headless chicken. Once this happens you…
