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How to Stay Mindful During Covid As A PhD Student

How to Stay Mindful During Covid As A PhD Student

by Dr. Max Lempriere | Nov 13, 2020 | Covid Resources, Stay Motivated

When I was writing my PhD, I couldn’t think of anything that could be more stressful.   Now, in my work with PhD students, I realise I was wrong. Working towards a PhD during a pandemic is far more stressful.   Covid has turned something that was already...
80 things I wish I knew when I was doing my PhD

80 things I wish I knew when I was doing my PhD

by Dr. Max Lempriere | Jun 8, 2020 | Find Mental Balance, Increase Your Productivity, Stay Motivated, Writing

There’s one thing that is often missing from guides and books written on how to do a PhD: the human dimension. Often they fail to fully appreciate the person behind the PhD, the person who struggles and worries and wonders what it is all about. This article is...
6 ways to overcome PhD loneliness

6 ways to overcome PhD loneliness

by Dr. Max Lempriere | Mar 3, 2020 | Find Mental Balance, Stay Motivated, Writing

PhDs can be the loneliest places in the world. You may be part of a bigger cohort of students in your department, but ultimately it’s down to you to power on through, turn up every day, make decisions and deal with problems. It’s you that has to carry around the...
How Moments of Mindfulness Can Thwart the PhD Blues — The Science of Mindfulness for Students

How Moments of Mindfulness Can Thwart the PhD Blues — The Science of Mindfulness for Students

by Dr. Max Lempriere | Jan 27, 2020 | Find Mental Balance, Stay Motivated, Writing

PhD students are six times more likely to experience depression or anxiety than the general population — that’s what a recent survey of over 2,000 graduate students found. To those of us currently on our PhD journey, perhaps this won’t come as a surprise. Doctoral...
39 PhD Mindfulness Exercises To De-Stress Your PhD

39 PhD Mindfulness Exercises To De-Stress Your PhD

by Dr. Max Lempriere | Aug 16, 2019 | Find Mental Balance, Increase Your Productivity, Stay Motivated, Writing

About halfway through my own PhD I had an email typed out to my supervisor telling her that I was giving up. I had had enough. I couldn’t deal with the uncertainty, or the stress, or the creeping mental health problems that had developed. But I didn’t send it. I...
7 Ways To Beat PhD Writer’s Block

7 Ways To Beat PhD Writer’s Block

by Dr. Max Lempriere | Mar 21, 2019 | Improve Your Writing, Increase Your Productivity, Stay Motivated, Writing

Writing your PhD thesis is the most rewarding accomplishment of your education. It’s what allows you to call yourself “Doctor”. One problem: it’s hundreds of pages long and writing anything of that length can feel like climbing a mountain, even if you’ve written...

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