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... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
