Tag: Mental Health

Diversity in Ecology

Soft-minded or suffering? The wellbeing taboo of PhD students

Sometimes asking for help feels like an impossible task. Especially if you fear being judged or dismissed as weak for needing help in the first place. Following our #DiversityInEcology theme, PhD student Chloe Robinson is back to help break the wellbeing taboo and share some resources that are available for those in need of help. ‘It will all be worth it in the end’. If I had a … Continue reading Soft-minded or suffering? The wellbeing taboo of PhD students

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Diversity in Ecology

Did they choose my brain, my gender, or my race?

Following our #DiversityInEcology theme, this blog post talks about having (and overcoming!) imposter syndrome. Isabel Rojas-Ferrer is a cognitive ecologist who was recently invited to participate in a roundtable discussion with the Minister of Science of Canada. Learn how this experience changed her reasoning about imposter syndome. During my second year of my master’s degree I started feeling undeserving of my position as a graduate student. At … Continue reading Did they choose my brain, my gender, or my race?

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