Episode Summary Mental Health Awareness Month was back in May, but it’s never too late to talk about mental health and strategies for taking care of ourselves during difficult times. In this episode we share …
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Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month: Part 3
by Miriam Krause The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM) is #MoreThanEnough. As the National Alliance on Mental Illnesses says on their website, “We want every person out there to know that if all …
Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month: Part 2
by Miriam Krause The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Month is #MoreThanEnough. As the National Alliance on Mental Illnesses says on their website, “We want every person out there to know that if all you …
Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month: Part 1
by Miriam Krause The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Month is #MoreThan Enough. As the National Alliance on Mental Illnesses says on their website, “We want every person out there to know that …
Why I Think Grad Students Should Give Campus Mental Health Services A Try
by Emma McKeel When I began my undergraduate degree, I had just been diagnosed with an eating disorder. Within my first few weeks of being at my university, I walked into the campus health services …
Anxiety can make graduate school feel like an Olympic balance beam
by Laura Satterfield Even if you didn’t watch the Olympics this summer, chances are you heard something about gymnast Simone Biles dropping out of the team and individual all-round competition. I won’t rehash any of …
Running towards a degree
by Christian Lochbaumedited by Natalie Hudson-Smith I don’t enjoy running long distances. A lot of people talk about their experience in training and running marathons: most of these people describe running as “fun” or “exciting” …
Mental Health and the Diversity of Minds
by Izzy Foreman-Ortiz Did you know that over a third of graduate students experience mental health concerns?1 Graduate school and Master’s or PhD level careers in any field may naturally attract perfectionists; specifically, the strenuous …