Mental Health & Wellbeing for Scientists: Support Pack

Mental Health & Wellbeing for Scientists: Support Pack

Experiencing rejection and feelings of inadequacy will affect most scientists at some point in their career, and the pressure of publishing, obtaining grants and getting results can trigger ‘imposter syndrome’ and affect the mental wellbeing of even the most experienced of researchers.

But it may help you to know that you are not alone and that there are lots of people out there, including your colleagues and peers that have been in similar situations themselves, and who want to help.

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn to get the latest updates and please do let us know if there is a topic you would like to see in this Support Pack. And of course, if you are moved to share your story or advice with your peers in an article of your own, we would love to hear from you.

Supporting your mental health and wellbeing

Thanks to our extremely honest and supportive guest authors and a dedicated team at Hello Bio, we have some resources that aim to guide and support your mental health and wellbeing, wherever you are in your scientific career. New resources are being added all the time and you can see them all here. Take a look below at some of our most popular articles:

Building Resilience & Coping With Rejection

• The Life Scientists’ Guide to Coping With Rejection
• Failure, Resilience & Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
• Getting Accustomed to Rejection
• Resilience & Success In Science: A Researcher’s Perspective
• Building Resilience in Scientific Research & Academia
  

Balancing mental health & wellbeing as a scientist

• The Life Scientists’ Guide to Wellbeing
• Identifying & Dealing With Burnout in Academia
• Workplace Wellbeing For Life Scientists
• How To Manage The Expected Pace Of Work In Scientific Research
• Under Pressure: Breaking Free from the Stress of Your PhD
• Scientist Talks: Heema Vyas
• Interviews with Scientists: Jonas Teuwen & Sophie Prosolek

Imposter Syndrome & Feelings of Inadequacy

• Failure, Resilience & Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
• Dealing With Feelings Of Inadequacy During Your Research Career
• “I can’t believe they’re letting me write this blog”: Imposter Syndrome, Science, and the Rest of the World
• LabLifeCon22 - with talks on Imposter Syndrome, Burnout and Mentors

Important relationships & connecting with others

• The Life Scientists' Guide To Mentoring
• Navigating the Mentor-Mentee Relationship
• My PI & I: What Makes A Good Student-Supervisor Relationship?
• Why Scientists Need Great Mentors
  
• The Importance of Mentoring for Postdoctoral Fellows
• The 12 Step Guide to Getting the Most From Your Mentors
• The Importance of Mentoring in Science & Tips for New Mentors
• Interviews with Scientists: advice from researchers
• LabLifeCon22 - with talks on Imposter Syndrome, Burnout and Mentors

View all the resources to help with mental health and wellbeing here

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More General Support for Life Scientists

For advice on wellbeing, dissertations, presenting at conferences, wellbeing, PhD support, networking and lots more, we have a huge range of articles to help - just click below:

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And finally, don't forget to check back in with our blog regularly for our latest articles. If there’s something you’d love to contribute to the community, whether that’s an interview or article, drop us a line at hello@hellobio.com

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