Resilience & Well-Being in Academia

Course description

Despite our increasing diversity, academics tend to harbour a common chorus of voices in our heads. Voices that demand perfection, or that tell us we are not good enough and we do not belong here; voices that have driven us to excel, but that also charge a high tax on our emotional, mental and physical health.

This workshop provides participants with tools to increase their resilience to stress, anxiety and burnout, and to enhance their overall well-being. The workshop is driven by the needs of the specific group in session and tools and strategies are examined through working examples brought forward by the group.

Together we explore:

• The self-critical inner voices that sabotage your motivation and enjoyment for your work;
• How your mindset can help or hinder your day-to-day life and your future career prospects;
• How certain maladaptive coping strategies (e. g. procrastination and avoidance) maintain these self-sabotaging thought and behaviour cycles;
• How to reshape your thinking and behaviour patterns to work for you in pursuit of your goals.