In this category you can find realistic accounts of the ‘PGR experience’ including the visceral anxieties we may experience every day. You may also find research-driven wellbeing reflections and lifestyle tips.
First things first – having a child has been one of the biggest blessings of my life, if not the biggest. And equally, having enrolled in a PhD in Clinical Psychology, here at the University of Edinburgh, is also a big milestone for me. As I came to realise, each …
New Year 2020 (little did I know the isolation that was coming), I spent the best part of a week, a rare week off work, filling in funding applications, stressing about the deadlines and the fact that I needed references from people who were themselves on holiday. I knew I …
Doing our PhD is so much more than just our research. It is a transformation in our way of life. Especially if like me, you have moved abroad to do it. It is a life change – a huge one – and it sometimes feels like a lonely process. Those …
When we make a career choice, we almost always have a good reason for that. A medical doctor to save lives, a lawyer to bring justice to innocent people, a teacher to help set young people on the right path. However, motivations can go beyond these. A medical doctor might …
An excerpt from my participatory research, following the experience of a young person at the Center for Adolescent Mental Health, and supporting them in turning their advice to a music video. Mental health is a positive. That’s what Sam* told me at the Centre for Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS), where …
Could mental health awareness be the key to a successful PhD application? To answer this question, a good starting point could be sharing a little bit about myself. My name is Koraima, I am from Quito (Ecuador), and I am a first year PhD student in Clinical Psychology. My interests …
Would you believe me if I told you that a Ted talk changed everything in my life? I was in my final year of under-graduation studying economics. To be very honest, I wasn’t enjoying the subject anymore. I was studying as I had to graduate and obtain good grades. I …
Back in October 2015, I was competing for an elusive space in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. My sport was canoe slalom; a technically, physically, and mentally demanding sport that requires its athletes to navigate a canoe/kayak through a set course of gates, without touching or missing any of them, …
Destruction cannot be heard because rushing blood drowns out words. Destruction cannot be spoken because a mouth crowded with gasps smothers thoughts. That is why devastation leaves one at a loss for words. Becoming speechless ends the protective spell that “the worst is not so long as we can say, …
This Saturday, on March 20th, we are celebrating the ‘International Day of Happiness’. I have to be honest, it feels strange to write about happiness amongst so much confinement and grief that COVID-19 has brought into all of our lives. I believe that is important to acknowledge those who suffered, …
