Welcome to class, I'm Alana and I'm Queer.
Alana Berry
It felt really liberating, but more than liberating myself, I hoped that my students felt that no matter their identity they felt safe acknowledging them in my class. I want to be radical. I want my home to reflect my radical values. Well, if my bod
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On-Line Services to Make Life Easier
Helen Bird
Life happens. Here are 38 online services to help when the going gets rough.
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The Olympics of Pain: Tag Me Out
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow. Skiing. Here's a list partial list of of things I won't be doing: Writing letters of recommendation. Reading a fellow's application after we met about …
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Balancing on the Edge
Gurjeet Birdee, MD
As academics, most of us are in overdrive—racing from meetings to emails, writing to teaching, and maintaining some semblance of a balanced life. Two fallacies about how we operate …
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Building Resiliency with Hypnosis and Mindfulness
Lindsey McKernan, PhD
“Stressed?” Of course. In fact, it would probably be a little concerning if you were not stressed at this point. Let's talk about skills to build resilience.
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In It Together: Dyadic Coping Among Doctoral Students and Partners
Rebecca Helton
Completing a doctoral program is hard. It can also be hard on your partner.
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Summer for Academic Parents: Do It Like a Pro by Preparing Now
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Summer time is more than popsicles and fireworks for academic folks. It's the time to GET THINGS DONE. While seminars, conferences and teaching are at a lull, you have a …
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Another Cautionary Tale on "Tailgaiting": Brigham and Women's Interloper Evades Hospital Security
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Hospital security has come under increasing stress from individuals who are able to evade security measures and access patients and menace staff.
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Do Life
Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD
I despise the term “work-life balance.” The semantics evoke work and life as opposing forces locked in conflict – the bobbing bar of a doomed tightrope walker, a teeter-totter whose fulcrum …
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Alarming Statistics Reveal Mental Health Crisis in Our STEM and Medical School Trainees
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
What percentage of medical students do you think are depressed or suicidal? 5%? 10%? Go higher. Much higher. This week JAMA published a meta analysis and literature review out of Harvard revealing …
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