Posts tagged circle of niceness
The care in requests
The care in requests

I love receiving email requests to collaborate, speak, or run workshops. I especially like emails, tweets and DMs that share an appreciation. I honestly love hearing from others, it brings me joy. I love ideas. I love being generous. But, there is an art to communication and showing care to those you are reaching out to. Here are my 9 flips that place care at the centre of the cold call or new connection with a busy person.

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Wellbeing Whisperer, networking, wellbeingNarelle Lemonemail, communication, care, requests, cold calling, academic wellbeing, academic emotions, academic, academia, academic care, academic workload, good academic citizen, self-care, Academic wellbeing, wellbeing, wellbeing whisperer, academic reciprocity, community, circle of niceness, deep thinkingComment
The invitation to peer review for a publication: 5 questions to help you with your yes...or no.
The invitation to peer review for a publication: 5 questions to help you with your yes...or no.

My friend, let’s call him Max, sent me a text. He’s a lecturer who is also undertaking his final 6 months of the Phd. He asked me “how do I respond to a request to be a reviewer for a journal?”. Let’s unpack some question sto help you answer this where self-care is present.

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Wellbeing Whisperer, wellbeing, consulting, supervision, productivityNarelle Lemonwellbeing whisperer, self-care, academia, academic mental health, academic wellbeing, academic workload, academic emotions, academic, academic care, peer review, publication peer review, time, feedback, academic reciprocity, good academic citizen, circle of niceness, mutual respect, learning, learn, PhD, phd support, phd life, early career researcher, making decisions, decision making, invitation to peer reviewComment