Posts tagged relationships
Collaboration and the PhD experience (Part 4): Mentorship and nurturing your supervisor relationship
Collaboration and the PhD experience (Part 4): Mentorship and nurturing your supervisor relationship

Mentorship and nurturing your supervisor relationship are hot topics in the PhD journey. Part 4 of the Collaboration and the PhD experience series focuses on some reflective questions to support these relationships.

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Wellbeing Whisperer, wellbeing, networking, supervisionNarelle Lemonmentor, mentoring, supervisor, supervision relationship, relationships, academic wellbeing, academia, academic, academic emotions, PhD, Phd, phd life, phd support, wellbeing, wellbeing whisperer, self-care, supporting yourselfComment
July is for connecting with your colleagues and peers
July is for connecting with your colleagues and peers

July is for connecting with your colleagues and peers. Download, print or set as your screen saver this guide to building positive relationships with your teams.

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Wellbeing Whisperer, wellbeingNarelle Lemonpositive emotions, relationships, working with others, community, awareness, academic emotions, academic care, academic mental health, academia, academic, PhD, phd life, Phd, phd support, savouring, self-awareness, slowing down, wellbeing whisperer, wellbeing, academic wellbeing, self-care, small acts of self-care, supporting yourself, supportComment
It’s time for a self-care check in
It’s time for a self-care check in

We have a new moon. Well actually we are moving into an "eclipse season" with a super moon amongst many other moon-like changes and astrology happenings over the next few months. An eclipse season is a culmination of some energy changes, and for those who follow along with astrology know that this is possibly a time for taking inventory about how we have dealt with things. So, it’s a perfect time to do a self-care check in.

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Wellbeing Whisperer, wellbeingNarelle Lemonboundaries, relationships, wellbeing whisperer, wellbeing, self-care, self-awareness, email, deep thinking, academia, academic mental health, academic care, academic workload, academic wellbeing, academic, higher educationComment
Stuck in the Suez Canal: Processing your writing blocks
Stuck in the Suez Canal: Processing your writing blocks

The recent events of the container ship stuck in the Suez Canal has offered some great viewing, much dialogue, and some critical discussion points represented in memes for us over the past week. The event has also offered us a familiar metaphor for how we sometimes feel as PhD scholars, writers and researchers. Who is your tugboat?

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wellbeing, Wellbeing Whisperer, productivityNarelle Lemonwriting, writing blocks, relationships, support, Suez Canal, flow, PhD, sphere of control, academia, academic mental health, academic, academic wellbeing, academic care, academic emotions, phd life, phd support, research, questions for inquiryComment
Circle of niceness: mapping our values
Circle of niceness: mapping our values

'Circle of niceness' is a way of being. It is group of people, in this case those working in higher education, that have a shared understanding of the profession and who problem solve through supportive and mutually respectful ways.

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Narelle Lemoncommunity, circleofniceness, kindness, compassion, selfcare, self-care, mindfulness, mindful practice, relationships, meaning, higher education, collaboration, care, postive emotions, purpose, supportive ideas Comment
Mindfulness helps us with the how of using our strengths
Mindfulness helps us with the how of using our strengths

When we are mindful we better use our strengths. Mindfulness offers the how for the practice of strengths . It reminds us of being intentional.

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mindfulness, StrengthsNarelle Lemonmindfulness, mindful, mindful practice, present, aware, awareness, self-awareness, strength, strengths, open, curious, curiosity, strengths based coaching, learning, learn, flourish, thrive, reflect, reflection, personal development, positive psychology, postive emotions, meaning, purpose, relationships, self reflection, appreciationComment