Posts tagged support
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
Supporting ourselves: Lessons from yoga for our writing
Supporting ourselves: Lessons from yoga for our writing

Like yoga, approaching writing and how one begins the process is important. Scaffolding the process is central, as to preparing for writing. Here are some questions I ask myself.

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Wellbeing Whisperer, wellbeing, productivityNarelle Lemonwriting, support, PhD, phd life, phd support, sphere of control, yoga, movement, self-care, self-awareness, small acts of self-care, supporting yourself, higher education, academic care, academia, academic, academic mental health, academic wellbeing, academic emotions, learning, present, being present, wellbeing whispererComment
April as a month to value yourself
April as a month to value yourself

This month is all about valuing yourself. I’ve created a monthly calendar that lays out some daily inspiration via intentions, reminders to self, questions and things to leave in last week actions.

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Narelle Lemonmonth of April, daily prompts, reminder to self, intentions, mindfulness, present, self-awareness, self-care, wellbeing whisperer, academia, academic wellbeing, academic emotions, emotions, positive emotions, support, resourcesComment
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