Prioritize yourself in 2021! Learn how to avoid stress and burnout in academia

If you entered 2021 on an anxious note, then you need to hear this. Given how exceptionally hard 2020 has been on all of us and the uncertainty we have all been facing, it’s only natural for you to be feeling anxious right now. As a researcher, you already have a lot on your plate — intense competition, long work hours, pressure to publish, a tough work-life balance, and more. You cannot be hard on yourself — you need to take care of your physical, mental, and emotional well-being as a researcher.

In this session, Lidia will:

Date: January 22, 2021

Time: 9:00 AM EST

About Lidia Lins

Lidia Lins is an academic who dons several hats — environmental specialist, science communication manager, and stress coach. Lidia is currently pursuing postdoctoral research at the Department of Biology at Ghent University in Belgium. During her PhD studies, Lidia saw and experienced burnouts around her and everywhere in the world, and finally she concluded that life needs balance — that even though researchers undergo periods of extreme anxiety and stress, they can learn to deal with them. She began to feel that researchers need to answer not only scientific questions but also inner questions about themselves.

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