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academic overwhelm

Ep 3:12 Your Breaking Point

By Karen Kelsky | December 14, 2021

We talk breaking points. Kel suggests to anyone feeling they've reached the breaking point at the end of the semester: pause, and appreciate that it's showing you, you DO have a limit. Sit with that. What's it mean to hit your limit and really admit … [Read more...] about Ep 3:12 Your Breaking Point

Tagged With: academic mental health, academic overwhelm, academic overwork, breaking point

Ep 3:7 Quagmire of Failure

By Karen Kelsky | November 1, 2021

Part three in our three-part series about getting Unstuck. So much of the academic experience is about feelings of failure.  It's central to normally functioning academia (in the sense of job, grant and article rejections), but it's far more relevant … [Read more...] about Ep 3:7 Quagmire of Failure

Tagged With: academic overwhelm, coping with failure, coping with rejection, getting unstuck, going postac, Imposter Syndrome, leaving academia

Episode 3:1 Coming Back from Isolation

By Karen Kelsky | September 14, 2021

Karen and Kel are back from their summer hiatus, and they talk re-entry. Re-entry, that is, to a shitshow academic year in a pandemic that, in the US, has been mismanaged to a degree that almost defies belief.  Academics are coming back to campuses … [Read more...] about Episode 3:1 Coming Back from Isolation

Tagged With: academic overwhelm, burnout, covid on campus

Ep 2:40 Resisting the Culture of Overwork

By Karen Kelsky | June 7, 2021

An episode recorded pre-pandemic but even more relevant now.  Karen and Kel talk resisting overwork, and recovering your joy.  The key here is detachment from your work: neither misery nor joy; just a set of tasks. Put another way:  it's what you do, … [Read more...] about Ep 2:40 Resisting the Culture of Overwork

Tagged With: academic overwhelm, academic overwork, planning for summer, work life balance

Ep. 2:25 If You’re a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) in Academia

By Karen Kelsky | February 9, 2021

Responding to a podcast member question, Karen and Kel talk about how to manage sensory overload in academic settings. We discuss how to extract yourself politely from overwhelming interactions-whether personal or professional (or in that weird … [Read more...] about Ep. 2:25 If You’re a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) in Academia

Tagged With: academic overwhelm, HSP, learning to say no

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