A few weeks ago, we shared with you a link to an interesting webinar by Dr. Lidia Lins on dealing with stress and burnout in academia. The thought was simple – given that most of us may have begun 2021 on a worried note, we need to make sure that we learn to take better care of ourselves during the year.
If you attended the session, you may have seen how Lidia brought her combined knowledge – both as a postdoctoral researcher and experienced stress & burnout coach to talk about how researchers can avoid stress and burnout in academia. Not only did Lidia show us how to identify symptoms of and burnout, she also took us through some great exercises and shared an exclusive tips-based handout that she especially created for us.
In this session, Lidia:
- Explained how you, as a researcher, may be more prone to experiencing stress and anxiety
- Clarified what burnout is and how you can identify it
- Showed some great techniques to manage your stress and anxiety levels so that you can avoid burning out
- Shared tested tips and strategies to help you prepare for different kinds of situations as a researcher
- Answered several questions from listeners about dealing with stressful situations
Session recording and handout: To ensure that you do not miss out on all the amazing insights Lidia shared, we recorded this session. Click here to access the recording.
Don’t forget to view/download the handout Lidia created for you.
[Note: You may need to create a free account to view the recording. Doing this will also give you access to all of our other talks on dealing with academic life.]
We received a lot of very interesting questions during Lidia’s webinar. Owing to time constraints, we could not take all of them during the Q&A session. We’re trying to get Lidia to answer all of these questions from the session, so stay tuned to the Researcher Voice platform for more updates.
About Lidia Lins
Lidia Lins is an academic who dons several hats – environmental specialist, science communication manager, and stress & burnout coach. She is currently pursuing postdoctoral research at the Department of Biology at Ghent University in Belgium. During her PhD studies, she saw and experienced burnouts around her and everywhere in the world, and finally she concluded that life needs balance – that even though researchers go through periods of extreme anxiety and stress, they can learn to deal with them. She began to feel that researchers not only need to answer scientific questions, but also inner questions about themselves.
In the course of her academic journey, Lidia felt a strong need to help other researchers navigate a stressful academic life and hence went on to receive training in yoga, meditation, and coaching. She set up Ineocoaching to provide researchers with essential support in aspects such as stress management, anxiety management, meditation, and self-care and to help them achieve their goals with more confidence.
