Working out why something works

As someone who had a pretty efficient work-life balance system, before COVID made everything happen on a computer in my … More

We build resilience through healing AND challenge

You don’t get knocked down and bounce back stronger. At least not immediately.

Longtime readers of the blog will know Research Degree Insiders is a big fan of time off — there’s a … More

Sometimes I realise that an important idea I’ve been talking about, almost since the beginning of the blog, has never … More

When Audre Lorde wrote ‘self-care is warfare’, she declared that when an African-American woman takes care of herself, she fights back … More

I wrote Exercising Like a Girl back in early February, about starting out on a feminist and feminine self-care gym routine. … More

Warning: Today I’m going to talk about going to the gym and femininity. Moreover, I’m going to talk about my personal, embodied … More

I’ve been thinking a lot about productivity and efficiency recently. Reading yet more articles about startups working a 4 day … More

This is the third post in a series on giving ourselves permission not to be perfect, which seems to be … More

This is the second post in a new series about giving ourselves permission. The first one is here. Actually, I … More