So what is the Imposter Syndrome?
I wrote a blog post about The Imposter Syndrome recently and had a number of people contact me privately to confess that they knew exactly what I meant though they never knew that the way they had been feeling had a name, let alone that it might be so prevalent. Until...
The Story of My Life!
I'm sure you've heard people tell you about the story of their life: one constant series of ups and downs; challenging but I know if I just keep on going eventually something will present itself; one disappointment after another; I don't know where ideas come from –...
Monday Morning Work-time Blues
It's a couple of years since I read about the survey which revealed that for working Brits, Monday was “moanday”. According to a survey of 2000 respondents, we felt worse and moaned more on Mondays than on any other day of the week. How about you? When I was employed,...
Can women make it to top grades?
Following on from my earlier post wondering whether women want a successful career in Academia, I'd like to consider if the path to promotion is fair all the way to the top in (or out of) Academia. The answer to this is I think is complex but a qualified, no. The very...
Do women really want a career in Academia?
As my background is as a researcher in the biological sciences, I keep a keen eye on developments in that area - and sometimes there are disappointingly few. Over the years I have seen the debate on gender in the workforce occasionally make a blip on the ratings and...
Five days to feeling better when life feels hard
Most days are good days at the moment but it's not always been the case. Sometimes it feels as if circumstances or people, conspire against you, other times it's simply the weather, the car, the bills, the system... When life feels hard it doesn't need to stay that...