As the nights grow colder and the decorations begin appearing sooner each year, it's time to consider how to approach self care during the festive season. It is likely a time where you are able to take a longer break from your PhD, so let's chat through how to manage your wellbeing over the winter period.

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Resources:

• Contact Samaritans by calling 116 123 or via their website
• For more resources regarding mental health please check out Mind & the Mental Health Foundation
• A few pages on burnout here and here.
• Seasonal affective disorder
• Atomic Habits by James Clear

Info sources for things I spoke about:

• https://fmhspgsa.auckland.ac.nz/phd-student-burnout/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9830820/
• https://epigram.org.uk/the-reality-of-winter-depression-at-university/
• https://study.com/resources/seasonal-affective-disorder-college-students.html
• https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad/about-sad/
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8715816/

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