EPISODE 12: LACK OF MENTORSHIP

This is the LAST EPISODE of season 1!!

In this episode of 'A Postdoc's Journal', I read a journal entry from December 2013--just after Christmas. I was at Heathrow airport waiting for my flight back to Germany, and I had some interesting revelations linking my childhood experiences to my problems as a postdoc. I discuss the value of having a change of scenery to help you think clearer and I delve into the impact a lack of mentorship can have on you as a young child...and as an adult.

00:00 Introduction to the Postdocs Journal

03:33 Journal Entry

08:12 A change of environment can help you gain a different perspective

10:38 I was still feeling imposter syndrome

11:15 Microtraumas from childhood

13:33 A lack of mentorship at school and in academia

15:29 Goal making skills

15:54 Knowing what you don't want to do is still progress

17:23 Outro

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