Thalia Eley is a Professor of Developmental Behavioural Genetics and Director of the EDIT lab, King’s College London. She is also Wife of Giles and Mum of Justin, Pasco and Theo. In this post Thalia discusses five points that have helped her to juggle life both inside and outside of…
A few weeks ago, I attended the mental health first aid (MHFA) training day (see Molly’s post), a one-day training course available to all King’s College London staff. The course is designed to foster discussion about spotting and supporting mental health issues in peers and colleagues. However, what the course…
A friend of mine recently posted this picture of a coffee mug, superimposed with the quote: “You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.” The message stuck with me. It can be easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of daily life, such that we…
As rates of depression and anxiety rise, it isn’t too surprising that social attitudes towards mental illness have improved considerably. However, as the current economic climate continues to strain our mental health, it also demands us to stay positive in the face of stress and uncertainty. Have we become so…
I was recently chatting with an early career researcher in a colleague’s group, who had read some of the pieces on our blog about balancing different activities. He was particularly interested to hear my thoughts about saying no… So here they are.
One of the hardest things about academia is that the activity that is most important, is most likely to get put the bottom of the list by other apparently more critical or urgent tasks. I am talking about writing. As a mum of three young boys, my working week is…
With 3 children (now aged 8, 10 and 12), a flexible but full-time job as an academic, and a host of activities I enjoy outside of work (most notably singing in a lot of concerts), one of the things I most often get asked about is how I balance these different interests…
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