#shareEGU20: Mind your head: how to take care of your mental wellbeing

Over the past years it has become more and more clear that many people working in academia experience mental health issues. Factors like job insecurity, limited amount of time and poor management often cause high stress levels and can lead to mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety or emotional exhaustion. Following the EGU blog series ‘Mind your Head’ and the successful ECS Great Debate at the General Assembly in 2019 (links below), we aim to continue the dialogue and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. In this webinar, five panellists give short presentations about various topics within the theme of managing your mental health from their own perspective and based on their own experience. We focus on coping mechanisms and provide you with some tips on how to deal with certain issues. We invite people from all career stages and disciplines to tune in and join us for this short course. Moderator: Elenora van Rijsingen – Postdoc in Geophysics, École Normale Supérieure Paris (@tectonora) Panellists: Anne Pluymakers: Imposter syndrome (“I’m not good enough”). Assistant Professor Experimental Fluid-Rock Interaction, TU Delft (@RockDefTUD). Christopher Jackson: The importance of physical activity during stressful periods. Professor of Basin Analysis, Imperial College London (@seis_matters). Stephanie Zihms: Adjusting to academic life with a chronic illness. Lecturer Researcher Development, University of the West of Scotland. Jean Holloway: Overcoming anxiety. PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Ottawa (@jholloway15). Joeri Tijdink: Research on researchers: An expert’s perspective. Psychiatrist and researcher, Amsterdam UMC (@NRIN_Integrity). The slides for all the talks can be found here: https://egu.eu/9PTVEL/ DISCLAIMER: Note that mental health issues are serious and should always be addressed with the help of professionals. Remember, acknowledging that things are not going well and seeking help is a sign of strength, and never a source of shame! The advice in this webinar is based on personal experiences and opinions and should therefore be seen as a complement, not an alternative, to seeking professional help. Additional resources: Mind Your Head #1: Let’s talk about mental health in academia: https://egu.eu/9FMKMW/ Sharing & talking isn’t enough – we need a change in culture around mental illness: https://egu.eu/9MURCV/ Follow us: Twitter:   / eurogeosciences   Instagram:   / eurogeosciences   Facebook:   / europeangeosciencesunion   LinkedIn:   / 2338760   Website: https://www.egu.eu Email: [email protected]