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Having "The Talk"
20 Mar 2026
20 Mar 2026
A question I get asked regularly when I give my mental health talk is “If I’m struggling, how do I start a conversation with my line manager?” This has proved to be one of the hardest questions to answer, so I’ve resorted to asking the community for help.
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Top Issues and Solutions from the Research Software Community
19 Nov 2025
19 Nov 2025
As part of the ConveRSE project, I’ve been using Mentimeter to collect data from attendees of my “Let’s Talk About Mental Health” talk.
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A Few Clarifications
28 Oct 2025
28 Oct 2025
I’ve now given my “Let’s Talk About Mental Health” talk at various events. I will soon be sharing the recording of the talk from RSECon25. I’m mostly happy with the content of the talk, and hopefully none of it is particularly controversial, but there are a few points that I wanted...
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Let's talk about Setting Boundaries
28 Sep 2025
28 Sep 2025
One thing I’ve learned doing this job is that one of the best things you can do to protect your mental health is to set boundaries. This is something that became particularly important during the pandemic, but continues to be a challenge now that a so many of us work from...
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Let's talk about Getting Help
11 Aug 2025
11 Aug 2025
One of the questions I’ve been asked while giving my mental health talk is “where can I get support?” So, we’ve compiled a list of options. Some of these resources are linked on our resources page, but I wanted to list some of them here and discuss my experiences...
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Let's talk about Supporting your Team
22 Jun 2025
22 Jun 2025
Another question I’ve been asked a few times while giving my mental health talk is “what can I do to support my team?” I was pleasantly surprised by this, and its encouraging that so many managers are thinking about it.
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Let's talk about Impostor Syndrome
09 May 2025
09 May 2025
Have you ever been working on a project and felt like you didn’t deserve to be there? Chances are, you have experienced Impostor Syndrome; a feeling of self-doubt and inadequacy that is common in the research software community. For a lot of us, it’s just part of the job. But is...
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Task Management for Humans as Self-Care
25 Apr 2025
25 Apr 2025
I’d been looking for ways to support mental health in the research software community, but I was struggling to come up with practical solutions. Then, a surprising idea emerged from a conversation at the SSI’s Collaborations Workshop in 2024.
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