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Latest Posts
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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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Working from Home
23 Mar 2025
23 Mar 2025
Working remotely has become part of our lives for many of us since the events of 2020. And, while it has its benefits, working from home presents a unique set of challenges for our mental and physical health, so I’ve compiled a list of tips to look after yourself while working...
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How Writing Saved My Life
20 Mar 2025
20 Mar 2025
Yes, I know, it’s a melodramatic and clickbaity title. But it is definitely true that writing about my experiences enabled me to process what I’d been through and allowed me to finally recover after years of struggling with depression, anxiety and insomnia.
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My Backstory
14 Mar 2025
14 Mar 2025
I became a father in April 2020, a couple of weeks into the UK’s first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. I found myself not only dealing with challenges of being a new parent for the first time, but had to do so while holding down a job during the chaos and...
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