Anonymous 👇🏻#phdvoice “I disagree with tweets that say you don’t need to talk about personal things with your advisor. Grad students spend most of their time in the lab. They are burnt out. Most of them live away from their families, both domestic and international students. 1/2

RT @DisseEditors: @amourification Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

RT @amourification: In your PhD journey, no matter how hard you work, no one, yourself included, will ever think you are doing or working h…

Why do we have a majority feeling this way in #academia ? Thoughts? #AcademicSupport #postdocvoice

RT @neelsalami: It's my birthday today! After six months focusing on health, I found almost every health issue I had was related to the fac…

RT @catgyoung: There’s no greater joy than to see students you’ve mentored in some capacity before absolutely flourish in their life - reac…

RT @TheStrugglingS4: Something here must be publishable.

RT @PracheeAC: This is not just an NIH problem. It’s an academia problem, which is unambiguously a gerontocracy. I’ve had people tell me th…

RT @ItaiYanai: The good idea comes when one person feels comfortable enough to say something that might make them look stupid and their fri…

RT @ThePhDPlace: Posting a celebratory pic after your thesis defence seems scarier now.

RT @NC_Renic: A PhD is proof that time also flies when you are not having fun

RT @DrCristinaRiso: @engineering_joy While the students should acknowledge who helps them, in my opinion, this type of behavior and the fac…

RT @engineering_joy: Postdocs do a lot of invisible labor in academia. The majority of which is helping PhD students. Many of us are happy…

RT @DrPeterSear: @ThePhDPlace Less and less so. Some of the most competitive industries are discovering that the most successful people are…

RT @vgarciarivas: @ThePhDPlace No. Being professional means to focus on the job at hand. If any of your personal struggles interfere with o…

RT @ThePhDPlace: Anonymous Question "Does professional means being dead inside? No emotion, vulnerability, or panicking situations, but pr…

RT @GrumpyReviewer2: #AcademicChatter #AcademicX

RT @ThePhDPlace: Wondering now if the PhD is worth it

So, how do we address this? How do we create professional and academic environments that acknowledge the invisible weight of personal history? How can we balance accountability with compassion, especially when power dynamics are involved? Thoughts? #AcademicTwitter #phdvoice