{"id":5824,"date":"2020-06-25T12:59:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T12:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/events\/managing-your-mental-health-is-an-ongoing-journey-lets-embrace-the-process\/"},"modified":"2020-06-25T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T12:59:13","slug":"managing-your-mental-health-is-an-ongoing-journey-lets-embrace-the-process","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/managing-your-mental-health-is-an-ongoing-journey-lets-embrace-the-process","title":{"rendered":"Managing your mental health is an ongoing journey \u2013 Let&#8217;s embrace the process!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">The mental health crisis in academia has been a widely discussed topic over the past few years in academic journals, blogs, as well as on academic Twitter. Although open discussions about mental health finally seem to be coming out of the shadows, several myths and misconceptions prevail about mental health in academia \u2013 for example, <span style=\"color:#c0392b;\">\u201c<i>Researchers who seem to be doing well at work don\u2019t struggle with mental health issues<\/i>\u201d<\/span> or <span style=\"color:#c0392b;\">\u201c<i>Once you talk to someone about what you\u2019re going through, your mental health difficulties are permanently resolved.<\/i>\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">We have invited the charismatic and passionate <b>Dr. Furaha Asani<\/b> to address some of these myths. In this session, she will talk about mental health in academia and how this could affect anyone, regardless of how well you might seem to be doing at the surface, or how much work you might be getting done. She will open up about some of her own experiences and struggles with trying to take care of her mental health, and encourage you to acknowledge and understand that anchoring your mental health is an ongoing process \u2013 although this is something she realized fairly recently, she strongly believes in its effectiveness&nbsp;and is eager to share how it has been helping her to cope. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Dr. Asani will talk about the importance of finding hope whilst living with a mental illness or struggling with poor mental health, and how self-acceptance and self-compassion are important drivers in the journey to healing. She will also share practical advice on how you can develop helpful coping mechanisms and how you can build a community of people who understand the challenges you experience and act as a support system.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Attend this free motivational talk to understand that taking care of your mental health is&nbsp;not a one-stop goal, but an ongoing journey; and learn how you can fully embrace this process!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Date and time:<\/b> Wednesday, July 15, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">11:30 AM UTC<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">About the speaker:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dr. Furaha Asani - Webinar on managing your mental health as a researcher\" class=\"media-element file-default\" src=\"https:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Furaha%20Asani.png\" style=\"width: 160px; height: 145px; float: left; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px;\" title=\"Dr. Furaha Asani - Webinar on managing your mental health as a researcher\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Dr. Furaha Asani<br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:black\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Postdoctoral researcher, teacher, writer, and mental health advocate<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nDr. Furaha Asani&nbsp;is a researcher, mental health advocate, teacher, precarious migrant, and writer with a research background in respiratory immunology. Dr. Asani has lived with mental illness for her whole life, but was only diagnosed (with Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) in 2017. As a writer she focuses on healthcare, issues affecting higher education, and science in pop culture. She uses writing as her main medium to spread messages about the importance of social justice and equity, and she has written for such platforms as&nbsp;New Scientist,&nbsp;Star Trek,&nbsp;Black Ballad, The Guardian, Huffpost,&nbsp;The Outline,&nbsp;Times Higher Education,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Media Diversified&nbsp;amongst others. She loves red lipstick, going for walks, and is a collector of pineapple ornaments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2436,2414],"event_type":[2358],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5824","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-researcher-wellness","category-inspiring-researcher-stories","event_type-webinars"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Webinar: Managing your mental health is an ongoing journey \u2013 Let\u2019s embrace the process!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Taking care of your mental health is not a one-time task \u2013 a fact that is both difficult to understand and challenging to put into practice. 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