PhDefined, the podcast
Stories, advice, and statistically insignificant ramblings of three recent Ph.D. graduates. For more info and resources from each episode, follow us on Instagram @PhDefined.
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Episode 1
The Journey to Graduate School
For our inaugural episode, we’re discussing how the three of us individually made the decision to pursue a doctorate in our respective fields, and the preparation we took to set ourselves up for success once this decision was made.
Episode 2
Imposter Syndrome Part 1
We're doing a deep dive into imposter syndrome, and why it so often plagues graduate students. We discuss whether or not each of us has experienced feeling like a fraud during our academic careers, how/why it manifested, and some of the tools we used to overcome these internal feelings of incompetency.
Episode 3
Imposter Syndrome Part 2
The follow-up to Imposter Syndrome - Part 1, this week we go further into dissecting our own personal experiences with imposter syndrome, delving into both the interpersonal and broad-sense factors that can contribute to these kinds of feelings of self-doubt when pursuing a graduate degree.
Episode 4
PhD Persona
This week, we’re all about those critical personality and character attributes that make for a successful PhD student. We discuss how, the three of us, found ourselves at both the peak of Mount Stupid and the pit of the Valley of Despair while in grad school, and the self-motivation and perseverance needed to get to the other side of graduation with a doctorate.
Episode 5
Paid Time Over This SH*T (PTO)
Do PhD students get PTO? Yes (usually)! But should they use that PTO? Also yes! For this episode, we're tackling how, and why, PhD students should use their vacation time. We talk about whether or not there's a "right" time during the semester to take a vacation, as well as the best ways we found to plan for time off.