The PhD Survival Guide Podcast

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! After our short little hiatus, I am proud to announce that we're back and we're starting strong with a brand new Casual Conversations episode with Alison Miller of The Academic Writers Space! In this episode, we spoke to Alison, who has well over 20 years of experience mentoring students and mentors alike in the academic setting, about various topics such as finding out how to work in a way that works, understanding compatibility in academic work, navigating the inner critic, and so much more. Join us in this insightful conversation and as always, we hope you enjoy the episode! Dr. Miller: Alison Miller is a clinical psychology PhD and entrepreneur who has opened two academic businesses from the ground up, First, in 2000, Alison founded The Dissertation Coach, a coaching and consulting company dedicated to the success of graduate students and faculty. Alison is also the author of Finish Your Dissertation Once and For All: How to Overcome Psychological Barriers, Get Results, and Move on with Your Life, published by the American Psychological Association. Alison recently sold The Dissertation Coach to focus on her newest business endeavor, The Academic Writers' Space (TAWS), an online coworking community designed for graduate students and academic writers to get real work done in a supportive, kind, and nurturing environment. Connect with Alison and TAWS: Instagram: @theacademicwritersspace TikTok: @theacademicwritersspace YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/TheAcademicWritersSpaceTAWS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAcademicWritersSpace Learn more about TAWS: https://www.theacademicwritersspace.com/ Sign up for a free week of TAWS! https://www.theacademicwritersspace.com/free-week/ Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠⁠@PhDSG_Pod ⁠⁠⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts! 

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! As we always say here on the podcast, every PhD journey is unique. I worked full-time in the laboratory and had the privilege of dedicating the majority of my time to my experiments. While I have talked in depth about the pros and cons of this, not all of you have the same experience. In this episode, I spoke to Dakota, a recent PhD graduate who juggled a full-time PhD with a full-time job outside of academia. We spoke about various topics, such as the challenges she faces, ways to expand on your research and experiences, and how to navigate non-academic careers during, and after, your PhD! As always, we hope you enjoy this episode! Dr. Dakota: Dakota is a recent PhD graduate who studied the experiences of Latino young adults using dating apps, their identity construction, partner preferences, and conceptions of happily ever after. She has six years of research experience in both the non-profit and tech sectors and currently works as a mixed methods User Researcher for a tech company. Dakota has previously worked at Facebook studying online connection and community in Facebook groups. In her past in non-profit research, she studied foster youth outcomes at the City University of New York (CUNY)'s Accelerated Studies in Associate's Programs as well as social welfare intervention analysis for low-income Latino families at the National Hispanic Research Center. She earned her M.A. in Sociology and B.A. in American Studies from Columbia University and is a former Fulbright Spain grantee.  Connect with Dakota: Twitter: @dakotazrc Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠@PhDSG_Pod ⁠⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In the recent past, some of you have reached out asking these key questions: Does it really make a big difference to have a Master's degree? Or does the research experience you completed in your Bachelor's degree really prepare you for the research burdens in a PhD? What if you don't have either of these things, will you be at a severe disadvantage? In this episode, we tackle the origin stories of Cristina (who has an MPH), Ferass (who has a BS with lab experience), and Sarah (who has a BS with no lab experience). We talked about how how our previous experiences before our PhDs may have impacted or prepared our journies throughout our degrees. As always, we hope you enjoy this episode! Connect with Cristina on LinkedIn! Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn! Connect with Ferass on LinkedIn! Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠@PhDSG_Pod ⁠⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! Pursuing a PhD can be a very isolating experience. You may soon come to realize that the demands of being a PhD student can consume your time. This drastic shift in your work-life balance can also significantly affect your relationships, including family, friends, and significant others. In this episode we talk with Dr. Victoria Godieva about how starting and pursuing our PhDs changed the relationships around us. We also talked about the qualities we looked for in relationships and how to create sustainable connections. As always, we hope you enjoy this episode! Dr. Victoria Godieva: Dr. Victoria Godieva is a recent PhD graduate in biochemistry from Florida International University. During her time in her PhD, Victoria worked diligently towards unraveling the mysteries of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK3) in the brain. While juggling her own personal projects, she was also a dedicated mentor to various masters and undergraduate level students within her laboratory, as well as various students in her teaching assistant position at FIU. She has been awarded with multiple honors including the transdisciplinary biomolecular and biomedical sciences fellowship, the Sylvia Turman scholarship, and the dissertation year fellowship. Outside of the laboratory, she is a strong advocate for female representation in STEM and has grown her public platform to voice her opinions on these important topics as well as student life, transparency on a day in the life, and mental health. Victoria will be continuing her academic journey at the prestigious Yale University. Connect with Victoria: Instagram: @Vicky.The.Scientist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-godieva-4b73abaa/ Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠@PhDSG_Pod ⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In my PhD, behind every single successful experiment, there were multiple (and I mean a ton) of failed experiments. That's totally normal! It's through failure that we learn how to find success, and you're going to fail a lot in your PhD. As such, it's important to learn how to properly troubleshoot an experiment or procedure. This also applies to those students that are doing their PhDs outside of STEM. So in this episode, I lay out a 6 step (technically 7 but whatever) guide as to how to generally tackle any troubleshooting procedures. So before you go back to banging your head against the wall, please listen in! I hope you enjoy the episode! Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, I talk to author Jorge Arango about his book - Duly Noted: Extend your mind through connected notes. This episode is packed with information on how to think differently about notes as well as how to use notes as tools to progress your research. As always, we hope you enjoy this episode! Get Duly Noted: Extend your mind through connected notes from Rosenfeld today with discount code PHDPOD for a limited time! Jorge Arango: Jorge Arango is an information architect, author, and educator. For the past three decades, he has used architectural thinking to bring clarity and direction to digital projects for clients ranging from non-profits to Fortune 500 companies. He's the author of Duly Noted: Extend Your Mind Through Connected Notes, Living in Information: Responsible Design for Digital Places, co-author of Information Architecture: for the Web and Beyond, and host of The Informed Life podcast. Besides consulting, writing, and podcasting, Jorge also teaches in the graduate interaction design program at the California College of the Arts. Connect with Jorge Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! ⁠@PhDSG_Pod ⁠ DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, I had the opportunity to talk about so many different topics and issues that various students face, but I never had to deal with personally. I spoke to Vinita Puri, an international online PhD student from Canada doing her research in the United States. Vinita covers her experiences with recruiting for her research, what it's like to do an online PhD, having a full-time job while being a full-time student, and so much more. Vinita has a robust background in academia and considers herself a lifelong learner. Her passion for her research is exemplified in this episode as well as in her bio below. Vinita Puri: Dr. Vinita Puri is a highly experienced Registered Social Worker, Accredited Mediator and Industrial/Organizational Coach that provides evidence-based and solution-focused services to support positive outcomes for individuals, families and groups. Over the past 20 years, she has gained expertise in alternative dispute resolution and clinical psychotherapy which has enhanced her ability to support individuals as they navigate through life transitions and develop resiliency in the face of adversity. Her passion for social justice fueled her desire to advocate for disability prevention and anti-oppressive policies/procedures in the workplace. Over the last 6 years, Dr. Puri has been providing consulting and coaching services to a wide range of organizations and human resource teams on change management, crisis/conflict management, addressing barriers to inclusion and employee engagement. Her expertise in mediation and clinical psychotherapy facilitates her ability to help individuals identify their unique strengths so they can remove barriers that impede personal growth and development. Dr. Puri holds a Doctorate (Honoria Causa) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, a Master's in Criminological Research, a Master's in Social Work, and a Specialized Honours B.A. in Sociology. At the present time, she is completing her PhD at Walden University in Psychology (Self Design) while owning and operating a clinical practice. She is the Clinical Director of Resilience Counselling and Coaching Services which provides a range of specialty mental health services and programs that include mindfulness based training and cognitive psychotherapy. Dr. Puri is a Board Member of the Ontario Association of Family Mediators (OAFM) and on the Diversity Advisory Committee (DAC) of the Psi Chi International Honorary Society in Psychology. Most recently, she has joined Western State University as a Faculty Member for the MS. in Psychology Program at Western State University (USA). Connect with Vinita: Instagram: @Resilience_16 Twitter/X: twitter.com/vinita_puri LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-vinita-puri-7647b7 Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! At some point of your career as a PhD student, you will have to take the dreaded comprehensive exams (comps for short). Doesn't sound familiar? Maybe you call them preliminary exams or qualifying exams. Regardless, this exam is a necessary requirement for all PhD students to become PhD candidates. In this episode, I talk about why comps are so scary, what exam committees are and how to use them to your advantage, as well as the major formats of your comps and what to expect! Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, we talk about how to give a presentation when you still have little to no data to present on. Whether you're a first year PhD or just starting a new project, you might be expected to present on your work and that can be pretty scary! Don't worry at all as I will go over how to format your presentation and recount my first ever seminar and what I learned from it! Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! This episode is sort of like an update to tell everyone what I have been up to, why I haven't been uploading in a while, and where the show is going to go from here. It's been a long time since I've been recording but I am happy to be doing it again and look forward to future episodes! Special thank you to all that have supported me throughout my PhD journey! Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, we talk with Abigail, a political sciences PhD student from Canada about what it is like to do a PhD as a mother. Please help me in introducing Abigail! We talk about what some of the challenges of being a mother in a PhD entails such as figuring out maternity leave, organization/time management, and imposter syndrome. We also dive into how Abigail makes time for herself and maintains a healthy balance of PhD/home/self-care. This is an incredible episode chatting with a very talented PhD student. As always, we hope you enjoy the episode! Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠Check out our linktree!⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! It has been a while and I have missed you guys! We dive right back into the groove in this episode. So let's talk about one of the most daunting tasks in the PhD, writing! It doesn't have to be daunting or scary though, which is something that I learned a little later then I wish I had. For that reason we're going to discuss some tips for writing more effectively, and what you should start doing even early on in your PhD to make the writing easier along the way! We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!  Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? Check out our linktree! If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, we break down the scary dissertation committee! This is essentially one of the first big decisions you will make on your PhD journey. Who should you choose to be on your committee? How many members should I have on my committee? How do I prepare for a committee meeting? We answer all of these questions and more! Tools mentioned in this episode: Doodle (for scheduling meetings) We are also on Apple Podcasts!  If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Firas. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! What are transferable skills and what are some key general takeaways from your time in grad school that you can use after you graduate? I had the pleasure of listening to a great presentation by Dr. Agnes Karmaus at the SOT meeting this year and wanted to share what she talked about with all of you! We talk about the importance of communication, networking, confidence, and much more. By the end of this episode, you will have a good idea about what is needed to further your career, whether it be in academia, industry, or government. We are also on Apple Podcasts!  If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends!  If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Firas. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! Have you ever heard of the infamous side projects? The ones that PhD students always reference as taking up most of their time? In this episode we really break down what they are and how to avoid ones that can be detrimental to your progress in your dissertation. Some side projects are not all that bad though, and it's important to also highlight how to get the most out of them efficiently! We are also on Apple Podcasts!  If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends!  If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Firas. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! This episode is the second of a 2 part series dedicated to academic conferences! Academic conferences host fabulous research and opportunities for all PhD students to learn from. In this episode, we talk about how to put together your poster, what programs you can use to do that, and how to present your poster! Sorry for the long wait, we're back to our routine! Thank you so much for keeping up with the listening and sharing with your friends! We are also on Apple Podcasts!  If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends!  If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Firas. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! This episode is the first of a 2 part series dedicated to academic conferences! Academic conferences host fabulous research and opportunities for all PhD students to learn from. We tackle my top 3 reasons to go to a conference, the different ways to obtain funding, and the overall impact that conferences can have on your academic career! We hope you enjoy this episode! We are also on Apple Podcasts! If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below! Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Firas. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! Join Nicole and I in this "Casual Conversations" episode where we talk about what it means to be resilient in a PhD. What to do when an experiment isn't working? What to do with criticism? Tune in as we speak about our personal experiences and how unique resilience is interpreted by each of us. We are also on Apple Podcasts! If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below! Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Firas. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, we talk about the "Sorry" habit. Do you find that you start every response with "sorry?" What does that mean to the people that you are speaking to? How can we break this habit, and become much more confident in the way we conversate with our peers? We talk about all of that and more in this episode! Article Referenced: When "I'm Sorry" Is Too Much - Juliana Breines, PhD Excerpt from: Advice for a Young Investigator - Santiago Ramon y Cajal We are also on Apple Podcasts!  If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like and follow the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs.  Please share us with your friends!  If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @Phdsg_pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, we talk about how organizational skills are essential to making a PhD easier. This is something that I struggled with greatly in my first years as a student, and one that I continue to work on even now. I break down 3 tips to making organization easier through a PhD! We are also on Apple Podcasts! If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below! Follow us on Instagram! @Phdsg_pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, we confront a problem that every PhD student faces numerous times along the way: loss of motivation. This is something that I personally struggle with quite a bit and have learned to identify and tackle effectively. Here, I talk about my main tells, triggers, and solutions. I also talk about what others have dealt with and their solutions as well! We hope to answer all your questions and give guidance on how to tackle the inevitable issue. Blog Referenced: #35: PhD motivation running low? Here's the cure! We are also on Apple Podcasts! If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below! A dedicated podcast instagram will be coming soon! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, we tackle a highly requested topic: Imposter Syndrome! This is also the first episode of our Casual Conversations series, where I bring on guests to discuss the posted topic. Please help me in introducing Arturo! We identify imposter syndrome, some of the general known causes, and how to mitigate the negative effects of imposter syndrome. Please remember that every student, and thus iteration of imposter syndrome, is totally unique. We hope to answer all your questions and give guidance on how to tackle this issue. Article Referenced: Four tips to ward off impostor syndrome We are also on Apple Podcasts! If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below! A dedicated podcast instagram will be coming soon! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, we tackle an incredibly important skill: reading! As a true survival guide, we will be covering some essential skills to help ease you into your PhD. Do you feel like it takes way too long to read a research article? Do you spend a lot of time googling what all the words mean? What's impact factor? What's peer-review? We answer all of those questions and more! We are now also on Apple Podcasts! If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below! A dedicated podcast instagram will be coming soon! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! I am honestly pleasantly shocked by the kind reception of the first episode of the podcast! I got so many questions and ideas for future episodes, and for that I am very grateful! Please feel free to give me questions, comments, concerns, etc. in the Q&A below (if you are on Spotify). In this episode I decided to put together a quick but comprehensive guide on how to find the right lab for YOU! What questions should you be asking yourself? What tools are available to research labs? What other questions can you ask potential labs that weren't covered in episode 1? I answer all of those questions and more! This guide is also very applicable to PhDs who have just graduated and are looking for a lab to postdoc in. We are now also on Apple Podcasts! If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below! A dedicated podcast instagram will be coming soon! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Welcome in to our first episode of the PhD Survival Guide! This episode is more of a prologue, so let's just call this episode 0. In this episode I introduce myself, Firas, a 5th year PhD student. There are many things that I wish I knew prior to becoming a PhD student that I think would've helped me immensely during the beginning of my career. As a new student, there are many anxieties and myths that we face when deciding to join a PhD. Is this right for me? Do I need a PhD to get to where I ultimately want to be? How long is this going to take me? I answer all of those questions and more! Hopefully this will give prospective students some insight when deciding what lab/program to join. If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please feel free to like the podcast! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below! A dedicated podcast instagram will be coming soon! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message

Hey everyone! My name is Firas and I am super excited to announce the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! If you are interested in pursuing a PhD or are a current student, this podcast will be very helpful for you! I hope you all enjoy the podcast! Are you a first year PhD student trying to figure out how to navigate grad life? Or maybe you're a fifth year looking for the motivation to write out the last chapter of your dissertation? Regardless of where you are or where you want to be, this is the podcast that talks all things grad school! The purpose of this podcast is to highlight some of the things that I, and others, wish they knew prior to starting their grad school journey. We will be covering a multitude of topics such as mental health, good practices, how to ace your first seminar, and much much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-phdsg-pod/message