Let’s talk about perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and burnout

Let’s talk about perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and burnout

Hosts: A/Professor Narelle Lemon (Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia) and Dr Desiree Dickerson (Neuroscientist, coach, and clinical psychologist from Alicante, Spain)

Delivery summary: This session will be a conversation that unpacks wellbeing in higher education looking deeper into specific scenarios and responding to pre-asked questions.

Description: In this campfire conversation session we dig deep and get dirty with our wellbeing and self-care unpacking specific scenarios and responding to pre-asked questions to support you to approach your work, research and engagement with others. We acknowledge that systemically we have a problem, but we want to empower you to make changes for yourself that can help others at the same time.

Zoom Details:

https://anu.zoom.us/j/92053872585?pwd=M0xrTnpoQWxOM0grNzFVK2xTczVmZz09

Meeting ID: 920 5387 2585Password: 2602

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Bios:

Desiree Dickerson PhD is a clinical psychologist who specialises in the mental health and well-being of researchers and the academic community.

Having worked as a researcher in New Zealand, Australia and Austria, Desiree now works globally with universities, lab groups, and academics in the pursuit of a healthier approach to research.

Associate Professor Narelle Lemon (DEd MEd BMus BTeach DipMan MAPP) is located at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia in the Department of Education. She is trained in the disciplines of arts, education and positive psychology. Narelle's overarching research area is focused on participation and engagement. She explores this through a variety of avenues including social media use for learning and professional development, creativity and arts education, and positive psychology specifically aimed at mindful practice and productive self-care strategies. She engages with creative pedagogies, visual narrative and narrative inquiry to investigate lived experiences.

Narelle is interested in the lived experience of being an academic - care, collaboration, mindful and supportive practices. This has been explored through online identity with social media and the project called Academics Who Tweet, and through hearing the stories such as those of early career researchers (Lemon & Garvis, 2014), and the 2018 co-edited book with Springer that explores the way that academics understand, embrace and enact the concepts of mindfulness in approaching their work in demanding and dynamic environments (Lemon & McDonough, 2018). More recently Narelle has co-authored the books Building and Sustaining a Teaching Career: Strategies for Professional Experience, Wellbeing and Mindful Practice (Lemon & McDonough, 2020 with Cambridge University Press); Reframing and Rethinking Collaboration in Higher Education and Beyond: A Practical Guide for Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers (Lemon & Salmon, 2020 as part of the Insider Guides to Success in Academia Series with Routledge); and Creative Research Methods in Education: Principles and Practices (Kara, Lemon, McPherson & Manny, 2021 with Policy Press). Narelle is also the editor of a new series with Routledge focusing on wellbeing and self-care in higher eductaion.