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Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide

Chapter 7: Why You Earned It: Fighting the Imposter

Season 1, Ep. 7

This chapter explores the impostor phenomenon, and how it can impact our studies.


The book was written by Dr Zoë Ayres, edited by Dr Petra Boynton, and narrated by Gabriella Kountourides. Cover art by Hana Ayoob.


"Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide" was originally published in print by Springer, and can be purchased here.


This podcast is entirely free. If you are able to, you can BuyMeACoffee. This helps keep me going helps support future projects.


For full early access to the podcast (ahead of the 12 week release schedule), you can purchase this through my BuyMeACoffee commission.


Please find the full reference list for the book here.

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