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Hanna Sänger

Hanna is a biologist turned mental health coach. She started her PhD in molecular biomedicine with great passion, but over time the pressure, perfectionism, and constant “more” made her make the difficult decision to leave academia to protect her well-being. Today, this experience shapes how she supports PhD students and postdocs. Hanna is a certified mental health coach and co-founder of PhDpositive. Picture of Hanna taken by Sinja Hemke.

Climbing Through a PhD – Mental Health on the Way to the Summit

Climbing Through a PhD – Mental Health on the Way to the Summit

Imagine you are going on a long mountain tour. Your backpack is heavy, the path is steep, and although you have been walking for hours, all you can see ahead of you is the next climb. Doing a PhD is like climbing such a mountain. It can feel exhausting, there is always the next challenge ahead and the finish line seems to never get closer. Self-doubt and the feeling of not doing enough accompanies ...[Read More]