The Coaching in Science Initiative
Upcoming & past Events
We constantly try to reach more people working within science and/or interested in personal development. You are welcome to participate; if it feels inspiring to you, we would be very happy to collaborate around creating watch parties at your site. We run our events in hybrid mode, seminars online, and local discussions afterward on-site.
We also want to invite other communities from other sites to create their own watch parties and local discussions/reflections, i.e., book a meeting room where the seminar can be watched by all, invite people locally, and then facilitate a local discussion/reflection after the seminar. If you would like to collaborate with us around creating such watch parties on your site and want some support - please let us know!
— The CSI Team
Psychological Safety at Work
Psychological safety is essential for every thriving workplace, enhancing job satisfaction and performance. In this seminar, we will explore what psychological safety is, how it boosts team and individual success, and the stages involved - from fostering inclusion to encouraging constructive feedback and critical thinking. Insights from key research will highlight practical ways to build a culture of trust and growth.
Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome is a common yet often overlooked challenge in academia, affecting scholars at every stage—from graduate students to senior faculty. Despite your accomplishments, do you often feel like you don't belong or fear being "exposed" as a fraud? In this seminar, we will examine what imposter syndrome is, when and why it manifests, and reflect on the deeper psychological and social factors that contribute to it. We will also provide practical strategies and tools to help you cope with these feelings of self-doubt, overcome perfectionism, and reclaim your confidence.
Abuse Awareness & Healing
Join us for a powerful seminar dedicated to abuse awareness and healing. We will delve into the complexities of abuse dynamics, providing insights and resources, recognizing signs and patterns, and supporting survivors and allies alike. Whether you're a survivor seeking solace or an advocate eager to make a difference, this seminar offers a safe place to learn, share, and grow. Together, let's raise awareness, foster empathy, and empower one another on the journey toward healing, resilience, and reclaiming our voices.
Practical Tools for Mental Fitness
In today's fast-paced world, maintaining mental well-being is essential. Join us as we delve into practical strategies and techniques to strengthen your mental resilience, lower stress and process emotions. We will equip you with actionable tools to navigate life's challenges, including exercises in: mindfulness, cognitive reframing and simple physical practices that can be done anywhere.
Reflective Learning: Enhancing Self-awareness & Growth
In this seminar, we will discuss:
What is reflective learning?
How can reflection support individual and group learning?
How can reflection support personal and professional growth, as well as mental health?
Reflective practices that can be done individually, and as a team
How to integrate reflective practice into everyday life
Growth Mindset and Goal Setting
This seminar will focus on the importance of adopting a growth mindset when setting goals.
We will discuss:
What is a growth mindset? Why is it important?
How can we adopt a growth mindset? How can we promote a growth mindset in others?
How to incorporate a growth mindset into goal setting and how a growth mindset can help us become more resilient as we work on our goals
Moving our Mental Roadblocks
In this CSI seminar, we will raise awareness about mental obstacles and barriers that keep us from the change we want. We will explore Why sustainable change has yet to happen for us, How we can change that, and What tools we can use to make it happen!
This seminar will be helpful for when we want to make changes in our life, and yet they don't happen, e.g., New Year's resolutions we keep promising ourselves. Starting on that thing, which we have procrastinated for quite some time. Beginning on a project task early instead of at the last minute. Forming healthy new habits, such as flossing our teeth or a 30 min walk every day. When we mean to plan rest into our schedule to reduce the stress in our lives, but - it just does not happen.
With our Moving Mental Roadblocks Model, we will explore why the change we want has yet to happen, and introduce our mental tool, the Emotion-Thought-Action (ETA) ladder, which can be used to enact sustainable change effectively.
Movement Snacks
In this seminar Movement Snacks will raise awareness about integrating movement into our day, and providing simple exercises we all can do, regardless of where we sit and work!
A snack is a small meal that bridges the gap between larger ones, providing relief from hunger. Similarly, a movement snack involves a brief burst of physical activity to give your body a break from inactivity. If you find yourself sitting for extended periods, don't be overly concerned – it's a common situation for most of us. Introducing short bursts of movement, or "movement snacks," throughout the day can help enhance blood circulation, alleviate joint stiffness, increase your energy levels, sharpen your focus, and contribute to your overall well-being.
But what exactly is the Movement Snacks initiative? It's more than just a concept – it's a peer-led active break initiative. Using a "train the trainer" model, it aims to train instructors in guiding active breaks among their group of peers, co-workers. The idea isn’t just to provide knowledge but to move from theory to actual practice. In this seminar, Movement Snacks will provide practical examples and inspire everyone to prioritize their health and well-being, regardless of where they are. Thereby we want to ‘Practice what we preach’ and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3,11).
Burnout and Stress
The number of people with a burnout diagnosis has sky-rocketed during the last decade and it is now considered to be one of our major national diseases. Stress is a natural and important reaction but when the response is kept active for too long it can have negative effects. In this seminar, we will cover some basic aspects of stress and burnout, and share personal experiences of going through a burnout process. Together we’ll discuss where we currently experience negative stress and what measures we can take to find and keep a sustainable balance in life.
Neurodiversity in communication, relationships, academia & life
Neurodiversity; to be outside of the category of people who are considered cognitive ‘normal’. But what is ‘normal’ really? And how broadly can we extend the concept of neurodiversity? On a personal level, perhaps it is more helpful to ask ourselves, what neurodiverse traits do I have in general, or in this particular group of people? Could they be different depending on whom I’m socializing with at work and at home?
Applying the CSI coaching model and our core values, we will explore who we are in relation to others, raise awareness of how we are different, learn more about the biology behind our emotional regulation and what to do when we find ourselves in difficult social interactions.
Well-being and mental health skills are human rights & of monumental importance to scientific excellence
We believe that well-being and mental health skills are human rights and of monumental importance to scientific excellence. We are starting a grassroot movement reaching across all of SciLifeLab and the scientific community. Our vision for the Coaching in Science Initiative (CSI) is to create a collective support system providing learning opportunities for mental health and well-being. Using evidenced based knowledge, and personal experience from within our community, to improve performance and quality in both science and life.
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