RIMLS peer coaching groups started

Peer coaching (“Intervisie”) can be a powerful way of dealing with challenges and improving yourself. RIMLS started organizing peer-coaching groups for PhD candidates. Velin Sequeria gives an impression of the first online meeting.

Velin Sequeria:

"A PhD in itself is a journey of highs and lows and when 2020 adds a pandemic to the twist, the future trajectory can seem arduous and uncertain. After returning to the lab after the lockdown, I found leaflets from the RIMLS advertising the possibility to join an intervision group for RIMLS PhD candidates. I decided to join it as I thought it was a unique opportunity to meet other PhD candidates and understand the common challenges we all face and discuss strategies to tackle them better. We had our first session a few weeks ago. In this meeting with an intervision expert, we tried to understand a difficult situation with a structured approach while allowing the person sharing his/her problem to feel comfortable. This meeting helped me to identify how I tend to look at situations and suggested ways for me to look at a situation with a helicopter perspective."

Does this sound helpful to you? There are still places available in a second peer-coaching group. To register, please send an email to  rimls.info@radboudumc.nl. Depending on the interest the second group will probaly start in December.