Confessions of a PhD survivor

Confessions of a PhD survivor Empowering, Insightful, Raw & Honest podcast
Exposing the beautiful mess behind the “Dr.” 👩‍🎓💭

September always feels like a new beginning. A rentrée. A moment to pause, reset, and ask ourselves: What do I really wa...
07/09/2026

September always feels like a new beginning. A rentrée. A moment to pause, reset, and ask ourselves: What do I really want next?

This rentrée, don’t just go back to work.
Go back to yourself and choose your next step accordingly 💪🥰

07/08/2026

It is on you to get you where you want to be 💪💪

When you stop fighting the chaos and start taking notes. 📝Now tell me 👇 What’s your biggest workplace survival rule?    ...
04/08/2026

When you stop fighting the chaos and start taking notes. 📝

Now tell me 👇 What’s your biggest workplace survival rule?

03/08/2026

A new beginning doesn't start on your first day 😅
It starts the day you decide not to give up on yourself 💪

Long before the new role.
Long before the announcement.
Long before the excitement everyone gets to see.

It starts in the moments that almost break you ❤️‍🩹
When your confidence is shaken.
When you question your place, your abilities, even the person you thought you were.

I've lived those moments 🫯 andI had to crawl out of that rubble slowly for so long 🥺
And if I'm honest, I haven't left every doubt behind.
I still overthink.
I still have days where confidence doesn't come easily.
But I kept moving 💪❤️‍🩹

Two weeks ago, I walked into an office with my name already on the door, a chair waiting for me, and a team ready to welcome me.
It wasn't the desk or the nameplate that moved me 🤔
It was everything they represented 🥹
A reminder that sometimes, after all the uncertainty, life quietly meets you on the other side of courage
This chapter isn't about having it all figured out ➡️
It's about trusting that I can and I will make it through again

If that's where you are today, let this be your reminder:
The environment that made you doubt yourself doesn't get to decide what you're capable of.
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is leave ✋️🏃

29/06/2026

Some decisions can be both heartbreaking and necessary 🙄🥹
Sharing a vulnerable moment—my last day at work.
Leaving wasn't easy. But I realized that staying comfortable isn't always the same as moving forward ⚠️
Don't mistake stagnation for stability, and don't see growth as a luxury.
You deserve to be in environments that challenge you, support you, and align with your values 💪

If this reel finds you at a crossroads, maybe it's your sign to trust yourself and take the leap—even if the other side feels scary🫂💪

Sometimes, the hardest goodbyes make room for the right beginnings👌

10/05/2026

Day 3: when confidence leaves the chat 🤣
The experiment was fine... Until it wasn’t 🤣🥹
Be honest… what would YOU do?

Pipette pop quiz 🧪Can you guess the volume from the pics? 🤔👀Comment your guess 👇💭
28/04/2026

Pipette pop quiz 🧪
Can you guess the volume from the pics? 🤔👀

Comment your guess 👇💭

27/04/2026

To anyone needing a push today, there is more out there waiting for you 💪🫂
Don't shrink to fit, expand until you find where you belong 💪❤️‍🩹

25/04/2026

After a PhD, no one talks about the weird in-between phase 😅
You’re no longer a student… but not quite “industry-ready” either🙄

You’ve spent years:
– solving complex problems
– managing projects with little supervision
– writing, presenting, teaching
– working under pressure with limited resources

On paper, you should be more than ready😏 So why does it feel like starting from zero?🤔

Because somewhere along the way, academia trained us to function inside the system not necessarily to step outside of it ‼️

And now we face a reality where:
– academic positions are scarce
– funding is unstable
– short-term contracts are the norm
– and the “next step” is unclear for most of us

It’s not a lack of skills.
It’s a mismatch between training and transition.

And yet… this gap is still treated like a personal failure, instead of a structural problem 🚫🤨

If you’re in this phase, or you’ve made it through it, share your story 💭 someone here probably needs to hear it 🫂👇

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