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let’s talk about covid stress.
even if you and your loved ones are healthy and you still have your job and your home, your stress, pain, sadness, frustration, etc. are legitimate! 1/
#epitwitter #BodnarTwitterTakeover
even if you and your loved ones are healthy and you still have your job and your home, your stress, pain, sadness, frustration, etc. are legitimate! 1/
#epitwitter #BodnarTwitterTakeover
this is not the Olympics of suffering, where only people with the worst situation get to be the ones who are in pain. we are ALL struggling (even if people seem like they have it together)! 2/
we are collectively grieving. Grief requires a lot of energy. Therefore, our mental reserves are low, meaning that “small” stressors that you could handle without so much emotion pre-covid now feel overwhelming. why? 3/
#epitwitter #BodnarTwitterTakeover i've had a few requests to tweet on 'How to Say No." lots of people have published smart pieces on this. doing a google or a twitter search on 'saying no in academia' will help! but i'm happy to share a few things and take any questions! 1/
first, i've gotten undeserved credit for the idea of establishing a No Committee. it was originally written about by Professor Vilna Bashi Treitler at Baruch College and CUNY. i started my own No Committee after someone pointed me to her blog years ago 2/
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we all have had the experience of saying yes to what seem at the time like great opportunities and then realizing that we have WAY too much on our plates and becoming super overwhelmed. 3/
let's talk about boundaries! (saying no)
@Doc_Courtney asked this great question to @ProfMattFox and me after this week's @ShinyEpiPeople episode on kindness.
to me, questions about balancing kindness and your own work are about setting boundaries. 1/
@Doc_Courtney asked this great question to @ProfMattFox and me after this week's @ShinyEpiPeople episode on kindness.
to me, questions about balancing kindness and your own work are about setting boundaries. 1/
Anne Katherine has a couple of great books on setting boundaries. the quotes here are from her book Where to Draw the Line:
'A boundary is a limit. By the limits you set, you protect the integrity of your day, your energy and spirit, the health of your relationships,...' cont. 2/
'A boundary is a limit. By the limits you set, you protect the integrity of your day, your energy and spirit, the health of your relationships,...' cont. 2/
'...Each day is shaped by your choices. When you violate your own boundaries or let another violate them, stuffing spills out of your life.'
(ok and who wants to lose their stuffing and become one of those stuffed animals with the droopy head b/c you have no neck stuffing??) 3/
(ok and who wants to lose their stuffing and become one of those stuffed animals with the droopy head b/c you have no neck stuffing??) 3/
hi #epitwitter! i have the pleasure of taking over SER's account today! i am a nutritional, perinatal, and goofball epidemiologist. my work centers on maternal weight & diet patterns in relation to adverse pregnancy outcomes. i'm a professor @PittPubHealth. #BodnarTwitterTakeover
SER is my intellectual home. i have been attending the meeting since 2002 (gulp!). i host the podcast @ShinyEpiPeople. i am a single mom of 3 kids ages 9, 12, 15. they are wonderful and exhausting. i like to dance and i don't like mean people or eggplant.
#bodnartwittertakeover
#bodnartwittertakeover
i am going to tweet about work-life balance, saying no, priorities, covid mental health, and *whatever* you'd like to talk about. please tweet at me! i don't want to feel all alone over here! #epitwitter #BodnarTwitterTakeover
