Please feel free to add any helpful resources and opportunities (blog posts, articles, podcasts, training opportunities, seminars, conferences....) related to working on emotionally demanding health research here.

For details on university wellbeing services, please visit www.exeter.ac.uk/research/doctoralcollege/currentstudents/healthandwellbeing/ for PGRs and www.exeter.ac.uk/staff/wellbeing/ for ECRs.

This network is a Researcher-led Initiative that has been funded by the University of Exeter Researcher Development and Research Culture team.

If you have any questions please email either Hayley (hlrr202@exeter.ac.uk) or Ellie (eh728@exeter.ac.uk).

Full article: Best practices for supporting researchers’ mental health in emotionally demanding research across academic and non-academic contexts

It can sometimes be a bit tricky to get into reflective writing and keeping a reflective journal, so having prompts and guidance can be really helpful to get started. Please add any useful how to guides, prompts, or just things you have found helpful in the comments.

PS We still have some notebooks for those who would like to start reflective journaling - pop along to a network session to grab one!

Kitchen table reflexivity: negotiating positionality through everyday talk

Moving beyond ‘shopping list’ positionality: Using kitchen table reflexivity and in/visible tools to develop reflexive qualitative research

Book by Treisman, Karen - available online through the university library.