Wellness

I survived sudden cardiac arrest and 37 days in a coma — then the hard part began

“The neurologist on my team said there were ‘no purposeful signs of activity’ … and weaned my phenobarbital dose down. I woke up the next morning.”

Mental illness after a Ph.D.

“It just doesn’t feel like the two aspects of myself can coexist.”

Capsized: Excerpts from a short memoir of a life upturned

A story about grief, loss and heartbreak turns into one about strength, forgiveness and love.

Fostering mental health in faculty and students

“The nature of science often requires failed experiments and competing deadlines, on top of the financial stressors and our personal lives.”

Coming home twice

Blaise Arena writes about the collective trauma caused by the war in Vietnam, the individual trauma experienced by those who served, and coming to terms with having contributed to a friend’s suffering.

I am a homicide survivor

“I called my mom for more details … then I called my PI … she was quiet and listened as I screamed and cried.”

Fleeing Iraq with nothing but a dream

A refugee in Jordan and the United State holds to the conviction that he will, one day, get a Ph.D.

Regurgitation to resilience: A family’s hard-won miracle

“From the moment of her birth, there was something amiss with our daughter, Zehra.”

Work-life balance is preventative care

“Long story short, work-related stressors caused me to grind my teeth at night …. It dawned on me that what started as an invisible mental imbalance, left untreated, had turned into physical complications.”