What our clients love most
Workshops with skills that matter for your PhD students
Find Your Pace
✔ half day up to 2 days
✔ in English or German
✔ in person
✔ up to 20 participants
Balancing the demands of a PhD can feel like a race against the clock: too many tasks, high expectations, and never enough time or energy. Many doctoral researchers struggle with procrastination, perfectionism, or guilt when taking breaks. Yet finding a sustainable pace is essential. This workshop helps you develop a form of time management that respects your personal needs instead of working against them.
What you’ll explore:
- What healthy time management means for you
- Practical tools for planning and prioritising
- Scheduling around your personal needs
- Roots of perfectionism and procrastination
“I’d definitely recommend it to colleagues looking to manage their time better.”
Jonas schulte-schrepping, postdoc, DZNE
Needs & Boundaries
✔ half day up to 1 day
✔ in English or German
✔ in person or online
✔ up to 15 participants
Navigating the emotional ups and downs of a PhD is challenging, especially when it comes to managing expectations, saying no, or protecting your time and energy. Setting healthy boundaries is essential for your mental health during demanding research processes. By tuning into your emotional signals, you can build resilience, reduce the risk of burnout, and create space for well-being.
What you’ll explore:
- What your feelings reveal about your needs
- How to identify your personal needs and boundaries
- Tools for setting boundaries through empathic communication
“I particularly liked the short impulses on the topic of understanding emotions, which were supplemented with exercises on personal behaviour and reflection. The atmosphere was very special.”
Anna Villwock, programme organizer, enacom bonn
Let’s talk through your needs and find the right format for your audience.
Mental health matters
Our formats on mental well-being for scientists
An Introduction to
Mental Health & Well-Being in Science
✔ 1.5 to 3 hours ✔ in English or German
✔ online or in person ✔ up to 50 participants
Between deadlines, self-doubt, and blurred boundaries between work and personal life, it’s easy to lose sight of your own well-being. Yet protecting your mental health during a PhD is essential to staying creative and motivated. Together we explore what well-being can look like during the most demanding phases of academic life.
What you’ll explore:
- What is mental health, really: well-being & the mental health continuum
- Find out where you stand
- Identify your personal stressors
Well-Being Peer Group
for Doctoral Students
✔ 3-8 sessions à 2-3 hours ✔ in English or German
✔ online or in person ✔ set group of up to 20 participants
Our peer group format offers a space for reflection, learning, and mutual support – over time. Researchers benefit most when they can explore their challenges safely, reflect with others, and integrate new strategies into their daily lives. This format gives you essential tools for your well-being during your doctoral journey, while connecting with peers who share your experiences.
Topics from our workshops:
- Healthy time and energy management
- Understanding needs & setting boundaries
- Communication skills
- Practice resilient mindsets to deal with challenges
Let’s find the right format for your audience.
Our new workshop
From Perfectionist to Productive
✔ half day up to 1 day
✔ in English or German
✔ in person
✔ up to 20 participants
Do you often feel that no matter how much you work, it’s never enough? Perfectionism can be a hidden barrier in scientific research. It comes with anxiety about making mistakes, difficulty asking for help, or the fear of being “never good enough”. This interactive workshop is designed to transform perfectionist tendencies into productive habits to navigate your PhD with more effectiveness and less inner pressure.
What you’ll explore:
- Explore how perfectionism shows up in your PhD work
- Understand the impact of striving for impossible standards
- Identify critical self-talk and limiting beliefs
- Develop strategies to reduce procrastination, overworking, and self-doubt
Interested in booking a workshop or peer gorup for your program or your next retreat?
Whether you already have a format in mind or are just exploring options – we’d love to hear from you.