# @yourmindandme on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrQMz7jo4y - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12267792-yourmindandme-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/402c899543.jpg - **Posted:** 2020-12-11T23:25:31.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Pooja Mamidanna (@yourmindandme) โ€” https://gondola.cc/yourmindandme ## Caption ๐ŸŽ™๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ฉ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ โฃโฃ I am happy to have been a guest speaker for the podcast series Dear Graduate Student. I got to share my story of being a 1st-year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student being part of the 'COVID Cohort'.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐„๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ :โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐ŸŽ™My experience accepting my PhD offer when COVID came into public awarenessโ .โฃโฃ โ โ €โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐ŸŽ™To defer or not to defer?โ โ €โฃโฃ โ โ €โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐ŸŽ™Starting grad school (& getting licensed!) during the pandemicโ .โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐ŸŽ™Dealing with racism and discrimination in academia.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐ŸŽ™Connecting with my cohort & how to support students through next semester & onwardโ .โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ I would also like to thank my AMAZING mentor, Dr. Helen Hsu hellamentalhealth , for encouraging me to share my story for the podcast.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž :โฃโฃ โฃโฃ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-grad-student/id1527870894โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ Kindly follow and subscribe to the podcast series, especially if youโ€™re a graduate student. Elana is brilliant and is incredibly authentic and passionate about providing education and resources to the community๐Ÿค—๐Ÿฅฐโœจ.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ #deargraduatestudent #podcasting #podcastguest #podcastlife #podcastshow #podcastepisode #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthprofessionals #mentalhealthadvocate #lmft #education #psychology #psychotherapy #psychotherapist #covid #phdstudent #phdchat #phdlife #academicchatter #academia #poojamamidanna #yourmindandme ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 47 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 1 ## Tags psychotherapy, phdchat, poojamamidanna, podcastlife, podcasting, psychology, podcastepisode, phdstudent, yourmindandme, mentalhealthadvocate, mentalhealthawareness, covid, lmft, education, podcastshow, academicchatter, psychotherapist, phdlife, podcastguest, deargraduatestudent, academia, mentalhealthprofessionals --- Copyright (c) Gondola