Best of the Faculty Factory: Dealing with Uncertainty and Traversing Mental Load with Neda Gould, PhD and Jennifer Apps, PhD

In this “Best of” Faculty Factory Podcast episode, we’re talking about dealing with uncertainty and mental load with two fantastic guests from our archive… Neda Gould, PhD, and Jennifer Apps, PhD.

While Dr. Gould’s segment featured in today’s podcast was specific to the times of Covid, her advice for dealing with the avalanche of anxiety that can quickly consume you in an uncertain time is timeless and can apply to just about any conflict you are facing.

Overlapping themes throughout both these conversations include:

Catastrophizing and playing out worst case scenarios in our head.

Utilizing gratitude to fight the anxiety.

These interviews have been pulled from the following two conversations, which we encourage you to revisit in their entirety:

Episode 61 – Tips for Dealing with Uncertainty in Uncertain Times with Neda Gould, PhD

Episode 227 – Traversing the Burden of Mental Load with Jennifer Apps, PhD

Since our 2019 inception, we’ve never shied away from covering the difficult issues in our field (and beyond) with incredible interview guests.

Since tomorrow is October 31st, it’s become a tradition here at the Faculty Factory to tackle some of the toughest things we deal with around Halloween. If you want to hear last year’s “Best Of” episode, showcasing some of the most “spooky” challenges in academic medicine, you can revisit that here: https://facultyfactory.org/dealing-with-challenges/.