What if the plan fails?: Bachelor’s student Alana Swinkels on rebuilding confidence after major setbacks

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#epicF.A.I.L.

Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen

7 episodes

4 months ago

In today’s dynamic world of academia, success is often glamorised, while failure is stigmatised and hidden. #epicF.A.I.L. (epic First Attempt In Learning) seeks to challenge this narrative by bringing failure out into the open and reframing it as an essential part of the journey toward personal and professional growth.Through candid and relatable stories, the podcast encourages its listeners to recognise failure as an opportunity to learn, adapt, and see failure not as an obstacle but as a stepping stone to greater achievements. Join the ride and learn about the different faces that failure can take, how to overcome the fear of failure, and of course the lessons others have learned the hard way so you don’t have to.#epicF.A.I.L. is a podcast from the Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen.This podcast was hosted and edited by Yulian Karadzhov, and produced by Nina Yakimova-Stelma.

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What if the plan fails?: Bachelor’s student Alana Swinkels on rebuilding confidence after major setbacks

#epicF.A.I.L.

36 minutes 53 seconds

8 months ago

What if the plan fails?: Bachelor’s student Alana Swinkels on rebuilding confidence after major setbacks

In today’s dynamic world of academia, success is often glamorised, while failure is stigmatised and hidden. #epicF.A.I.L. seeks to challenge this narrative by bringing failure out into the open and reframing it as an essential part of the journey toward personal and professional growth.

Through candid and relatable stories, the podcast encourages its listeners to recognise failure as an opportunity to learn, adapt, and see failure not as an obstacle but as a stepping stone to greater achievements.

Joining Yulian is Bachelor's student Alana Swinkels to talk about student mental health, rebuilding self-confidence after major setbacks, and how she navigates a very busy student life.

#epicF.A.I.L. is a podcast from the Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen.

This episode was hosted and edited by Yulian Karadzhov, and produced by Nina Yakimova-Stelma. This episode was recorded in September 2024.