The end of my degree marked a shift in seasons: motherhood and developing my research career. I received an APA scholarship to fund my Psychology PhD researching self-harm in young people. My research projects included over 1,500 high school students and 200+ university students, as well as analysing data from a longitudinal study of 5,700 young adult women in the community. I published my research in four peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as sharing my findings from my PhD in an article on the Conversation, blog posts, and media such as a podcast and radio interview.