How can I bolster mental resilience during challenging phases of doctoral studies? How do I lead my team successfully while also showing appreciation? And what do I have in mind for my professional future in the first place? Whether you are a doctoral candidate, postdoc, or professor, every stage of an academic career brings certain challenges with it. The Berlin University Alliance has the various needs and requirements in mind and offers specific programs tailored to support professional and personal growth and development in research and scientific and academic management positions. The programs cover a wide range of situations, from finding the right words for a dissertation to making the right decisions – sometimes unexpected ones – for a person’s own career. Professional success, job satisfaction, and mental health are all equally important. Two examples show how the programs offered can help to achieve important goals and balance quality of life and the demands of a career in this field. This benefits not only those receiving support, but also Berlin as a hub of science, research, and scholarship as a whole.