Her Engineering Career Podcast

This episode describes the importance of advocating for yourself. The message about your hard work and value must come across clearly so that you get what you deserve in your engineering career. And the way you ensure that message is clear is to advocate for yourself. You'll learn about self advocacy and take away some guidance for applying it.

Today’s episode features a few tricks for helping you improve your meeting proficiency. One way you can deal with the overabundance of meetings is by reinforcing your leadership role. Learn some ways you can be an effective leader whether you’re heading up the meeting or participating as an attendee.

This episode is a lesson on getting unstuck when you’ve been in the same job – or the same place in your career – for too long. You know that place where you’re pretty comfortable and confident, but you’re not making any career progress.  You’ll probably be there in that stuck place at least once in your engineering career. Learn the tell-tale signs of a stuck situation, why you need to get unstuck, and ways you can do that. 

This episode introduces a new habit for you to try: revisiting your recent accomplishments. You'll learn how this is advantageous to your engineering career self-assessments, your networking story, and your annual reviews. The process of rediscovery helps you remember the progress you've made. And, turns out, it has a number of other benefits.

In this episode you'll learn insights about speaking and giving presentations. Important things to know in a highlight format. The insights remind you that, moreso than the topic of your presentation, how you present is important. Each presentation has an impact – on your audience of course, but also – on you and your engineering career.

Learn about the paradox of Less is More and how you can use it to your advantage in your engineering career with respect to getting work done. By reducing extra hours you'll benefit from higher quality work,  more balance and less stress. Listen to the story and take away a few suggestions for how you can put the Less is More paradox into action.

This episode is an introduction to some of the challenges of work and life integration. First you'll learn a few insights about managing a career and a family. Next you'll be introduced to 2 kinds of mom engineers: blenders and separators. Also included are some tips to help you strategize for a rewarding engineering career along with a fulfilling family life.

This episode takes a look at how far women have come in engineering in the last few decades. The issues of discrimination women face in science and engineering are still around. And it's still difficult to "picture an engineer" without stereotype. Join in the conversation about the subtle differences between then and now. Learn how these issues have evolved over the years and consider how they affect you today.

In this episode I introduce the concept of your energetic center and how it can ensure happiness in your engineering career. You'll discover the importance of doing work that resonates with you so that satisfaction and fulfillment will follow.  Learn the 4 elements of your energetic center and come away with some suggestions for how to use it to lead you to a meaningful career.

The challenge introduced in this episode is how to wake up from trances – like fear, scarcity and unworthiness – that hinder your engineering career. These trances are mostly unconscious and develop throughout your life.  And they are holding you back. Learn the 3 steps you can take to break out of these trances and open up more possibilities for you.