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Infertility for Women in STEM with Priya Santhanam

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INFERTILITY FOR WOMEN IN STEM WITH PRIYA SANTHANAM👇🏽

What can you do when you are dealing with an invisible struggle? This week we had Priya Santhanam, PhD, share with us her infertility journey as a woman in STEM. These struggles led to a desired outcome from her infertility problem, her two young children, but it also opened her to focus on supporting women who may be going through a similar journey.

Here is what you can expect from today’s episode:

  • What can you do when you receive disempowering advice, especially early in your career as a woman in STEM
  • Using compassion and patience to speak up
  • The real isolation that comes from infertility
  • The importance of belonging through invisible struggles that lead to true transformation
  • What are the tangible things you can do to help yourself and others through the struggles of infertility as a team member
  • The one key question you can ask that leads to resilience
  • Career clock vs. Biological clock for women in STEM
  • Closing habits & tips to try at home!

    • If you would like to support Priya with her mission of speaking with 100 women in STEM about their infertility journey, you can reach out to her via:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyarsanthanam/

    Blog: http://www.scientistengineermom.org/

    Also, she is part of the book Empowering Women in STEM, which you can pre-order here: https://www.routledge.com/Empowering-Women-in-STEM-Personal-Stories-and-Career-Journeys-from-Around/Mathura/p/book/9781032373317

    If you have any questions or suggestions, you can email us at takeabreakstem @ gmail.com

    To learn more about Lennis, visit www.lennisperez.com.

    To learn more about Caroline, visit www.miltoncc.com.

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