Career stress
Weathering winter rainstorms
“An actual inch of rain between November and March had only happened one other time in the climate record.” – Eric Stevens
Read MoreOvercoming failure
“And I think positive self talk is the kindest thing you can do to yourself. Being able to say ‘It’s OK, it takes time.’ You know what you need to do, so why not start?” – Dina Abdel-Fattah
Read MoreLoud, critical, ambitious: sexism in science
” I have to be able to be on my toes and defend all of the work that my team has done, and yet if I question any of the work any of the other teams have done, immediately I’m called in the office.”
Read MoreUneven ground: permafrost thaw and burnout
“The more positive side of people’s brains would say oh, no, no, no, these are learning opportunities or whatever, but at some point it’s actually just failure.”
Read MoreSounding board on the Antarctic ice sheet
“So once I found this role as a peacemaker, I was like, OK, this is my role on the team. It’s not so much science, it’s more communication.”
Read MoreAnother day at work
“Being able to move on and feeling supported by your superiors, takes away so much of the trauma that women often experience when they try to report.”
Read MoreA day in the life of a university scientist
“There’s a culture here of women, working moms, who are wanting to, outdoing each other, like, ‘Well I put the baby down at 8 but I still had to stay up until 2 in the morning to finish this grant.'”
Read MoreGrowing a collaboration
“I think what I’ve been focusing on is how can we take something that can spill out of people in such a negative way and make it neutral?”
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