I went to a social activity yesterday and once again found myself having a conversation with a group of women in their late 30s and 40s. The discussion turned to the most recent gaslighting from medical providers about pain and physical stuff. One of the women had been diagnosed with endometriosis some years ago. Her current doctor flippantly brushed off the diagnosis and just told her to take some Tylenol. She spent days doubled over in pain, some days unable to keep food do

Three months ago I got my first faculty coaching client. The person was in a situation where the faculty line had been eliminated and they were facing the end of their job. We talked through their goals, their wishes, the emotional fallout of it all. We worked through the nuances of CVs, letters, and prepping for an interview series. A lot of academics aren’t always clear on the different nuances of types of universities- and those matter a lot when you are applying for an R1

When people ask me what I do, I usually say that I’m a social scientist. I’m in public health and I am a social worker and researcher. Human behavior is my favorite fascination. Most of the people that I know on this platform met me along the way in one of the positions that I have held in those fields. Here is something that many people don’t know about me- I quit college. Twice. Long before I made it to grad school, I thought that I was awful at learning and didn’t belong