Overview A better title and higher pay sound promising. But would the job let you pick up your child twice a week? In Episode 120, Nate Payne joins me to discuss career planning in STEM. For moms in STEM considering a new role, we look beyond title and pay to workplace fit, flexibility, recovery, and […]

Episode Show Notes

Will Your Next STEM Job Actually Fit Your Life? With Nate Payne

Portrait of Nate Payne, founder of Living Systems Leadership, wearing glasses and a black shirt against a gray background.

Overview In this post, I’ll show you how to get unstuck as a scientist mom using my Ask–Analyze–Act (Triple A) sequence. You’ll do a 10-minute Identity Timeline mini-audit, name your coherence gap (values vs. calendar), and test one decision rule for a week. What you’ll learn What they don’t teach women in stem in graduate […]

Career-Life Integration

How to get unstuck as a scientist mom (after motherhood)

Pinterest pin for working moms in STEM titled “How to get unstuck as a scientist mom (after motherhood).” Mentions the Ask–Analyze–Act (Triple A) framework, a 10‑minute Identity Timeline mini‑audit (past/present/future), spotting the “coherence gap” between values and calendar, and choosing one simple decision rule for career‑life integration.