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Many years ago, I came home from work and saw my baby boy reach out, not for me, but for our nanny. My heart sank. He had been with her since I returned to work when he was four months old. My first son had gone to childcare even earlier. It wasn’t new; but this time, it hurt more. I was juggling a full-time job I didn’t enjoy, commuting, pretending to be okay, and quietly questioning everything: my choices, my motherhood, my worth. We had moved across the country for my husb

This post is about one of the most transformative lessons I have learned lately; the power of networking and stepping outside your comfort zone. What I Thought Networking Was After submitting my PhD thesis and waiting for feedback from the examiners, I found myself wondering what to do next. I realized that over the past four years, I had mostly lived in isolation; long hours spent working alone, limited opportunities to connect with peers or mentors, and focusing so intensel