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What if feeling restless in a perfectly respectable STEM career does not mean you chose the wrong path, but that too much of you has been left outside it?


πŸ” What You'll Learn:

STEM careers tend to reward the rational, analytical and credible parts of us. After years of training, those qualities can become our whole professional identity, while the writer, artist, teacher, founder or curious beginner quietly waits in the background.

This episode explores how to make room for more of yourself without resigning dramatically by Tuesday.




Play this episode to identify which part of you needs more room and choose one concrete action you can take this week.


🧠 About the Guests:

Dr Anupama Hariharan began her career as a dentist before moving into clinical research. Writing had been part of her life since childhood, but she placed it on the back burner while building a serious STEM career. Once she returned to it, she wrote six books in about a year.

Dr Sue Pillans is a marine scientist, artist, children's author and graphic recorder. Through Picture Your Ideas, she combines science, strategic thinking and visual storytelling to help people understand complex information.

Dr Chloe Lim has a PhD in medical science and works in regulatory science. After volunteering to make balloon animals at a community event, she discovered an unexpected creative skill and built Twisty Science, using balloon art to explain scientific concepts to children and families.

πŸ“Œ Episode Highlights:

00:00 When a sensible STEM career becomes the only version of you

03:35 What it means to contain multitudes

05:15 The psychology behind our many selves

08:00 Psychosynthesis, Voice Dialogue and Dialogical Self Theory

11:50 Anu's story: returning to the writer who was always there

16:40 The conversation with her mother that brought writing back

18:45 Completing a 21-day poetry challenge in eight days

21:20 Sue's story: building a bridge between science and art

25:15 Discovering that graphic recording was a real profession

26:45 How visual storytelling makes complex science understandable

29:40 Chloe's story: discovering a new direction by trying something unexpected

31:55 Turning balloon art into Twisty Science

34:20 Why some parts of yourself can only be discovered through experimentation

35:25 Three patterns: revive, combine or discover

37:30 Why every interest does not need to become a business

39:05 Finding the part of yourself that needs more room

40:30 One concrete act of permission to take this week


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πŸ€” Reflection Time:

  1. Which part of you has been well rewarded by your STEM career, and which part has been left waiting outside the room?
  2. Is the part asking for attention something you once loved, something you could combine with your scientific skills, or something you will only discover by trying?
  3. What is one concrete act of permission you can give that part this week, without asking it to prove its commercial value?
","author_name":"Angelique Greco | Biotech & Health-Tech Expert | STEM Thought Leadership Coach"}