Author: Helen Robinson
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The Power of Affirmation
Positivity is Power Lately I have been thinking more about how powerful affirmation can be. When I was younger, I assumed that people who are good at what they do, know it. I didn’t always think about acknowledging people for their skills, or what effect that might have on them. My Mom continuously emphasized the importance…
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Patterns for Success
Respond, don’t React by Mia Painter, Guest Contributor I was raised in a small family of women – mom, gram, two aunts, and a few cousins. My family had started out with some men, but the year I was two my grandfather and uncle died and my mom left my abusive father. I remember the…
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Finding Your Voice
Speaking Up and Speaking Out Recently I have had conversations with some of my friends and colleagues in the industry to try to explain a phenomenon I can’t quite wrap my head around. In a situation where there are a large group of professionals, are women are more inhibited to voice their opinion? Here’s an…
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Emotional Factor of Safety
Crying At Work (About Work) Isn’t Okay Women are often stereotyped as being emotional, flighty, weak, and thinking with their hearts and not with their heads. Men can be portrayed this way too- if a man tears up at an emotional scene he is “in touch with his feminine side”. Engineers and scientists on the…
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Field Work Uncovered
The Ins and Outs of Field Work I have almost 20 years of (non-continuous) field experience. This does not include my childhood, part of which was spent climbing trees to find the perfect quiet place to read. My first official geotechnical engineering field experience was a three month stint the summer when I was 19,…