DOI: 10.1039/9781837678822-00186 ISSN:

Synergy Scientific: Empowering the Humans Behind the Science to Lead, Thrive, and Innovate with Heart

Tarah Lynch

For years, I believed that a successful career came from pushing harder to prove myself – longer hours, being always available, publishing, and presenting at conferences. As a scientist, a mother, and a woman in STEM, I thought stress was the price of success, but I was burned out because I was failing at it all. It took reaching my breaking point to realize that the system wasn't the only thing that needed to change, I did too. I learned that I had more agency, more choice, and more power to create the life I wanted (not should want) than I knew was possible. That realization became the spark for Synergy Scientific, a coaching and consulting company that helps people in STEM build the strategy, emotional intelligence, self-care, and communication skills that we were never taught. Because when we stop equating exhaustion with excellence, we make space for creativity, connection, and real innovation.

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