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7 Tips to Boost Confidence and Help You Make Fast Decisions

 I'm Rachel - a career and wellness coach and software engineer living in San Jose. 

I write about building confidence and satisfaction as a woman in tech. In my free time, I enjoy cooking, reading, and binging tv shows. 

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Feeling sick and relieved A few weeks ago I caught covid. It was a Sunday and I woke up with a itty bitty little cough. When it didn’t get better by late afternoon I finally tested. And by that night I had a fever. When I woke up Monday morning feeling terrible, I knew I […]

When you’d rather be sick than go to work

October 13, 2024

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“There are lots of ways to help yourself out if you want to be more focused and motivated… and none of them involve calling yourself lazy or beating yourself up, both of which will decrease your motivation and your energy levels.” This is a series of posts about different negative thoughts I have on a […]

“I’m so lazy” – Mean Things I Say To Myself and How I Counter Them (Part 1)

August 14, 2024

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Whenever I ask someone “How many hours do you work a week?”, I follow up with the question “How many hours do you think about work a week?”. The answer to the second question is almost always noticeably higher than the answer to the first. As someone in a thinking profession – engineering, product, management […]

How to actually leave work at work

June 11, 2023

top posts

01.

So, What in the Heck is Life Coaching?

02.

7 Tips to Boost Confidence and Help You Make Fast Decisions

 I'm Rachel - a career and wellness coach and software engineer living in San Jose. 

I write about building confidence and satisfaction as a woman in tech. In my free time, I enjoy cooking, reading, and binging tv shows. 

tell me more!

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Want to connect with more women in tech?

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