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AI Generated Image - Women In STEM By the time they reach 35, half of the women who start careers in STEM have already left . That’s a stark number — but it’s also why I believe so strongly in telling these stories. Because behind every statistic are women who’ve carved their own paths, challenged cultures, and built careers in spaces not designed for them. And every woman who stays and thrives makes it easier for the next one to do the same. Over more than two decades in eng

Photo by Andrey Larionov on Unsplash A friend of mine, dipping her toe into people management for the first time, was having a hard time. She’d been working with a virtual assistant, and despite good intentions on both sides, it just hadn’t worked. Tempers had flared. Assumptions were made. It was exasperation at dawn! When she talked it through, she wasn’t asking how to be a better manager in a textbook sense. She was asking something much simpler: " What do I need to look

AI Generated Image - Rewritten I was sitting across from a friend in a tiny coffee shop in Central, Hong Kong. We hadn’t seen each other in five years , but within minutes we were deep in conversation like no time had passed. She’d doubled down on her side hustle this year and was doing brilliantly — but she was exhausted. Really exhausted. With twenty minutes left before I had to leave for the airport, she paused, looked at me, and asked: “Do you feel better now than you di

Photo by fr0ggy5 on Unsplash Sometimes you don’t realise where you are until something small tips the balance. A tiny request — just a little more. And you hear yourself saying "Yes" again. Because if you stop, then everything you’ve done would have been for nothing. You don’t want to let anyone down. You have to keep showing up. What would they think if you didn’t? Your brain whispers I can’t , but your body already keeps the score. The tight jaw. The headache behind your e

Tracy at Vietnam Book Street, Saigon - September 2025 I had the great pleasure of catching up with some dear friends on the West Coast recently. We don’t get to speak often, but when we do, it always feels like taking a long drink of water after not realising how thirsty you’ve been. They asked how things were going in Vietnam, and when I said, “It’s been over five months now,” they looked genuinely stunned. Time does that. When you’re in the thick of daily life, it’s easy to

Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash Most of us think confidence is something we either have or don’t. But in reality, it’s a muscle — one...

Photo by LKHTK on Unsplash I was at a conference for small business owners last year — a collection of entrepreneurs that identify as...

Photo by Google DeepMind on Unsplash Every August, school uniforms fill my social feeds. This year, one photo stopped me short: a...

Photo by Ezechiel Kouassi on Unsplash When asked, one of the most common pieces of advice I give when you are working in a tense work...

Yaowarat Road, Bangkok, 2025 After over six years of living between China, Italy, and Vietnam, I’ve learned that moving to another...

Chat GPT generated image - 2025 "So what's it REALLY like to be a woman in this industry? I want to be a better ally and I've asked other...

Photo by Garrhet Sampson on Unsplash It was never my intention to start a side hustle. It just… happened. And then it happened again....

Chat GPT generated image of Tracy with possible career directions In Part One of this post, I shared the stories I wish someone had told...

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash In the last few months, I’ve had a handful of women approach me for coaching and mentoring support —...

Photo by Florian Klauer on Unsplash I’ve just finished judging a national student design competition for Design Truth . It’s been...

AI Generated Image of Tracy blowing out candles on a 21st birthday cake My family had taken me to the train station in Edinburgh and...

Photo by Matt Botsford on Unsplash "I see you have a podcast! I've been thinking of starting one myself — do you have any tips?" Three...

Hong Kong Big Buddha 2015 A couple of weeks ago, I received a message in my LinkedIn inbox from a colleague from my time living and...

Photo by charlesdeluvio  on Unsplash In 2021 I jacked it all in. Walked away from a 15+ year career in engineering. Just like that. Done....

Photo by Felix Mittermeier  on Unsplash International Women’s Day 2025 came and went, and I didn’t post about it on LinkedIn.I was too...

Photo by Markus Spiske  on Unsplash A former client had just gotten a promotion and it was the first time they would be leading a...

Photo by Gabrielle Wright  on Unsplash I was 39 when my imposter syndrome reached its peak. I’d applied and interviewed for a job I absolutely did not  believe I was qualified for — and… amazingly… I got it. My brain didn’t celebrate. It panicked. It convinced me I didn’t know what I was doing. That I’d bluffed my way in. That sooner or later, everyone would realise I didn’t belong. There was a constant, low-level sense that whatever I did, it just wasn’t enough. A project I

Photo by Daniele Franchi  on Unsplash I think about authenticity as a leader all the time. It absolutely breaks my heart to see how hard...

Photo by Suzanne D. Williams  on Unsplash I’ve always struggled at being nice to myself. To everyone else? No problem. But when...