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Is Stress Running Your Career?

How stress changes the way you think, perform and see your options, and how understanding your patterns gives you back a choice.

For analytical women in STEM who know they’re capable, but are worn down by heavy workloads and feel drained, stuck or less confident than they used to be, at work and at home. If you’ve wondered whether it’s the job or the stress, this guide helps you see what is going on before you decide what to do about it.

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Based on Energy Leadership®, developed by iPEC, the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. Written by an iPEC-certified coach.

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What’s inside

1

You’re not alone

What stress looks like for working women today, what the research says, and how sustained stress differs from burnout.

2

Two versions of you

The same person and the same skills, on a very different day. What changes is how much of them you can access and use.

3

The domino effect

How pressure sets off a chain of thoughts, emotions and actions, and five steps to try the next time stress hits.

4

More options than you think

More choices than “stay and suffer” or “quit and risk it,” and what two clients say changed with support.

This guide is for you if

  • You know you’re capable, but you’re drained and don’t feel like yourself at work
  • Long days spill into evenings and weekends, and you never fully switch off
  • The stress follows you home, into your evenings, your weekends and your sleep
  • You’re wondering whether to stay, leave or change something, and you’d like to see clearly first

What you’ll walk away with

  • A clearer picture of how stress changes how you think, perform and see your options
  • How pressure turns into the thoughts and actions that keep you stuck
  • Five simple steps to try the next time stress hits
  • Questions to help you choose your next step from your clearest self, not your most depleted one

Why I wrote this

I spent more than 16 years in engineering, making high-stakes decisions and leading a team, and I know how much of yourself that takes. As an iPEC-certified coach, I now see the same pattern in capable, analytical women: they haven’t lost their skills, but stress has taken their energy and their confidence. When you can see what is draining you, you can start to choose differently. This guide is where that starts.

May Lala Sorenson · Former Engineer (16+ years) · iPEC-Certified Executive & Transition Coach