In this episode, we step beyond the life sciences to talk with Jen Heemstra, a professor of chemistry who brings much energy to thinking about mentoring and improving academic culture Jen tells us how early failures drove her to strive for success in scienceShe shares how she overcame early doubts about an academic careerShe talks about how different students need different mentoring styles and how important it is to adjust each timeShe admits that she is so excited about all her roles that she struggles with focusing and setting prioritiesGreat teams are made up of people with different perspectives and different ways of seeing the world - and they are a group of equalsJen has a lot of thoughts about how to embrace failing and taking comfort from failuresShe thinks it’s important to recognize cognitive distortions to overcome imposter syndrome narrativesJen shares personal thoughts about her approach to self care practices and to improving academic culture for othersDon’t make your decisions based on other people’s expectations She mentioned these institutions, people and resources Washington University in St Louis : https://chemistry.wustl.edu/people/jennifer-heemstraEmory University : https://www.emory.edu/Jen’s Blog - Things that change the way I think : http://thingsthatchangethewayithink.blogspot.com/Lynn Hill : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Hill To find out more about Jen visit her website or follow her on Twitter https://chemistry.wustl.edu/people/jennifer-heemstra https://www.heemstralab.com/ https://twitter.com/HeemstraLab https://twitter.com/jenheemstra To find out more about Renaud : Twitter : https://twitter.com/LePourpreLinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaudpourpre/To find out more about Jonathan : Twitter : https://twitter.com/EpigenetiqueLinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanweitzman/%20To learn more about the soundtrack : Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler https://soundcloud.com/amariamusique/ https://twitter.com/amariamusique