Unless you have a job role requiring you to be in-person at your place of employment, you’re likely one of the millions of people working from home. Whether you’re used to working remotely or you suddenly found yourself turning your dining room table into an […]
Regardless of what season of life you find yourself in or what personal or career goals you’re hoping to accomplish, it’s important to define a healthy balance that makes sense for you. In this alumni advice video, Tiffany Waddell Tate (’07, MA ’11) shares her […]
As we all seek to adjust to a “new normal” of working remotely during the Coronavirus, check out this article from LinkedIn’s blog. They offer up six tips for setting boundaries and routines as you work from home.
In this article on Psychology Today, Allison McWilliams (’95), WFU Assistant Vice President for Mentoring and Alumni Personal and Career Development, offers some hard truths about expectations of work. She suggests that ultimately it’s on you to give meaning and purpose to your work […]
We all go through ups and downs in life. But do you have a self-care plan, or good coping strategies, in place to help you weather difficult times that come your way? In this article by Shelly Tygielski on Mindful.org, she offers three reasons […]
In this article from Harvard Business Review, writer Gaetano DiNardi argues that hobbies can actually make employees even better at their jobs. Extracurricular activities outside of the workplace can develop creativity, perspective, and confidence. Learn more about how and why you should pursue your […]
What does it really mean to define your own work-life balance? In this article on Psychology Today, Wake Forest University Assistant Vice President for Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Allison McWilliams, shares 3 key steps for identifying and living out the balanced […]
Looking for another perspective on work-life balance? Author Olga Khazan suggests that the act of trying to force work-life balance could, in fact, be causing us to be more imbalanced. Read her article to consider how the pursuit of balance could be effecting your […]
This past summer, our Alumni Personal and Career Development Center team launched a week-long challenge on our @LifeAfterWake Instagram account to #findyourbalance. In this challenge we provided five simple action items that you can take over five days to work towards finding the balance […]
By Tiffany Longjohn, MS, NCC, LPC Tiffany is the Clinical Case Manager with the University Counseling Center at Wake Forest University. We all know that transitions can be hard on everyone. While it is exciting to jump into starting a new career–potentially in a […]
