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Finding Your Passions Outside of Work

In this video, alumna Clare Rizer (’13) shares 3 tips for finding your passions outside of a regular 9 to 5 job. While working full-time in public relations, she also parlayed her interests in fitness to land a part-time gig at an experiential fitness retailer. […]


Five Tips for Building Community Where You Are

By Allison McWilliams (’95), Assistant Vice President for Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University We all need personal and professional networks, a community of engaged, supportive friends, colleagues, advisors, and wise counselors who can provide support, guidance, feedback, access to connections […]


Boundary Setting with Brene Brown

Creating community means developing intentional relationships and connections with people. And, it means setting effective boundaries with your time, your capacity, and your availability. Easy to say, but often not so easy to do. In this short and powerful video, author, speaker, and researcher […]


3 Tips to Create a Wellbeing Routine

By Kim Struglinski (’12), Yoga and barre teacher in Nashville, TN After working as a Wake Forest Fellow, Kim went on to earn a Master’s in Higher Education and worked in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at Vanderbilt University for 3.5 years. During that time […]


Define Your Balance: Owning Your Life in an “Always On” World

By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University What does it mean to “define your balance” as a working professional? What does a balanced life look like for you? When you think about work, and life, […]


Clear the Clutter: How a 30 Day Challenge Sharpened My Perspective

By Tiffany Waddell Tate (’07, MA ‘11), Associate Director for National Engagement in the Alumni Engagement Office at Wake Forest University Tiffany Waddell Tate is also a career coach & professional development consultant, passionate about helping others develop themselves while adding value to organizations and the world. Stay […]


Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?

For anyone over the age of 30, you are aware of how full life becomes with your career, possibly marriage and/or kids, and other real life adult responsibilities. This often means that time for developing deep, genuine friendships is lacking, and becomes difficult as you […]


How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Take a Sabbatical

We all need a break from work now and again. For most of us, that means taking a vacation, putting on that “out of office” message, and unplugging for a couple of days. But sometimes we may need more of an extended break. Is it […]


To Stay or To Go? Things To Consider Before Exiting the Workforce

By Lauren Beam (’07), Associate Director for Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University As a mom to two young children and a part-time working professional, I can certainly relate to parents who are struggling with whether to exit the workforce or […]


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