by Kimberly Young, Communications and Community Engagement Specialist, Caroline County Public Schools How do you feel about journaling? I have attempted it numerous times over the years because people talk about how great it is and I am a sucker for a beautiful journal! However, I found that if I read something I had written […]
By Devin Fedor, AVP, HR Operations & Organizational Effectiveness at Mary Washington Healthcare Years ago, my husband gifted me a set of high-quality kitchen knives. The first time I used them, I could tell they were superior. The knives had a good weight, a sharp edge and cut any food with ease if I picked […]
by Stephanie Lyles, Director of Community Relations, Topside Federal Credit Union How to survive and thrive with the curve balls of life. Not sure about you, but life has not always gone the way I had planned.
by Kimberly Young, Associate Provost for Career and Workforce at UMW I was recently in a class where I was required to select an artifact that was representative of who I am as a leader. My artifact was an old mixing bowl that belonged to my great grandmother, my grandmother, and finally my great aunt […]
By Devin Fedor, Director Learning & Organizational Development at Mary Washington Healthcare Each year I select word or simple phrase to guide me through the next twelve months. This is not a resolution to lead me down a path of all or nothing thinking. Rather, it serves as a motivator, a reminder, a lens to […]
By Kimberly Young, Executive Director of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Mary Washington. Time. It’s one of those few, precious resources that we cannot make more of and we have no idea how much of it we have. Last week was very stressful for me. By Tuesday, I realized that I had […]
by Kimberly Young, Communications and Community Engagement Specialist, Caroline County Public Schools Like so many of us, I have had my share of changes over the last year and a half. I went through a divorce, worked from home from March until November 2020 when I was laid off, and then started a new, fantastic […]
by Susan Coleman, Certified Maxwell Leadership Life Coach and Director of Volunteers and Community Outreach for Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center The challenges of everyday life are unpredictable whether at work or play. Just when we think we are past one situation a tsunami can hit us, and we are thrown back even farther than we […]
By Lynne Richardson, Dean, UMW College of Business We all know people who seem to have been born confident. They exude it from every pore! Others, however, don’t feel like they are worthy and pay attention to what others think to define their value.
by Lynne Richardson, Dean, UMW College of Business We are entering one of the most stressful times of the year. As women, many of us have more balls in the air than the men in our lives do. We work outside the home (well, we did before Covid!), we are the primary housekeepers at home, […]
