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 Beth Williams, Executive Director for Human Resources, UMW I have a quote on my phone’s lock screen that reads “Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value”, and it’s attributed to Albert Einstein.  I’ve seen this quote before, but recently read it from the perspective of a mother who […]

By Joy Crump, Founding Partner and Executive Chef What we are capable of changes.  Year by year, day by day.  The list of what we are sure we can do as women, partners, managers, mothers–is long because we juggle those things daily.  We push ourselves in so many aspects, right?  We work to be more […]

By:  Ali Hieber As a working parent, I feel a sense of a relief when the school year ends for my children.  I welcome pausing from my role supporting academic responsibility and independence while secretly monitoring every deadline to keep them on track. This year, with the added stresses of online and hybrid learning, I […]

  By Devin Fedor, Director Learning & Organizational Development at Mary Washington Healthcare As we get ready to celebrate Mother’s Day, I find myself reflecting on the past year and the profound impact it has had on children, parents, and families.  I was recently asked to speak to a group of employees during a celebration […]

By Rebecca Purdy, Deputy Director of Central Rappahannock Regional Library   We’ve all had those eureka moments in the shower. We probably didn’t even realize we were thinking about anything in particular, and suddenly we had an idea! Over the course of the past year, however, I found I was regularly having eureka moments in […]

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.