E58: Navigating Personal Challenges While Staying Engaged at Work

HigherEdJobs Podcast

How do you manage working while experiencing hard times in life?

In this episode, the HigherEdJobs editorial team talks with hosts Andy Hibel and Kelly Cherwin about managing an illness, supporting a family member, and caring for children and teenagers while working, among other topics.

We were inspired to discuss this topic after reading "How to be Emotionally Present at Work When You Have Real Stuff Going on at Home," by HEJ contributor Eileen Hoenigman Meyer.

As Meyer said, managing these situations or even weathering a crisis is an emotional and logistical undertaking.

Her tips include to: lean into your routine, get clarity around what you need, and protect yourself.

The editorial team featured in this episode includes:

• Mary Guiden, Associate Director of Editorial Strategy, Special Projects
• Leah Jackson, Assistant Director of Editorial Strategy and Writer, and
• Monika Sziron, Assistant Director of Editorial Strategy, Research and Coordination at HigherEdJobs and HigherEdMilitary.

Cherwin leads the editorial team and is the director of editorial strategy.

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