Hi Everyone,
Hope all is well. I'm excited to share we successfully hosted our first EPICenter Webcast last week! These webcasts will occur on a quarterly basis on key topics impacting emerging professionals, as curated by our Emerging Professionals Initiatives Committee (EPIC). The topic of our first EPICenter webcast was Rising Resilient: Work-Life Insights for Emerging Leaders. For those who could not make it to the webcast, below is a summary created by one of our panelists (Kassi Rushing) on a few different practices to cultivate work-life integration.
1. Live by Core Values: Just like a business builds a corporate strategy, I build a life strategy. It starts with knowing my core values and then aligning every decision, opportunity, and commitment around current goals (which I set annually).
When I live in alignment, I feel grounded.
When I drift, I feel it immediately.
2. Invest in Support Systems: Support isn't selfish - it's strategic. And it comes in many forms:
-The ones you're born into (family, community)
-The ones you build (friends, colleagues, mentors)
-The ones you buy (childcare, grocery delivery, house cleaning, coaching)
-The ones you become (when you strengthen your own resilience and self-trust, you start to share those learnings with others.)
No one does this alone - nor should we
3.Calendar What Matters: If it's not on my calendar, it doesn't happen. That includes the gym, school pickup, family nights, prayer time, date nights, rest days - all of it.
Your calendar should tell the story of your values, not just your obligations.
4. Recognize Life's Seasons: There's no one-size-fits-all formula. Each season of life - early career, caregiving, leadership, entrepreneurship - demands different priorities. Give yourself permission to evolve. What worked last year may not fit this one, and that's okay.
Integration looks different for everyone, and it should.
5. Practical Tools That Help Me
🧭 Weekly "One List" (everything, in one place)
⏰ Time blocking non-work priorities first
💬 Regular check-ins with my spouse and kids
🤍 Scheduled reset days for reflection and planning
📵 Intentional screen limits and "offline" focus hours
Life–work integration isn't about doing it all. Instead, it's about doing what matters most, on purpose.
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Kathryn Horton
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