On balancing life, work as a single parent

Fred, emeritus staff member who was an orthodontist at Mayo Clinic from 2001 to 2018 and Jenn, a child life manager, share their experiences giving back to our patients through volunteer programs at Mayo Clinic. Fred is a retired Army colonel who serves as a Final Roll Call volunteer where they pay tribute to our service people in their final days. Jenn is a dog owner who volunteers with the Caring Canines program where they have specially trained and certified dogs to provide companionship and comfort to patients seeking care at Mayo Clinic.

In this episode, you will hear Anne, a senior project manager, share her experience returning to Mayo Clinic following a move to a different state and Steph, a nurse manager, share her experience returning to Mayo Clinic in a role that fit her family schedule.  

In this episode, you will hear from Emmett, a care management assistant, and Wendy, a development officer, share their experiences with equity, inclusion and diversity and how, with the support of their leaders, take action in their work unit to encourage colleagues to learn and grow in this space.

In this Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences episode, you will hear Leslie, an OBGYN, and Susan, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in the Cardiovascular Division, discuss their experiences with the Healing the Emotional Lives of Peers (HELP) program. The HELP Program is an enterprise-wide peer support program for colleagues who may experience emotional impacts after involvement in stressful or traumatic work-related events. The goal of the HELP Program is to assist colleagues who have been involved in such events return to a pre-event level of performance by use of trained peer supporters across Mayo Clinic.

In this episode, you will hear Curt, an IT Senior Analyst/Programmer, and Molly, an Experience Education and Training Advisor, discuss their experience as a Mayo Clinic patient and their journey to becoming a Mayo Clinic employee.

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In this episode of Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences, you will hear from the Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences Podcast team as they look back on the previous 49 episodes. The podcast team consists of colleagues in Human Resources coordinating the podcast participants, episodes and recording including Sarah Shtylla, Dani Budahn, Tom Jorgenson, and Chelsea Bladen Babin. The podcast production is supported by Rick Andresen from Media Support Services. The podcast team greatly appreciates all those who have participated, listened and recommended this series. 

In this episode, you will hear Amy, a financial counselor, and Melissa, an Associate Specialist in research, discuss their experiences on being the first in their family to graduate from college. Amy shares her perspective of being the first to graduate not only from college, but high school as well. She also talks about being a single mom and going back to college as an adult. Melissa talks about how her pursuit of education inspired her mom and a diagnosis has instilled even more intrinsic motivation. Both agree that educational opportunities have transformed as time has progressed.