Leadership Matters: Finding Balance

Linda Eddy and Vicki Denson, WSU-Vancouver College of Nursing Administrators, share their journey to becoming faculty members, connecting with mentors involved in university leadership, and transitioning into leadership positions and becoming mentors themselves. They highlight how they have established work-life integration and identified passions outside of the workplace, and how these are fundamental to maintaining wellness and resiliency. As leaders, their commentary reinforces the importance of modeling and championing these characteristics for and among their mentees. 

“Finding Joy: The Health Care Professional’s Journey to Well-being" is a podcast resource developed by a team of interprofessional education researchers from Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane. They’re promoting well-being among students, faculty, and healthcare professionals during challenging times. Funding is provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

The Interprofessional Education Research team wishes to thank the following individuals for their invaluable contributions to this project:

• Dr. Barb Richardson, nurse, educator, and interprofessional champion;

• Cameron Cupp, creator of the “Finding Joy” musical score and current enrollee at WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine;

• Washington State University staff from Marketing and Communications, Financial Services, and the Collaboration for Interprofessional Health Education Research and Scholarship; and

• Claire Martin-Tellis, Executive Producer, and Solen Aref, student intern, who developed the first five episodes of the “Finding Joy” podcast.

This episode of “Finding Joy” was produced by Doug Nadvornick, Program Director, Spokane Public Radio.

If you would like to reach out, please contact our team by sending an email to: [e-mail] We also encourage you to visit our podcast blog as well as our team's website at: https://opioideducation.wsu.edu/about/.