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Life Work Balances

143 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings

Conversations about the balance of life and work. A podcast for, by and, about student affairs professionals.

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Episodes

Episode 133: Nick Franco and Saying Goodbye

March 01, 2017 17:01 - 27 MB

Welcome to the last episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES. This month it comes back to where it all started: a chat with Nick Franco about Balance. Nick and I talk about moving to new places, new understandings of self, work,life, and balance. We also talk about what has changed over the last 5 years and […]

Episode 132: Grace Bagunu

January 04, 2017 17:01 - 15.2 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month’s episode is with Grace Bagunu. Grace is a Doctoral Candidate in the University of San Diego, and also has a host of other responsibilities across a variety of fields. We get into those things and a lot more in this episode. Enjoy! ITUNES // FACEBOOK

Episode 131: Revisiting with Sy Simms

December 09, 2016 20:30 - 22.3 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES. This month’s episode is a revisiting with Sy Simms. Sy was on the podcast a few years ago, and this was a great opportunity to talk about everything that has been happening since then in Sy’s life and in the world. If you want to get in […]

Episode 130: Erica Kirk

November 02, 2016 16:15 - 12.1 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month’s episode features an interview I did with Erica Kirk. Erica is a graduate student at USC, and works in the LGBT Resource Center there. We met when Erica was an undergrad at UCSD, and it was really great to get to hear about all that […]

Episode 129: Lan Yang

October 05, 2016 16:30 - 11.4 MB

  Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month I got to chat with Lan Yang, who is a graduate student in the Higher Education Leadership program at The University of San Diego and a Graduate Assistant in the Center for Inclusion and Diversity. We had a great time talking about sports, social […]

Episode 128: Revisiting with Jessica Williams

August 03, 2016 21:42 - 11.6 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month’s episode is a revisiting episode that I did with Jessica Williams. Be sure to check out the first interview I did with Jessica on episode 105. This time, we talk about the things Jessica has been doing in a few new roles, defending her dissertation, […]

Episode 127: Myra McPhee Part 1

July 07, 2016 16:00 - 11.1 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month we have the first part of an interview I did with Myra McPhee. We’ve been planning this for a while now, and it was great to finally sit down with Myra to talk about her experiences growing up in the Bahamas, going to college, leaving, […]

Episode 126: Sarah Molitoris

June 01, 2016 16:00 - 17.8 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month I had a chat with Sarah Molitoris, who is a graduate student at UCLA. We met each other at USD, where Sarah worked as a Community Director. We talked about growing up in Michigan, finding student affairs through forestry, and going back to school to […]

Episode 125: Conor McLaughlin and ACPA Montreal

May 03, 2016 17:30 - 13.4 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES. This months episode is going to take a slightly different format. I didn’t have the chance to conduct an interview this month, so I decided that I was going to do my own check in about what has been going on in my life lately, as well […]

Episode 124: Kyle C. Ashlee

April 06, 2016 16:01 - 15.8 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month’s episode features a great chat that I had with Kyle C. Ashlee. Kyle is a PhD student, social justice consultant, author, and much more. We had a great time talking about mentorship, involvement, passion, cooking, music, and much much more! If you have questions, comments, […]

Episode 123: Robert Brown

March 02, 2016 17:00 - 18.8 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This months episode features an interview that I did with Robert Brown, who works at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rob and I met while we were serving as faculty members for the Social Justice Training Institute Student Experience, and this was a great chance to catch up […]

Episode 122: Viraj Patel

February 04, 2016 17:00 - 19.1 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month’s episode features an interview with Viraj Patel. Viraj works at The University of Pennsylvania as the Associate Director of the Pan-Asian American Community House. We had a great time talking about experiences growing up, family, the inspiration for getting involved in different activities, and finding […]

Episode 121: Susan R. Komives pt. 2

January 06, 2016 17:00 - 10.8 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month is the second part of the interview I did with Dr. Susan Komives. This month we talk about moving into a faculty role, retirement, and balance. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, send an email to lifeworkbalances [at] gmail Enjoy! ITUNES // FACEBOOK // TWITTER

Episode 120: Susan R. Komives pt. 1

December 02, 2015 17:00 - 20 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month I got to chat with Dr. Susan Komives, who is one of the most prominent scholars in the topics of leadership and college students there is. Dr. Komives and I spent a good long time talking about her story, so this will be the first […]

Episode 119: Ashley C. Barton

November 04, 2015 17:00 - 14.2 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month’s episode features a great interview with Ashley C. Barton. Ashley is the Director of the Black Student Resource Center at the University of San Diego. We had a great conversation about a number of fun things including reading sci-fi and fantasy, exercise, growing up, coming […]

Episode 118: Kafele Khalfani

October 07, 2015 19:01 - 14.3 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This month I took some time to sit down with Kafele Khalfani, who is the Dean of Students at Warren College at UC San Diego. We had a great conversation about discovering the field of student affairs through another career, how life events interact with career trajectory, […]

Episode 117: Revisiting with Nick Franco

September 02, 2015 16:00 - 17.2 MB

Welcome to another episode of Life Work Balances, the podcast for and by student affairs professionals about the dynamic nature of balance. It has been a while since an episode has gone up, because I was finding my own sense of balance, but now the podcast is back. New episodes will be posted on the […]

Episode 116: Revisiting with Alfred Day

October 08, 2014 19:30 - 16.2 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES. Today I got to catch up with Alfred Day, who was on the podcast a little over a year ago. In that time Al has taken on a new role as a Care Manager at UC Berkeley, moved, and had a whole lot change for him. We […]

Episode 115: Reeba Monochan

October 01, 2014 19:00 - 14.1 MB

Welcome back to LIFE WORK BALANCES. It was nice to take a break, and it is really fantastic to be back and having more of these fantastic conversations! Today I had the chance to sit down with Reeba Monochan, who works for the Gates Millennium Scholars Alumni program. Reeba and I have known each other […]

Episode 114: Ryan Jasen Anders Henne

May 21, 2014 19:00 - 15.4 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I had the chance to chat with Ryan Jasen Anders Henne, who is the Director of Residence Life at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Ryan Jasen and I caught up while at ACPA this year, and it was really great to get to talk with him […]

Episode 113: Emily Roh

May 07, 2014 19:00 - 20 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I had the chance to chat with Emily Roh, Program Coordinator for the LGBT Campus Resource Center at University of California, Los Angeles. Emily and I have gotten to know each other over the past few years and it has been really great! I was really […]

Episode 112: JC Rivas Espinosa

April 30, 2014 19:00 - 11.8 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I had the chance to sit down and chat with Juan Carlos (JC) Rivas Espinosa, Assistant Director for the Changemaker Hub at the University of San Diego. We have known each other for a few years and have gotten to work together for a while, and […]

Episode 111: Ivy Smith

April 23, 2014 19:00 - 12 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday morning and a new episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I had the chance to sit down with Ivy Smith. Ivy is a grad student at Binghamton University in New York, and we had the chance to meet up at this years ACPA Convention in Indianapolis. We had been planning to […]

Episode 110: Taj Smith

April 09, 2014 19:00 - 11.8 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES Today I had the chance to talk with Taj Smith, who is the Assistant Director of the Davis Center at Williams College. We got connected at this years ACPA Conference, and after getting to know Taj over lunch and hitting it off really well I thought he […]

Episode 109: Susan Taylor-Johnson

April 03, 2014 19:00 - 11.7 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES Today I had the chance to interview Susan Taylor-Johnson. We met at this years ACPA national conference in Indianapolis, and had a great time getting to know one another and talking about how she got to where she is. We talked about reading, photography, finding connections on […]

Episode 108: Keith Humphrey

March 26, 2014 16:00 - 11.7 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday and a new episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I had the chance to interview Keith Humphrey, Vice President of Student Affairs at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Past President of ACPA. Keith and I had a very good time getting to know each other, and I am very excited […]

Episode 107: Revisiting with Nick Franco

March 19, 2014 16:15 - 10.3 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES Today I had the chance to revisit with the very first guest on LIFE WORK BALANCES, Nick Franco. While Nick still holds the same position that he did 2 years ago, we had a lot to talk about in terms of what have changed, evolved, and grown […]

Episode 106: Stacey Pearson-Wharton

March 12, 2014 16:00 - 11.2 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday with LIFE WORK BALANCES Today I had the chance to talk to Stacey Pearson-Wharton, who is the Assistant Vice President of Wellness at the University of South Florida. We had a great time connecting and getting to know one another, and I am very excited for you all to hear our […]

Episode 105: Jessica Williams

February 26, 2014 17:05 - 12.2 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday with LIFE WORK BALANCES Today I had the chance to talk to Jessica Williams, who is a PhD student at the University of San Diego, and works in the Admissions and Outreach office for the School of Leadership and Educations Sciences, as well as being an Adjunct Faculty for the Counseling […]

Episode 104: Revisiting With Heather Lou

February 19, 2014 17:00 - 8 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday morning and a new episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Trying something new this week. Because my computer ate the episode I had planned, I had a conversation with a previous guest on the podcast about what things have been like since we recorded our episode. I got to chat with Heather […]

Episode 103: Malinda Daniel

February 12, 2014 20:00 - 16.2 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday with LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I had the chance to sit down with Malinda Daniel, who is the Director of Academic Advising at South Piedmont Community College. We met a few years ago while attending the Social Justice Training Institute in Long Beach CA, and it was really great to catch […]

Episode 102: Michael Catanzaro

February 05, 2014 17:00 - 15.2 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday with LIFE WORK BALANCES. Today I got to talk to Micahel Catanzaro, Director of Sustainability at the University of San Diego. Michael and I had a great time talking, and I am really excited to share this interview. I had wanted to interview someone working with sustainability on a college campus, […]

Episode 101: Michael Lovette-Colyer

January 29, 2014 17:00 - 15.3 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES This week I sat down with Michael Lovette-Colyer, Assistant Vice President for Mission and Ministry, and Director of University Ministry for the University of San Diego. Michael and I have worked together for a bit on a few committees, and it was really great to get to […]

Episode 100: Marcela Ramirez

January 22, 2014 17:00 - 11.1 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday morning with LIFE WORK BALANCES! This week I got to talk to Marcela Ramirez, who got connected to me through former guest and friend Sy Simms. We then ran into each other at the ASHE conference, and solidified plans to have a chat. It was a really great chat, and I […]

Episode 99: Windi Sasaki pt. 2

January 15, 2014 17:00 - 15.8 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES This week we wrap up our conversation with Windi Sasaki, Residence Life Liaison in the department of Housing Dining Hospitality for UC San Diego. Last week we talked about how Windi got to where she is now, and this week we were able to finish the conversation […]

Episode 98: Windi Sasaki Pt. 1

January 08, 2014 17:00 - 25.5 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This week I had the chance to sit down and talk to Windi Sasaki, who is the Residence Life Liason for Housing Dining Hospitality at the University of California San Diego. This week we will cover how Windi got to where she currently is, and in next […]

Episode 97: Diana Victa

January 03, 2014 17:00 - 14 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday with LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I got to sit down with Diana Victa, who works as a Coordinator for the Cross Cultural Centers at CSU Los Angeles. We were introduced through mutual friend and former guest on the podcast Heather Lou, and it was really fantastic to get to know Diana, […]

GRADUATE STUDENT BONUS EPISODE: Lizzy Gomez

December 27, 2013 20:30 - 15.4 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I had the chance to interview Lizzy Gomez, who is a graduate student at the University of Vermont in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program. Lizzy and I worked together at UC San Diego, and it was really great to catch up with her, hear […]

Episode 96: Esteban del Rio

December 19, 2013 20:00 - 13.5 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I got to interview Dr. Esteban del Rio, who is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of San Diego and also serves as the Associate Provost for Inclusion and Diversity and the Director for the Center for Inclusion and Diversity (which means he is […]

Episode 95: Ryan Miller

December 12, 2013 17:00 - 11 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES. Today I had the chance to interview Ryan Miller. Ryan and I used to work together, and it was really great to catch up with him and hear about what he had been up to in the past few years. We talked about family, friends, creativity, finding […]

Episode 94: LIVE From ASHE 2013

December 04, 2013 17:00 - 6.1 MB

Hi, and welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! This week you all can hear the LIVE LIFE WORK BALANCES that was recorded as a roundtable at the Association for the Student of Higher Education Annual Conference in St. Louis. We had a great group of people show up to the conversation, and while […]

Episode 93: Oiyan Poon pt. 2

November 27, 2013 17:00 - 10.3 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday with LIFE WORK BALANCES! This week I had the chance to finish up the conversation from last week with Oiyan Poon. We reconnected at the ASHE conference and got to talk about what she had been up to in the last year. We talked about living in Chicago, getting engaged, finding […]

Episode 92: Oiyan Poon Pt. 1

November 20, 2013 17:00 - 52.4 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I had the chance to sit down with Oiyan Poon, who is currently a faculty member at Loyola University Chicago. This is the first part of a conversation we had almost a year ago. When I went to put the episode together, my computer ate half […]

Episode 91: Christopher Newmann

November 13, 2013 17:00 - 16.9 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I had the chance to sit down with Christopher Newmann, Assistant Professor at the University of San Diego’s School of Leadership & Education Sciences. It was really great to learn more about how he got to where he is and what lead to his path to […]

Episode 90: Rosina McAlpine

November 06, 2013 17:30 - 18 MB

Welcome to another Wednesday with LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I got the chance to sit down with Rosina McAlpine, who is a visit scholar at the University of San Diego. Someone had actually mentioned that we should chat, because Rosina is currently doing research on work life balance, and we were able to have a […]

Episode 89: Onar Primitivo

October 30, 2013 17:00 - 21.6 MB

Welcome to another Episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I sat dow with Onar Primitivo, Coordinator for Social Justice Initiatives at UC Merced. We had been planning this for a while, and it was an amazing chat to have. We had a great time catching up, talking about moving to the US, finding community, art, […]

Episode 88: Eugene Frier

October 23, 2013 16:00 - 16.7 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I had the chance to talk with Eugene Frier, who works in Residence Life at the University of North Texas. We met this year at San Diego Comic-Con, where Eugene was presenting as part of the Geek Ed Panel that also featured some past LIFE WORK […]

Episode 87: Aja Holmes

October 16, 2013 16:00 - 11.1 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I sat down with AJa Holmes, who is a PhD student at Iowa State University. We got connected through a mutual friend, and it was great o hear Aja’s story and get to know someone that I hadn’t met before we set up time to do […]

Episode 86: Lisa Slavid

October 09, 2013 16:00 - 14.6 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I sat down with Lisa Slavid. Lisa works at UC Santa Barbara, and we met a few years ago when we both attended the Social Justice Training Institute. It was really great to catch up with Lisa, to hear about what she has been doing over […]

Episode 85: Shaun Simon

October 02, 2013 16:00 - 15.9 MB

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I sat down to chat with Shaun Simon. We met each other a few years ago while attending the Social Justice Training Institute, and it was great to catch up with her and see how her career has been going in those last few years for […]

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