Kendra Auker is president and CEO of the Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg. She oversees 2,000 employees, 1,600 of them women, and many of them in their child rearing years.

Remote workers are allotted more flexibility to take breaks when they please because, for the most part, they are setting their own schedules – or at least have less rigid structures than they did while being in the office from 9 to 5.

I am a little bit embarrassed to tell you that I took six weeks off. I am embarrassed because I recognize the rarity of taking this kind of time, but I don’t believe that my experience should be rare or embarrassing.