A Fine Balance – The Podcast: Episode 8 Out Now

EPISODE 8 of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’ is out now!

This episode of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast‘ features Tom McLaughlan, a retired Government Relations Advisor, who now works voluntarily for a crisis intervention charity.

Tom first featured on ‘A Fine Balance – The Blog’ in August 2021.

The blog post based on my interview with Tom was published in August 2021

In this podcast episode, we discuss in more depth Tom’s work-life balance choices – both today in retirement, and looking back at when he was in the height of his career.

His emotive and honest reflections leave much food for thought about the opportunities and challenges of balancing priorities during these two important life stages: one’s career peak, and their career’s end – and the “life” milestones that occur in between.

When interviewed for the blog, Tom declared his work:life ratio at that point to be 25:75, much lower than he wanted it to be. Returning on the podcast, he’s happy to report that the work side of his ratio has notably increased.

Tom also shares his experiences of Imposter Syndrome and burnout, and we discuss the power that leaders have to impact their staff’s work-life balance.

I look forward to hearing from any listeners that make it to the end and want to take up the challenge that the episode closes with!

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