It’s not unusual for a podcast episode I’m working on to infiltrate my thoughts as I go about my day. But the subject of my most recent episode has lingered longer than usual. For those that need a reminder, the episode was called “How Harnessing Gratitude Can Improve Work-Life Balance: Work, Life, Balance Lesson #10“,Continue reading “How Feeling Grateful Improved My Work-Life Balance (Albeit Momentarily)”
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The Juggling Act of Work-Life Balance
Last night I heard an analogy that I thought might resonate with listeners of the A Fine Balance podcast. It did for me at least. The message was essentially that balancing work with everything else in life is like juggling many balls at once: some of those are made of rubber, so if you dropContinue reading “The Juggling Act of Work-Life Balance”
New Year, New Look
It’s that time of year again… A few years ago, I downloaded a workbook from Lyrical Host, the company I use to host my blog. It prompts reflections on the past year to review website activity and plan ahead. Since then I’ve launched a podcast too, so I add my podcasting activity into my reviewContinue reading “New Year, New Look”
A Fine Balance Launches the Work, Life, Balance Self-Assessment: a Tool for Reflecting on Your Personal Pursuit of Balance
Over the years of blogging and podcasting about how different people balance their work with everything else in life, I’ve witnessed the power of honest self-reflection. Seeking an understanding of the roots of an individual’s work values, I’ve observed, goes a long way in helping make sense of work-life balance choices. Doing so, can fosterContinue reading “A Fine Balance Launches the Work, Life, Balance Self-Assessment: a Tool for Reflecting on Your Personal Pursuit of Balance”
The Seasonal Impact on Work-Life Balance
On a recent trip to Luxembourg, I spotted a cigarette disposal bin with a twist. It was asking smokers to choose between disposing of their cigarettes according to their answer to the following question: “Which do you prefer: Summer or Winter?” I was amused by this curious way to conduct a poll, but also remindedContinue reading “The Seasonal Impact on Work-Life Balance”
What the hell is “work-life balance” anyway?
On what’s been dubbed “work life balance week”, it feels appropriate, as the host of a podcast and blog about balancing work with other things in life, to put out a statement. The thing is, the notion of a week dedicated to “work-life balance” sits uneasily with me. Which is somewhat ironic given the subjectContinue reading “What the hell is “work-life balance” anyway? “
How Do You Improve Your Work-Life Balance When You Hate Your Job? New Podcast Episode Out Now
“Hate” is a strong word, which I don’t use lightly. Yet, it features in the title of the latest podcast episode as a direct quote from people I’ve interviewed for the blog and podcast, A Fine Balance, who have talked about this exact thing. And it’s right that it’s a strong word because when youContinue reading “How Do You Improve Your Work-Life Balance When You Hate Your Job? New Podcast Episode Out Now”
Work, Life, Balance Lesson #3: How To Find A Work-Life Balance When There’s Housework To Be Done
Housework is an unavoidable, time-consuming labour-intensive reality of adulthood. Whether you own your own home or rent, live alone, with friends, strangers or family members, the house-keeping tasks that make a house a home need doing. The part that home-making plays in a person’s work-life balance varies from person to person. The subject of “domesticity”Continue reading “Work, Life, Balance Lesson #3: How To Find A Work-Life Balance When There’s Housework To Be Done”
How To Be A Domestic Goddess
Are you more of a home-made or shop-bought birthday cake kind of parent? My latest podcast guest, Helen Hayward, describes the pride she took in home-making when raising her two children. For her, this was a conscious decision. To be domestic. To make her home a comfortable, nourishing, aesthetically-pleasing haven for her family. Contrary toContinue reading “How To Be A Domestic Goddess”
Finding Balance by Taking a Pause
This weekend, I did probably the most cliché’d thing that a work-life balance blogger and podcaster could do: I went on a yoga retreat. The place I retreated to, set in the Cambridgeshire countryside, is called Paus, and its concept is to do just that: Pause. And find your balance. To focus on “being” insteadContinue reading “Finding Balance by Taking a Pause”