I’ve recently found myself hooked on the Netflix series “One Day”. The nostalgia of life in the 1990s lured me in, and now I can’t get it out of my mind. There’s one scene (it’s ok, no spoilers, I’m still only on episode 4), where two friends are at a restaurant while on holiday inContinue reading “Finding Balance When You Have a Smartphone and Engage in Social Media”
Category Archives: Podcast
Finding Balance by Turning Your Passion into a Side Hustle: Bettina’s Story
Season 3, Episode 2 of ‘ A Fine Balance – The Podcast’ – Out Now There’s a saying that I’ve heard banded around communities of side hustlers that goes: “Your nine-to-five may make you a living. But your five-to-nine makes you alive“ This certainly rings true for the guest of my next podcast episode, BettinaContinue reading “Finding Balance by Turning Your Passion into a Side Hustle: Bettina’s Story”
Finding Balance as a Mother – when You’re Ambivalent About Having Kids
Not every woman has a burning desire to be a mother. The rhetoric I’ve usually come up against when interviewing working mothers is that motherhood is a longed-for and revered part of their overall ambition. But, of course, that’s not always the case. Parenting responsibilities are often cited as the reason for work-life balance considerations.Continue reading “Finding Balance as a Mother – when You’re Ambivalent About Having Kids”
What to Expect from ‘A Fine Balance’
My mind is attuned like a radar these days to pick out the word “balance” when I see or hear it. So when I saw an article in the weekly newsletter of Jason Feifer, editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, with the heading “The Imperfect Balance”, it jumped out at me. It read as affirmingContinue reading “What to Expect from ‘A Fine Balance’”
On Motivation, Managing Your Emotions & Finding Balance When Engaging With Social Media: Vicky’s Story
Season 3, Episode 1 of ‘ A Fine Balance – The Podcast’ – Out Now Do you ever feel like you’re dragging your heels in getting started with something? Does your to-do list stare back at you as a reminder of all the things that you need to get done but haven’t made time forContinue reading “On Motivation, Managing Your Emotions & Finding Balance When Engaging With Social Media: Vicky’s Story”
New Year, New Podcast Season – Coming Soon
How do you define what your “work” means to you? Is it a means to an end, a function that enables you to pay the bills? Is it something that identifies who you are to the outside world? Is it what drives and excites you? Maybe it’s a mix of all of the above, orContinue reading “New Year, New Podcast Season – Coming Soon”
The Pursuit of Work-Life Balance in 2024
All set for 2024? If you’re intent on getting your work-life balance right this year, then you may find that ‘A Fine Balance‘ can help you along the way. Since its creation in 2020, the blog and podcast has showcased a diverse range of personal stories about how individuals balance their work with everything elseContinue reading “The Pursuit of Work-Life Balance in 2024”
That’s a Wrap for 2023
Highlights of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’ in 2023 2023 was a packed year for ‘A Fine Balance’. In terms of the stats, I produced and published over twenty blog posts and nine podcast episodes. My final podcast episode of the year is a compilation of highlights from each interview, so a good oneContinue reading “That’s a Wrap for 2023”
On Part-Time Working Fatherhood, Perfectionism & Finding Balance When Living with Cancer: Sam’s Story
A Fine Balance – The Podcast’: Season 2, Episode 8 Out Now If you were told that your life had an “expiry date”, would you make any changes to how you balance your work with everything else? Such is the reality that was thrust upon my latest podcast guest, Sam Franklin, when he was toldContinue reading “On Part-Time Working Fatherhood, Perfectionism & Finding Balance When Living with Cancer: Sam’s Story”
Fatherhood and the Pursuit of Balance
For what it’s worth, 57½ : 42½ is the combined work:life ratio of all the fathers I’ve interviewed on the blog and podcast, A Fine Balance. Each of these fathers balances their fatherhood with their work and other relationships and interests in their lives differently. There are no rights or wrongs. Just a personal andContinue reading “Fatherhood and the Pursuit of Balance”