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Category Archives: The Pursuit of Balance… By Theme
The Perfectionist Within: Your Work-Life Balance Friend or Foe?
If you look up the term “perfectionist” in the dictionary, you’ll find that the majority of definitions are laced with negativity, depicting it as a fixation on the unattainable, a character flaw that is unhealthy, undesirable, and damaging – both to the perfectionist and those in their orbit. I’ve found the same negative perception toContinue reading “The Perfectionist Within: Your Work-Life Balance Friend or Foe?”
How Does Feeling Judged Impact Your Work-Life Balance, and What Can You Do to Manage Your Reactions to it? – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY
Do you ever feel judged for how you balance work with everything else in life? Or feel that people’s judgments about you – at work or in your personal life – impact your overall sense of balance? If so, you’re not alone. The subject of feeling judged, and the reactions it evokes, often arises inContinue reading “How Does Feeling Judged Impact Your Work-Life Balance, and What Can You Do to Manage Your Reactions to it? – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY”
Time-Management Tips to Improve Your Work-Life Balance – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY
Creating a meal-planner often comes up in podcast conversations as the ‘gold standard’ of time-management. Plan what you and your family are going to eat every day of the week, shop and prepare accordingly, and sorted: you’ve truly got your life together. I’m not knocking it. It’s a great, simple technique that anyone can adoptContinue reading “Time-Management Tips to Improve Your Work-Life Balance – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY”
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? “
Finding Balance When You’re Single and Looking for Love – Katie’s Story: NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY
Work-life balance isn’t typically a topic you’d associate with single, young professionals with no caring responsibilities. Yet, as this episode’s guest, a business development manager and creator of the Single Sounds podcast, Katie McNamara shares, this is a time in life when there’s a lot going on. When you’re starting out in your career andContinue reading “Finding Balance When You’re Single and Looking for Love – Katie’s Story: NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY”
Tips on How to Create a Morning Routine That Enhances Your Work-Life Balance: Work, Life, Balance Lesson #5 – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW
Do you rely on your morning routine to set yourself up for the day? Could your morning routine do with some improvement? Are you curious about how establishing a morning routine could help enhance how you balance work with everything else in life? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then thisContinue reading “Tips on How to Create a Morning Routine That Enhances Your Work-Life Balance: Work, Life, Balance Lesson #5 – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW”
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”
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”
How Parents Influence Their Children’s Work-Life Balance Choices: Work, Life, Balance Lesson #2 – Podcast Episode Out Now
What did you learn from your parents about the way they worked when you were growing up about the pursuit of balance? Did their work-life balance approach inspire you to follow in their footsteps? Or did it have the opposite effect and encourage you to do things differently? In turn, as a parent yourself, howContinue reading “How Parents Influence Their Children’s Work-Life Balance Choices: Work, Life, Balance Lesson #2 – Podcast Episode Out Now”