3: WRITING GROUPS FOR WORK-LIFE BALANCE

Work Life Balance – What Balance?

“Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” Anonymous. This quote stands out because as we highlight our career goals and strategically plan for them, our personal lives often happen as an afterthought. To be successful at achieving a work–life balance, we should pay equal attention to planning all spheres of our life. While God and Family have been the bedrock in my own...

Beyond Work-Life "Balance".

T he desire for better work-life balance is a common concern among physicians and a key reason for choosing employed practice. But the term work-life balance has always struck me as problematic. In my experience, achieving a true balance between work and non-work activities is incredibly challenging and, when achieved, is fleeting. My moment of balance is quickly upended by a sick child, a pa...

Work-life balance.

Who Is Responsible for Work–Life Balance?

The problem with the concept of work–life balance is that most of the onus of achieving such clarity and satisfaction is left to the employee. As a pediatric intensivist and mother of two, I am ruled by the demands and requirements imposed both by my employer and academic position and by my beautiful children. It is the culture around and perception of working mothers that needs to change – bot...

Representation of Ethical Components in Cognitive Strategies for Re-creating Work-Life Balance

Background: Considering the necessity of studying the phenomenon of work-life balance and the individual initiatives of the employees of the organizations in order to achieve it, the present research pursues the goal of discovering and representing the cognitive strategies of work-life balance among the academic staff members of the university. Government agencies of Northeast Iran have tried t...