The art of living with intention. It's easy to let life happen to us, to accept our day-to-day as it unfolds and never question what it brings. It's so simple, in fact, that we don't even realise we are doing it. We forget we have huge personal power.
Finding the right balance for work and life is difficult. If you find that your work and home life interfere with one another, you might want to try a "work-life integration" mentality instead. Work-life balance philosophies typically entail cutting ties with work for an extended amount of time to focus on the rest of your life, and vice versa.
"Why can't there be more hours in a day?" It's a plea that rears up inside the brain, usually around 10 p.m., when the to-do list of emails, laundry, children's party invitations, the carpool schedule and a must-finish-by-tomorrow work deadline seems impossible to complete before sunrise.
TORONTO - Feel like your work-life balance is out of whack? You're not alone. The 2011 Canadian Work Stress and Health study found roughly 1 in 3 Canadian workers feel overwhelmed by work or that the demands of their job often exceeds the time to do the work.
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Some people talk about doing big stuff. Mitch Joel does it... Ever see the scene in Almost Famous, you know, the one on the bus where they all start singing Tiny Dancer? Pure Magic. One of my fave scenes in any movie ever. Well, that kid on the bus, that was Mitch Joel.
Assessing our mental health is not as simple to do as measuring our physical health. There are no scales or endurance tests that rate mental fitness. But with the help of the Canadian Mental Health Association's Mental Health Meter, you can reflect on your unique strengths and identify areas where your level of mental fitness could be improved to help you cope with all of life's up and downs.
Admit it. The title of this post caught your attention. Life and work....we are all trying to figure it out on a day by day basis. No matter what you call it - work-life balance, the struggle to juggle, walking the work-life tightrope, work-life harmony - it is something that no one really has totally ...
Today I'm presenting on work-life issues and living with intention for a client in Vancouver. As luck would have it a few things crossed my social media streams this morning related to these issues. First there was this from Laura Fitton. It got me thinking about an important question - How much sacrifice is too much sacrifice?
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Jane Boyd is a highly connected & visionary leader who builds local & global community — face to face and online. She builds engagement, nurtures collaboration and role models social generosity with intention every day — in life and business. Through 45 Conversations, Jane consults with key stakeholders to address issues related to education, community, business & work-life.
