Is Your Work Draining the Life From You?

Many of us feel overwhelmed in our work – we feel as though we spend too much time working, and not enough time living. If you feel overworked, overwhelmed, and you’re ready to make changes for a more balanced life, continue reading.

Overcoming the 7 Barriers to Work/Life Balance

Overcoming The 7 Barriers to Work Life Balance is designed for overworked and overwhelmed professionals; this four-session interactive teleclass will empower you to create more ‘life’ in your work/life balance.

Does this sound like you?

• You wonder if work/life balance is even possible
• You’re very busy; you have little ‘play’ time
• You don’t feel as productive as you used to
• Your work impedes on  your free time
• You’ve made excuses for your lack of balance

Your Time is a Commodity

At one time, you had a ‘life.’ You had passions, you spent time thinking, acting, and being true to yourself. Somewhere along the way you were lost. Now, you spend too much time at and on work, you don’t have any ‘real’ vacations. You’ve grown accustomed to spending so much time working - even in downtime - that important parts of your life are suffering. You’ve given up enough; it’s time to take the reigns of your life again!

So, What Are the Seven Barriers?

The 7 Barriers are a combination of factors that impact you internally and externally; how you think, feel, and act.  The Barriers are a combination of things you can and cannot change. When you work through the 7 Barriers, you will recognize the Barriers, and how to change or respond to them appropriately.

What kind of exercises will we do?

Each exercise is designed to help you address specific challenges related to a Barrier.  You’ll be identifying areas in which you negatively impact your work/life balance, you’ll be observing how other people and your organization(s) influence and impede your work/life balance, you’ll be clarifying your values and journaling about relevant topics.  All directing you towards greater awareness and taking action.

Can you really change your work/life balance?

Through this series of teleclasses, you’ll first become aware of what work/life balance means to you, then you commit to change. You then design actions that work best with your challenges. 

Here's what a participant had to say about the class:

I’ve learned that I am not the only person struggling with work/life balance issues, which was quite affirming. Best though were the excellent and practical skills for juggling work and life balance that I learned from Julie. Excellent stuff!

You'll begin with small changes, and build to a new way of work/life interaction that allows you to evaluate what is important to you - and teaches you what to do when things are not where you want them to be. 

How Does It Work?

Every other Tuesday, you’ll join in a teleclass to help you learn the 7 Barriers to Work/Life Balance. You’ll identify and discuss the barriers that apply to you. Then, through discussions and exercises, you’ll finish the class with a concrete workplan for remediating your own unique work/life balance struggles and challenges.

The next sessions of "Overcoming The 7 Barriers to Work/Life Balance" will be held on the following dates from 7:30-9:00PM EDT:

Tuesday, May 6 2008
Tuesday, May 20 2008
Tuesday, June 3 2008
Tuesday, June 17 2008

Another participant's comments:

“Before enrolling in this class, I felt that I had little flexibility in my professional life and therefore few possibilities for meaningful change in my work/life balance. As a result of participating, I discovered new, "internal" resources that allow me to recast the way I view my life experiences. More specifically, by viewing my work and family experiences in a longer-term framework and finding possibilities over the course of weeks, months or even in a year-long period to carve out spaces for myself and for my family, I now see how I can achieve a more fulfilling life balance. I am now more comfortable with the choices I have made and I spend less time trying to "do it all" and chastising myself for an imbalanced existence, while giving myself more time to think positively about how to make the most of my situation and even how to value it more.”

For only $169, the 7 Barriers class will put you on the path to work/life balance.  By enrolling in this class, you’ll receive:

Reserve your space in the class.  Space is
limited to 12 participants in order to have an interactive and personal experience for all. 

How does Julie know all of this?

Julie has worked with hundreds of clients who want greater satisfaction from their career and work.  Whether they want a promotion, better communication skills, more meaning from their work, enhanced leadership capabilities…just about everyone has also wanted to enhance their work/life balance.  Julie has supported many clients in defining the outcomes they want around work/life balance, examining what has gotten in the way and then armed them with tools and resources to define and implement new actions to support the desired changes. 

ANY QUESTIONS? Contact Julie at Julie@JulieCohenCoaching.com or 215-635-4719

Please Review our Teleclass Terms of Service here

*A teleclass is a live interactive training class that you participate in from the convenience of your home or office via telephone. The instructor and other participants are on the phone line with you.