Fathers Work Life Balance


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Dads work life balance

The importance of creating work/life balance for Dads

The stresses that accumulate at home have a tremendous impact on our work, and vice versa - our work stress leaves us unable to focus on our children.

This can then manifest into guilt, and anger, and with no positive channel for these emotions, can lead to disruption either at home or at work, and creates discord within relationships.

Home-to-work "stress contagion" is worse for men than for women.

That is, men's stressful home experiences are more likely than women's to spill over into their work, and affect it negatively.

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The stress "biggies" for the guys are "role overload" (feeling that their responsibilities in one area are making them less effective in another), arguments with their partners and arguments with their children.

One of the reasons Parental Leave may be "good for business" is that it may make men more adept at coping with home-stresses and at preventing "stress contagion".

In my research and exposure to family work, I have found that Fathers, just as much as Mothers, suffer the effects of isolation, but are increasingly isolated because they feel that they cannot talk to anyone about their issues.

Often, men do not feel safe to explore their emotions and talk about them, for fear of being ridiculed, or perceived as "weak". Often men will bury their feelings behind macho behaviour, which in turn, encourages a vicious circle of feeling increasingly more alone and negatively impacting their relationships.

As your personal coach I can focus on your emotions, and enable you to explore them safely and confidentially without fear of being judged. This in turn leads to greater enlightenment and self esteem. Once you are in this position, I can also help you to focus upon strategies to deal with any conflict arising in your relationships within your family environment.

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NJ Coaching also offers facilitated group workshops in the workplace to help manage the work/home stress overload, and promote work/life balance.