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A Healthy Relationship With Work Looks Like This…

5/9/2018

 
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"A healthy relationship will never require you to sacrifice your friends, your dreams or your dignity." ~ Dinkar Kalotra

What does it look like when you have a healthy relationship with your working life? 
 
It’s Monday morning and you wake up feeling good about the day ahead.  You enjoyed a weekend that offered you a break from your work and now as you think about your schedule today you are curious, and have ideas about how to approach some of the interesting challenges your work provides.  The morning routine (whatever that is for you) is not stressful or overly rushed (even when you had to hunt down a lost item for a loved one) and your commute isn’t getting under your skin either because it gives you time to continue to think about the day that lies ahead (or just enjoy the sights along the way to the office).
 
Once at work you share smiles and greetings with respected colleagues and when your boss comes in he/she stops by to ask you how your weekend went.  That’s all, no pretense to follow up on a deadline or a task, just to see how you are.  Work comes and goes with its challenges and hiccups (no job or workplace will ever be perfect).  That prickly client called in again (ugh) and a colleague was dismissive about your ideas in a meeting (and that hurt), but you also received the go-ahead to do something at work you’ve always wanted to try, and there is even an on-line training resource to help you figure out how to do it with more confidence (and only 45 minutes…with a video!).  A peer drops by to offer his/her support if you have any questions as well (they did something similar last month).
 
At the end of the day you still have much to do, but you are at a good stopping point and the rest will wait until tomorrow.  You head home at a decent time and you look forward to the evening ahead.  You’ve been able to “park” work and start thinking about commitments at home, sorting out schedules and the evening meal.  You have some interesting tidbits from your day to share with loved ones and you are planning to head out for a nice walk or run after supper (or maybe a fitness class).  As you get ready for bed you feel relaxed and ready for sleep, and you haven’t checked your work phone since you got home (it’s charging in the living room to be ready for tomorrow).
 
Sound idyllic?  Not everyday can be like this, but when we have a healthy relationship with our work MOST days offer interesting work where you can exercise your talents and abilities, the opportunity to make a difference, growth and development through challenges and (best of all), no unhealthy compromises that leave you depleted and lethargic at the end of your working day.  A recent article from the BBC (How Your Workplace Is Killing You) outlines research that points to the many ways our working lives are not supporting our wellbeing.  Which begs the questions…what would wellbeing at work look like for you?  If you don’t know what it looks like it’s hard to make changes that support it.

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    • Career Strategy Session
    • Coaching Programs >
      • Lead with Impact
      • Career Impact
      • Purpose to Impact
      • Recognize Your Leadership Potential >
        • Welcome to Recognizing Your Leadership Potential
      • Realize Your High Potential
      • The Art of Influence at Work
      • Your Time By Design
      • Assessment
    • Book Me To Speak >
      • Persuasive at Work
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        • Communicating Comfortably in a Virtual Setting Workshop
        • Career Health Check Workshop
        • Leading in Ambiguity Workshop
        • Accomplishing Work Through Others Workshop
        • My Values Driven Workplace Workshop
        • Leading Teams Virtually Workshop
        • Working Successfully From Home Workshop
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        • Valued Living Workshop
        • Working Resilience
        • Addressing Conflict Workshop
        • The Many Faces of Unconscious Bias Workshop
        • Building A Culture of Trust Workshop
        • Time Management Workshop
        • Business Intelligence of Empathy Workshop
        • Finding Your Leadership Compass Workshop
        • Foundational Conversations Workshop
        • Conscious Conversations Workshop
        • Leading with Emotional Intelligence Workshop
        • Success in A Mulitgenerational Workforce Workshop
        • Networking in A Digital Age Workshop
        • The Psychology of Decisions Workshop
        • Purpose Driven Feedback Workshop
        • Dynamic Team Communication Workshop
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    • Hidden Habits Holding You Back
    • Secrets to Boost Your Job Security
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    • Hello Monday Videos
    • Career Resources
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      • I Feel Angry
      • I Feel Stuck
      • I Am Overwhelmed
      • I Need Self-Compassion
      • Emotions At Work
      • Mindfulness
      • Triggers At Work
      • Naming Emotions
      • I Feel Frustrated
    • Balancing Time Workbook
    • Working Life Persona Quiz
    • Career Health Quiz
    • Healthy Boundaries Quiz
  • Referral Partners
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