WORK LIFE BALANCING

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WORK LIFE BALANCING

• from distress to eustress

Henry Does, M.D.
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Overview

• Expectations
• Collecting attention
• Lecture/ Q A
• Eliciting the Relaxation Response
• Evaluation

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Stress response

• Redirection blood
• Heightened alertness
• Glucose/fatty acids ?
• Immunesystem/digestion ?

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Stress concept (medical) A

• Fight-or-flight (Canon, 1915)
• General adaptation syndrome, GAS (Selye,
  1932,1976)

Walther Bradford Canon
Hans Selye
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Stress concept (psychological) B.

• Role conflict and ambiguity(Kahn et al, 1964)
• Cognitive appraisal and coping (Lazarus et al,
  1967)
• Ego ideal self-image(Levinson, 1975)
• Employee character strengths (Wright, Huang,
  2008)

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Stress concept (public health) C.

• Preventive Stress Management in Organizations,
  second edition, 2012

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Threat rigidity

• Restricted information flow
• Constriction of control

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Stress as challenge

• Positivity ratio 3/1
• http//www.positivityratio.com

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Work-life/ Home-life

• Workaholism ?? intimacy
• Work/information overload (24/7)
• Leisure time (play) gt resilience

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Work life programs

• Flexible working conditions
• Leave options
• Child- and dependent care benefits
• Pro-family organizational culture
• Worksite wellness/assistance programs

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Why work-life programs?

• Expands discretion and control
• Offer support(life-skill educational programs)

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Effectiveness work-life programs

• 50 lesser burnout and distress (Cascio, 2011)

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Presence

• Marlies Witjes

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The Relaxation Response

• Muscles relax
• Heart beats slower
• Blood pressure decreases
• Breathing becomes slower
• Metabolism decreases
• Nitric oxide increases

http//www.massgeneral.org/bhi/basics/eliciting_rr
.aspx
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Thank you
WORK LIFE BALANCING
from distress to eustress
Henry Does, M.D.