Work-Life Balance For Dummies

Jeni Mumford is the author of Life Coaching For Dummies. She is a personal life coach who works with both individuals and organisations on personal development. She runs holistic coaching events in the UK and Italy and is an accredited NLP practitioner. Katherine Lockett is a co-founder of the Centre for Work & Life Research Unit at the University of South Australia.

• Introduction 1Part I: Stand and Deliver: Your Job or Your Life 7Chapter 1: Defining Work/Life Balance 9Chapter 2: Work, Life, and You 21Part II: Looking After Yourself First 35Chapter 3: You Can’t Have It All and Nor Would You Want To 37Chapter 4: Your Body Is Your Temple and Not Your Local Dump 57Chapter 5: Getting to Know You 75Part III: Size Isn’t Everything: Small Changes That Work 93Chapter 6: Finding Lost Time and Space 95Chapter 7: Being a Legend in Your Own Lunch Time 115Part IV: Preparing to Work for Work/Life Balance 131Chapter 8: Moving Your Manager towards Work/Life Balance 133Chapter 9: Maintaining Your New Working Life 151Chapter 10: Putting the Life into Your Work/Life Balance 167Part V: The Bigger Picture: Getting What You Want Long Term 187Chapter 11: Casting Your Net Wider 189Chapter 12: Studying for Success 211Chapter 13: Doing a 180-Degree Turn: Changing Your Career Completely 227Chapter 14: Simplifying Your Life 243Chapter 15: Planning Your Moves 259Part VI: The Part of Tens 273Chapter 16: Ten Tips from the Experts 275Chapter 17: Ten Things to Teach Your Kids 289Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Motivate Your Workmates 299Index 309

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