Course Description:

How often does work interfere in your personal life? How often does your personal life interfere with your work?

In this module, learners gain useful skills and strategies for cultivating increased harmony, or integration, between their work and personal lives, which in turn can enhance their overall psychological well-being.

Course Objectives:

• Lesson 1: What is Work-Life Harmony? This lesson looks at the current realities of work-life harmony, how to differentiate between harmony and balance, applying work-life harmony, and the risk of burnout.
• Lesson 2: Values and Needs: This lesson explores what exactly values and needs are, and how they impact our daily lives, decision-making, and goals.
• Lesson 3: How to Achieve Work-Life Harmony: This lesson gives practical examples of how to achieve work-life harmony. Learners are taught how to make conscious choices and avoid doing “half-things”. Learners are reminded of how to be realistic about finding work-life harmony, how to find flow activities and work with passion, how to prioritize relationships, and how to set boundaries while creating structure.
• Lesson 4: Work-Life Harmony For You: In this lesson, specific examples of challenges to work-life harmony are explored. Topics range from how to support a workaholic, getting motivated after a vacation, minimalism and decluttering, alone time in relationships, disconnecting to connect, to sleep hygiene and shift work.