Creating healthy boundaries is an important part of achieving work-life balance. And before you assume I’m talking about some unattainable version of work-life balance, lets just take a second to examine it. 

Work-life balance is not about spending 50% of your time at work, and the other 50% at home with your family. Balance is about splitting your time between things that are important to you in a way that makes sense to you and makes you happy. 

October has a lot of focus on mental health and workplace health throughout Canada and around the world. Which means it is a great time to start or maintain engagement around the areas of mental health. If this is not something your office is already talking about, now is a great time to start. Below I’ve included some resources that could be useful for your office.

Think back to some big life moments that you've gone through. These moments could include starting your first job, getting married, having a baby, buying a house, moving cities, or changing jobs. During all these moments we usually have other things that we are trying to balance all at the same time. Does that seem to fit with some of your experiences? Likely. 

Sometimes these moments can be so stressful that we wish we had someone else to strategize with, someone to help us cope with the stress and anxiety, or someone who can look at a situation objectively and help navigate through what can feel overwhelming on our own.

Sounds familiar? Probably. 

Wellness at work doesn’t always have to look like yoga at lunch and people coming out of a board room smiling. Sometimes its taking the time to let people feel the normal human feelings that we all feel.

When I was working at one organization where there was some restructuring going on, unfortunately, several employees ended up being let go.  And not all at once, but over a week or two. This left a feeling of uncertainty and to some degree, fear, around the office. Who was next? How long was this going to go on? 

Completing workplace wellness employee surveys is a great way to gain insight and plan the strategies that you want to implement at your business. You have this great report from the survey and are ready to implement an awesome employee engagement and wellness plan as soon as you get the feedback. 

But what happens when you get contradictory information from employees?