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Yes, just like you thought it was, the notion of work life balance IS a myth 
according to leadership and organizational psychologist Dr. Ann Perschel. Sixty percent of executives report working at least 50 hours per week, including the additional time they spend thinking about work, while 10% work more than 80 hours per week. This situation is even more intense for 92% of working women who go home after a full day of work and manage household and family responsibilities.
At a recent workshop titled “Finding Your Flow - Looking for Better Work Life Balance?” organized by Leading Women Mass, Dr. Perschel posed the question “So how do we cope?” According to her the answer is Flow, but Flow is better than mere coping. It’s about enjoying and finding meaning in what we do and doing what we enjoy and find meaningful. Flow refuels us.
Flow is the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersedin what he or she is doing by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement,and success in the process of the activity. Proposed by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, the positive psychology concept has been widely referenced across a variety of fields. Colloquial terms for this or similar mental states include: to be on the ball, in the zone, or in the groove.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Says Dr Perschel, “When flow happens you are in a state of harmony. All the gears are engaged and synchronized. Work is effortless. A trial lawyer who loves to compete and win is in the flow when she prepares her case. Her heart pumps faster. Ideas just pop. After working 12 hours she has plenty of energy to care for her two young sons. A landscaper is in the flow when she presses the dirt firmly around the flowers and the scent of damp earth fills her nostrils. She goes home dirty but joyous and ready to engage with her family. When an architect is in the flow the building seems to draw itself.”
At the interactive workshop Dr. Perschel made the participants recall a moment when they each felt in a state of Flow. Examples offered covered a range of activities including gardening, writing, cleaning, yoga. Participants left realizing they each had to discover for themselves how to identify their natural talents, the type of work they find most meaningful and the professional situations that fuel their passions and generate more energy.
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