There isn’t a week that I don’t hear the phrase ‘work-life balance’. In this episode I look at what it means, how it has changed over the years and what we can do to try to get it right.

What is work-life balance?: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurathomas/2022/07/26/what-does-work-life-balance-even-mean/

Severance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11280740/

Womens Liberation and WLB: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4079063/#:

The Great Resignation: https://hbr.org/2022/03/the-great-resignation-didnt-start-with-the-pandemic

Freelancing pros and cons: https://medium.com/@mrmunifali/the-5-pros-and-cons-of-freelance-work-15e1dbb375c6 

Why Google perks may not be what good working life is about: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/18/google-amazon-microsoft-perks-dont-matter-this-is-what-keeps-talented-people-from-quitting.html

Work is good for us: https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2191

Boiling frogs: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/lessons-from-a-burnt-out-psychologist/202406/the-boiling-frog-syndrome-a-metaphor-for-burnout

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