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Jerry in the News
Future Appearances
Jerry is available to speak to your group and for interviews and guest appearances. Contact>>>Recent
Jerry was the featured guest of Mary Eck, Co-creatornetwork radio show. Listen >>>Jerry was the featured guest on Irene Gutman's radio show.
Jerry was Halcyon Solutions' Keynote Speaker on "The Keys to a Successful Career"
Jerry presented two successsful workshops at Simply Living, Clintonville, OH on The Five Fundamentals of a Balanced Life.
Jerry was a featured guest on Michele Gentile's blogtalk radio show. Listen for their discussion of Personal Strengths. >>>
Jerry accepted a Community Leadership role on a new site dedicated to Kindness. Visit the Kindness Cure, join Jerry's Self-Kindness group, and share your acts of kindness.>>>
Helping people live meaningful, balanced lives
The Balanced Life Website Is Your Comprehensive Resource...
for work/life balance with programs and information for living a well balanced life.The information here will be of value to you if:
- - You feel overwhelmed by daily responsibilities.
- - You have the feeling that something is missing, something that could make life more pleasant.
- - Your life lacks joy and seems grim and difficult.
- - What you do fails to satisfy your craving for meaning and fulfillment.
- - You'd love to wake each morning filled with enthusiasm for the day's activities, but the truth is you don't.
- - You feel resentful much of the day, with no time for yourself.
What Is A Balanced Life?
Though everyone talks about work/life balance and bemoans the
lack of
balance in their lives, a balanced life is a very personal
determination. A
life 
that feels balanced for one
person may be terribly unbalanced for
another. Life balance is a feeling, a feeling that life is right. The
only
person who can make that determination is you - this is your life. Hear
Jerry's response to an interviewer's question, "What
is life
balance?"
How does a person get a balanced life?
Because life balance is a personal evaluation based on the feeling that life is well balanced, meaningful, and right, the path to a balanced life must be paved with the fundamentals that make life right. I call these fundamentals the five P's: Purpose, Passions, Powers, Principles, and Perspectives. Listen to Jerry describe the five P's.
What about time management?
Time management, along with other aids such as learning to say no and employer flex-time are helpful tools, but aren't sufficient in and of themselves to bring balance to life. There are five life skills that will help you attain and maintain a balanced life, though these are most effective when your life is well aligned with the fundamentals, the five P's.
How does a Balanced Life feel?
When life is balanced it feels right. It feels like things are the way they should be. Despite the normal ups and downs we all have in life, when life is balanced you are an active participant in life's experiences, fully engaged and finding meaning in what you do and who you are.
The Unbalanced Life
In contrast the unbalanced life just doesn't feel right.
You may feel
overwhelmed by one of your life's roles, perhaps by work. Or you may
feel
that something is missing, like there's a hole in your life. The
unbalanced
life lacks meaning and purpose, and you may feel depressed, lethargic,
and
saddened that there isn't more to it than this.
The Balanced Life E-course
There are many ways to bring your life into balance. Though
you'll find
helpful tips and good information from myself and others in the field
at this
site, I'd like to call special attention to The Balanced Life E-course
which
recently completed field testing with terrific results.The course is
self
paced, coming to your email box once each week for ten weeks. The
Balanced
Life E-course leads you in understanding the fundamentals necessary for
a
balanced life. What I call the five P's: Purpose, Passions, Powers,
Principles, and Perspectives. With those in hand, the course helps you
sharpen five skills to help you move toward and maintain greater life
balance: positive thinking, utilizing powers, self-awareness, setting
boundaries, and time management. More on The Balanced Life E-course >>>
The Resources On These Pages
Much of the information in articles, audios, and life balance programs on this site are from material I've written and developed based on my education, life and coaching experiences, and ongoing research into the latest from Positive Psychology research. You'll also find information from the articles, books, and audios of other work/life balance experts.
Free Graphical Self Assessment of Your Life Balance
Register below and receive a free self assessment that will provide you with a quick visual picture of the state of your life balance. This tool is from The Balanced Life E-course.