Tips to Master Work - Life Balance in Your Marriage In The Home | Ep. 596
Work - life balance is not limited to the workplace: It’s also the work of running a home, and it’s a challenge for most couples to share this load well. Today Dr. Kim is sharing some of his best tips for finding balance in the home.
The struggle to find work - life balance does not end when you get home in the evening. Taking care of a home and family is a huge portion of our workload that you can’t ignore. But you can find ways to handle it well – TOGETHER!
We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage.
Episode highlights include:
Tips for spouses who work outside the home
Tips for those who work from home
Tips for stay-at-home parents
Signs you & your spouse need to work toward better balance
The need for boundaries to help with balance; how to work on them together
What to do if you get stuck, or if you’ve tried to address things and it’s not working
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
QUOTES
Conflict is so scary for so many people that we just avoid it altogether and run from it. But you can’t run forever, and you can’t repair things that you don’t address. - Lindsay Few
Resolving conflict doesn’t have to be a bad thing. It takes work, but when you talk and listen well, you’ll find that most things, you can resolve. - Dr. Kim Kimberling
At the end of your life, you’re not going to look back and say, “I wish I’d looked at my phone a few more times.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
If you get stuck, it’s ok to get help. - Dr. Kim Kimberling
The things that matter work themselves out in the very small details of life. - Lindsay Few
If you’ve fed the kids 3 times, and cleaned up after them 3 times, there’s not much to show that you’ve done something. But you have. Lindsay Few
Maybe you think everyone else is doing it all, so you’re trying to do it all. I don’t think that’s realistic or healthy. - Lindsay Few
It’s easy to fall in those traps and not really know that you’ve even fallen into them. - Dr. Kim Kimberling
We have to make sure we’re saying what we mean and what we need instead of just hoping they catch the hint. - Lindsay few
QUESTIONS FOR YOU
Is the workload in your home balanced?
Who is a mentor couple in your life?
Are your boundaries with tech (screentime, phones) working well?
Talk with your spouse and rate how you’re doing with work / life balance together, on a scale of 1-10?
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