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By Dave Scott Most middle-class generations in the past believed that working hard was the key to financial success, which would provide happiness.

In certain eras, like the Dirty '30s after the stock market crash, many were just happy to have a job!

Life and jobs were at stake during the Second World War, and women became an important workforce component.

The '50s showed growth throughout North America and transcended with the Boomer generation.

Unions soon emerged with the idea to protect the workers and strive for better pay and benefits.

Today, the job force continues to change, and one of the main concerns of the workforce is the focus on a proper work-life balance.

I want to share the following information from the Government of Canada with you so that you and I can better understand that balance.

Work-Life Balance Statistics for Canadians: • Canada ranked 24th for work-life balance in a survey by the OECD. • Ottawa has the best work-life balance among Canadian cities and ranks 7th in the world.

• 88% of Canadians said they enjoyed working from home more often during the pandemic.

• 21% of the Canadian workforce works full-time from home.

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40% of people over 54 say they would prefer to continue working from home full-time.

• 56% would consider leaving their job if told to return to the office full-time.

• Half of the Canadian workforce has thought about finding a new job in the last six months.

• 39% of Canadians would be happy to take a pay cut in order to work fewer hours.

• 72% of people working from home said they had a good work-life balance, compared to 58% of people who work outside the home.

• 60% of people working outside the home said they were satisfied with the time they get to spend with their family compared to 70% of people working from home full time.

What is meant by work-life balance?

There are often two main aspects associated with work-life balance – the first is lack of time and scheduling conflicts, and the other is feeling overwhelmed, overloaded or stressed by the pressures of multiple roles. Balance is not necessarily about splitting time equally, but rather that the individual feels fulfilled and content with both aspects of their life. Work-life conflict occurs when the overall demands of work and personal roles are incompatible in some respect, making participation in one role more difficult by participation in the other role.

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Balance Health Canada has identified four broad categories associated with work-life balance: • Role overload: This form of work-life conflict occurs when the total demands on time and energy associated with the prescribed activities of multiple roles are too great to perform the roles adequately or comfortably.

• Work-to-family interference: This type of role conflict occurs when work demands, and responsibilities make it more difficult to fulfill family-role responsibilities (e.g., long hours in paid work prevent attendance at a child's sporting event, preoccupation with the work role prevents an active enjoyment of family life, work stresses spill over into the home environment and increase conflict with the family).

• Family-to-work interference: This type of role conflict occurs when family demands and responsibilities make it more difficult to fulfill work-role responsibilities (e.g., a child's illness prevents attendance at work, conflict at home makes concentration at work difficult).

• Caregiver strain: Caregiver strain is a multi-dimensional construct defined in terms of "burdens" in the caregivers' day-to-day lives, which can be attributed to the need to provide care or assistance to someone else who needs it.

From: Reducing Work-Life Conflict: What Works? What Doesn't?, Health Canada, (2008)

Balance is also one of the identified psychosocial risk factors that can impact an individual's mental health.

Why is it important to maintain a good work-life balance?

Each person can be affected differently based on factors such as frequency and duration of work, the nature of the job or role, roles outside of work, etc.

When an individual must spend more time at work, they may experience any combination of the following: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders, including the impacts of psychosocial factors; Occupational injuries; Fatigue; Burnout; Poor mental health effects such as stress, depression, anxiety, etc.; Job dissatisfaction; Absenteeism; Lower quality of work.

When an individual must spend more time with other roles, they may experience any combination of the following: Missed work or lower-quality of work; Job dissatisfaction; Loss of income; Boredom.

I hope this gives you a more complete understanding of the importance of a proper work-life balance in today's world.

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The treatment was tough, and it was scary, but for me, it worked. I am incredibly grateful that this year I celebrated 10 years of being cancer free!

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The date is March 5, 2014. The time is 9:00am.

I am sitting in a doctor’s office at the Juravinski Cancer Centre, waiting for the results of my breast and lymph node biopsy. I know that the doctor I am about to see is a surgical oncologist, and I know that she primarily treats breast cancer patients. I also know from the radiologist that a positive biopsy is expected based on what was seen on the mammogram and ultrasound.

I know, but I still can’t quite believe it when I hear for certain that I have stage three breast cancer.

The tumour in my breast and one of the lymph nodes under my arm were positive for cancer.

It was just two months after my 40th birthday when I found a lump in my left breast. My gut told me that it wasn’t good. After an exam by my family physician, a mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy, I found myself entering a world I never imagined I would be in. I am one of the 1 in 8 women in Canada who will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.

After a number of tests and scans to make sure the cancer hadn’t spread further, I met with a medical oncologist who would manage my treatment, and then I started the treatment the following week. My treatment plan took 16 months total and included: 8 rounds of chemotherapy, one every other week; a double mastectomy including removal of the lymph nodes under my left arm; 20 rounds of daily (Monday – Friday) radiation; and additional medical treatments to adjust the hormone levels in my body to help prevent a recurrence. Breast cancer treatment requires strength, bravery and determination. It also requires a lot of rest.

From the beginning, on the advice of my sister, I faced treatment with the philosophy that I needed to slow down, not try to “muscle through” it and work with my body to heal. I know many women think of treatment as a

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“I am a competitor. I have that fire. But deep down, I truly enjoy the art of competing so much more than the result.” ~ Apolo Ohno, Olympic speed skater I entered the 10-day race at the Dome in Milwaukee with one specific goal. I wanted to beat the existing world record for my age group - 593 km. My goal did not seem overly ambitious to me as long as I didn’t become too hampered by physical issues such as blisters, an upset digestive system or, most problematically for me, the dreaded lean. The lean, an ailment that particularly affects older males in multi-day events, introduces a pain in my back that makes it difficult for me to continue. Upon arrival, I learned of one other possible impediment. For unexplained reasons, the track was sticky. At the pre-race meeting, we were warned that it might be a problem for shufflers, those, including me, who don’t lift their feet up much when racing.

Nonetheless, I was relaxed and confident as the event began. I easily completed 47 miles on the first day, much ahead of the 37 per day that I would need to average for the record (369 miles).

The second and third days went well, with a little over 42 miles on each of them. My only issue was the sticky track. It caused me to stumble a number of times, particularly if I tried to pick up my pace. Although I hadn’t fallen, I was becoming more worried about that possibility and was losing my confidence as I got more fatigued.

About this time, through information passed on to me by another runner, I learned that there was another factor looming. Bill Heldenbrand, a 77 year old from Florida, was also seeking the record. I had never met

Bill, although I believed I had raced against him twice before, finishing ahead of him both times.

However, he had an impressive resume. As he later told me, Bill graduated in nuclear engineering and worked on designing systems for nuclear reactors. When he tired of that, he became the owner of a motorcycle repair shop, as he was himself a motorcycle racer. He is an adventurer, having taken part in ultrarunning races all over the world, with results including third place in a 1000 miler in South Africa. One time, he attempted to cross the Atlantic solo in his 36-foot vintage sailboat en route to an ultra in England. He was rescued by a tanker in the middle of the ocean when he was caught in a severe storm. Bill holds three American agegroup records for 24 hours and 48 hours. His personal best for 24 hours exceeds mine by 55 km.

At the end of Day 3, I was about 8 miles ahead of him. It was easy to track how runners were doing because there was a screen set up near the timing mat that recorded each lap. If you passed over the mat close to someone, their results would still be on the screen as it rolled through the recent runners. The information was quite detailed, including names, position in the standings, last lap time, overall distance in miles and kilometres, and more. I was well aware that Bill was tracking me, as I could see him stop to study the screen occasionally when I was nearby. Up-to-the-minute results could also be accessed through one’s phone. He did

not have an outgoing personality and we had not exchanged a word. As I have always been, by nature, a very competitive person, I began checking his progress. I thought that if I could open a gap of about 50 laps, it might break his spirit, and he would back off trying to chase me.

I managed to increase my lead a bit, and by the end of the fifth day, it was up to 41 laps, about 11 miles.

But by this time, two things were happening. I was not breaking him because he was staying on the track much of the night when I was sleeping. Day 5 proved to be my last good day because my severe lean began forcing me to take many short breaks to try to alleviate my discomfort. I was stretching, using my massager, and lying on my anti-gravity chair.

At one point, he came up behind me and told me he felt a little guilty about getting the record, hoping I didn’t feel bad. I said, “No, no,” emphatically and very sincerely. I told him I was happy for him. He was the better man at this race.

He seemed to deeply appreciate my words and told me he thought he had made a new friend.

That made my race! I hope I get to see Bill at another event down the road and that we can help push each other again to be our best selves.

“Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong.”

And Bill was getting stronger. He was generally walking a bit faster than me and he was doing some running. I was stumbling more as my balance was being impacted by the lean. He had caught and passed me by the end of Day 8. I can’t remember exactly when, but probably early in the ninth day, I started to chat a little with him. As people often are once you begin to talk with them, he was happy to converse as we walked in the outer lanes.

I was pleased with my own reaction to the situation. I felt that I had given the best effort I could, and I was encouraging him and cheering for him to get the record. On the last day, it was obvious that he was going to get it. He pushed hard to get the most distance possible, only sleeping for 2.5 hours at the end of Day 9 and staying up for all of the last 24 hours doing loops.

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Preoccupation with symptoms can magnify when you are worried you might forget to tell your physician, pharmacist, or primary health care provider. Most of us recognize that loneliness, isolation, stress or fear, lack of sleep, etc., will magnify our symptoms, but when we are distracted, comforted, or focused on something pleasant, the unpleasant experience of symptoms decreases.

As a global society, so much of what we experience can be attributed to either deficiency or excess. Whether it is food (physical, fueling nutrition), water (hydration), sleep, exercise, mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual connection, environmental (heat, cold, noise, air quality, etc.), or substance (alcohol, drugs, medications, supplements), when we experience an imbalance, whether due to excess or Innate wisdom is within all of us, though. We should advocate for ourselves rather than mask deficiency, symptoms are our clues. the problem. It is imperative that we do not selfBy definition, a "symptom" is something a person diagnose, self-medicate, or disguise a potentially experiences that may indicate an imbalance or serious issue with over-the-counter products. Just change, disease or condition. Symptoms can only because millions of other people may have that be reported by the person experiencing them. symptom or there are hundreds of products Reporting or journaling any recurring symptoms advertised to suppress the issue doesn't make it accurately and consistently can be invaluable. normal. If there is no known cause or trigger and Done in real time (whether on a calendar, your symptoms continue to impact your life, seek notebook, or your phone), it will give you an the appropriate professional assistance. accurate perspective, but more importantly, it will give your healthcare provider a clear and As a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, my scope of accurate tool and perhaps some associations you practice does not involve diagnosing or may have observed. There are no medical tests prognosticating diseases or medical conditions. In for symptoms, but being precise my home office practice and in collaboration with and clear-headed allows you to Hauser's Dover Apothecary, I help educate, communicate and advocate for empower and assist my clients in taking responsibility for their own health through yourself effectively. evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle changes.

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will have their origins in the basic, everyday habits we recreate. Whether out of familiarity, comfort, lack of knowledge, apathy or lack of recognition, symptomatic disharmony may be easier to rectify than you realize. Your health is never to be taken lightly – persistent symptoms with no known cause or trigger always need to be investigated.

Pay attention to frequency, severity, situations, foods, environment, and movement. Journal and record because the totality of associations creates a picture or pattern to complete the puzzle.

Most disruptions to our health will have an origin in or be aggravated by nutrition or lifestyle habits that are either deficient or excessive. That shouldn't be a mystery. The cells of our bodies will either flourish or flounder due to the information and fuel they are provided with.

Certain things influence our bodies subtly, while others use a more sledgehammer approach.

Prescription medications are a common part of life. Many of these medications are known to cause a deficiency of certain nutrients. Always discuss with your pharmacist whether you should take supplements to compensate for this depletion. Many side effects reported can often be alleviated or reduced simply by making up for the shortfall through a quality supplement or food. We will get into this topic in future articles.

Many individuals also combine natural health products with prescriptions (or even multiple natural products together). Many cautions and caveats exist with this practice. Natural does not guarantee safety.

Timing, dosage, combinations, and the proven quality and efficacy of the products you are using need to be explored. A nutritional consultation or supplement review is a great way to be certain you are doing beneficial things for yourself.

Always be sure your pharmacist and primary health care provider are aware of any supplements and over-the-counter products you are using. Many excellent products can have serious contraindications or negative effects when combined or even timed incorrectly.

Tracking symptoms and being self-aware is proactive. It can shed light on correlations or clues we might otherwise neglect to share. It can create a clear picture rather than obsessing, misjudging, forgetting, and over- or under-reporting. It can be a logical, analytical tool to more accurately portray what you are observing and experiencing. No one knows your body, its rhythms, patterns and nuances, quite like you do. Frequency of symptoms, disruptions without known cause, and changes in severity, along with many other forms of self-observation, are all potentially vital and valuable clues. Your healthcare team can assist you more effectively when the information provided is reported with concise details and depicts a more accurate timeline. Stress, pain, fear, and many other variables can cloud our perceptions and lead to forgetting, misjudging, or dismissing certain clues about our health. Feeling nervous, anxious, or afraid means symptoms could be missed or over- or under-reported. Accuracy and clarity allow for better understanding. Establish a bridge and share information with your entire healthcare team. Advocate for yourself by optimizing nutrition and lifestyle choices and stepping into better health.

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