The National: Career Balancing Acts

March 14, 2010 – The National – Dubai, UAE

While many of us grew up being encouraged to pursue just one career, increasing numbers of people are taking on second jobs in the well-being sector to help them to flourish as individuals. Their roles are often far less lucrative than their other jobs, but these coaches, teachers and therapists say their well-being work has given them a chance to achieve a work-life balance and personal growth where their often more isolating or money-focused first jobs have not.

By learning to coach, give someone a massage or teach meditation, the practitioners can not only help other people to be healthier and happier, but also encourage themselves to eat better, sleep better and find a more worthwhile direction in their lives.

These roles have also helped them perform their other jobs better, they claim. Janice Barnett’s work as a life coach helped her find balance in her life while she worked as a diplomat at the British High Commission in Dubai. Before that, she worked in law enforcement.

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