Lewis and Roberts Co-Author Article on Easing the Burden of Work Life Balance

Morgan Lewis, alongside Tracy Roberts of Bass Berry & Sims, authored “Three Steps to Ease the Burden of Work/Life Balance” in Women in Business & Industry. This article was written as part of Society 54’s At the Table affinity group. A big shout-out and thank you to Poston Communications for getting these articles placed and published!

Published on April 22, the article outlines three practical suggestions for alleviating the stress and pressure of being able to juggle it all. Written prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, this article has never been more timely.

Work/life balance. We have all heard about it, wrestled with it and probably rolled our eyes at it. The phrase is everywhere in articles and on social media. It’s thrown out in conversations between colleagues, spouses, friends and partners. But what exactly is work/life balance? Is it possible? And who is tired of hearing about it? Spoiler alert: we are.

In our own personal conversations, we have concluded that this balance is a total myth. A legend. An imaginary term that, when related to life, only causes frustration and guilt. We both, like many, suffer from perfectionism and the need to please. Adding in the unattainable ideal of achieving work/life balance is enough to send anyone over the edge! Instead of trying to hold tight to this mythical ideal, what if we focused our energy on these three things that can help alleviate stress and reduce pressure on ourselves?

Read the rest of the article here.