The way we work impacts how much leisure time we have and how well we can enjoy that leisure time.

Jessper Maquindang is the founder of Familead Consulting a specialist in improving employee productivity and engagement.

The expression is, work life balance, but many people believe that the order should be reversed, life work balance. This they argue is because life is more important than work.

They may be correct, but Jessper Maquindang argues that without a strong work life it is very difficult to have a good life.

In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation Jessper Maquindang explains to host Michael Millward how anyone, but especially managers can be more effective and efficient at work so they can create more opportunities for leisure.

Their conversation covers:

• Easy ways to be more efficient and effective at work.
• Living workplace values
• The importance of delegation
• Communicating with colleagues
• Ensuring competence
• Having a hobby

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Successful entrepreneur Aaron Christy describes how he spends his leisure time

Aaron Christy is the founder and CEO of the Indianapolis based roofing company Indy Roof and Restoration.

In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation Aaron describes to host Michael Millward how he likes to spend his leisure time and the how his leisure time decisions impacted the way in which he leads his team.

Aaron describes his philosophy for business and life, and how this has helped him to grow his business.

He explains that to really relax you must switch your brain off, and then enthusiastically describes how he likes to do this.

Aaron then explains how he makes himself unavailable to his team whilst he is not working, and how this enhances their performance.

The principles he applies to his leisure time are also applied to team building within Indy Roof and Restoration, and what the team does when they have their annual strategy and training meeting at Gatlinburg TN.

Aaron is also host of the Work Hard Play Harder podcast, where he is often joined by co-host and Indy Roof and Restoration COO Adam Kaminski.

Michael and Aaron discuss how they both learn from every guest, and Aaron explains that he frequently finds himself learning from his team.

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Myla is a Ukrainian American DJ and producer of rave music.

In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation Myla and host Michael Millward discuss Myla’s career and how she likes to relax.

Myla has an international profile on the dance scene. She has played on specialist rave Caribbean cruises, in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and the Netherlands, as well as the United States of America.

Myla explains how she plans her DJ shows and how she tries out new music with audiences and uses their reaction to improve her music.

You can find out more about Myla on her website and social media profiles:

• You Tube
• Instagram
• TikTok

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When something unexpected happens, it is amazingly useful to have the key information in one place.

As Suke Ridler lay in hospital listening to a doctor saying that they could not do anymore to help her, her first thoughts were not about herself. Suke was worried about the mess that she would be leaving behind for her family to sort out.

Administering modern life is complex. Just like Suke very few people have everything organised in one place. This realisation led Suke to create MyLifeJars.com.

My Life Jars can be the place where you store your multi media life story, with all the information your family will need to act on your behalf if you are not able to act for yourself.

In this episode of the Abecederwork life balance podcast Rest And Recreation Suke explains to host Michael Millward the My Life Jars story, and how she planned that it would work and how people are using the platform in practice.

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Why do high achievers find it so difficult to adjust to life in retirement?

Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons was a high achieving lawyer in a big firm, until the day she decided that she didn’t want to be. Moving into retirement was hard work. Once settled into a new lifestyle Elizabeth wrote the guide for transitioning from work to retirement.

That book is Encore A High Achievers Guide to Retirement.

In their conversation Elizabeth and host Michael Millward discuss

• Why high achievers at work find it difficult to adjust to life in retirement
• How life changes more dramatically for high achievers when they no longer have the structure of work
• Adjusting from using quantitative measures to qualitative assessments
• Moving from a team-based environment to flying solo
• Defining the who, what, why, when and how of retirement activities
• Transitioning from reacting to a work-related event to being the creator of your own events
• The difference between retirement planning and preparing for retirement

You can find more information about Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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Dylan Garcia, uses funk and neo-soul music and his smooth vocals to tell stories about the emotional side of being a man

Dylan Garcia is a successful singer and songwriter of songs that tell the emotional rollercoaster of life from the perspective of a man’s man. His lyrics evoke the inner strength of an honest man who is not afraid to show his vulnerability as he deals with the highs and lows of life.

For Dylan the ups and downs of life have included managing serious mental health challenges

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Dylan explains describes to host Michael Millward how his music career started and how as he was learning to be an artist, he was also learning how to manage his mental health.

Dylan explores how the lucky connections he made helped his music career, and how finding effective mental health treatments for many people is also down to good luck.

Having battled bipolar disorder and lost loved ones to suicide, Dylan uses his platform to advocate for change and support for people struggling with mental health challenges.

You can find more information about Dylan Garcia and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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Exploring a user's guide to your life, with lessons from the life lived by Peter Samuelson.

Peter Samuelson is a successful Oscar winning film producer and founder of seven not-for-profit organisations including the Starlight Children’s Foundation and First Star. Peter is also the author of Finding Happy.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Peter describes to host Michael Millward how his career in film started, and the influence that had on his passion for helping others.

Peter discusses the challenges of communicating with young people in general and especially young people who are disadvantaged in some way.

He then shares some of the stories from Finding Happy that he uses to explain the growing pains about assessing risks and increasing luck. Pater and Michael conclude their conversation by discussing the secret to living a happy life.

You can find more information about Peter Samuelson and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

Watch Michael in his feature film debut The Magician.

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Sometimes the most difficult thing you can do is working out how to be you

G Scott Graham-Stephens is an author of more than 30 books, a career coach, business coach, and psychedelic support coach based in Boston, Massachusetts. Scott volunteers as an EMT instructor, firefighter, and Master Gardener in his community.

Scott also runs a farm animal rescue centre.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Scott and and host Michael Millward explore what the tough stuff in life really is. Scott describes his experience of doing tough physical stuff like Tough Mudders. But they agree that the real tough stuff is the psychological stuff.

Paramount amongst those psychological challenges is working out who you really are and how you need to live to be the real you.

They also discuss the role other people play in defining us as individuals and what it means to be authentic within a group, and the process of coming-out as ourselves.

You can find more information about Scott and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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