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6-2 Activity: Reflection: Society
Southern New Hampshire University
IDS 402: Wellness
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Analysing the wellness topic of work-life balance among working parents from a
different lens can provide insights into another aspect of the topic. For instance, viewing
the wellness topic from the social science lens can shift the views of individuals towards
the role of working parents in society and how it is related to their work-life balance.
Society expects the parents to take up a number of roles in the family. However,
managing the demanding work commitments and responsibilities of the family becomes a
challenge for the working parents (Adema et al., 2016). Unhealthy work-life balance
among working parents can have a negative impact on a number of aspects of their lives.
It includes health, friendship, family, romantic relationships, household management, as
well as community involvement (Gragnano et al., 2020). The lack of proper work-life
balance limits working professionals from fulfilling their duties towards their families and
society at large.
Analysing wellness can help in effectively interacting with people with different
viewpoints and perspectives or coming from diverse cultures. Analysis of wellness
develops willingness among the individuals to communicate the experiences and
information to other people, thereby creating an opportunity to engage in a meaningful
conversation. It allows the individuals to engage in the conversion and add or share more
information relating to wellness. It helps the individuals to come together in order to
share their ideas and gain new perspectives on wellness.
The topic of wellness is becoming important in recent times. Wellness can be
defined as the state of being healthy in terms of mind and body that is often a result of
deliberate efforts (Barman, 2016). It also refers to the state of satisfaction or acceptance
of the present condition of individuals. Greater awareness of wellness can strengthen the
conversations of individuals. It allows the individuals to share strong points relating to
the topic and be a part of the conversation. It can lead to effective knowledge sharing.
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Knowledge sharing can be defined as the mutual exchange of information as well as
ideas that could have a significant influence on others. It involves capturing, reusing,
organizing, as well as transferring knowledge (Yeo & Dopson, 2017). The knowledge of
wellness allows individuals to explicitly share concrete information and experiences in
the form of storytelling or narratives. In order to share accurate information relating to
wellness, it is important for individuals to be aware of the different events relating to the
topic. It allows the individuals to illuminate the other person about the different wellness-
related facts that may be unknown to them. Greater knowledge and awareness of
wellness have the potential to facilitate further conversation among people. It arouses
interest among the other people, and they start making sense of the information provided.
Knowledge sharing helps in facilitating the translation of implicit knowledge into more
explicit form (Yeo & Dopson, 2017). Analysis of wellness can help individuals to stay
motivated with a desire to share information with others. On the other hand, the lack of
analysis may limit individuals from engaging in conversation as they would not have any
point to state.
I will share a personal experience as to how the analysis of wellness allowed me
to interact with people with different perspectives and viewpoints. One of my colleagues
was discussing the wellness topic of work-like balance. According to him, an unhealthy
work-life balance only has negative impacts on the health or mental condition of an
individual. The analysis of the topic enabled me to be a part of the conversation and
contribute more insights. I was able to share that work-life imbalance not only impacted
the health of the individuals but affected their social as well as family life. I was
appreciated for providing new insights into the topic. The analysis of the wellness topic
helped strengthen my conversation with my colleagues.
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References
Adema, W., Clarke, C., & Thevenin, O. (2016). Walking the tightrope: Background brief
on parents’ work-life balance across the stages of childhood.
Barman, A. (2016). Wellness: What is all about?
Gragnano, A., Simbula, S., & Miglioretti, M. (2020). Work–life balance: weighing the
importance of work–family and work–health balance. International journal of
environmental research and public health, 17(3), 907.
Yeo, R., & Dopson, S. (2017). Lose it to Gain it! Unlearning by Individuals and
Relearning as a Team. In Organizational Learning in Asia (pp. 41-84). Elsevier.
