Jean-Charles Languilaire & JCL Coaching

Many of us, including myself, strive for a perfect life, where we balance all our responsibilities and tasks in our daily lives. I do not believe that there is a universal definition of a perfect life that we can achieve through personal development. Instead, I believe that each day and week, we create our own lives.

As a person but also as a researcher, coach, and educator, I see life as a puzzle consisting of many pieces that need to harmonize with each other. At every moment of life, we work with this puzzle and experience life's challenges as an ongoing process. Sometimes the pieces fit together and we are happy, so we strive for the pieces to fit tomorrow. Sometimes the pieces do not fit together, and then we need to adjust and reshape to make the whole work.

With the support of my research background, I take well-being, life balance & life puzzle to the next level for both individuals and organizations. I believe that we all must:

• change our view of life balance without solely starting from work and family but seeing life as complex with many puzzle pieces.

• understand our life balance needs as a combination of integrating and segmenting puzzle pieces.

• develop our strategies for a harmonious life puzzle beyond traditional time/place planning and management.

• integrate our view of leadership and oneself as a leader as a resource to define, implement, and maintain strategies for a harmonious life puzzle

I see organizations and individuals as a whole and therefore transfer all my knowledge, understanding, and values to JCL Coaching. JCL Coaching enables, empowers, and prepares individuals for better well-being that aligns with UN goal 3. JCL Coaching supports organizations to develop and perform sustainably in line with UN goal 8.

My co-active methodology is about increasing your awareness so that the puzzle of life can flow naturally towards success. Co-active is a methodology where, with the help of various tools, supports changes in people's lives, where you and your inner resources are at the center. Co-active is about creating a relationship, access, and connection (Co) with your inner resources. Co-active is also about creating a connection with your inner resources through reflection and interaction with your coach. It's about being here and now. In addition, Co-active requires the ability to take action, think ahead, and be active by making decisions to evolve in your journey forward. It's about doing. Finally, co-active connects beeing and doing so that the person you are aligns with your actions.

With the help of co-active methodology in all my services, I help you and your organization discover who you are in this life process, what you love and appreciate, and learn to breathe through life's challenges. With the help of co-active methodology, I am here to support you being yourself, Loving, and Breathing through life's puzzle and ultimately finding the flow back and Feel Free.

An overwhelming majority, about eighty percent, of all Swedish employees see balance between family and work as an important part of a meaningful life. At the same time, an imbalance between work and family can lead to stress and poor health for the individual, and to employers risking losing valuable expertise. Therefore, many organizations introduce policies that give employees the opportunity to choose working hours and workplace. But does this really lead to employees achieving a better life balance? Research points in different directions here. The explanation for the mixed picture may be that life consists of more than just work and family, and that life balance is influenced by more than just time and place.

Many people believe that there are more spheres of life than just work and family (Friedman 2008, Languilaire 2009). In my studies, I have seen four different spheres: Family life fulfills needs for love and emotional support. The social life fulfills needs for belonging and status. Work life fulfills material needs through salary but also needs for development, at least in cases where employees see opportunities to grow. Private life allows the individual to relax; it provides recovery, energy, and strength. Life as a whole is a combination of the four different spheres. Together, they create a so-called life puzzle. tillåter individen att koppla av; det ger återhämtning, energi och styrka. Livet i sin helhet är en kombination av de fyra olika sfärerna. Tillsammans skapar de ett så kallat livspussel.

Individuals seem to have two main ways of managing this life puzzle. Life spheres can be integrated (merged) or segmented (divided). To manage boundaries between different spheres, individuals use seven different aspects: time, place, emotions, relationships, thoughts, behavior, as well as stress and energy. segmenteras (delas upp). För att hantera gränsdragningar mellan olika sfärer använder sig individer av sju olika aspekter: tid, plats, känslor, relationer, tankar, beteende samt stress och energi.

As a researcher, I see that individuals and employers are thus faced with the challenge of understanding the complexity of the individual's life puzzle in the form of the four life spheres, the seven different aspects that the individual manages, and the need for integration and segmentation that follows. I am here to help you and that is why JCL COACHING exists

Few Scientific References

• Languilaire, J-C. E. (2009). Experiencing work/non-work - Theorising individuals' process of integrating and segmenting work, family, social and private. JIBS Dissertation Series No. 060. ISSN 1403-0470. ISBN 978-91-86345-03-7.

• Languilaire, J-C. E (2019). Entrepreneurial life-puzzle and wellbeing of women in entrepeneurship. Chapter 17 in book: The Wellbeing of Women in Entrepreneurship: A Global Perspective, by Maria-Teresa Lepeley, Katherina Kuschel, Nicholas Beutell, Nicky Pouw, Emiel L. Eijdenberg

• Languilaire, J-C. E., and Carey N. (2017). LGBT voices in work-life: a call for research and a research. Community, Work and Family, Vol. 20, Iss. 1, pp. 99-111. Doi: 10.1080/13668803.2016.1273198.

• Languilaire, J-C. E., Muhonen, T., Berthelsen, A., Håkansson, P., Lundsten, J., & Witmer, H. (2017). Missing Voices On Meaningful Relationships in Time and Space. Editorial to Special Issue. Community, Work and Family, Vol. 20, Iss. 1., pp. 1-3. Doi: 10.1080/13668803.2017.1273305.

• Languilaire, J-C. E. (2017). Work/non-work management in an integrative working environment based on IT in Las Heras, M., Chinchilla, N. & Grau, M. (2017). The Work-Family Balance in Light of Globalization and Technology. Chapter 2, pp. 38-58. Cambridge Scholars Publishing; Newcastle. ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-7337-6.

• Languilaire, J-C. E. (2017). Att få ihop livspusslet kan vara mer komplicerat än du tror. Organisation och samhälle, Vol. 1.