Balanced-4-Life: Before Burnout

By HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Dr. Raymond H. Hamden

In a competitive world, people become exhausted and unproductive. They become unhealthy and develop illnesses, lose priorities and separate from family, and become misguided and poor in spirit. Balanced-4-Life: Before BurnOut enables anyone to refocus, become more productive, live life fuller, and establish wealthfinancially and spiritually.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Aug 22, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512753318

HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum

Dr. Raymond H. Hamden, an American psychologist, earned a PhD (1977) and continued postgraduate studies at the Philadelphia School of Modern Psychoanalysis (1980). Postdoctoral fellowship in political psychology was earned at the University of Maryland, Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CID/CM, 1986). With four decades of studying and practicing psychology in the USA and MENA, he has published in peer-reviewed journals, presented before the US Congress by invitation, served as chair on professional committees by government summons, and has consulted in more than thirty nations in the areas of clinical, forensic, and political psychology, with the working application of diversity and inclusion for all age groups. Dr. Hamden is a life member in the Association of Psychological Sciences (formerly American Psychological Society), International Society of Political Psychology, International Council of Psychologists, and American Psychological Association. He holds membership in the DC Psychological Association, American Academy of Forensic Sciences (fellow, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Section). There are four things Dr. Hamden has learned in life: There is a God, what goes around comes around, you can never hide the truth, and patterns repeat themselves. With this knowledge and working with more than twenty thousand files of patients worldwide, he has realized the common denominator of all human kind, which he shares in this documented book of work, play, love, worship. Residing in the USA, he continues as a presenter, consultant, and mentor to academia, corporations, and media globally.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-5330-1 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016913389

WestBow Press rev. date: 7/30/2018

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

About This Book

Chapter 1      Knowing The Balanced-4-Life format

Chapter 2      Defining Your Balance

Chapter 3      Balanced-4-Life Measured & Your Ideal

Chapter 4      Alignment with your ideal: being Balanced-4-Life

Section I       More Information on Life Principles

Section II      Stress

Beating Stress through Nutrition

Balance through Exercise

Bibliography

List of References

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Acknowledgements

Gratitude to Ghada Diwana Michael, Health Coach, for lending her proofreading skills and professional support in this 2nd printing.

Proofreading is an important part of the finalization and progress. Maria Christine L Basilio (graduate degree candidate in Clinical Psychology, Ateneo De Manila University, Philippines) and Nicole El Marj (Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Psychology, UK) assisted in proofreading the final draft. Elena Andriotis (Ph.D. UK) was instrumental in statistical studies for validity and reliability in the population of Emirati citizens and residents of the United Arab Emirates.

Mrs. Gulanar Nizari, Head of Executive Office - Chairman of Dubai Airports, was the stepping stone who believed in the concept of Balanced-4-Life: Before BurnOut © and introduced the manual to HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

Several persons assisted with this manuscript and deserve appreciation:

Yannick Assadourian (Sussex University graduate student of Psychology), also helped in research and typing. Irene Zaki (USA undergraduate student in Psychology) was most helpful in proofreading and editing early drafts. She also was coordinator of the survey to test the inventory instrument with the public-at-large. The two young girls, who assisted her in the survey distribution and collection of data, were Sandra Mikhail and Paula Sadek.

Samar Achkar, an intelligent thorough observer and sensible person, was able to give constructive comments of the style of writing and its effectiveness of readership. Marly G. Bessa (M.A. Psychology, Brazil) was key administrator in providing coordination with all people concerned. She also researched and proofread the document. Mercedita B. Mesias was instrumental in the original typing.

This author thanks Marion and David Jalili for contributions as proposed editor and co-author, respectively, of the second manuscript edit. Since then, there were eight more revisions marking significant changes in the content and style, and the instrumentation for measures.

Corporations with the wisdom to introduce Balanced-4-Life: Before BurnOut © in a workshop format to all executives and employees are thanked for the testing grounds. Institutions of higher learning with the foresight to implement the curriculum of Balanced-4-Life: Before BurnOut © to all staff members, academic, and administration are equally appreciated.

Thanks to the professional organizations, societies, associations who opened peer review opportunities to measure the quality of standardized practice using the Balanced-4-Life as an applicable method to assess and treat stress … Before BurnOut.

Introduction

Time just gets shorter each day! Why is it, with all the time saving aids to life and living available to us, ranging from the laptop to the dishwasher, that most of us have more to do and seemingly less time to do it in? Is it a consequence of aging or simply the increased complexity of life today? How often can you put your hand on your heart and say that today you did not only complete everything you needed to do and that was expected from you, but also found time to spend on things you actually wanted to do?

At work we are under more pressure than ever- cell phones, notebooks, laptops- you name it, we have it. It’s never been easier to work on the road, on the train, at home…even on the beach – yes we actually have a friend who takes his laptop to the beach…along with his kids, assorted buckets and spades naturally. At home, even with fast food, microwaves and dishwashers, the race continues until finally we fall exhausted to bed.

In fact do you ever have time to fulfill your own needs, to sit and read a book, spend a couple of hours with good friends, or simply gaze out of the window at the garden? Or, if you do, do you become consumed with guilt thinking of everything else you should be doing?

How can we do more in less time, and have time for ourselves without feeling bad about it? How can we do our best at work, be available to family and friends, and take good care of ourselves with only 24 hours in a day?

Not easily, that’s for sure, but it can be done. The first step is to review what’s going on in our lives at present,