Work-life balance is a popular buzzword describing the practice of maintaining symmetry between one’s personal life and professional life. But with these lines becoming more blurred due to COVID-19, employers face even greater challenges in designing benefits, policies, and programs to better integrate employees' roles at work and at home.

In this episode of the Be Health Connected podcast, the St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition interviewed Alicia Brueggemann, an Occupational Therapy Doctoral Student at the Washington University School of Medicine, whose research in the field of “occupational balance” is challenging the traditional dichotomy and helping individuals achieve a more holistic sense of fulfillment and satisfaction in their lives.