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By consistently returning to their miracle and resisting the interest in discussing their "problem", the women shifted their thinking about conflict. However, this was not always possible as shown by Eadie in her first LCS:... I don't think I've had a joyous, totally guilt-free day, no conflict whatsoever, but I wouldn't expect that anyway ... the problem is the pressure I put upon myself .... trying to identify times when I've handled the conflict or done something to result in no conflict, that has helped . .. (Eadie).Despite a uniform approach, some women changed their behaviour while others changed their thinking. For example, by LCS-3 Carrie was thinking differently, but was not ready to implement any behavioural changes.... I know it's going to be difficult, not because I don't think I can do it but because I think it's going to take a long time to do it (Carrie).

Over the three meetings the process of change were monitored, and it cheap tiffany necklaces clear that changes in thinking often precipitated seeking help from others. Annie and Carrie recognised a need to speak to their managers and colleagues about their workload; their long hours resulted in work interfering with home, relationships and self-time (this represents the theoretical perspective of segmentation). Seeing things differently, Feona and Beckie sought support from their home-based partners to manage their work roles (showing "compensation"). To manage her diverse commitments, and with her partner's support, Beckie used the time management skills she had refined at work (an example of positive work-home spillover).

I think what it takes is me going home tonight and saying to my husband this is what I'm going to do and actually do it with him. It's just sitting down for ½ hour with the diary and saying there's 2 hours there. I think it's simply that ... I think that if I have some structured time, although it's cheap tiffany accessories to have some structured time on a weekend, it's a short term goal. I think that I would be happier (Beckie).Tables were constructed to show the individual's contributions within the three stages of the overall study. Table II shows Annie's contributions. Each table included the woman's on-going reflections of work-home experiences, as well as assessments of LCS effectiveness and outcomes. Used as individual case studies, these tables showed how the women progressed through the processes of resolving work-home conflict, in their own words. We make no claims for their generalisability, but offer one set as an example of the experiences that health professionals may seek to resolve.

Even with similar questionnaire scores, LCSs cheap tiffany pendants unique and often dynamic experiences of work-home conflict. Levels of conflict control ranged from 3 to 8 out of 10 (10 = high conflict control) across the LCS process (Table III). Participants understood the demands and expectations of home and work in different ways. This probably contributed to the unique solutions that were developed. Further, it was clear that some "problem" areas were not seen as "solvable" within this framework. For example, by LCS-3 Dasie had been signed off work with stress-related ill-health, therefore, for her the timescale of this framework was too short to resolve the complicated issues she was experiencing.It's made me think that I feel really crap and it's made me realise why I feel so panicky and so out of control. It has triggered me to think why I'm out of control. But that's good because it's brought it to light. It was going to happen and this has helped to let it not happen too late (Dasie).Carrie also felt that the SFT provided an introduction for a longer term process.These are solutions, these are not coping strategies, these are the things that need cleaning up, the actual coping and maintenance of that is something else, that's further than where we are now (Carrie).Although we planned to use scaling of conflict levels, and perceived ability to implement solutions at the end of each session, this was not always appropriate and was occasionally omitted. This explains why some CIRF scores were less than the maximum of 35 and why quantifying conflict achievements did not always reflect the cheap tiffany rings discussions.LCS assessmentEach participant evaluated the overall LCS process in their final session. They considered it raised their awareness to issues and situations that they often understood but had not yet addressed: it has worked as an impetus for me because there have been things that have been at the back of my mind that I have been thinking about for a long time but have never got round to doing, so that's been useful ... (Carrie).

LCSs helped to develop a realisation that every option represented a possible solution with positive long-term benefits. Indirectly, the sessions confirmed that individuals were moving in the right direction, "... I've know the end result I want to get to ... it's given me the cheap tiffany 1837 of getting there basically ..." (Annie), "... I like to think things through so it's good to have suggestions to think about" (Dasie).The LCS methods, specifically the reframing and reflecting, allowed the women to see the need for small, sometimes continuous, rather than just short-term or one-off, changes.