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Questions: 1. Have you ever worked a 5-day workweek for a non-profit organization? If yes, please state how long your non-profit career has been and what sectors have you worked in (behavioral health, social services etc.) 2. When you are on your commute to work at the start of your workweek (i.e. Monday), what kind of mood are you usually in? Why do you think you feel this way? 3. Do you feel you have enough free time for your family/friends? Please elaborate. 4. Assuming you work 8 hour shifts, how much downtime do you have at work? (When you actually aren’t actively working) 5. How satisfied are you with your work schedule and workload? 6. If you worked one less day a week, with same pay, what would you do with your extra time off? 7. Do you feel you have enough work-life balance? 8. Have you missed out on any personal events due to work? 9. Do you often check your work emails or items after you leave work? If yes, what items and why do you check them? 10. What mood are you in on the last day of your workweek (i.e. Friday)? 11. Do you think you would be able to fulfill your current/typical 5-day workload within 4-days? 12. Do you often prioritize your work over your personal life? If yes, is this avoidable? 13. After your workday has completed, do you typically have enough time or energy for leisure activities, hobbies, etc.? Please explain why. 14. How often, if at all, do you find yourself working necessary overtime? Are you compensated for overtime? 15. Do you think a 4-day workweek would be ideal for your lifestyle and workstyle? Please provide why yes or no? The effects of a 4-day workweek on the work-life balance on non-profit employees: A phenomenological approach Qualitative Email Interview Researcher: Edward Participant: Ashley Questions: 1. Have you ever worked a 5-day workweek for a non-profit organization? If yes, please state how long your non-profit career has been and what sectors have you worked in (behavioral health, social services etc.) 2. When you are on your commute to work at the start of your workweek (i.e. Monday), what kind of mood are you usually in? Why do you think you feel this way? 3. Do you feel you have enough free time for your family/friends? Please elaborate. 4. Assuming you work 8 hour shifts, how much downtime do you have at work? (When you actually aren’t actively working) 5. How satisfied are you with your work schedule and workload? 6. If you worked one less day a week, with same pay, what would you do with your extra time off? 7. Do you feel you have enough work-life balance? 8. Have you missed out on any personal events due to work? 9. Do you often check your work emails or items after you leave work? If yes, what items and why do you check them? 10. What mood are you in on the last day of your workweek (i.e. Friday)? 11. Do you think you would be able to fulfill your current/typical 5-day workload within 4-days? 12. Do you often prioritize your work over your personal life? If yes, is this avoidable? 13. After your workday has completed, do you typically have enough time or energy for leisure activities, hobbies, etc.? Please explain why. 14. How often, if at all, do you find yourself working necessary overtime? Are you compensated for overtime? 15. Do you think a 4-day workweek would be ideal for your lifestyle and workstyle? Please provide why yes or no? The effects of a 4-day workweek on the work-life balance in non-profit organizations : A phenomenological approach Qualitative Email Interview Researcher: Edward Participant: Nathan Questions: 1. Have you ever worked a 5-day workweek for a non-profit organization? If yes, please state how long your non-profit career has been and what sectors have you worked in (behavioral health, social services etc.) 2. When you are on your commute to work at the start of your workweek (i.e. Monday), what kind of mood are you usually in? Why do you think you feel this way? 3. Do you feel you have enough free time for your family/friends? Please elaborate. 4. Assuming you work 8 hour shifts, how much downtime do you have at work? (When you actually aren’t actively working) 5. How satisfied are you with your work schedule and workload? 6. If you worked one less day a week, with same pay, what would you do with your extra time off? 7. Do you feel you have enough work-life balance? 8. Have you missed out on any personal events due to work? 9. Do you often check your work emails or items after you leave work? If yes, what items and why do you check them? 10. What mood are you in on the last day of your workweek (i.e. Friday)? 11. Do you think you would be able to fulfill your current/typical 5-day workload within 4-days? 12. Do you often prioritize your work over your personal life? If yes, is this avoidable? 13. After your workday has completed, do you typically have enough time or energy for leisure activities, hobbies, etc.? Please explain why. 14. How often, if at all, do you find yourself working necessary overtime? Are you compensated for overtime? 15. Do you think a 4-day workweek would be ideal for your lifestyle and workstyle? Please provide why yes or no? Stress Management for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Holistic Inquiry Transcript #38 Margie 1 Qualitative Interview #37 Kathy: Verbatim Transcript Investigator Margie What did the classroom feel like? The environment? It was very welcoming, you know. I was kind of worried when I, when I first came in, I was like “eh” but now I got here and you made me feel very welcome, very open, so… (unintelligibile). The stress management (unintelligible). Did I do that? Yes. Yes. Cuz to me, I mean, I would have felt more awkward staring at somebody when we were, you know doping the practice, but yes, I thought that was very well, you did a good job on that part. Would you recommend this workshop to others? Yes. What about specific (unintelligible)? What, the class? I would recommend it. Um, now, I have tried like the meditation and stuff, I’ve been working on that. And the, um, the muscle one… Progressive muscle relaxation? Progressive, now I like that. And once I feel, once I see that I like, try to meditate, I’m talking funny, I got a mint in my mouth, so don’t think I can’t talk. But anyway, the, uh, I’ve used it and it makes me feel better, it makes me relaxed and I do feel like I can incorporate it, and whoever takes it can incorporate it into their life and, cuz that was my main goal. My husband said “why don’t you just try it?” cuz I saw the ad, course it popped out at me, cuz, you know, the topic, but you know, as I was reading I said “no, it can’t hurt” you know, so.. (unintelligible) Yes, yes, oh thank you. Any techniques you will not use? No, um, I really liked, you know, the uh, guided imagery. I mean, I really liked that, I mean because like yesterday when we were sitting in the sun, I was cold, then you say to something like, “look up to the sun”, it’s like I got warm all over cuz it was like I could feel the sun, you know, and it was just so relaxing, I mean I know I’d have to learn to do that all by myself, but it’s like, we would be in a certain area Debra Rose Wilson Walden University Stress Management for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Holistic Inquiry Transcript #38 Margie 2 Qualitative Interview #37 Kathy: Verbatim Transcript Investigator Margie and it’s like I could imagine myself walking different places and seeing myself do different things and, but yeah, I really liked that. I didn’t see anything that I wouldn’t use. Anything as an adult survivor, do you think, I thought “yeah we really need this” or, anything special…? The, the meditation. Is that what you’re talking about? What part or whatever? The meditation I think, people really need it, probably especially people you know that’s been through some kind of trauma because, me, I do take on more, because I guess I try to make it for, for other people’s slack and I’m you know, when I don’t have enough time in the day to take care of myself and when I do meditate, it makes me relax and you know, when I work, you know, tentwelve hours a day with our like six-seven days a week now, you know, I’m just so stressed and, cuz people, people depend on me a lot. I do a lot and I guess as where my childhood, I felt like I guess I didn’t have a mother. Well, I did but I didn’t, and I guess that’s where I just learned to do everything for myself. And it, you know I guess just took on the role my whole life so I, you know, everyone just depends on me to do everything, and I (unintelligible) want to do everything, you know, but it’s just something that, just, you know, if it’s going to be done right, not that I’m the most perfect person in the world, but I always give 150% and some people don’t give half that, you know, and it’s just really annoying so, but no. I just… Do you think that as an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse you take (unintelligible) to easily. Does that have something to do with it? I think so. Well, (unintelligible) always pay attention to detail. My husband, he’s always commented on it, he says, cuz I’ll say did you see this or that and he’s like, “you pay so much attention to everything and then you make the comment about uh, if something happens in your life, it’s just like you’re always looking out, making sure, you know” and I told him I was just so fascinated with that because now I can understand why I pay attention cuz I’m always, watching who’s around me and everything, you know, cautious because, you know, but uh…um.. I’m sorry, I got Debra Rose Wilson Walden University Stress Management for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Holistic Inquiry Transcript #38 Margie 3 Qualitative Interview #37 Kathy: Verbatim Transcript Investigator Margie sidetracked, what was you… The word is hypervigilant, where you pay (unintelligible) Yeah, and uh, I don’t try to, but it’s just like, I guess where you know, I guess I do, without paying attention now, I guess I really didn’t realize it until you made that statement you know, so, uh, I, yeah, I think I do bring it on myself but I think it’s just where I’ve always pretty much had to make sure everything was done, you know, and I pay attention to more things I guess, I don’t know. Are you on guard? Well, maybe not that, not that defensive like, but aware. Always try to be aware. How do adult survivors deal with stress. How is it different (unintelligible) Well, I don’t know that there’s a difference, I just know that I see stress because, you know, there’s so much to do and I don’t have enough time and it’s like nobody else cares and, and it’s just like at work you know, in which, you know, I don’t know, I don’t really know if there is a difference, I just don’t know that I have a lot of stress and you know, and I said the class intrigued me, because, I don’t know why I have so much stress. I know I have a lot on my plate and it’s just like my children now, you know, I’m very cautious of my children because, you know, I want them to do good, you know, I want them to succeed in life, but you know, it’s just I get strung out because you know, my boys, you have a boy, and it’s just you know… (unintelligible) I know, I want (laughs), I want to learn to relax, you know, and my husband, that’s what I was talking to you about being, is an optimist? Opti-whatever it was, you know it’s just like, you know, well if it gets done you know, and me, I want to get it done so I can relax and then when I think I’m going to relax it’s like I have something else to do. You know and I , I don’t really know that there is a difference because you know, I don’t know, but I know I have a lot of stress and that’s one reason.. Do you take on more than you need? Probably, because I feel by the time I explain it to somebody that I could already have it done, you know, and Debra Rose Wilson Walden University Stress Management for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Holistic Inquiry Transcript #38 Margie 4 Qualitative Interview #37 Kathy: Verbatim Transcript Investigator Margie that’s probably the wrong way to look at at it, but And sometimes it helps if it’s worth the time teaching so that you don’t have to do it again, Yeah, but then sometimes you take the time to train them, then they’re like, “I don’t remember how to do that” you know, and you know, yeah, I guess I do take on more but it’s just like I said, I really wish I could just learn to slow down. You know. Well, trust me, I don’t have kind of time. I’ve got everything else going on so, but, yeah I do, I just want to learn to slow down and relax. I really do. So what’s different in the last four weeks? In the last four weeks…when I take, take the time to meditate and stuff, it’s just like, I feel more calmer, but the days that I didn’t, now I didn’t get to meditate everyday. I know you were supposed to but, you know.. But the days that I didn’t you know, I have to do it like in the mornings when I first get up and the days I didn’t it’s just like I’m just rushed all day long. And then on the days that I did, I go to work and I just felt…felt really good and happy, but by the end of the day you know, it’s like (unintelligible) meditate and be happy (laughs) yeah, yeah. But yes, I could tell a difference and, the muscle, the progressive muscle thing, it just, my neck and stuff hurts where I’m on the computer all day long and everything like that, but that, I mean, it just, I could really tell a difference cuz it made me in the mornings feel more relaxed and everything. Anything…was quite a bit of this new material? Or was it all new material? Or, … Well, I mean, you hear meditation and, and uh, I’d never really done the muscle, progressive muscle thing but uh, you always hear meditation, I mean I’ve heard it but I never actually did it, but uh, but my biggest thing, I learned, I relaxed more when um, getting exercise in, you know and I mean, it just, you know makes me feel better about yourself and you know, but here lately I just have not had time, but yeah, I just, I’d never, I’ve heard of meditation but I’ve never actually took the time, I didn’t really know to go about doing it. So you know, you hear about it, but you just Debra Rose Wilson Walden University Stress Management for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Holistic Inquiry Transcript #38 Margie 5 Qualitative Interview #37 Kathy: Verbatim Transcript Investigator Margie don’t do anything because you don’t know how to do it, so, really.. So you feel like you’re getting into this (unintelligible) meditation? Well, not real good yet, but I’m working on it, you know, so.. Do you think this will stay… these tools will stay with you? Will you keep using them? Yes, because I..i’m a planner and um, you know.. (unintelligible) (laughs) I’m a planner, you know, my husband will say (unintelligible) (laughs) (laughs) well, I mean, it kind of helped me with my husband, I kind of gave him a few pointers because he’s in a new job now. He’s trying to, he’s in the, mortgage, a mortgage officer now, so he’s trying to get going so he can just let me quit work. He’s just says “I want you to quit, you know and just stay home, he said cuz you just need to relax and everything, but I’ll help you with that, but a lot of it, stuff, you know, I went, go home and shared with him, and it really helped him. (unintelligible) I said, you know I said I know this class is for me, but you know, I said, you know it was really enlightening and I said you know I said it really helps you out even tho you’d not had what I went there for. It wasn’t really that, it was just a stress thing, which is really what I needed, so it’s just, yeah, you really focused on what really needed to be done. (unintelligible) No, um, I mean….everything that you did was, you know, it was great with me. I mean, I didn’t see, you know, course I don’t know as much about meditation and all that stuff but everything you did was very relaxing and and, once you do incorporate it into your life every day, you know, I think it’ll be more beneficial to me because that way, you know, maybe I can learn to slow down just a little bit and quit, you know, cross a few things off my list, you know that I don’t really have to, have to do. You know and everything like that, but you know, I think you know, once I do learn to slow down, I think that will help me more than everything and using this stuff is going to learn, is going to teach me Debra Rose Wilson Walden University Stress Management for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Holistic Inquiry Transcript #38 Margie 6 Qualitative Interview #37 Kathy: Verbatim Transcript Investigator Margie how to slow down a little bit you know, just taking care of myself a little bit more and everything. If you don’t take care of your body, where are you gonna live? Well, that’s, that’s true and see uh, I have IBS and when she was talking about the different things that happen to you, sicknesses and stuff, and I, and I just when so upset, when I get really so upset it’s just I get really sick and it just kicks in and it just takes a toll on me and I, my husband says “Margie, you’re gonna die, will you please stop?” it’s not that I try to get upset it’s just that, you know, I don’t know if things just, my, my husband’s ex is a lot. You know, she’s, it’s just very upsetting and, you know, cuz she has a daughter and she’s fixing to turn ten and she’s you know, which where we have a stable environment and over there, you know, and it you know, I understand but it’s just like, the child is like her sister instead of her daughter and there’s just so much drama, and I try to let him handle it because it just stresses me out because she’s just so..you know, but anyway, that’s just…(unintelligible) You know, and it’s just, you know, it’s a child, you know, and uh, but anyway, but yes, I do think this will help. Good… Yeah, I thought it was really interesting today when we were going through the guided imagery and I was like cold, because it was cold in here and you said “look at the sun and warm on your face” it was like my whole body got warm. I meant to tell you that before I left and I forgot about it, but It’s amazing because (unintelligible) Oh really? (unintelligible) The mind is really an amazing thing. I mean, it’s just so wild, but uh, yeah, I think you did a really great job. But I do plan on emailing you and if you were ever in town just send me your dates or whatever, because I really appreciate it, I mean because I wll be able to use this and hopefully soon I can calm down just a little, you know and everything but i… Don’t forget to schedule (unintelligible) Debra Rose Wilson Walden University Stress Management for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Holistic Inquiry Transcript #38 Margie Investigator 7 Qualitative Interview #37 Kathy: Verbatim Transcript Margie Well, I will, yeah. Well, it’s really relaxing when it’s just me and my husband, to be honest with you. Usually people say “I want away from my husband”, but when me and my husband get away it’s just so relaxing, you know (unintelligible) Yeah, that’s a real good idea cuz I really need it Yeah, I feel like I’m a stronger person now. Probably if that didn’t happen, I wouldn’t cope with life as good as I do, I would think, if that did not happen. I mean, I hate that it happened, because it’s not right, it shouldn’t happen. But, you can’t help what happened. So, now that I look at it, that, probably made me a little bit stronger person. And I find one thing that, I don’t know if this has anything to do with it, but when I look in relationships, if I don’t want nothing to do with them, I won’t call them, I don’t have the relationships (unintelligible), like, ‘Oh, I wish they’d call me.’ It’s whatever, you know, go your own way, I’ll go mine. So it’s like a cutthroat thing, something to that extent. Safe. So, you don’t get hurt? Yeah, I get hurt, but I chop it up, you know. I, I don’t whine or pune about it. I’m, like, I’ll go on with my life. It’s happened. What’s happened has happened. I’ll go on with my life and I won’t ever call you or nothing no more, and I won’t pick up the phone. I won’t even, you know, acknowledge, I’ll just go on my way and not… And this has been two or three of them said it, you know, ‘You’re so hard core.’ And so hard core is what they say. Hard core. And it’s made me a stronger person. I really enjoyed talking to you about this. Thank you for this opportunity. When you put all those thoughts in words, its, well, like its just a chance to make sense, concrete sense of something that was senseless. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. Oh, you’re welcome. End of interview Participant # 38 Debra Rose Wilson Walden University