A puzzle of slots and mismatches: work-life balance in mothers’ real life experience

In a society characterised by overstimulation, speed and efficiency, where intergenerational support functions become more fragile, mothers struggle to balance work and family time. Work-life balance involves organisations, companies, institutions and, at the same time, it involves every woman whose building her own personal life path: in addition to structural measures within the work environment, there is the need to help mothers to sharpen their ability to feel their inner time, which is necessary to face the contradictions and challenges of a dual presence. The aim is to shed light on the experience lived by mothers within a phenomenological-existential framework, bringing out implicit needs, training orientations and working paths.