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those supporting agents they feel they are working constantly and even in weekends they had to do the pending works prepare for the next week and by doing so they actually don’t have any time left for themselves. And we all know that selfcare is very important for one’s mental health and well-being but this pandemic has somehow totally wrecked that balance. Relaxation in this testing times is a luxury that the respondents they don’t have. k) Coping with change and stress The respondents said that they are dealing with this significant change in the lifestyle as responding to that by adjusting and adapting around the changes that is happening in their everyday life. So, this covid pandemic is acting as a stimulus creating stress due to those changes. The respondents also revealed how they are responding and going through a transaction as their surrounding complex environment changed due to this pandemic and how these changes like kids staying home, lack of domestic help, medium of transportation to and from office to increased workload in office is affecting them and these things in term making them anxious, mentally pressured, physically exhausted, they are making conscious changes in routine. When the respondents were asked that how are they coping with the stress and change they mentioned many of the techniques from the COPE inventory we discussed in the Literature review. Result summary according to the Hayman model: Table1: Hayman Statements Sr. No Statements Mean S.D 1 My personal work doesn't suffer because of work 2.2 .484 2 My job does not make my personal life difficult 2.1 .305 3 I do not neglect personal need because of work 2.76 .774 4 .I do not put personal life on hold because of work 2.27 .586 5 I do not miss personal activities because of work 2 .374 6 I do not struggle to juggle work and non-work 1.23 .430 7 I am happy with amount of time of non-work activities 1.63 .491 8 My personal life doesn't drain me of energy for work 2.87 .861 9 I am not too tired to be effective at work 3.27 .796 10 My work doesn't suffer because of my personal life 3.17 .791 11 It's not hard to work because of personal matters 3.13 .731 12 My personal life gives me energy for job 2.63 .668 13 My job gives me energy to pursue personal activities 1.63 .491 14 I have better mood at work because of personal life 2.93 .449 15 .I have better mood because of my job 2.2 .610 Work Life Balance 2.417 0.586 From the responses of the respondents. The overall scenario that was understood by using the Hayman model is that the female professionals working in the banks that I collected data from are having a hard time balancing their work and personal life. An Exploratory study on the Challenges Confronted by the Female Corporate Professionals Working in Banks to Maintain Balance in Work-Life during Pandemic 72 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXII Issue V Version I Year 2022 ( ) A © 2022 Global Journals