The pressing issue of job associated balance is certainly a topic of paramount importance for workers engaged in various stressful careers; especially those involved in the higher learning institutions where demands could be highly persistent. Precisely, this research seeks to assess the work life balance of female faculty members in the selected higher education institutions in New Delhi; analyse the work stress level among the female faculty members in the chosen higher education institutions in New Delhi; and exploring the correlation that exists between work life balance, work stress and work satisfaction with reference to the female faculty members of higher education institutions in New Delhi. Furthermore, this research examines the mediating effect of some factors affecting this relationship. A combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques to collect data was employed; questionnaires and interviews were used to establish factors affecting work to family/work to other life domains and job-related consequences.