The Brilliant Balance Blog

Last Saturday, I huddled under an umbrella as my 5-year-old played her final game of this rainy spring soccer season. These girls are a pack of fierce little fireballs and I love to watch them play. Like most girls this age, they never run out of energy, they don’t complain about the rain or the cold, they […]

I went to bed last night beating myself up about three things I didn’t get to finish. They were in my game plan for the day and I just ran out of steam before I got to them. Nothing catastrophic is going to happen as a result because they weren’t hard and fast deadlines, just commitments […]

Some days you’ve just had it. One more thing is not going according to plan and all of a sudden it’s unbearable. Your frustration reaches the boiling point and you melt down. You raise the white flag. Maybe you yell. Maybe you cry. But you’re done. Just DONE. You know that something has to change.   A few weeks ago, I wrote about why it’s […]

I know you feel guilty. I know you want to be at home while you are at work and at work when you are at home.   I know you don’t think you are doing enough.  I know you hate asking for help and you think everyone else is doing it better than you.     I […]

Of all the things I learned in my first five years as an entrepreneur, learning to say “no” gracefully just might top the list.   The chance to focus lies on the other side of this one two-letter word.    So does balance.   And control.   And freedom.   While the need to say “no” […]

Well, hello there, lovely! Yep, I’m talking directly to you today. Why? Because I have a question that only you can answer. This Mother’s Day, did you get what you wanted?  I’ll bet you opened something totally adorable and handmade with love if you have littles at home!  As a matter of fact, I got three of these […]