The Brilliant Balance Blog

My six year old and I had an enlightening discussion about piano last night. She expressed an interest in playing and I gleefully launched into a long-winded plan to help her accomplish this as though I’d been waiting my whole life for an interest to be expressed. I was DELIGHTED. She was NOT. My sweetheart of […]

I get asked for book recommendations a lot, which delights me because I love to read and I love to share what I’ve read! I’m forever pressing a book into someone’s hands and telling them they just have to read it. Of course, I love a good summer beach read as much as the next girl, but […]

I was speaking with a coaching client this week, and as I listened to her fire off a list of things she’d done that day, I literally sat back in my chair and exhaled FOR her! She was so wound up I thought she might take off into the air right before my eyes. It […]

Last night I took my oldest daughter to see a local production of West Side Story. There between the Sharks and the Jets, we watched racial lines be drawn on the stage. As three characters lost their lives to gang violence, I knew my daughter was waiting for the Disney happy ending she’s come to expect. It was not coming. I […]

I was staring at a dining room table overflowing with what appeared to be the makings of a museum exhibit dedicated to grade school life. A salt dough model of a tooth A giant presentation board on Egypt An All About Me binder Three bulging art project portfolios A writing journal Spanish flash cards Half […]