The Brilliant Balance Blog

After a weekend of holiday hustle, you may be feeling a little run down. It’s hard to keep the spirit of Christmas alive when your feet hurt, you’ve had one too many peppermint mochas, and you can’t find a Hatchimal anywhere (as in literally anywhere).  When your Christmas spirit starts to sag, you need a way to […]

When I was a new hire at Procter & Gamble, my first boss was a retired Marine who took me under his wing like the daughter he never had. In one of our first meetings, he gave me the business card of his personal financial advisor and suggested I set up an appointment with him. […]

As we approach Thanksgiving, and we prepare to gather around the table with family and friends, eating our favorite foods, telling stories, and giving thanks, it’s time for the fourth and final week of my November gratitude challenge.   To recap, we’ve done three challenges so far this month, each one offering it’s own lens into how we […]

Two weeks down and two to go in the November gratitude challenge. I’ve heard from some of you that the Comparison Shift was eye opening and I loved hearing that so many of you are keeping up with the Gratitude Field Journal all month long! (You overachievers, you.) Today, I’m introducing the third challenge, and I […]

If you’ve been following along, last week I launched my November Gratitude Challenge with an idea to keep a Field Journal tracking moments that filled your heart with thanksgiving. Here were just a few of mine: Baking a pumpkin pie with fresh pumpkin after Halloween (and seeing my kids faces watching the food processor blades whir […]

If I asked you the question, “What do you want?” I wonder what you’d say. Would your list be long or short? Would you aim high or play it safe? Would you laugh at the audacity of your desire? Think for a moment. What do you want?   A better job? A smaller waistline? More money? An organized […]

I woke up on Tuesday morning with a full heart after a terrific Halloween. All those smiling faces peeking out from under hats and masks and hoods and all those little hands toting plastic pumpkins brimming with candy – it’s cuteness overload. My family spent the evening in the cul de sac with our neighbors sharing pots of homemade chili, hot […]