The Brilliant Balance Blog

As school ends and another summer break begins, with its roughly 80 sun-soaked days stretching out ahead of us, are you feeling a little anxious and wondering why? Well, here’s why. Summer is supposed to be the best time of the year. The anticipation as been building for months. And now you’re in charge of making the magic happen. Eek. Frankly, I […]

A year or so ago, I stood in my closet and made a bold declaration about how I would dress from that day forward. The combination of turning 40, having three children, and running a rapidly growing business was making me wish I could just throw on one of my daughter’s school uniforms instead of […]

In this rat race we’re running, the rats are getting faster. Or maybe they’re just wearing backpacks now so they can carry even more stuff with them. Either way, I’m starting to worry. Every day I talk to women who find they are reflexively saying yes to every single thing asked of them – and then staying […]

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” […]