The Brilliant Balance Blog

Friends. If you have ever heard yourself say “I can’t,” then this is for you. Meet Jeremy Cowart.  I’ve heard Jeremy deliver his incredible talk live on two different occasions and both times I was awestruck, moved to tears, inspired, uplifted, and emboldened. I hope you will be, too. Please schedule time to savor this video (it runs 25 minutes) […]

If I’m being honest, I wasn’t planning to do much of anything for Valentine’s Day this year. After fifteen years of marriage and three children, I’m more inclined to make the day all about the littles than I am to plan a big romantic night with my husband. Oh, you’ll find me making heart shaped pancakes, designing handmade […]

When I worked for a Fortune 100 company, I ran my entire life on a schedule. Meetings were slotted into 30 or 60 minute windows like clockwork. I started and ended on time. I rarely cancelled and only got a break if someone else did. I was a productivity machine, and frankly, I took great pride in it. […]

Craft stores are like a foreign country to me. They’re wildly interesting to visit, and I’m captivated by the endless treasures their aisles hold, but while there, I am a stranger in a strange land. This week, I made a forced expedition to Joann Fabrics to buy sewing notions for a project my daughter has to do […]

You’ve heard me talking about it for several months…and now…it’s finally time. Today is the big day! The Shine Movement is LIVE and I can’t WAIT for you to see it! Before I send you over to check out the brand new membership site that’s ready for you to explore, I need to tell you how incredibly grateful I am […]

We’re just a few days away from introducing the big project I’ve been working on for months now. Everything is nearly ready and we’re carefully dotting our i’s and crossing our t’s. We’re closing out an incredibly productive and creative chapter as a team, and I’m so proud of what we’ve built. I literally cannot wait to open the […]

I hate waiting. My desire to efficiently fill every open moment with a productive activity makes me twitch when I’m confronted with unexpected downtime. I just can’t stand the inefficiency of sitting there and doing nothing! As a result, I’ve all but perfected the art of allocating my ever-present to-do list into slivers of time so […]