The Brilliant Balance Blog

Another new year is complete, albeit different from what we expected. Again. But still, the soft light of “next year will be greater than this, darling” continues to shine upon you, coaxing you forward. Even among the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, you might already be scribbling goals on the backs of receipts […]

Don’t you just love beginnings? Maybe it’s just me, but I love everything that has to do with beginnings.  It’s why I’m a morning person – because I wake up with just a whole day full of possibilities ahead of me.  It’s why I love Mondays – which makes me a little bit crazy and […]

Oh hey there, holidays. You are officially upon us, and I have to be honest – I am here for it. I don’t know about you, but my vision for this time of year includes hanging out with my family on the couch, fire blazing, watching Christmas movies, and being cozy. It includes leisurely afternoons […]

Last week, I had the privilege of hosting our annual Brilliant Balance Client Retreat. It’s a close-to-my-heart experience where clients from all over North America take over Cincinnati, OH (our Brilliant Balance headquarters) for two jam-packed days of fun, inspiration, and absolute glee at being together IRL.  This year’s theme was Storytelling. And it was […]

It’s so exciting when you watch a vision take shape and become reality. And it certainly doesn’t happen overnight. Sometimes there is a very long and twisting path to get to where you want to be, and you feel like you’ll never get there.  So when you aren’t getting the results that you want, what […]

When you were a child, did you think that winners never quit and quitters never win? For some of us, quitting was just not an option. But this gets tricky as we get older because we just keep adding new things, new interests, and new obligations to our plates. If we don’t let any go, […]

As we head back into the office on our “official” last week of summer (I see you Labor Day), I thought this might be a good time to talk a little bit about work, but maybe in a different context than we typically do.  And I picked this question very intentionally because it’s one you’ve […]

We are hitting the midway point of August, which means every mother I know (including me!) is starting to feel like she’s running out of time. Whether your kids have already started school or the clock is ticking on that back-to-school countdown, this is a moment when we all start to feel a lot of […]