The Brilliant Balance Blog

Relaxing is an important, objectively beneficial activity to the human body. But most of us can’t take a proper break without feeling guilty. Somehow it always feels like there is something we’ve missed that needs to be done…urgently. That’s why we have to learn how to make the time to unwind and hold that time […]

Merging professional ambition with managing your home life isn’t easy, but I think it’s worth it. While you may constantly have to task-switch between meeting professional goals and meeting the needs of your family, the satisfaction that comes from having a foot in each world runs deep. The question is – what do we do […]

So many women struggle to say no. Whenever women get a request for their precious time, they feel like they owe it to the person asking. The reality is that time is finite. It’s the one resource we have that we can’t get back. Every yes we give to someone is a no we are […]

As a kid, summers were just plain awesome. Those carefree days you spent at the pool, on family vacations, or just hanging out with your friends have become treasured memories. But as a working mom, summers are a lot more stressful. You want to make sure your kids create the same kinds of memories, and […]

As we near the end of another school year a lot of women start to assess themselves at the same time their children are being assessed. And while this can be a great practice, sometimes it makes us too hard on ourselves. Most women are ALREADY too hard on themselves. Feeling stuck in the cycle […]