Creative Expression=Balanced Living?
Life BalanceI attended a creativity party this past weekend at my good friend author/writing coach Carolyn Scarborough’s home. She asked her friends to bring something to the party that illustrated how they "get their creative game on.” Guests sang,…
Overwhelm
Life BalanceI define life balance as having enough time, energy and resources for those things that are most important to me. So is feeling overwhelmed—the suitor currently knocking on my door asking for a dance-- what happens when this is not the case? I’m…
What Would Your Wise Self Say?
Life Balance I am the oldest of seven children and at the ripe old age of 44, the matriarch of our family. (My parents died suddenly in their fifties, all our grandparents have passed and we have no living aunts or uncles.) Out of the six of us who are…
Stress=Living in the Future
Life BalanceYears ago I remember being in a workshop with Richard Carlson, a gifted teacher, father and the author of Slowing Down to the Speed of Life, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff (It’s All Small Stuff) and many other best-selling titles. He used…
Balance from the Inside-Out September has always been like the start of the New Year for me. I have launched businesses, started new jobs, rolled out new business models, embarked on back-to-back speaking sprints and unveiled new creative…
Choices
Life BalanceI often hear my coaching clients say they don’t have a choice. What they really mean is they’re not ready to make a hard choice—downsizing to a more affordable home, leaving a financially comfortable job, ending an unhealthy relationship,…
Flow
Life Balance“I often joke with my audiences that I make most of my income on a ski pole. People smile but they get my point. You need to make time for your genius to flow. We get our creative bursts, those idea torrents that take our business and personal…
Play
Life BalanceOne of my favorite songs when I was a kid was The Marvelous Toy by Peter, Paul and Mary (the album Peter, Paul and Mommy was constanly playing in our house when I was growing up in the early seventies). I loved the feeling of wonder and joy…
Slowing Down to the Speed of Life
Life BalanceHave you ever heard the phrase we’re human beings, not human doings? When I went in to wake up my little guy this morning, he was curled up tightly in a “comforter cocoon” sound asleep. I sat next to him in the dark and gently rubbed…
Time
Life Balance My family and I just returned from a fabulous trip to the Big Bend National Park area. This remote 800,000 acre national park is one of the most diverse and unusual—mountains/desert/river all in one area—and one of the least visited.…
How does balance feel to you?
Life BalanceAlthough I enjoyed a long walk with a good friend around Town Lake Saturday morning and a relaxing dinner at home with my family Saturday evening (we made some wonderful fish tacos on fresh corn tortillas), I found myself feeling crabby and…