The Journal

I remember the day it all came crashing down. Clients were lined up out the door (this is a good problem, of course, but I was at max capacity and something had to give) and all I could do was scroll through Facebook. I was working hard but I was not working smart. I was […]

We learned in the first post in this series that, in order to achieve a successful work-life balance, you need to create something unique to you and your needs rather than aspiring to an “ideal balance” that works for someone else. In part one, we will focus on easy steps to identify what your personal […]

Today, like every other day, I will shut my computer down at 3pm and go pick my kids up from school. I recognize this is a luxury that not everyone has but it is part of the work-life balance I have created for myself. The deal is, I am in charge of what I want […]

I recently had a conversation with my 7-year-old daughter, Tessa. I was running around getting the kids ready for school and said “We NEED to leave the house by 8:30!” to which she replied, “We don’t ever need to do anything. You want to do it because you don’t want us to be late.” Such […]

I have always loved snow globes. I think they’re magical and I collected them when I was younger. I would stare inside, at the pristine little world covered in “snowflakes” and imagine what it would be like to live inside one. As I got older, instead of feeling like I was on the outside of […]

I have long said “our perception creates our reality, therefore, we have the power to change the future”. So many elements in our daily life affect our perception. Last Sunday morning, I decided to shake up my routine. My kids were with their other parent so I had the luxury of deciding how I would […]

You are not too busy. Trust me. How many of us think about quitting our day job and turning our passion project into a business? Or taking a real vacation – – you know, the kind where you are not returning emails or answering the phone? How about calling your parents, friends you have lost […]