I’m here because I’ve done a lot of work on myself, mentally and physically.
Here's how my journey towards achieving balance started.
As hard as I work to maintain the flow of a balanced life, there are days that still remind me I suffer from an incurable disease. There are days like I had this week where my mental health takes a turn and my brain simply won’t shut up. I call these bad brain days.
What you might see when you look at this picture is a physical transformation. My size, my shininess, the polish of my look. What I see, is the change in my eyes.
I recently had to look up my addresses back to when I was 17 for a project I’m working on.
If I said to you, “you are allowed to want what you want and need what you need.”
I posted on social media this week about Soup Sundays at the Warren house. It is a near sacred practice here, and very much a part of living a balanced life.
One of the most impactful physical wellness lessons I have learned came from a Real Housewife.
Steps to planting Katherine firmly in her happy place:
Your body whispers before it screams.
I’m being reminded a lot lately that one of the most powerful practices of mindfulness is sitting with whatever is.
I’m sitting here watching the New Years resolution weight loss ads roll in and I’m thinking, “I wish I could show off a picture of my healthy brain instead of my healthy body.”
It never fails, when I try to explain the beautiful, balanced culture we are building at KidGlov (focused on finding joy in our work), someone inevitably says, “Oh, you mean good work/life balance?”
There’s an art to vulnerability, especially at work. Being real is what connects us as humans, but that doesn’t mean you need to share every nitty, gritty detail for someone to relate.
What does wellness mean to you?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to inspire someone.
I’ll likely never forget this meeting for the rest of my career as a “culture keeper.”
This list started as a speech I was sharing with a local marketing association.