by BalanceGirl | Apr 21, 2026 | Balanced Leadership, Career/Success, Growth Architecture, Self Improvement
Why I Am Having This Conversation Now Every so often a conversation sneaks up on you and reverberates when you are not looking. The temper tantrum of the toddler. You, yourself doing things behind your own back — ouch. And suddenly with that punch line smack to your...
by BalanceGirl | Apr 14, 2026 | Balanced Leadership, Career/Success, Growth Architecture, Self Improvement
I Walked Into That Call Excited. We finally had time to tackle something we had been planning. I had a list. I was prepared. I was looking forward to it. Within minutes I realized I was in a completely different conversation than I thought I had scheduled. Numbers...
by BalanceGirl | Apr 7, 2026 | Balanced Leadership, Career/Success, Growth Architecture, Self Improvement
I Had It All. And It Was Literally Crazy Making. I was 23. Photo editor at Elle Magazine in Germany. I had the job everyone wanted. The invites to every gallery opening, every glitzy event, every room worth being in. So much of all the desirable stuff. So much of...
by BalanceGirl | Mar 30, 2026 | Balanced Leadership, Career/Success, Growth Architecture, Self Improvement
Chapter 1: The Year Nobody Prepares You For We came back to nothing. I do not mean that as a metaphor. I mean we landed from our spiritual journey, four days after getting married, and we had nothing. No home. No clothes. No toothpaste. No phone charger. No...
by BalanceGirl | Mar 23, 2026 | Balanced Leadership, Career/Success, Growth Architecture, Self Improvement
What a Harvard MBA and Former McKinsey Consultant Told Me That I Did Not Want To Hear — And Why I Invited Him On Anyway I have learned something after years of doing this work. And I see it every single day. We come to believe firmly what we believe in. That sounds...
by BalanceGirl | Mar 16, 2026 | Balanced Leadership, Career/Success, Growth Architecture, Self Improvement
Why Every High Earner Is Driven By the Same Thing — And It Has Nothing To Do With Money For the longest time I believed that if I was just successful enough, I would get everything I wanted. My mother’s love. Her appreciation. Her admiration. Her...
