Posts Tagged ‘making room for joy’

New posts on Graceful Balance will resume later this year after I complete a couple of projects I have in the works. In the meantime, check out some posts from the archives!   Nutrition: Nutrition Spotlight: 10 Ways to Get into the Breakfast Habit Nutrition Spotlight: Juices   Inspirational Women Series: Betty Bethards Alexandra Stoddard [...]

It comes to us too soon you say What the heck happened to my Saturday? Was Sunday even there in between? The week begins again, full steam!   Poor old Monday, greeted with a glare Can this day really be evil? Is it even fair? The alarm bell rings, do you spring out of bed? [...]

Yep, I am a greedy, greedy girl I am creating a life so breathtakingly rich I can’t believe it is mine I am tickled to go to bed every night thinking Damn…what a fine day to be me I laugh outrageously loud Even if it is just at myself I play with the highs and [...]

I have been deep in hibernation mode the past few weeks. Oh, not that I have not worked, read blogs, enjoyed the company of others and otherwise participated in the world, but, more like an internal hibernation. It seems each time this year my body knows…spring is here.   Even more than the start of [...]

February 14th is coming up again as evidenced by the abundance of red and pink in the stores and displays set up to entice shoppers to buy candy, flowers, jewelry and lingerie. It’s a holiday that people tend to embrace or ignore. Some feel pressured to go through the motions and try to create a [...]

I think there are three ways people approach the topic of New Year’s resolutions. Some people want nothing to do with them at all. They find them to be futile attempts at change and just enter the coming year as if it were any other day. Other people make resolutions and honestly hope they “stick”. [...]

For many of us, holidays are based on rituals and history. It’s not Christmas until you hear a certain song or until you have had mince pie or shopped until your credit card burns a hole in your wallet. There is a comfort and blessing that comes with this yearly celebration and it returns us [...]

Shake it up! No, I am not talking about the old Cars song though, I must admit, it won’t stop running through my head now. Nor am I talking about making a blender treat with ice cream and chocolate syrup or whipping up the perfect martini. I am talking about life and how shaking it [...]

At the beginning of this year I set a personal goal to train for and participate in a 5K race. As one just starting on her fitness journey I was both excited and a bit scared at the prospect of doing this. What I discovered along the way is that though this was a fitness [...]

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. – Hamilton Wright Mabie Go to your calendar. Mark off at least three blocks of time for yourself in December. Do it today. Before you know it invites will start coming in, parties will be scheduled,  pageants and plays will be [...]