Today's Balanced Interview comes from my sister, Jill. She's a wife and a mom of 2 children with vastly different needs who's also always working on her balance. Check out how she does this amidst a recent major change in her job status. In a few sentences, tell us about yourself (age, job, …
Life Is Like An All You Can Eat Buffet: Narrow Your Options For Happiness
We're headed out to lunch. Hmm, what to choose... will it be All You Can Eat sushi? Brazilian meats? Korean BBQ? We're no strangers to buffets. I like to eat, and so does my 6'6", 225-lb, all-muscle husband (who happens to be in the practice already of eating only one big meal a day). Even my 4 …
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Be Yourself This Holiday
Question Your Traditions ( Featured image of present by Monika Stawowy on Unsplash ) We were watching Olaf's Frozen Adventure the other day, and it struck me as the snowman broke out into song. He belted his desire to find the best holiday traditions while knocking on everyone's …
You Cannot Be All The Things To All The People
(featured image of berries credit: Kris Atomic on Unsplash) December. The month people race around in their cars, completing a hundred different errands, and traveling. The honking. The holiday bustle. It got me again, even though we tend to keep Christmas small around our …
Island Anesthesia
My Experience As A Traveling Doctor in the Virgin Islands A locum tenens is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another, and the term is often used for medical work assignments in locations of ongoing physician shortage. As the locum, you’re going to a foreign place to work with …
Learning Through Snorkeling
We wade into the aqua blue Caribbean that’s lapping at the white sand of Trunk Bay. I’m holding her hand, our masks and snorkels on. No fins (too easy!), but she’s wearing a floatie vest. Farther and farther out we go to where I eventually can’t reach the bottom. The aqua color morphs to …
