Quotes About Balance

to cope successfully. This includes elements of unpredictability, uncontrollability, and feeling overloaded.

You are halfway across a tightrope, and moving forward and going back are both just as scary.

In our technology-crazed world, we've confused being communicative with feeling connected. Just because we're plugged in, doesn't mean we feel seen and heard. In fact, hyper-communication can mean we spend more time on Facebook than we do face-to-face with the people we care about.

define calm as creating perspective and mindfulness while managing emotional reactivity. When I think about calm people, I think about people who can bring perspective to complicated situations and feel their feelings without reacting to heightened emotions like fear and anger.

I'm just grateful that I can find and feel the edges today. I love that saying, "The center will hold." I believe that in the midst of struggle, the center will hold if, and only if, we can feel the edges.

On the inside I was really thinking, Who has time for painting and scrapbooking and photography when the real work of achieving and accomplishing needs to be done?

when we numb the dark, we also numb the light.

The counterapproach to living in scarcity is not about abundance. In fact, I think abundance and scarcity are two sides of the same coin. The opposite of "never enough" isn't abundance or "more than you could ever imagine." The opposite of scarcity is enough, or what I call Wholeheartedness. As I explained in the Introduction, there are many

Voltaire: "Não deixe o perfeito ser o inimigo do bom.

Being all light is as dangerous as being all dark, simply because denial of emotion is what feeds the dark.

Evolutionary theory suggests that we should embrace all of our emotions, as each has an important role to play under the right circumstances.

Humility is openness to new learning combined with a balanced and accurate assessment of our contributions, including our strengths, imperfections, and opportunities for growth.

Generosity is not a free pass for people to take advantage of us, treat us unfairly, or be purposefully disrespectful and mean. What I realized is that a generous assumption without boundaries is another recipe for resentment, misunderstanding, and judgement.

the vowel check: AEIOUY. A = Have I been Abstinent today? (However you define that—I find it a little more challenging when it comes to things like food, work, and the computer.) E = Have I Exercised today? I = What have I done for myself today? O = What have I done for Others today? U = Am I holding on to Unexpressed emotions today? Y = Yeah! What is something good that's happened today?

Wouldn't it be better if we could be kinder, but firmer?

being low maintenance also meant not asking for what you needed and never inconveniencing anyone.

As Stuart Brown says, "The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.

Just as getting in and out of the weeds is a part of every waitstaff shift in a restaurant, navigating stressors is a daily part of living. However, daily stress can take a toll. In fact, chronic exposure to stressors can be detrimental to health. High levels of perceived stress have been shown to correlate with more rapid aging, decreased immune function, greater inflammatory processes, less sleep, and poorer health behaviors.

setting boundaries is making clear what's okay and what's not okay, and why.

In another very unexpected discovery, my research also taught me that there's no such thing as selective emotional numbing. There is a full spectrum of human emotions and when we numb the dark, we numb the light.

But the truth is, we can't handle it. We are a nation of exhausted and overstressed adults raising overscheduled children.

While this experience may sound great, it was terrifying for me as a parent. What if I'm wrong? What if busy and exhausted is what it takes? What if she doesn't get to go to the college of her choice because she doesn't play the violin and speak Mandarin and French and she doesn't play six sports? What

There are days when I can fight the urge to be everything to everyone, and there are days when it gets the best of me.

hyper-communication can mean we spend more time on Facebook than we do face-to-face with the people we care about.