Welcome to my blog!

This blog is intended to tell my experiences and lessons learned in an effort to help others flourish! It is far easier to be brave when we are prepared and strong. Life challenges us and sometimes all-out blind sides us, so let’s get stronger together!

The concept of life “balance” has always been a farce to me.  Balance requires stable elements that can be relied on for a consistent demand or contribution.  The demands from relationships, kids, career and personal interests are anything BUT stable for most people!  The only consistency is how unpredictable life is with sickness, activities, emotional struggles, customer needs, reports due, travel delays, etc.  My approach to flourishing in this off balance state is to strengthen your core.  Yoga and pilates practices teach that our core is what keeps us centered and steadies us while we challenge our bodies to stretch and grow.  Having a strong core is essential to reach your full potential.  The same concept can be applied to life in general.  Your life core is your support group of family and friends, your beliefs, your self-care routine, your personal joys.  This is what you need to build up and strengthen to allow you to be flexible and reach maximum adaptability.  

When I was younger, I was fiercely independent.  I sincerely believed it was a weakness to ask for help or rely on anyone to do anything for me.  Not wanting to be a burden, I would often take on too much myself and fail rather than ask for help.  The arrival of my 2 boys changed that, and I finally reached my breaking point and started to realize the error of my ways.  Since then it’s been a growing realization of not only how much I need MY core of people and things, but also how amazing it is to be part of someone else’s core, to build them up and return the favor.  This blog is about life, about discovering how to evolve emotionally and physically to be the best mother, sister, friend, engineer and leader I can be.  I hope this blog fortifies your core too!