Balanced Rock: What This Giant Teaches Us About Real-Life Balance
Somewhere in the wide-open space of southern Idaho stands a 40-ton reminder of something we’re all chasing—balance.
They call it Balanced Rock. And once you see it, you don’t forget it.
It towers 48 feet above the ground, impossibly perched on a narrow pedestal. Everything about it screams “this shouldn’t work.”
And yet—it holds.
The rock doesn’t balance because it’s light. It balances because its base is strong.
That’s a message worth carrying into real life.
Balance Isn’t About Perfection
Let’s bust a myth right now:
Balance isn’t when everything is calm, color-coded, and tidy.
If you’re a caregiver, a business owner, a wife, a daughter, or maybe all of the above—balance often looks messy. But it can still be anchored.
Real balance comes from:
Saying no with clarity
Building routines that flex but don’t snap
Planning with wisdom—not performance
Refusing to let the urgent crowd out the important
Planning Requires Assumptions
The truth is, you don’t need everything in your life to weigh the same.
But you do need a base that holds when the wind picks up.
And that starts with asking honest questions:
What assumptions are shaping the way I plan?
Where am I carrying weight that isn’t mine?
What needs to shift so I don’t crack under pressure?
Don’t wait for the “right time.” Balance isn’t found. It’s built.
What’s Holding You Up?
Are you leaning on faith? Community? A flexible financial plan that doesn’t crumble under caregiving or unexpected bills?
You don’t need to be fearless.
You just need to build strength beneath the weight.
Exercise your power while you have it.
And don’t forget: your Loved Ones need you to stand tall—not be crushed by it all.
Ready to Reset?
I help women—especially those navigating caregiving and retirement decisions—plan wisely, live intentionally, and reclaim balance.
Schedule a no-pressure conversation with me today. Let’s make sure your foundation holds.
HOMESCHOOLING: Haven or Havoc?
Your child's school years are precious and fleeting.
Now could be your best time to step up where your school is letting your child down. Let this series of myth-busting short chapters encourage you.
2 Major Mistakes
Which one will you make?
Which of these 2 retirement mistakes are you making right now? It's impossible to entirely avoid both mistakes.
You won't know for sure which mistake will work out better for you until it's too late.
How to choose?
Finding the Will
(Part 1)
Part 1: Have the will to arrange for a smooth transition when you’re no longer around to answer questions
Have the will to arrange for a smooth transition when you’re no longer around to answer questions (Part 1)
Ensuring your children or other Loved Ones can readily access your important papers when you die entails a sound process versus one or two conversations. You must overcome aversion to the subject of death, procrastination of anything that is long-term, and the tendency to assume things will be fine. Family dynamics can be sweet, spicy, or dicey.
Finding the Will
(Part 2)
Part 2: Getting Organized
While the internet permits convenient access to accounts, policies, and stored documents, it presents a plethora of password management problems. which too many people avoid by succumbing to password laziness, such as:
- re-using passwords for multiple logins, or
- use simple, easy to remember passwords, or
- writing them on sticky notes placed on their monitor or under their keyboard, or
- keeping them in a spreadsheet on their computer, or
- letting their browser remember passwords for them
Embrace Your Clarence
Is Clarence your future?
Golden insight from a golden retriever.
Post-Pandemic W.E.L.L.ness
Working, Earning, Learning, and Launching to Thrive
Where life drastically changed forever two years ago, everyone adjusted to the best of their abilities.
Here are a few of the key adjustments--"pandemic pivots"--that sustained some and prospered others.
Prenuptial Adulting
Equip Them for Happily Ever After
“Mom, Dad, we’re getting married!"
“Wonderful, congratulations! Here’s what you both need to do first.”
Equipping newlyweds with essentials of responsibility leaves plenty of life yet to be discovered on their own. Adults understand that love isn’t oogly feelings; it’s a hard choice. It’s putting your commitments and your money where your mouth is.
Many of the following steps also apply to one’s turning 18 years old. Becoming engaged adds urgency and a deadline.
Rethinking Competing Funds for College and Retirement
We live in a time of skyrocketing inflation topping decades of unbridled higher education costs.
Is the tension between funding your retirement and funding (at least partially) your children’s college education keeping you up at night?
You’re not alone.
Married? Is Your Endgame 100% or Just 50%?
Are you single? That other 50% could be whoever is most important to you.
Multiple unforgiving players factor into your retirement and estate plans (collectively your “endgame”). Household names include the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Key decisions with these players are nearly impossible to reverse. Plus, if you qualify for a pension, how you activate it is another irreversible decision.
Are you more of a planner than your spouse? It’s all too common for one spouse to blindly trust the planning spouse. Countless endgame “plans” were created by 50% of a couple:
