I’m off this week to celebrate Christmas with my family. So for this week, I’m leaving you with three inspiring videos by three of my favorite YouTubers that are not only in line with living The Bold+Balanced Life but also help prepare for a great start into the new year: 6 30-Day Challenges That Will […]
As the year is coming to an end, I thought it would be fun to start 2019 with a refresh of our homes and minds. So I decided to create a “How to Get Organized” series. It’ll provide the tools and steps to help us get rid of physical, mental, and digital clutter. But the process […]
My relationship with money is a complicated one. We all know the image of the starving artist, and for the longest time, I was one of them. I still am one of them. But not for much longer. I’m actively working on changing my attitude toward money but also on how to get better with […]
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for self-improvement. My grandfather gave me The Power of Your Subconscious Mind when I was 13 and I’ve been working on becoming the best version of myself ever since. But here’s the thing. The self-improvement journey often brings about two problematic frames of mind: focusing on our goals to an extent […]
With the holiday season in full swing, it’s the perfect time to practice how to have better conversations. Particularly this year it feels like everyone is talking at each other without actually hearing what the other is saying. On the one hand, we have the people who vocalize every thought they have without considering the consequences. […]
“Fall down seven times, get up eight.” —Japanese Proverb “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” —Samuel Beckett We all know that it took Thomas Edison thousands of tries to get his inventions to work. Failure is an essential part of success. So how did it happen that we’ve come to see failure as […]
I was working on this week’s post about how to reach your goals when two things happened: 1.) my friend asked me if The Bold+Blanced Life has an Instagram account, and 2.) one of my heroes, comedian Lilly Singh, announced that she’s taking a break to focus on her mental health. Both things reminded me of […]
Why do Germans and Americans—who are among the world’s most affluent—complain about life’s unfairness so much more than Colombians or Indians? It’s one of the questions I’ve been trying to answer over the past decade as both an expat and an immigrant. When we think of the key to happiness, I noticed that we often […]
How often do you think to yourself, “Why are there never enough hours in a day?” And how about, “If only I had more time, I’d __________(fill in the blank)?” The “I don’t have time” excuse seems to be everyone’s favorite explanation for what’s standing between them and achieving their goals or fulfilling their dreams. […]
As a writer and reader, I spend a good portion of my time hunched over my laptop, e-reader, and books. But even as a teenager I had bad posture, because 1.) I was taller than everyone else but didn’t have the confidence to own it, and 2.) despite my mom’s best efforts, I did my […]