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The Busy PT's Guide to Finding Balance

Thanksgiving ‘tude
by Janey Goude
The devil's in the details. Not always. Sometimes the devil is in your attitude. If you find yourself saddled with a negative outlook, there's no better time for an attitude adjustment than Thanksgiving. Below are some opposing viewpoints to common circumstances Read More...
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My Baby Wants to be Adopted
by Janey Goude
Be careful what you wish for. It is so easy to see greener grass on the other side. Often we don't take time to think through the ramifications of our decisions. My seven-year old, Abigail, announced, "I wish our family only had five people." We currently Read More...
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NUTS!
by Janey Goude
Are you trying to perform tasks but find you consistently come up short? Maybe you are working outside of your skill set. As I watch a squirrel, his tiny cheeks chock full of nuts, I marvel at how easily he can crack open the shells. This feat is made Read More...
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When to Let it Die
by Janey Goude
We lived in West Palm Beach, Florida. You'd think we would have been in heaven. The sun, the sand, the glitz. But our experience was far from heavenly. While I finished out the remaining six weeks of a contract assignment, my husband moved down to get Read More...
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Sun Spot Sightings
by Janey Goude
Yesterday was a bad day. That's how I went to bed remembering it, anyway. Mulling over its badness, I realized yesterday was really only bad in spots. Because those "spots" had come toward the end of the day, they eclipsed all the good that came before Read More...
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It’s All I Know
by Janey Goude
Watching the movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium , I couldn't help but feel sorry for Mutant. He enters an environment where he is the outcast. In a world of imagination and creativity, he speaks a language of rules and regulations. When difficult times Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our “YES!”
by Janey Goude
The best defense to avoiding overcommittment is to learn how to say, "Yes!" I know what you're thinking: But saying, "Yes!" is what gets us in to this mess! No. Saying, "Yes!" indiscriminately gets us into this mess. Here are some guidelines to bring Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Xenophobia
by Janey Goude
Late Saturday night I noticed my neighbors' flood light on. I'm not usually a paranoid person, but Saturday morning these neighbors woke to find three slashed tires on two of their vehicles, presumably at the hands of a known assailant. As I tiptoed from Read More...
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Bringing Balance to the Unique
by Janey Goude
Sometimes unique is difficult to ignore: like this turtle we found attempting to lay eggs in the middle of our yard! I immediately interrupted my routine. I beckoned my husband and children as I grabbed my camera. Our commotion disturbed her serene life-giving Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Time
by Janey Goude
I struggled with "T." I had already written the piece about turning tragedy into triumph when I received a poignant email. I felt strongly about the tragedy piece because it is something therapists deal with almost daily. But I can't get away from the Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Stressful Schedules
by Janey Goude
Stress - noun (from dictionary.com) 1. the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another. 2. a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Quality and Quantity
by Janey Goude
As much as we'd like to justify that quality and quantity can each stand on their own, we all know that isn't true. Every relationship - work, spouse, children, family and friends - needs both quality and quantity to survive. Relationships need lots of Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our People-Pleasing
by Janey Goude
"It's important to have a little guilt in life. And feeling bad can accomplish a heap of good." --Dr. Kevin Leman, Have a New Kid by Friday In this excerpt Dr. Leman is speaking to parents who prevent children from suffering the consequences of their Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our “NO!”
by Janey Goude
" No! " It is one of the first words in a child's vocabulary: right after "da-da" and right before "mine." How does it happen that a word we have no problem using as a child creates so much angst as an adult? This week I watched Abigail's first struggle Read More...
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Balance Poll
by Janey Goude
We are halfway done with our ABCs of Balance. Before we began you came up with some wonderful suggestions of topics you'd like to discuss. Have you recognized your ideas in these blogs? As we've talked through the first half of the alphabet, you've continued Read More...
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