{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Better Balance ","home_page_url":"https://betterbalancevt.com","description":"Better Balance ","author":{"name":"Better Balance "},"items":[{"id":"permission-to-look-away-choosing-what-i-focus-on","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/ef3ed222-40fe-47b9-a8f7-43fdc08eb673/Gemini_Generated_Image_tr68sktr68sktr68.png\"/><p>I’ll be the first to admit it: I have a hard time finding the \"off\" switch. Lately, the world feels particularly heavy. It’s in the headlines, it’s in my social media feeds, and it’s in the conversations I overhear at th...</p>","url":"https://betterbalancevt.com/about-me-4/f/permission-to-look-away-choosing-what-i-focus-on","title":"Permission to Look Away: Choosing What I Focus On","date_modified":"2026-03-20T21:23:08Z"},{"id":"beyond-the-grind-the-unforgettable-power-of-reconnecting","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/ef3ed222-40fe-47b9-a8f7-43fdc08eb673/20250728_110519.jpg\"/><p>I recently attended a reunion in Helsinki, Finland. I was reunited with people I had traveled with for one year between high school and college. It was my first time in Finland, and it was beautiful. But as exciting as i...</p>","url":"https://betterbalancevt.com/about-me-4/f/beyond-the-grind-the-unforgettable-power-of-reconnecting","title":"Beyond the Grind: The Unforgettable Power of Reconnecting","date_modified":"2025-08-01T16:11:25Z"},{"id":"why-i-keep-showing-up-even-when-it-sucks","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/stock/103941\"/><p>Why I Keep Showing Up (Even When It Sucks)</p>","url":"https://betterbalancevt.com/about-me-4/f/why-i-keep-showing-up-even-when-it-sucks","title":"Why I Keep Showing Up (Even When It Sucks)","date_modified":"2025-07-27T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"sometimes-you-make-a-wrong-turn","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/ef3ed222-40fe-47b9-a8f7-43fdc08eb673/wrong%20way%20%20road%20sign.jpg\"/><p>I am impressively horrible at navigation. Even with modern GPS technology, I manage to take wrong turns. It happened again tonight. My 30-minute drive turned into 50 minutes.</p>","url":"https://betterbalancevt.com/about-me-4/f/sometimes-you-make-a-wrong-turn","title":"Sometimes You Make a Wrong Turn","date_modified":"2025-07-20T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"the-power-of-choice","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/ef3ed222-40fe-47b9-a8f7-43fdc08eb673/Copy%20of%20Choose%20Your%20Hard.png\"/><p>\"Choose your hard.\"</p>","url":"https://betterbalancevt.com/about-me-4/f/the-power-of-choice","title":"The Power of Choice","date_modified":"2025-07-15T20:19:21Z"},{"id":"lessons-from-the-blueberry-field","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/ef3ed222-40fe-47b9-a8f7-43fdc08eb673/20250712_133942.jpg\"/><p>I went blueberry picking today.  It was one of many things on my to do list.  Per usual, I was on a mission and doing everything as fast as I could because my to-do list was long.  Anyone with me?  </p>","url":"https://betterbalancevt.com/about-me-4/f/lessons-from-the-blueberry-field","title":"Lessons from the Blueberry Field","date_modified":"2025-07-12T19:44:40Z"}]}