Center for Balanced Living

12/27/2025

January 2026 daily Miles Challenge!
As we launch into a new year, we’re excited to invite you to a new community challenge in collaboration with and

The goal of this challenge is simple: to start the year strong by taking intentional steps toward better health, connection, and accountability. Together, we’ll focus on movement, mindset, mental clarity, and overall wellness, encouraging daily habits that support both body and mind.

To kick things off, we’ll begin with a group walk on January 1st, 10am at Blackbird Creek Reserve in Townsend, DE. This walk is a free and an open invitation to all participants and non- participants, as well as friends and family.

Comment or DM to join the group and we will get you enrolled in our private group chat. This is an online challenge and open to everyone.

$5 to commit to this challenge
Choose your mile goal:
beginner: 1 mile run/walk a day
Advanced: 100 miles in January run/walk
Medals awarded to anyone who commits and completes their January miles goal.

Community hike at Blackbird is free to any and all, even if you don’t join the challenge.

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12/24/2025

A full Staff Spotlight to end 2025!

As we close out the year, we are holding onto the moments that remind us why this work matters. The quiet shift when someone finally finds the words. The steady courage it takes to return, again and again, to healing.

Research consistently shows that feeling understood and emotionally supported is one of the strongest drivers of meaningful change. These reflections from our team capture what we see every day: progress often happens in small, cumulative moments, and those moments deserve to be honored.

As well as our love for the pups! We celebrate each other and you…

As you look back on your year, what is one moment that reminded you of your own strength?

12/24/2025

Tip Tuesday: acceptance is not giving up, and it is not pretending something is okay. It is simply naming the facts as facts.

When we cannot change what happened, the most effective move is to reduce the extra suffering that comes from ‘this shouldn’t be.’

Try it today: name one fact you cannot change, then name one value-driven action you can take next.

12/22/2025

Monday motivation for the last week of the year: radical acceptance is not approval of what happened.

It is the decision to stop arguing with reality so you can put your energy into what comes next.

If this week feels heavy, try one sentence: ‘This is what is happening, and I can choose my next step with care.’

Let us know how this worked for you!

12/19/2025

As the week closes, consider a different kind of gratitude, the kind that lives in small steady moments. Maybe it was a calm breath in the car, a kind text, a walk in cold air, a boundary you kept, or simply getting through a hard day without giving up on yourself. If your mind says “that does not count,” notice that voice, and choose to count it anyway.

For Gratitude Friday, name one moment from this week that felt steady, kind, or quietly good.

Share it in the comments, or keep it private and save this post for the days you need a reset.

12/19/2025

12/18/2025

The invitations, the errands, the extra expectations, they add up fast in December. The most protective move is often a small pause before you answer. A pause gives your brain time to shift out of urgency and back into choice. Then you can respond in a way that protects your sleep, your energy, and your ability to be present with the people you care about. You can be generous and still have limits.

Save this for the next “Can you…” message.
Comment and tell us how you say yes to you!

12/17/2025

Today’s Staff a spotlight is Brianna.

Brianna’s grounding reset is simple and powerful, step outside, breathe in fresh air, and let nature do what it does best.

During the holiday season, presence often looks like small choices that bring you back to yourself. If you need a gentle place to start, take a short walk today, notice the light, the sounds, and the steady rhythm of your steps.

Comment below:
What is one thing that helps you feel grounded when life gets busy?

12/16/2025

12/16/2025

Tuesday Tip for late December: when your brain is carrying a lot, your attention narrows and urgency gets louder. Cognitive load can make time feel scarce, and negativity bias tends to spike when you’re tired, so your mind focuses on what’s unfinished or what could go wrong. If you’re feeling mentally loud right now, it’s not a personal failing. It’s overload. What has felt most mentally loud for you this week?

12/15/2025

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December tends to amplify whatever is already present. For many people, that looks like increased stress, more emotional reactivity, more shutdown, more sensory overload, or a sharper sense of grief. None of that means you are doing December “wrong.” It often reflects the predictable load of dea...