The In a discussion with a friend recently, I heard a description of balance that I really liked.

Sure up where you're weak, relax where you're strong. I'm not sure why I've never really thought of balance in that way before, but it made so much

sense to me.

I often think of balance as being on a tightrope, trying not to fall.

But what if it could be simpler?

Sure up where you're weak, relax where you're strong.

Right away, I knew where I needed to relax and where I could strengthen.

I need to relax my desire to control circumstances and shore up my trust that things are working out and in my ability to surrender.

These things are easy to say, though, and often hard to do. Much of our lives are

habitual. It is a learned, practiced habit to think and behave as we do, and it takes real effort

to change those entrenched routines. Lately, I've been using tapping as a way to disrupt my

thoughts when I can tell I'm getting

stressed or out of balance.

If you're not familiar with tapping, it's a simple meditative practice of using your

fingers to tap on energy centers on your body, your hand, face, collarbone, rib cage, while

you talk out loud about what's bothering you. It's said to help calm your

nervous system, and I have certainly found that to be true for me. It's a way I am trying to shore up

where I'm weak, sometimes letting my mind run away with me, by doing something simple and physical

and in the moment. Last weekend, I read an article about a wearable ring that gives you all sorts of metrics

about your health, sleep, stress levels, etc.

I was fascinated by the article.

The author meticulously charted his results in a spreadsheet to hack what best to eat,

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