by Admin | Mar 23, 2023 | Bhutan, Community Building, Health and Wellness, inspiration, mental health, mindandbody, Self Awareness, wellness, Women's Heritage Walk
The fresh breeze of mountain air, clear streams glittering under the golden rays of sunshine, trees and more trees, and the intermittent knell of a prayer wheel spinning with the attached blessings; to me, this is the essence of Bhutan. I remain grateful for the...
by Admin | Apr 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
I love artichokes. I love the taste, texture, color, and even the prickly manner in which they protect themselves. I love it all, but not because the aggressive pinprick at the end of each leaf has never injured me. In my family, it was not considered a food, but...
by Admin | Mar 7, 2020 | inspiration, mental health, mindandbody, selfimprovement, wellness, Women's Heritage Walk
By Jody Ballard The afterglow of overcoming a challenge is a powerful moment. It is inside this potent emotional awareness that we can engender growth; by sitting together and discussing with others the beauty of hardships, moments we capture clearly, funny stories,...
by Admin | Feb 10, 2020 | Community Building, Health and Wellness
During the 2020 edition Women’s Heritage Walk, Jody Ballard opened the floor for anonymous questions to be asked. She has answered them below based on her extensive global experience as a clinical counselor. How and when did the idea for the WHW come to you?...
by Admin | Jan 7, 2020 | Health and Wellness
As we look forward to the beginning of a new year, our natural inclination is to both contemplate the past and look toward the future. This is an opportunity to begin fresh and try to be our best self. By recognizing this inertia we can harness it for use now or at a...
by Admin | Dec 29, 2019 | Health and Wellness
What drives us, propels us forward toward goal-driven behaviors, pushes us to test our limits, or work late into the night – THEN guides and sustains actions through disappointments and obstacles? Motivation is the WHY in the equation of understanding and...
by Admin | Dec 11, 2019 | Community Building
By Jody J. Ballard I love artichokes. I love the taste, texture, color, and even the prickly manner in which they protect themselves. I love it all, but not because the aggressive pinprick at the end of each leaf has never injured me. In my family, it was not...
by Admin | Nov 29, 2019 | mindandbody, selfimprovement, wellness, Women's Heritage Walk
Gratefulness can change your view of the world. The word “gratitude” might be the more correct word choice, but I prefer “gratefulness”. Just after an expression of gratefulness, the atmosphere around us alters, then our bodies take notice and...
by Jody J. Ballard | Mar 6, 2019 | selfimprovement
While walking in the footsteps of the strong, resilient women of the past, we are changed and grateful to have stretched our comfort zones and expanded the boundaries of the possible. Remember this feeling borne from hard work. We are guided by and honor heritage to...
by Jody J. Ballard | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow you will become one unique person walking among a group of diverse special women. Each one holding individualized values, morals, ethics, each one raised in a very different home, taught right from wrong, instructed in culturally remarkable daily behaviors,...
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