Jennifer Balink is a creative strategist and relationship coach who writes about motherhood, cooking, creativity, life-work balance, and navigating the human experience.

LATEST POSTS

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  Motherhood, marriage, and manifestation.
  I got a tattoo. We were on a trip, visiting colleges, my daughter and I. She turned 18 while we were traveling, and on her 18th birthday we got matching tattoos, a sun/moon image that she designed, because that’s what we’d agreed to do. In the waiting area of the ink boutique in Hopewell (the […]
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  A few things: May 2023
  Fair warning: this one covers the gamut, from gun reform to spring cooking, with a sprinkling of Willie Nelson.
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  A few things: April 2023
  Having been away from writing/posting here for six weeks, I’ll start with a little update, followed by the usual monthly round-up of links, notes, and an idea or two.
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  The Leftovers: a recipe
  It begins, at 5:30, with the onion, a hearty red one that’s been peeling back its own layers while tucked snugly inside a plastic container, abandoned on the back of the top shelf of the refrigerator. The onion’s missing half led a virtuous life as part of a kale salad, but that was a long […]
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  A few things: February/March 2023
  “Mom, WTH. Why am I in your TEDx talk. And how’d you get a TED talk, anyway? That’s what my son wanted to know. And in case you want to know, too, I’ll tell the story (it’s short), but first, a short tribute to a terrible dog.
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  First 100 Days: Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Planning Tools
  Now that you’ve mapped your goals, rooted in that firm ground of context, you’re ready to put them into daily, weekly, and monthly action. These are the tools I use on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to move all of this work along. I’ve taken bits and pieces from other planning sheets and workbooks and created templates that work for me.

• Motherhood, marriage, and manifestation.
• A few things: May 2023
• A few things: April 2023
• The Leftovers: a recipe
• A few things: February/March 2023