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Mia Balan

Work-Life Balance Coach ✨ Helping ambitious women trade burnout for breathing room.

💛 The Warm-Heart Reset

Dec 3, 2025

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5 min read

💛 The Warm-Heart Reset

Sometimes the only missing piece is a softer moment

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
The Hidden Cost of Emotional Vacancy

Nov 30, 2025

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5 min read

The Hidden Cost of Emotional Vacancy

Why being “there” isn’t the same as being remembered

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
🌿 The Midlife Recalibration

Nov 19, 2025

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6 min read

🌿 The Midlife Recalibration

You haven’t lost your edge — you’ve outgrown your old definition of success.

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
💫 The Art of the Pause

Nov 12, 2025

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7 min read

💫 The Art of the Pause

You don't need more time. You need permission to stop stealing it from yourself

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
🌿 You Don’t Have to Be Everything to Be Enough

Nov 5, 2025

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4 min read

🌿 You Don’t Have to Be Everything to Be Enough

Because being full doesn’t mean being whole

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
From Overwhelmed to Empowered:

Nov 5, 2025

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18 min read

From Overwhelmed to Empowered:

The Midlife Personal Growth Formula for Women Who Want More

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
From Overwhelmed to Empowered: 5 Steps To Take Today

Nov 5, 2025

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10 min read

From Overwhelmed to Empowered: 5 Steps To Take Today

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
From Overwhelmed to Empowered: 3 Things To Do Today

Nov 4, 2025

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7 min read

From Overwhelmed to Empowered: 3 Things To Do Today

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
Soft Doesn’t Mean Weak

Nov 1, 2025

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4 min read

Soft Doesn’t Mean Weak

Because grace is strength wrapped in calm

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
💞 You’re Not Too Much: He’s Just Not Ready

Oct 21, 2025

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6 min read

💞 You’re Not Too Much: He’s Just Not Ready

Because your depth isn’t a flaw: It’s a filter.

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
🌼 Let It Be Easy

Oct 18, 2025

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4 min read

🌼 Let It Be Easy

Because Hard isn’t Holy — It’s Just Hard.

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
Dopamine Was Never the Problem-Your Brain’s Prediction Engine Is

Oct 15, 2025

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4 min read

Dopamine Was Never the Problem-Your Brain’s Prediction Engine Is

You're not addicted to pleasure. You're addicted to uncertainty - and it's by design.

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
🌱 You are Allowed to Outgrow Old Dreams

Oct 14, 2025

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4 min read

🌱 You are Allowed to Outgrow Old Dreams

Because some dreams were just stepping stones, not destinations.

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
The Simple Sentence That Saved Me From Saying Yes to Everything

Oct 11, 2025

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4 min read

The Simple Sentence That Saved Me From Saying Yes to Everything

What I say now instead of “Sure, I can do that.”

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
💥 Your Buyer’s Brain Thinks You’re a Threat (Until You Do This)

Oct 7, 2025

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3 min read

💥 Your Buyer’s Brain Thinks You’re a Threat (Until You Do This)

Why calm not cleverness, will define the next era of sales.

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
🕯️ The 5-Minute Ritual That Makes You Feel Close Again

Oct 7, 2025

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4 min read

🕯️ The 5-Minute Ritual That Makes You Feel Close Again

Even When You’re Stretched, Snappy, and Spiritually Tapped Out

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
Most people don’t lose their relationships

Oct 7, 2025

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3 min read

Most people don’t lose their relationships

They just stop showing up for them

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
The rule that saved me from a Tuesday meltdown

Oct 4, 2025

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4 min read

The rule that saved me from a Tuesday meltdown

Here’s how to rewrite your to-do list guilt-free

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
Your Brain Has Developed a Tolerance Problem

Sep 30, 2025

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4 min read

Your Brain Has Developed a Tolerance Problem

(And It's Killing Your Potential)

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
The Myth of Multitasking

Sep 27, 2025

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5 min read

The Myth of Multitasking

Why Doing More Leaves You With Less

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
Stress Carves Memory into Two Opposite Rivers

Sep 23, 2025

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5 min read

Stress Carves Memory into Two Opposite Rivers

Why children remember your presence differently than you think

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
The 2 pm Crash Isn’t About Food:

Sep 20, 2025

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4 min read

The 2 pm Crash Isn’t About Food:

It’s Emotional Exhaustion

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
Boundaries That Don’t Feel Like Walls

Sep 13, 2025

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2 min read

Boundaries That Don’t Feel Like Walls

Boundaries ≠ barriers

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
Your To-Don’t List Is More Important Than Your To-Do List

Sep 9, 2025

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2 min read

Your To-Don’t List Is More Important Than Your To-Do List

Cross this OFF, don’t add it on

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
The Script That Saved Me from Overcommitting

Sep 6, 2025

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2 min read

The Script That Saved Me from Overcommitting

The polite ‘no’ that keeps your sanity intact

Mia Balan
Mia Balan
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