“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you have to keep moving.”
- Albert Einstein
The first image that comes to my mind when I think of balance is a ballerina standing on her toes, swaying gracefully from side to side. Even walking takes a lot of balance, just watch a tiny person trying to learn how.
In Einstein’s quote, he suggests that a life in balance requires movement. Whether we are aware of it or not, we are constantly adjusting to the world swirling all around us, like walking on a moving walkway.
How do you know your life is in balance? Is it a feeling? Is it something you could show in a chart? For me, feelings of balance come and go, it seems to be a lifelong effort.
And along the way to finding as much balance as possible, it is necessary to better understand your self, your needs , your hopes and your dreams.
And that’s where I can help!
Hi! My name is Emily Ogrinz and I am a certified life coach. I am also:
A housewife and a feminist.
A kid from the Bronx and a former Alaskan Fisheries Observer.
An Ivy League alumna and a returned Peace Corps Volunteer.
An artist, writer, and activist.
A lifelong naturalist, environmentalist and gardener.
A wife and stay at home mother for over 20 years.
A former hiker and a current wheelchair user.
From the Practical to the Profound
Change is hard, but if we want to keep growing, we have to face it. By keeping our heads up and our spirits strong, we can be true to ourselves and do our work. Who are you and what’s important to you? Let’s have a chat and see how I might help you rise to the challenge of your one precious life. I’m really looking forward to meeting you!
Testimonials
"Emily has helped me work through some challenges in my life that were making me feel stuck. With her guidance and wisdom, she was able to help me navigate healthy boundaries in my relationships as well as identifying my personal values. I was also able to work through my struggles with procrastination, and began to find the motivation to get things done that I had put off. She even inspired me to get back in touch with my creativity, and I started taking an oil painting class for the first time. Emily is supportive and encouraging, and I have made such positive transformations in a short amount of time".
- Emel Kayaer
“Emily offers direct, insightful, bold, no-BS life coaching that helped evoke new insights, frameworks, and action. She skillfully fielded my large emotional backdrop issues, as I went through a recent huge life transition, and helped open me up to the possibility of a vibrant new path. Her coaching combines emotional awareness with practical, problem-solving aptitude. I am grateful for the support and insights she has helped me realize”.
- Suzanne Church
“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.”
- Carl Rogers