Balancing The Noise

Welcome to Balancing the Noise! Isn’t it nice to stop by a place without clicks, comments, likes, love, sad face… all that noise?

Read on if you’d like… or just skip to the videos. I tend to ramble.

This site is dedicated to finding balance. Not complete peace, but it doesn’t have to be all chaos either. 

It is loud —politics, moronic things people do, what’s right in history, what’s wrong. The latest health trends and then, how not to listen to that ‘influencer’ because this is correct… and it’s the only way. The voices in your head, the voices outside your head.  The algorithms. The keywords—which keyword is having a moment now???!!

If only I knew.  

About me:  In a nutshell, I was working with Voice of America as a television journalist for 20 years—and got DOGE’d. 

(To your left or above: “DOGE casualty… still standing, bitches!”)

So now, in conjunction with looking for employment, I figured… why not start this? I’m already doing what I have to do to stay balanced between good sleep, workouts, therapy...and pocking fun at society: ). My days are divided between job searching, journaling, producing videos, creative writing and walking outside in between it all. It’s the only way I’ll get through this in good physical and mental health. Only looking for a job 24/7 won’t do it (though I do recognize I have the financial privilege to say that right now). 

Since I’m already doing what I can to stay balanced, I figured—why not build something out of it? So here it is: a vertical media platform built around stories, health, and calling things what they are.  I really don’t believe in being any type of ‘influencer.’ I actually think that term is the opposite of journalism. To me, influence—by definition—means you have to bank on people not having a brain of their own and then, through your influence, perpetuate that and rewire your audience’s neuropathways on an accelerated ramp to cognitive decline, far, far away from neuroplasticity.

In journalism, you give credible information so the audience can make up their own minds and opinions (which is my goal). 

As a television journalist (oh, and someone who got DOGE’d), I feel extra passionate about it. Social has mushed our collective brains (there’s good too), which… wait for it… is a balance! I don’t have social media on my phone, but I do have it on my laptop. I post, but not overpost (unless I’ve been DOGE’d—in that case, you will hear what I have to say). But the main rule: no phone after 8 p.m. and no phone until about 8 a.m. (after morning meditation, walk, and workout).

As a journalist, I want to give you information for you to take, form, and integrate into your life—if it seems fitting. Or at least get enough info to start doing your own research. Research of self is wonderful. Knowing yourself is wonderful. Try that.

Jokes aside, I think you have a brain and my goal is to foster it. 

All videos for this are linked to either Instagram or TikTok, since job prospects basically require me to have these accounts. Once I signed up, the scroll wouldn’t stop—video after video of a girl weeding, a guy eating peanuts, a group of kids jumping till 100, a puppy...wait, I like puppies.  

That’s why I’m approaching this differently. I’m playing along with the algorithm—giving people what they want so my videos get seen—but also sneaking in what we need: reminders to think deeper, to shift from one-dimensional swiping to two- and three-dimensional thinking. I do that by bringing journalism back as it was intended—truth-telling, investigation, and personal stories that let us see all sides. And because health is part of the bigger picture, you’ll also find tools for living well—so our bodies, not just our feeds, are wired to support real thinking.

Enjoy my videos (but really, no more than 20 minutes a day 🙂).