So, no, this is not an easy thing to be doing in your twenties or beyond. The manager at my bank branch always asks me if I’m still living at home. “Actually, yes.” “Smart girl!” she says. “Stay there as long as you can.” And I’m like, “Thanks, Candace.” But seriously, there’s this tug-of-war. On the one hand, …
Before Succos, I bought Emunah with Love and Chicken Soup, the biography of Rebbetzin Henny Machlis a”h, by Sara Yoheved Rigler. I had flipped through it a few times at other people’s houses and was always inspired by whatever I read, so this 500+ page book was my reading material for Y”T. And full disclosure: I haven’t read the whole thing …
Remember how I said that I was skeptical about the validity of personality typing? Well, Myers-Briggs changed that for me, and now I’ve discovered something new: the Enneagram. Are you familiar with it? The Enneagram is a system that examines nine personality types, and their strengths and weaknesses, growth opportunities etc. I bought a copy of The Enneagram Made Easy …
Two mentors told me recently that one of the most powerful things a person can do is to forgive. When we were kids in school, as I recall, a big part of our Yom Kippur prep was asking our friends and teachers for mechila, and we were pretty frantic about doing it. As an adult, I think it can …
Sunday night is Rosh Hashanah. The beginning of a new year. New means new. 5778 is ending. It carried its blessings, it carried its learning experiences, it carried its challenges. And it no longer is. It was. Close that book and put it on the shelf. When you are in shul, remember a time when you could see …
Wouldn’t you know, I almost never read magazines but this Shabbos I was visiting a friend and on her couch was a copy of Family First. I’m glad I picked it up because it had not one but two articles of interest to me. First of all…did you read that article about therapeutic writing and Journal to the Self?? …
Sometimes if it feels as if you’re davening and davening and nothing’s changing. There was a period this year when I was so sure my yeshua had to be just around the corner, I had been davening with a lot of intensity, and feeling like maybe there was a breakthrough. But nothing changed, as far as I could see from …
The start of a new year is an especially good time to open a notebook and start journaling. Even if writing was never your thing, just putting pen to paper and diving right in will help you access wisdom and insight and get to know yourself better. Journaling has been a tremendous game changer for me and I want everyone …
Because every so often, it’s good to have a little review… Everything that happens is directly from Hashem and is part of the Master Plan. Everything Hashem does is for the ultimate good of each of us, whether we see it right away or not. No one knows better than Hashem what is good for you or for anyone …
One morning, I was running late for work and couldn’t find my phone. Suddenly I heard a loud “ding!,” the notification sound for a new text message. I whirled around and spotted my phone on the counter. I flipped it open. No new text message. One day at work, I went into the library to find A Chair for …
