I recently read the most helpful advice in a book that my social worker friend recommended. (She always has the wisest and best advice, and this book did not disappoint). From Loving What Is, by Byron Katie: I can find only three kinds of business in the universe: mine, yours, and G-d’s. (…Anything that’s out of my control, your control, …
A thought occurred to me over vacation (long car ride, many thoughts). 
How do we maintain perspective and see our lives with a broad lens when it’s so natural to focus on the things we don’t have? Maybe we can learn this balance from tefillah. A complete formulation of tefillah includes shevach, hoda’ah, and bakasha — praise, thanks, and …
There was a time this year when I faced serious regret over a decision I had made. That whole tekufah was a huge growth experience for me and required me to stretch my emunah and confront challenges more than I’d been pushed to before. There were some amazing people who supported and comforted me, and helped me recognize that everything …
Here are some of my reflections on the topic, if you’d like to read… Seek to be mechazek. Lend your ears without interrupting. Share divrei emunah. If you aren’t a source of chizuk, try to become one. Seek to be a positive influence. You are looked up to by more people than you realize, just because you are …
The following is another excerpt from Our Bodies Our Souls by Rebbetzin Heller, which I read over Shavuos. I just had to share it here because it is so beautiful. It really speaks to what it is that we want when we say we want to raise families. Any intelligent woman, secular or religious, is no doubt aware of the …
Hi, guys! I hope you’re all doing well. This is a piece of dating advice I got a while back when I was in a drawn-out dating situation. Also, my best friend (who did get engaged recently), got the same advice and found it really helpful. And here it is: Don’t count dates. There are no rules, no …
Ok, I’m very late to the party here but we have to talk about the greatest piece of writing ever published in Calligraphy. (To be honest, I’m not usually a magazine reader so I’m wholly unqualified to make that statement…but anyway.) On Erev Pesach, my friend texted me that if I had the Mishpacha I had to read Rikki …
I’m struggling to find the sweet spot between too much hishtadlus and too little. Or really, between too much and just right. Can anyone relate? It’s that feeling of…maybe I should text this shadchan again. And, like, maybe again soon. Or email this person my resume, again, as a friendly reminder. Or meet another shadchan who works with this …
First of all, happy Tu B’Shvat! Now, this topic. The elephant in the room. I’ve avoided it for almost an entire year, but if this blog is meant for people in the parsha, we were going to acknowledge this issue at some point, weren’t we? So, let’s get this over with as quickly as possible and hope no one …
A few months back, I had an interesting exchange with my friend’s mother. We talked about my upcoming summer vacation and I told her how excited I was to go to Europe, especially since my memories and pictures of a previous trip continue to make me so happy. She told me that her daughter, who is several years older than …
