I read Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff about four years ago and it remains one of the most life-changing books I have ever read. Self-compassion is a gentle, open way of viewing ourselves that allows us to be imperfect and be in process. It has three parts: self-kindness, mindfulness, and common humanity. When we treat ourselves with compassion, we talk to …
Just a light little post about shopping. This post is the exact mirror image of the one I wrote about spring shopping: now, I dread the cold but loove the clothing. I must have hibernated the last few winters, because I haven’t done real winter shopping in the longest time and this season I am on a mission to fill …
In a therapeutic writing class I am taking, one of the members shared that she did a Cluster of labels that were given to her from a young age. A Cluster is a writing technique also known as mind-mapping or making a brainstorming web. To create a Cluster, you write a key word or phrase in middle of the page, …
A favorite picture book of mine is The Empty Pot by Demi. I won’t spoil it if you’d like to read it, but I like to think it is a story about how sometimes you can do everything right and still not get the outcome that you wanted, and there is a bigger reason for that. You can find video …
My mother recently visited a cousin who has several adult children in shidduchim as well. Our cousin had the most encouraging words: “All it takes is two weeks.”
We never quite had a chance to recap how Y”T went. It was a world ago. I was home with a lot of family (ka”H) first days, and went to my aunt second days. (I had wanted to go to my grandmother but she wasn’t home in the end. Hopefully later this year). I hope wherever you were, it was …
Just a short post to share how I’m trying to contribute to the war effort, and maybe you can share your own thoughts and ideas.
There is really nothing to say. I had a bunch of posts in mind over Y”T and nothing seems appropriate for this moment. It is such a painful, painful time for all of us. When unspeakably horrible and infuriating events happen, it does have the effect of “right-sizing” everything else, not to minimize but just to provide perspective of what …
This post is inspired by the AMA (ask me anything) trend on imamother.com (a website I enjoy perusing for mild entertainment value, yummy-sounding menus, and reasons to be grateful for the problems I do have, oy). In the spirit of an actual AMA, I posed a number of…candid questions to myself that the clueless-but-curious might want answered about the life …
Since I wrote this about losing my list of post ideas, I have published more than 80 posts! Woah, amazing — the stream of ideas continues to flow. At the same time, I am curious to hear what you would like to read about. Maybe something revisiting a topic, or something I haven’t addressed yet, or something random for fun? …
