Some thoughts before Pesach… I read a beautiful explanation for why we use the word “Seder” for the first night of Pesach. Maharal says this refers to the seder, or order, for everything that happens in life. Even when events seem random or out of control, everything is happening with a reason according to Hashem’s seder. And Seder night …
I just want to drop a little chizuk here. One of my cousins struggled a lot with shidduchim like I do. Thinking she must be too sensitive, too picky, too needy, too something. It was after one of our conversations that I wrote the article about being an HSP in shidduchim, based on what we talked about. Then she met …
If you go to an art museum this Chol Hamoed, here is an article to read before you go. (I am a fan of art museum therapy as a thing.) You can buy one or two postcards at the gift shop and save them for after Y”T when you can journal, and write about them. Ekphrastic writing is writing …
Hi all, my Partner in Torah and I got a lot out of the following three articles from Aish: “Is Dayenu Really Enough?,” “The Three Main Passover Symbols: Pesach, Matzah, and Maror,” and “Cleaning Our Hearts for Passover.” Enjoy! I hope you have a wonderful Shabbos Hagadol!
I tend to write blog posts on various topics in spurts (like hope, or optimism, or mindfulness). Well, now I am doing creativity. I just put this book on hold at the library and I’m thinking about ordering this one on Amazon. Being in shidduchim is Nonlinear – There is no straight line or direct relationship between the input …
I find myself drawn to books about creativity and the creative life, like Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, The Vein of Gold by Julia Cameron, The Power of Your Other Hand by Lucia Capacchione…My blog is a creative outlet and I have dozens of (abandoned) ideas for creative projects in my Google Docs. The link between creativity and being in …
After writing this bucket list post, I continued to give a lot of thought to what I want out of life. I realized I can attain almost every item on the list on my own (with a lot of work and maybe some out-of-the-box thinking). I reflected that as much as I want to be married, I can’t control that …
Over the years, I have thought about a common experience that comes up in shidduchim. Sometimes it happens before a date or even when I know someone is working on an idea for me. I find myself counting on this one thing working out. I start believing that if it doesn’t, the disappointment will just be too hard. I’ve thought …
My clients discussed the concept of hope in our support group last week. Each group member is dealing with a serious illness, and one of them brought up a story she had heard on television. A father and son were in Auschwitz together, and one night the father used their ration of margarine to light a flame for Chanukah. The …
I just had to share the link to this TED Talk with Barbara Sher (author of Refuse to Choose!, among other books, mentioned here). In this speech, she describes the role of virtual strangers in helping us achieve our dreams. So good. Barbara passed away in 2020, or I would have totally tried to meet her in person after watching …
