Wow. We have finally arrived at the end of 2020. Back in January, I made a list of twenty items I wanted to try and accomplish this year. Now I’ll review them! Get married. Ok, at the time of my writing this list, this first item was actually paired in my head with… Move to Eretz Yisroel. The reason …
Last week I enjoyed a long-awaited trip to the Met. I was so happy to finally be going back. It was already a few years since my last visit. I haven’t been on vacation since last summer but a trip to the Met is a little tiny bit like a vacation. I wanted to do an exercise I’d read …
So far we looked at suggestion-dread and shidduch research. I wanted to talk a bit about anxiety before a first date because that used to knock me flat. It’s a lot easier for me now but still not always a picnic. When I use the term anxiety here, I don’t mean it lightly: dating really triggers situational anxiety in …
Yay, I’m done with that Creative Arts course! It would have been so fun without all the papers. But I did take away a few helpful things and one of them is that I really love poetry therapy. I know, shocker. Poetry therapy, according to the International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy, is the use of “the written, spoken, and auditory …
Okay, the title is a bit misleading because it’s not a real-real menorah, it’s one of those basic brass numbers that’ll hold a row of oil cups. And I’m not filling the cups myself, or threading the wicks, I bought a case of those pre-filled cups that are stacked sky-high in the grocery store. But it’s a first, because I’ve …
First of all, I want to let you know that I have every intention of continuing the series on mindful dating, I just haven’t gotten to it yet, but I will! I have to write a paper about grief (again!) and basically we need to design a program that meets a need that is not being addressed in the …
I went in search of Himalayan pink salt this week. Ever since I read that yeast likes the minerals in Himalayan pink salt, I’ve had this “thing” that my challah dough needs to be made with it. It’s not always easy to find in stores, but a few months ago I found a bag in Home Goods in their specialty …
Hi, all. It’s been awhile since my post about baking challah so I wanted to share an update. A few weeks after I started baking, one of my challah tutor’s kids was quarantined so I didn’t want to go to her house on Thursday night and I almost skipped baking that week. However, one of my friends insisted that I …
This week I went to a wedding for the first time in months and months. The chosson was my cousin who used to come to us for Shabbos meals almost every week when he was in beis medrash, and we were very close. This was one of those couples that were both marrying their first — both just back from …
I found a helpful little podcast called Small Things Often, a collection of short clips (under 5 minutes) based on relationship research from the Gottman Institute. Each clip includes a mini-lesson and an exercise. I’m finding some of them to be really thought-provoking. Hope you enjoy this resource!
