This time calls for our best - and some days we may have a hard time remembering what that looks or feels like. Good friends help us remember who we are. I'm not sure who said this, but I love it: Friends help hold us up when we feel like crashing, they make us laugh, and they essentially say, "hey, let me help you carry this burden." Frienship is Continue Reading
Kavannah (Intention) For Those Not Ready To Forgive
Some hurts take time to heal. And some of us (mostly women) apologize too much and too fast – to our own detriment. This is for you. Kavannah (Intention) For Those Not Ready To Forgive The weight of this season compels us to forgive, and to open our hearts. There are many among us who have endured deep hurts, this year, and some from many years Continue Reading
Begin to Dust Off Your Soul: High Holidays 2016
The month of Elul in which we do the spiritual preparation necessary for the upcoming High Holidays begins SUNDAY September 3. There are so many ways to begin "dusting off" our souls. When we do, we join with people all over the world who are entering the river of reflection. I published this article on Medium that begins with a Rebbe Nachman teaching Continue Reading
Mindfulness Practice & Tisha B’av
Although this piece takes off about a particular commemoration in the Jewish calendar, I am certain that the lessons are universal. This article was originally published in a collection honoring the retirement of my meditation teacher, Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg. (FYI — Tisha B’av is what’s considered a minor holiday, and a day of mourning.) YET — because Continue Reading
Three Mindfulness Lessons From The Wilderness
It's usually high summer when we enter the wilderness in the Jewish calendar - by that I mean the book of B'midbar (also known as the Book of Numbers) in the Torah. It's filled with fascinating juicy stories of rebellions and challenges. It's like the adolescence of the Israelite people as we wander for 40 years. Here's an intro to the piece I published on Continue Reading
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