This year I decided to buy gifts for my nieces and nephews. I had to shop for about ten gifts and wanted to stay in the $10-or-so range, which was harder to do than I thought, but also kind of fun to work within those constraints (and Cyber Monday deals helped). Next year I think I’ll do one “signature” auntie …
As I’m trying to prevent workaholism-creep and a repeat of last winter, I’ve been thinking about productivity culture and the pressure to be “busy.” I have to be honest. I feel a lot of internal pressure to do a lot, for multiple reasons: I’m afraid of missing out on opportunities, I have a really hard time saying no in general, …
I found the perfect little dress for a city hall wedding. Yes, yes, I know that isn’t our way, and the dress is ridonkulously pricey (it is a wedding, after all), but I love it! With these shoes?
You know that voice of doubt that gives you all the reasons why what you want is silly or won’t work out?
This quote from The Creative Act by Rick Rubin, referencing creative inspiration, made me think:
A friend sent me a beautiful photo she had taken of a field of sunflowers. You could see in the photo how the flowers had turned their faces towards the sun. It was so unexpectedly moving and made them seem almost human.
This is a helpful graphic that visually depicts wellness across eight dimensions: physical, emotional, social, existential, intellectual, environmental, vocational, and financial. In a class I took recently, we wrote about the one or two wedges of the pie that we are neglecting most right now and what we can do to nurture ourselves in those dimensions. I think this could …
A friend and I were learning a bit about tefillah, and she referred to shidduchim as “a nisayon of waiting.” The simplicity of these words resonated. I know that when Hashem seemingly withholds that which we need, He is giving us a reason to daven and have a closer relationship with Him.
I learned something beautiful from a client. One client in our support group mentioned that she was interested in a guy but felt insecure about pursuing him, so probably wouldn’t. Another chimed in, “One thing I’ve learned:
I took the Wholehearted Inventory on Brené Brown’s website in November 2020 and again recently. It was amazing to compare the results, which I was unexpectedly able to do, since I still had the previous results in my email. I’ve gotten a lot calmer in three years. Most of the other measures bumped up, too. Sharing if you’re curious about …
