Wouldn’t you know, I almost never read magazines but this Shabbos I was visiting a friend and on her couch was a copy of Family First. I’m glad I picked it up because it had not one but two articles of interest to me. First of all…did you read that article about therapeutic writing and Journal to the Self?? …
Sometimes if it feels as if you’re davening and davening and nothing’s changing. There was a period this year when I was so sure my yeshua had to be just around the corner, I had been davening with a lot of intensity, and feeling like maybe there was a breakthrough. But nothing changed, as far as I could see from …
The start of a new year is an especially good time to open a notebook and start journaling. Even if writing was never your thing, just putting pen to paper and diving right in will help you access wisdom and insight and get to know yourself better. Journaling has been a tremendous game changer for me and I want everyone …
Because every so often, it’s good to have a little review… Everything that happens is directly from Hashem and is part of the Master Plan. Everything Hashem does is for the ultimate good of each of us, whether we see it right away or not. No one knows better than Hashem what is good for you or for anyone …
One morning, I was running late for work and couldn’t find my phone. Suddenly I heard a loud “ding!,” the notification sound for a new text message. I whirled around and spotted my phone on the counter. I flipped it open. No new text message. One day at work, I went into the library to find A Chair for …
It’s Elul. If I could have looked into the future a year ago and seen what the coming year would bring, would it have been a relief? A disappointment? It’s impossible to know how I would have felt then with my limited understanding, but one thing I know for sure is that I am not the same woman who went …
I wanted to get a really special wedding gift for my friend who is getting married soon but I couldn’t think of just the right thing. Nothing I thought of felt original or personal enough. Inspiration hit a couple of weeks ago: how about making her a book? Not strictly a cookbook, but more like a collection of advice and …
I recently read the most helpful advice in a book that my social worker friend recommended. (She always has the wisest and best advice, and this book did not disappoint). From Loving What Is, by Byron Katie: I can find only three kinds of business in the universe: mine, yours, and G-d’s. (…Anything that’s out of my control, your control, …
I’m pretty minimalist when it comes to makeup (often it’s just this IT eyeliner), but skincare, I can do. I’m using a few products now that are working well for me so I thought I’d share. Comparison shopping for beauty products can be endless. (It’s helpful to remember that this is a multi-billion dollar industry that thrives on women’s feelings …
This is the journaling technique that I used most intuitively when I got into journaling months ago. A Springboard is a writing prompt to launch you into your writing session. It’s a sentence or two that you plunk on the top of the page without thinking too hard, and use as an entryway to your writing session. It may be …
