In the support group this week we talked about asking for support from family and friends. One group member shared that she doesn’t want to be a burden so she tells everyone she’s fine. Another shared that what got her through the most serious period of her illness was other people’s love. She added, “You can complain to people who …
I’m currently taking a course on writing as a mindfulness practice through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. One of the exercises we did was to consider in what ways we define ourselves or defend our “personal territory,” and explore a more fluid and open way of viewing what we consider to be “us.” I thought this was an interesting exercise both …
So I mentioned last week that I’ll be be”H enrolling in a PhD program (it feels weird to write that), and for fun I’ve been reading people’s CVs. A CV (curriculum vitae) is like a super-detailed work resume that lists all sorts of professional achievements like every article, interview, and presentation. I joked with a friend that we shouldn’t send …
Just dropping some more chizuk here — two of my friends’ sisters in their upper 30’s just got engaged. They were on my challah list for the past year and a half, and now I can never rewrite that list onto a fresh piece of paper because nothing makes me as happy as seeing a line through their names! And …
Hello, all. It’s shlissel challah week, the Shabbos after Pesach. I plan on wrapping and burying a key in my challah as I did last year instead of attempting a key-shaped challah. This segulah is supposed to remind us that Hashem holds the key to parnassah and it’s one of my favorites. My roommate told me of another nice …
Hi, all. I hope you had a wonderful Y”T, or at least an okay one. I did b”H (have a wonderful one) because I have such cute little people in my life that I finally got to see! What’s going on in your life right now? Here’s my roundup: Working full-time as a social worker for a national …
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!
