Category: Goal Setting
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The Ping Pong of Worries
What a strange moment in time this is, although maybe they are all strange and I am just seeing it more clearly right now. I really don’t know. Most of the time, I have my own set of worries that travel like an endless loop, cycling through my thoughts when I am not otherwise occupied.…
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The Micro and the Macro
It’s a juggling act we all wrestle with, I think. And, right now, with the world in chaos and many of us consumed by the news of war in Israel, it is hard to balance. When so many lives have been lost and so many more are at risk, how do we go forward, how…
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Frankly My Dear
Likely one of the most recognizable lines from a book or film, right? “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” served as Rhett Butler’s dismissal of Scarlet O’Hara in Gone With the Wind. I’ve been thinking about those words and thinking that it would be a gift if we could each use that line—and…
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Forgiveness
At this point in the year, as defined by the Jewish faith, we are in between Rosh Hashanah (literally the “head of the year”) and Yom Kippur (the day of atonement). During the past 10 days, often called “the 10 days of awe,” our opportunity is to examine the year we have had and to…
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Taking Stock
It is the Jewish New Year, and I’ve spent the last two mornings in holiday services. The familiar words and melodies are ingrained, they have been a part of my life since childhood and there is a comfort in that constancy and consistency. Much can and does change but these traditions of faith carry on.…
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Reclaiming Ourselves
I’ve been doing some reading, and taking some workshops, on the chakra system. The chakras date back to the Vedas in around 1000 BCE and refer to a system of energy, disks of energy that connect up through your body. These seven key energy centers begin around your tailbone and move up at specific points…
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All Things
So many of us, myself totally included, feel a need to be all things to all people, all of the time. I say that without judgment or emotion, as just an observation on how I operate. Maybe it is socialization, growing up in an era where we were taught, especially as women, that we could…
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“Vi-cation”
When my oldest son was a toddler, he was enchanted both by commercials for sugary cereals and by the rare times he had a taste of these longed for items at a friend’s house. They were strictly on the forbidden list in our house, one of those foods that those of us who used “Feed…
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Making U Turns
In the 25 plus years since my husband and I have been together, we have logged hundreds of thousands of miles in cars. With seven kids in scattered places, with friends and family across the country, we’ve driven to everything from Ultimate Frisbee tournaments to new baby visits to just getting a weekend away by…
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Advocating
It seems to me that, right now, we live in a world in which we are constantly having to advocate for ourselves and others, just to get things done. It used to be, at least in my memory, that if you entrusted someone to do or produce or create something, they just about always did…
With a Full Heart 