Introversion and self-knowledge
Next week, we will resume our Monday/Thursday publishing schedule. I’m finally caught up! Do you know about the Introvert, Dear email list? They send out short…
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Mindfulness
Enough already! (aka, learning to be content)
“Who is wealthy?” the Sages ask, and answer, “One who is happy with his portion.” A few months ago now, as part of a book group…
Is self-help really all that helpful?
Read this. Do that. Retweet this. Exercise like that. Don’t eat this. Be that. Jeez!!! Is there an implication that we aren’t good enough!? How much…
Self-care
Self-care to me means reading fiction or interesting nonfiction. Slowing my pace. Coffee with a friend. Watching the birds in my backyard. Savoring the smell of…
The connection between disease, healing and personal power
“Your biography becomes your biology,” Caroline Myss writes in Part I of her classic book, Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing. She teaches that…
The sound of silence
In my Mussar course, my focus right now is on the power that our words have and especially on the value of silence. I have always…