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Falling Apart Or Coming Together?
Sometime, through no fault of our own, our lives seem to fall apart. Death, divorce, sickness, accidents…
An Opportunity For Growth
When I was a small child, my mother had a friend who liked to say that there
How To Quit Sugar
Our bodies really try very hard to communicate their needs to us. They make us feel thirsty
“Do You Do Acupuncture For Weight Loss?”
…is one of my least favorite questions to get. Years of experience have taught me that that
Remember And Keep
Screaming, grabbing, laughing. Threats of violence, retribution and tickling. The moderator had come up with a successful
The Face Of A Statistic
As Stalin famously said: “A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” I
Inner Spring
You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago. Alan Watts
Freedom and Sleep
Pre-Pesach thought about freedom: “Between stimulus and response there’s a space, in that space lies our power
Is Your Headache All In Your Head?
“How can stress actually cause pain?” I hear you cry. Ok, maybe not you personally, but I
Correlation vs. Causation
“I always get a migraine after my in-laws come for shabbat,” she said. “Could the migraines be
5 Rules Not To Forget
5 things I’ve learned over the past weeks If someone offers to help with something, and I
Permission To Be Fragile
I love fast days. Not necessarily towards the end of the actual fast, of course. Then I’m
Self Compassion
I’ve noticed recurring instances of a particular pattern of thought over the past few months. I’ll settle
The Changing Face of Grief
I said last week that I didn’t have a chance to mourn the loss of the mother
The First Week
The morning after the visit to the cemetery I get an update in Whatsapp that R.’s father
Just Like The Queen
What is sitting shivah in Israel like? someone asks me. Just like being the queen, I answer.
Is Is Actually Only Sunday?
I have achieved a new appreciation for the rules and customs of mourning in Judaism. I can’t
Accept, Release
I haven’t actually said the grace after meals since becoming a mourner. Maybe a sign I should
A Grief, Observed
Growing up in an observant Jewish household, when I first ran into C.S. Lewis' memoir, A Grief
Blessed be the True Judge
The night between my mother's death and funeral I hardly sleep. But I don't worry about it.
