It’s so easy to be strong when things are stress-free, and when we feel we can control the outcome. But when things don’t go our way it’s a completely different story. Oh how quickly things change. It’s difficult to maintain certainty and clarity when the outcome is unknown and not in our “control,” even though the reality is that even when we think we are in control we really aren’t. Continue reading
Almost all of us get caught up in the day-to-day effect of life, crossing our t’s, dotting our i’s, eat, sleep, work, lather, rinse, repeat. Why do we do this? Continue reading
I have memories from a very early age of having God over for my tea parties. I took my tea with milk and sugar, and God took His black with a slice of lemon… Continue reading
Be a team player, practice your compassion and transform ego into humility today. Take special care of those around you… Continue reading
We were all taught pretty early on in life (well, most of us anyway) to listen to our parents and our teachers. But the truth is, no one really focused on teaching us how to be good listeners… Continue reading
As I touched upon in last week’s post, visiting the doctor is an experience that can cause great stress, particularly if it’s a physician you’ve never seen before or if you have a health concern that needs to be addressed. … Continue reading
An elderly man in Phoenix calls his son in New York and says, “I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough.” “Pop, what … Continue reading
In writing about jealousy last week, I didn’t think it was enough to just iterate the dangers without offering a solution, or a way to change this toxic behavior. Jealousy is an emotion that everyone possesses to different degrees. As … Continue reading
Below is an excerpt from a response to my blog about credos: Dear Monica In the past, I always had trouble defining what I stood for, but in the past month, it’s really dawned on me. I think that my … Continue reading
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ~ Oscar Wilde Around my birthday, and at the start of a New Year with Rosh Hashanah shortly after it, I always find myself being rather introspective, and thoughtful about what’s going on … Continue reading