Well, if you tried to join my first webinar on January 9, you know what happened, or rather, didn't happen. My webinar didn't happen. Of course, I took off for Phoenix two days later, so I didn't have time to straighten out the technical issues with Zoom right away. But tonight I had a good … Continue reading I’m giving a webinar, take two
Category: Health
I’m Giving a Webinar!!
OMG. I am doing something I've never done before, and I'm hoping you will be there to support me. I'm giving a webinar. Like everyone else, I've watched tons of them, and as a recovering scientist of course I've given talks before. I know how to make a Power Point presentation, and I even know … Continue reading I’m Giving a Webinar!!
Starting the New Year Off Right
Everyone makes resolutions this time of year - even those whose only resolution is not to make any. There's just something about a crisp new planner, an empty calendar, and the struggle to remember to write a different year on things. While for many reasons the real beginning of the year is in September, that … Continue reading Starting the New Year Off Right
The Power of Saying No
Are you an over-obligator? Do you say yes to everything and everyone? Are you the person who can be counted on to do the work that nobody else wants to do? There's a lot of satisfaction and joy to be found in being of service and assistance to others. But if you find yourself becoming … Continue reading The Power of Saying No
Looking in the Funhouse Mirror
Have you ever noticed how gym mirrors tend to distort, like funhouse mirrors? If you are short and solidly built like me, you don’t find much fun in that kind of mirrors – for some reason they never make you look taller and slimmer than you really are. My personal solution to those mirrors has … Continue reading Looking in the Funhouse Mirror
What Would You Do For Self-Love? (video)
So I was in this exercise class, and I found myself wondering out loud why I was there. Stay tuned for the answer. What do you do for self-love?
#BlogElul 26: Create
There is a description of nearly all Jewish holidays that goes like this: "They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat." Creating holiday-specific foods is an integral part of the tradition. The traditional foods of Ashkenazic Jewry are foods of poverty - my grandmother would eat with relish things like chicken feet and fish … Continue reading #BlogElul 26: Create
#BlogElul 21: Love
What a perfect theme for today, when a group of loving people gathered to wish bon voyage to our favourite yoga teacher. The inimitable Debbie Lewis has been our teacher at Temple Shalom for several years now - we all padded into the windowless room in the basement, winter and summer, to spread out our … Continue reading #BlogElul 21: Love
#BlogElul 20: Fill
This one had me a little stumped. I'm really not sure what Rabbi Sommer means by it - but that's OK, it's up to me to imbue it with meaning anyway. There are many possible interpretations of the word "fill" - we can eat our fill, we can fill our hearts or our hands, we … Continue reading #BlogElul 20: Fill
#BlogElul 14: Learn
Do you like to learn? If not, what do you think the consequences of that might be? The brain, while technically not a muscle, is similar to our muscles in many ways - in particular, it's got this "use it or lose it" aspect to it, that becomes increasingly important as we age. If we … Continue reading #BlogElul 14: Learn