Thanks to my daughter's Bat Mitzvah, my Life Coach practicum, and assorted kinds of craziness, I've not posted here since mid-November. Oy vey. But now I'm back! Things have been ... interesting. The Bat Mitzvah was wonderful - there will be pictures. Having family and friends surround us with love was amazing, too. Then Shira … Continue reading So this blog has been sleeping for a while …
Category: Personal Growth
Who Wants to Help Me Practise Coaching?
So where have I been for nearly two weeks? In a whirlwind of activity! I've got my daughter's Bat Mitzvah coming up in three weeks, and just in case I thought I might be bored, I've signed up for an intense practicum with The Life Coach School. I'm totally loving that practicum, but I need … Continue reading Who Wants to Help Me Practise Coaching?
I am Heartbroken over Jian
So the last few days have been a whirlwind of nasty revelations concerning one of my favourite CBC radio hosts. This morning I received a Facebook message from a friend, urging all of us to "unlike" his fan page to show support to the victims in this sorry tale. That's when I decided I needed … Continue reading I am Heartbroken over Jian
In Plowing Time and in Harvest
Hi there! You haven't seen much of me lately, because we are deeply into the High Holy Day craziness. But we are almost done - only two more days of Yom Tov to go at the end of this week, and then we are done until the spring. Hannukah is a breeze by comparison - … Continue reading In Plowing Time and in Harvest
About Shakes and Steroids
Well, my first Isabody Challenge is over. It didn't go quite the way I expected it to, but I’m still pretty happy with it. I started off going gangbusters – shakes, cleanses, brain boosters, sleep spray, e-shots, working out five days a week, throwing everything at my body that I possibly could. I dropped 5 … Continue reading About Shakes and Steroids
That Mythical Time
Well, I survived Rosh HaShanah and the Shabbat that came after it. I led services, read Torah, and helped keep things reasonably under control at our alternative service. I think people liked it. Now we are in the crazy week between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. These ten days are called the Ten Days of … Continue reading That Mythical Time
#BlogElul 29: Return
Wow, I did such a good job last year I'm not sure I can add anything to it. It's the last #BlogElul of the season. This year I didn't do as well in terms of consistent blogging as last year, there was a lot more going on and I did miss a couple of times. … Continue reading #BlogElul 29: Return
#BlogElul 28: Give
On this penultimate day of Elul, the word that Rabbi Sommer gave us is Give. How appropriate. Last year I wrote about scarcity and abundance. This year I am thinking about helping people. In the abundance model, you give away lots and lots of content, and charge for maybe the last 10%, the premium model, … Continue reading #BlogElul 28: Give
#BlogElul 27: Intend
Intend. What an interesting word. The immediate association, at least for me, is something about the road to hell and the paving stones thereof ... I'm sure I'm not the only one. Here's what I wrote about it last year. Here we are almost at the end of Elul. This morning I ran the service … Continue reading #BlogElul 27: Intend
#BlogElul 26: Hope
Hope is the thing with feathers, apparently. I've got a few of those outside my window as I write, but I don't know that they are necessarily what I am looking for right now. It is definitely true, however, that hope is a major component of the human psyche. When we lose it altogether, we … Continue reading #BlogElul 26: Hope