Ooooh, tricky, Rabbi Sommer! First Do, then Act? Aren't they the same thing? Clearly she doesn't think so. Obviously something I need to think about, too. So how is acting different from doing? That's got to be pretty subtle. So of course I turned to the wise and all-knowing Rabbi Google to help me figure … Continue reading #BlogElul 2: Act
Category: Personal Growth
#BlogElul 1: Do
Wow, Rabbi Sommer has started us off with a bang! Elul is definitely full of doing, especially for me this year. The preparations for the Downstairs Alternative Services are in full swing! I spent a good two hours last night talking with my co-conspirators about the order of the service and who is doing what. … Continue reading #BlogElul 1: Do
Preparing for #BlogElul!
I am so excited. One of the absolute highlights of my blogging year is coming up. It's almost time for #BlogElul! Every year, my friend Rabbi Phyllis Sommer sets up a schedule for blogging, tweeting and Instagramming (is that a verb?) about the Jewish month of Elul. Elul is the final month of the Jewish … Continue reading Preparing for #BlogElul!
Review – iHomeFitness.com
So ... I went to a networking meeting the other week, and I met a lovely young lady named Ruth-Anne Penner. Ruth is a fitness professional who used to work at the Reh-Fit, and now she's got her own company, iHomeFitness.com. It's a virtual gym where you can watch over two hundred 20-minute videos and … Continue reading Review – iHomeFitness.com
If I Told You …
So this was my Facebook status the other day. Deliberately provocative, as you can see, and as I hoped, I got lots of responses. I am blessed with the most generous, thoughtful, wonderful friends ever, and they gave me the gift of their gut response (which was almost unanimously "No", by the way). Then they … Continue reading If I Told You …
I Love the Smell of Facebook in the Morning … But I’m Giving it Up
OK, now you really think I'm nuts. Smell of Facebook? What's that about? And why would you give up smelling (or reading, I guess that's more accurate) Facebook in the morning? If you are like me (and I know a lot of people are), you sleep with your phone not too far away. I confess … Continue reading I Love the Smell of Facebook in the Morning … But I’m Giving it Up
OMG I Made a Video – an Important One
Today I did something I've never done before. That's why there is no pretty Flickr picture on this post. I brought up Movie Maker on my computer (did I even know I had it?) and made a video of me talking into the webcam. Sitting outside on my deck, no proper background, not well centred, … Continue reading OMG I Made a Video – an Important One
30 Day Challenge: Back to Square One
Sigh. Life never goes the way you want it to, does it? Sometimes you just have to accept the signals from the Universe telling you to SLOW DOWN. So that flareup I've been talking about decided to rear its ugly head and knock me down. I think it's probably a combination of too much, too … Continue reading 30 Day Challenge: Back to Square One
30 Day Challenge: Adapt
I guess you can't get rid of 27 years of inflammation and intestinal damage in 30 days. Also, as I've mentioned before, Isagenix is not magic. It is an extremely effective nutritional support system, but the work has to happen inside. Just to recap: when this Real Food Girl started using just one shake every … Continue reading 30 Day Challenge: Adapt
30 Day Challenge: The Cleanse
My quick-witted readers will have noted that I have now moved beyond the 30 day limit. Heck, I'm just doing another 30 days, why not? It's doing well for me. I'm not going to be doing this forever, but for now it is working. Yesterday I did a complete cleanse day for the first time … Continue reading 30 Day Challenge: The Cleanse