Passover is supposed to be a time of physical and spiritual cleansing - but is it? If you know what I do for a living, you will appreciate how tempted I was to insert something here about the nutritional cleansing that I help people with. But I will refrain. If you want to know more … Continue reading #blogExodus 3: Cleanse
Category: Personal Growth
#blogExodus 2: Exalt
When I think of the word "exalt", my mind immediately goes to those ancient Aramaic words that open the Kaddish - May His great name be exalted and sanctified. For many people, the Kaddish, a prayer of thanksgiving and exaltation, is inextricably bound with the sadness of death and loss, because it is recited by … Continue reading #blogExodus 2: Exalt
#BlogExodus 1: Launch
Happy Nisan! Today is just two weeks before Passover, and Rabbi Phyllis Sommer is launching #BlogExodus again! I'm so excited. This morning, I had the privilege and pleasure of reading from the Torah to a minyan, an assembled quorum of people, who had come together at 7:15 am for that purpose. I read them the … Continue reading #BlogExodus 1: Launch
Discovering My Mission
If you follow me on FaceBook, you've seen the saga I went through a few weeks ago - it took me about 24 hours longer to get from Winnipeg to San Antonio, TX, than intended. Blizzards, maintenance issues and everything the Universe could throw at me conspired to keep me from getting there on Thursday … Continue reading Discovering My Mission
Finishing and Beginning Anew
The month-long cycle of the Jewish High Holy Day season is now over. It seems that we had just begun, with the New Year and the Day of Atonement, and afterwards we built a little wooden booth on our deck, a sukkah, and had dinner in it almost every night for the seven-day Feast of … Continue reading Finishing and Beginning Anew
An Invitation!
Don't take my word for it ... If you are local to me, come meet Dr. Rosenberg and others who have benefited from using this system. What have you got to lose, except some fatigue and maybe a few pounds?? #comevisit #somuchfun #noobligation
#BlogElul 10: Count
This blog post was supposed to have gone out yesterday, on the 10th day of Elul. But it's OK, nobody is perfect, especially me. I am determined to make it count anyway! Making things count is a matter of choice - if we are playing mind games with ourselves late at night, we might tell … Continue reading #BlogElul 10: Count
#BlogElul 9: Observe
"You see, but you do not observe." Such a famous quote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. What does that mean for someone who is trying to grow themselves? In the original story, Holmes is chastising Watson for being unable to remember how many steps there are in a flight of stairs he … Continue reading #BlogElul 9: Observe
#BlogElul 8: Hear
I love listening to podcasts, and just recently I heard a great one by Jeffery Combs, on becoming a master listener. What is a master listener? According to Jeffery, it is someone who can hear what is meant rather than what is said, someone who is fully present when the other person is speaking. I … Continue reading #BlogElul 8: Hear
#BlogElul 7: Choose
The abundance of choice is both the blessing and the curse of the self-employed life. When we are employees, we dream of being the masters of our own time; when we are answerable to no one but ourselves, we realise how hard that really is. As the great Jim Rohn said, what is easy to … Continue reading #BlogElul 7: Choose