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So many of us want to change something about ourselves, but don’t do it. We know WHAT to do, but we just can’t seem to DO it. Here are four simple steps to creating real change in your life and a practical example of how to do it. The 4 steps are as follows: Awareness …
We just returned from a wonderful Spring Break trip with family and friends. Well it wasn’t all wonderful. Sometimes it was downright exhausting and painful. Put three strong-willed teenage sibling girls together for a week, lots of walking, long car rides, and cramped sleeping arrangements and you set the stage for some not so great …
What is hate? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, hate is “an intense hostility or aversion deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury. Extreme dislike or disgust. To have a strong aversion to: find very distasteful.” Is there anyone in your life you can think of who gives rise to these emotions? Maybe a public …
When my oldest child was a toddler, I remember taking her to our first mommy and me class. I was excited to get out of the house, have her socialize with other kids and to meet other moms. Only it didn’t quite go as planned. When I got there, the other moms all seemed to …
Most people think that happiness is something that you get to feel when something good happens in your life. You buy the new outfit or car or dream house. You get the job or grade you wanted. You go on the vacation. Someone does something or says something kind. You make every green light. You …
Yesterday I discussed feelings and how they drive all of our actions and desires. Everything we do or don’t do in life is because of how we think we’ll feel by doing it. We go through our days with so many different emotions, but most of us don’t actually know how to feel them. We …
Feelings are one of those things that people either seem to be very in tune with or very distanced from. For those of you who are not in touch with your feelings or just don’t care, I promise you, this is really important stuff, so you’ll want to pay attention. Feelings are the reason we …
It was our first holiday in two years celebrating with extended family and friends. We had plans outside our house for the first night of Passover and we hosted the second night seder at our home. I spent days planning and preparing. But unfortunately I couldn’t plan for everything. I certainly couldn’t plan for a …
I made a mistake with my child today. I’m sure I’ve made countless mistakes in my parenting journey, but this one stands out because it underscores a tool that I learned that has changed my life in such a powerful way. It also reminded me how much more I love my parenting today than in …
In the last post, I discussed the concept of “emotional childhood”, where we attribute our emotions to external circumstances. This is the place where most of us live the majority of the time, giving our power over to the world around us and letting our emotions be dependent on factors outside of our control. The …