“What If” Thinking – Don’t Do It
If you want to practice mindfulness, one of the worst things you can do is engage in “what if” thinking.
The Backstory: RENEW
Last month, the weight of the pandemic felt personally unbearable. A go-to strategy to relieve despair and renew my own spirit is to reach out to see if perhaps others can relate. I hopped onto Twitter with this simple question: “What is one word you’d use to describe your emotional state right now? Mine is …
Two Spiritual Approaches to COVID-19
Whoever you are, wherever you are, you are affected by the current pandemic of COVID-19 coronavirus. I want to offer a few spiritual approaches and insights that I hope are helpful or comforting, no matter your spiritual tradition. Whether you are worried about your elderly parents or your chronically ill child. Some of you live …
Are You Ready To Take A Breath?
Stop right now. Put your hand on your heart and take a breath. What a time we are in. There is so much free-floating anxiety and fear. Trust in institutions is shattered. It is not only the political climate. There is the fear of out-of-control climate change and the coronavirus. Truth itself is questioned. We …
Never Again is Now
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated on this day, January 27, in 1945. Today, the world remembers that 17 million souls, including one-third of the global population of Jews, were murdered in the genocide of the Nazi regime. How is it possible that such atrocities were committed? First, the Nazis began by portraying Jews and other …
The Present is the Present: Free Webinar with Rabbi Jill Zimmerman
I hope you will join me for this soul-filled one hour webinar on Thursday June 15, 2017. I would love to share with you what I’ve learned about how to integrate simple & powerful spiritual practices into each day, no matter the circumstances. Whether you are thrown by the relentlessness of “breaking news” or dealing with …
Add Gratitude to Your Spiritual Toolkit
Part of the immense stress many of us are experiencing right now is the weariness of being on high alert much of the time. Each new day brings more alarming news: Jewish Community Centers evacuated because of bomb threats, Jewish cemeteries vandalized, swastikas on the New York subways and the walls of local schools, and …
