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7 Spiritual Tips to Maintain Your Sanity When The News Is Challenging

7 spiritual tips for coping with the news cycle. The USA’s current crises create an emotional rollercoaster and no matter what happens with Mueller, this “thrill ride” is not ending anytime soon.

Chanukah 2018: 8th Night is About JOY

Tonight we light the 8th and final candle of Chanukah this year. The question tonight is: What are 8 things that bring you joy. Joy is the deep experience of happiness. It could be a moment of wonder (watching a grandchild grow and change every day) or a friend with whom you feel glee, or …

Remembering What is Important

If there is anything the events of the past few months have taught us, it is that every day is a precious gift. We never know what is around the corner – pain or joy or both. How do we remember what is important? Many of us are bone-tired, whether from the endless political battles, …

Spiritual Friendship

This time calls for our best – and some days we may have a hard time remembering what that looks or feels like. Good friends help us remember who we are. I’m not sure who said this, but I love it…

What’s Your Wisdom?

Every person writes a Torah with their life. It’s a personal collection of wisdom gathered from our experiences and stories. The great Hasidic master Sfat Emet says it like this…

It’s Time to Fly

It seems that since I’ve been an adult, I’ve often been the one who leaves — moving from my childhood home in Illinois to college and graduate school in Indiana and Massachusetts, then off to Berkeley with my husband Ely to pursue his degrees and begin a family and then up to Seattle, where we …