Newsletter Archive

Hello reader, I’m a luddite and I know it. Y’all, I left instagram and took all social media off my phone in March 2020 and never looked back. As a result of my mindset, I’ve only recently played with ChatGPT. Why did I even go there?  A client was exploring the concept of Ikigai, and […]

Welcome back to the newsletter. It’s been two months since I last wrote, and I apologize for the delay. This apology comes with a gift; I’m hosting an online event called Mindfulness and the Balancing the Many Versions of Self this Tuesday May 14 from 7-8PM ET, sponsored by the YMCA. Please join if you’re able; register here.

I’ve been thinking about women for a while now. I’ve been a woman all my life. My coaching practice clientele is just over 50% women, and I’m now running several workshops, one of which is all women. So women are on my mind – and not just because it’s Women’s History Month. Being a woman used

Three of my four kids are in elementary school. I enjoyed that phase of life a lot, and as a curious (ok, nerdy) student who liked to do her work, it was a time in my life where I received a lot of praise. I loved that red pen, the hand drawn smiley faces, and

Well here we are. In the exact middle of winter. Bleh. Or yay, if you take advantage of this moment to snuggle in, rest, and repair, as Katherine May prescribes in her book Wintering. Many of us hit a bluesy patch right about now, and this year we’re enjoying a double whammy of seasonal affective

Cold and snow and ice can be a real pain in the tucchus. For parents with young kids, school is closed in more places around the US than EVER before. I grew up amongst a privileged set in the NY suburbs where parents whisked kids away to warm places for winter vacations because “we need a

I hope you enjoyed winter break. It took me a decade, but I finally figured out how to downshift with my family during the holidays. When my kids were 3, 3 and 2, people would say “I hope you were able to rest,” and I would rage (inside, quietly). But now I’ve figured it out and

Dear Reader, If your inbox is anything like mine, it’s been taken over by holiday sales. Yeack. I’m like exhausted from the pressure of it all. And so, I present to you a shopping free zone. I have nothing to sell in this newsletter, no discount countdowns, no pressure to buy. No pressure at all. In

 I want to thank those of you who’ve reached out over the last week and held me in your thoughts. My Jewishness is a part of my coaching toolbox, with references in my book, in the metaphors I use, and in some of the social traditions I draw from. I have found these resources and