Getting Married: 3 Tips for Wedding Day Bliss
January 7, 2011
By Daphne Oz
About a year ago, I had the rare pleasure of being flung from an airplane 14,000 feet above the Miami shoreline. I had the opportunity to go skydiving while at a conference. And figuring it is the kind of thing that only happens when a million uncoordinated circumstances collide to create the perfect climate for such an insane decision to be made, I jumped. Of course, I was spider-monkey strapped to my (mercifully) highly qualified… Read More >
Glad During The Holdays: No Matter What!
November 25, 2010
By Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy
The holidays are full of pressures to be glad even if you don’t feel that way. People talk about “holiday cheer,” “finding the silver lining,” “looking on the bright side,” all of which are fine when we feel those things, but can actually add to feelings of loneliness and depression when we don’t. There is also a certain kind of “holiday tyranny” where we are encouraged to hide how we’re actually feeling, for the “sake… Read More >
Do We Know How to Listen?
April 23, 2010
By Elena Brower
The cast at Passover Seder included my dad, mom, brother-in-law, sister and nephew, my son, and my slowly-becoming-best-friend/soon-to-be-ex-husband. As the kids chased one another around the house, my mom began piling up the dishes and my sister provided her usual comedic commentary. Six months ago I’d have found some reason to be fuming mad (I would’ve found something). But in the graceful vulnerability I’ve finally begun welcoming, I found all of it to be observable,… Read More >
