Burnt Out? Practical Tips to Reignite Your Spark: Interview with Mom Empowerment Coach Jodi Fried
[Know a Jewish Mom who is helping other moms to THRIVE whom I should interview? Please Email me at chanajennyw@gmail.com] In this inspiring and personal interview, Jodi Fried talks about the importance of reconnecting with our hobbies and passions. Don’t miss the incredible God’s love meditation (starting at 11:20)! You can contact her at http://loveadventuremom.com/vision/ to […]
Read MoreThe Holy Rebbetzin with ALS by Rabbi Fischel Schachter
I’ve been having one of those days…Which reminded me of this story I heard a few months ago, about the infathomable blessings hiding within those moments when everything seems to be going wrong.
Read MoreYou Must Have 9 Kids to Qualify
From my 3rd birth on, I would go straight with my newborn babies from the hospital to Beit Hachlama, the Recovery Home, a kind of hotel where postpartum women go to sleep a lot and share their birth stories over and over and eat lots of fantastic food (especially cheesecake) so they’ll return home stronger […]
Read MoreWe Are Not Raising Frum Children by Mrs. Yehudis Wolvovsky
Mrs. Yehudis Wolvovsky, shlucha to Glastonbury, CT and mother of a beautiful brood ka”h, reflects on the twists and turns her perspective on chinuch has taken over the years. Reposted from Anash.org I used to think that raising children was a simple equation. I would put in the work, teach the values and they would […]
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My Out-of-the-Box Kids
As an Orthodox mom of out-of-the-box kids living in a fairly cookie-cutter neighborhood, it’s easy for me to look around at my neighbors with their in-the-box kids and feel like I am failing as a frum mom. So when I heard this quotation from Superbowl-winning NFL coach Pete Carroll about the drawbacks of a pressured […]
Read MoreWhat a Wife Says, What a Husband Hears
[I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray and thought this phrase dictionary of what women say and what men hear was right on!] “We never go out” translated into Martian (the language of men) means “I feel like going out and doing something together. […]
Read MoreThe Gift my Daughter Received
My daughter finished a course this week, and during the final class the instructor handed each student a gift: a word on a piece of paper that, she felt, captured the student’s essence. One student received the word: “Adventure.” Another: “Listening.” Another: “Dancing.” And my daughter? She received the word: Home. The teacher explained that […]
Read MoreThis Week’s Interview: Dream Healing: A Kislev Journey with Chaya Lester
In this week’s interview, psychotherapist and inspirational speaker Chaya Lester provides an introduction to Jewish Dreamwork: how, in accordance with the Jewish tradition, our dreams can guide and heal us. Starting this Tuesday, you can join Chaya’s 3-part course to learn and practice Kabbalah-based dreaming techniques that will generate healing, strength and light as we […]
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