When you perceive a threat to your wellbeing, fear becomes your primary emotion. In response, your perspective narrows, and you only see the threat causing you to feel afraid. That makes it challenging to act boldly or to perceive your options for avoiding danger. Your challenge lies in reducing your level of fear—even a little—so […]
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Death always waits nearby. Yet, we tend to feel its presence only if our lives or the lives of people we know and love are threatened by it. Then we face our own mortality. For the last few months, people all over the world have been reminded daily that death could decide to make an
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Every year, when the Jewish holiday of Passover rolls around, I think about the places in my life where I feel stuck. I consider how to move through these places to freedom. This year is no different. What is different, though, is the number of people who feel unable to move forward due to the
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Despite the constant news reports about increasing numbers of coronavirus deaths, we have the opportunity now to prepare for a post-pandemic rebirth. Indeed, the members of humanity are cocooned and preparing for transformation. We have all been asked to wrap ourselves in the safety of our homes. During this time of social distancing, we each
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We are living in an unprecedented time when people all over the world feel forced to deal with an invisible threat—the Covid-19 virus. This raises many questions, such as, Why is this happening? Is God punishing humanity? What will the future hold? and How can I survive this? Indeed, the pandemic makes us ask the
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It seems like all anyone can talk about is the Covid-19 pandemic. I agree it’s worth talking about (and hard not to discuss). Still, most conversations tend to revolve only around fear of getting sick, sheltering in place, overcrowded hospitals, closings of all sorts, and lack of toilet paper. I’d like to propose a new
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The coronavirus pandemic is understandably causing panic in many people. Yet, fear doesn’t help anything. So how can you remain calm—and healthy—and help others in the process? How can you be a positive emotional contagion that helps not only yourself but others feel better about the global situation? Buying six months’ worth of toilet paper,
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Our culture values work. When you meet someone new, they almost always ask, “What do you “do” (for work)?” The conversation might then move to whether work is going well. If you are like most, you respond with an indication of how much time you spend working. “It keeps me busy,” you might reply. Or,
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A friend of mine gave me a book about rituals. It provided a super reminder about the importance of these sacred actions. Yet, most of us don’t feel we have the time for even the smallest of rituals. Our lives have become too filled to light a candle, say a prayer, or set an intention.
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Fear. It’s not something you want to encounter regularly. After all, it’s uncomfortable to feel afraid. Yet, dancing around your fear doesn’t help you overcome it. I was reminded of this recently when I saw my son perform in Iphigenie auf Tauris, a beautiful ballet choreographed by Pina Bausch. In the second act, the dancers
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Sometimes, I don’t speak up. And if I do speak, I’m not 100 percent honest about what I feel, think, need, or want because I’m afraid my words will not be well received and, therefore, the person to whom I’m speaking may not react well. In the past, there were times when I spoke my
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There’s a simple reason why it feels so darn hard to manifest what you want. You don’t actually know what you want, and your lack of clarity causes you to send confusing messages to the Universe. As a result, the Universe doesn’t know what you want and sends nothing—or a lot of things you don’t
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