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Facing the Holidays When You’ve Lost a Loved One

If you have recently lost a loved one with whom you would otherwise be sharing this holiday season, you might be finding yourself wanting to burrow under your covers with a box of tissues until the holidays have passed. If this sounds like you, it’s time for some T.L.C. I don’t believe we should ever […]

More About Carrying Your Grief Through the Holidays

Last week’s article, “Facing The Holidays When You Have Lost a Loved One” seems to have struck a nerve. So, I’d like to go more deeply into this topic this week. While grief is an exquisitely private matter, in order to move on, most of us need someone to bear witness to our truth in […]

The Distinction Between Observation and Judgment

We observe something when we become aware of it. We acknowledge “this is so.” We judge when we form an opinion, as in “I think this about that.” Observation is a neutral act of taking in information upon which we base our responses. Judgment involves rendering an opinion regarding the relative value or merit of […]

How To Give Gifts With A Smile

“He gives little who gives with a frown; he gives much who gives little with a smile.” –The Talmud Coming out of the holiday season, I’ve heard many stories from friends and clients about giving and receiving gifts. One significant lesson I learned is the importance of taking personal responsibility for your own happiness — […]

Are You Living In Your Own World?

Each one of us is the star, producer, director and audience of our very own feature film in the theater of our mind. It’s like living in our own parallel universe. There is the “real world” — within which we all exist and interact with one another — and then, within each of us, there […]

A Spiritual Perspective On Greed

“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?” — Rabbi Hillel “The problem which divides people today is not a political problem; it is a social one. It is a matter of knowing which will […]

Why End-Of-Life Planning Is Such A Good Idea

The fact that most people do not even know what end-of-life planning involves is both sad and the source of an enormous amount of stress and distress for many families. We have all heard horror stories about families fighting over a loved one’s will or struggling over what medical treatment choices to make on their […]