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What's the deal with Judaism and blue?
Have you noticed that when stores want to indicate that a product is "Jewish," they'll often feature a blue color theme? And that the...

Elisheva Liss
May 12 min read
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Keeping People's Secrets
The story I'm about to share is over 30 years old, but I still think about it frequently. When I was in middle school, I had a friend who...

Elisheva Liss
Apr 304 min read
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When there are no words for the pain
Sometimes, when I'm talking with a client or a friend about something traumatic they've experienced, especially loss, they end up sharing...

Elisheva Liss
Apr 253 min read
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Does Pesach mess with your Sefira?
For many years, I had a little issue with the Omer. We'd always been taught that the seven weeks of counting from the holidays of Pesach...

Elisheva Liss
Apr 82 min read
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They made a huge mistake
There’s a great motivational quote, attributed to Nelson Mandela: “I never lose, I either win, or I learn.” That’s an empowering way to...

Elisheva Liss
Mar 123 min read
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Moving Forward and Moving Up
Originally written: April 26th, 2017 "Good luck movin' up cuz I'm movin' out!" You might recognize that line from the chorus of a Billy...

Elisheva Liss
Mar 66 min read
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Is this phony or helpful?
This was originally published as a schmoozeletter email in 2021: Someone recently shared an interesting thought with me. She was saying...

Elisheva Liss
Feb 264 min read
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When the easy stuff is hard
This was originally written in 2022, as a schmoozeletter subscriber email Yesterday, my kids asked to go for Slurpees. My car needed gas,...

Elisheva Liss
Feb 233 min read
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Why I hit my ceiling (literally:)
This post was originally a schmoozeletter email from 2022 There's this odd thing I do sometimes when I'm walking down the steps in my...

Elisheva Liss
Feb 63 min read
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Kriyas Yam Suf: A Symbolic Dialectic
You know that dream, where you’re being chased by Something Bad, and running for your life, and then just as you encounter a dead end or...

Elisheva Liss
Feb 56 min read
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Crying in Target
*This was originally written as a schmoozeletter email, in January of 2022. I realized that I haven't written in this light-hearted tone...

Elisheva Liss
Jan 303 min read
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Death as inspiration for life
I remember someone once telling me that someone she loved died on 9/11/2001, but not in the terrorist attacks of 9/11- it was a heart...

Elisheva Liss
Jan 92 min read
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"What is even the point?"
*Some of this is adapted from a schmoozeletter email from 2021 Have you been feeling especially down for the last 420 days? For many...

Elisheva Liss
Nov 29, 20244 min read
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Personal words, cut from my heart
Sometimes it feels like a balancing act trying to determine how much to share personally in public writing and speaking spaces. We all...

Elisheva Liss
Sep 26, 20246 min read
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Does this confuse you too?
*This was originally written in 2021 Do you ever find yourself getting confused by contradictory wisdom? Like, sayings that are quoted...

Elisheva Liss
Sep 25, 20243 min read
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Holy Love Songs
In this week's Torah portion we read what is often considered the last formal commandment: "Now write for yourself, this song." What...

Elisheva Liss
Sep 25, 20242 min read
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"I want to go home"
*This was originally written in 2022 When my now adult daughter was a tiny, adorable preschooler ( which btw was about 10 minutes ago...

Elisheva Liss
Sep 25, 20243 min read
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Me and my big mouth
*This was originally published as a schmoozeletter email in 2022 Decades ago when I was in high school, we had a school-wide assembly...

Elisheva Liss
Sep 19, 20243 min read
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Why do people hurt themselves?
One of the most scary symptoms faced by the loved ones of some who suffer from psychological distress is the phenomenon of self-harming...

Elisheva Liss
Aug 29, 20243 min read
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What if they never loved each other?
What if we never had that “honeymoon phase” of being in love? A common refrain from many couples therapy clients from certain backgrounds...

Elisheva Liss
Aug 13, 20243 min read
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