This post was originally published as a subscriber "schmoozeletter email" in 2022 There's a debate that sometimes comes up between...

Today is my husband’s 53rd birthday. 53 is not usually a significant number (although it is for him, because he loves when his age is...

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...

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...

Sometimes, when I'm talking with a client or a friend about something traumatic they've experienced, especially loss, they end up sharing...

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...

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...

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...

This was originally published as a schmoozeletter email in 2021: Someone recently shared an interesting thought with me. She was saying...

This was originally written in 2022, as a schmoozeletter subscriber email Yesterday, my kids asked to go for Slurpees. My car needed gas,...

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...

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...

*This was originally written as a schmoozeletter email, in January of 2022. I realized that I haven't written in this light-hearted tone...

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...

*Some of this is adapted from a schmoozeletter email from 2021 Have you been feeling especially down for the last 420 days? For many...

Sometimes it feels like a balancing act trying to determine how much to share personally in public writing and speaking spaces. We all...

*This was originally written in 2021 Do you ever find yourself getting confused by contradictory wisdom? Like, sayings that are quoted...

In this week's Torah portion we read what is often considered the last formal commandment: "Now write for yourself, this song." What...

*This was originally written in 2022 When my now adult daughter was a tiny, adorable preschooler ( which btw was   about 10 minutes ago...

*This was originally published as a schmoozeletter email in 2022 Decades ago when I was in high school, we had a school-wide assembly...