Last week I learned about Guru Purnima. As it was explained to me it is a very auspicious day in Indian culture and occurs each year on the full moon in the Hindu month of Ashadha (June-July). Gurus are the teachers in our lives. They are our sources of learning, wisdom and inspiration. Indians believe […]
How To Stay Positive When The World Seems So Scary
I’m a generally positive person. I’m the person people call when they’ve lost their job, broken up with their guy or generally need a positive perspective to an otherwise challenging situation. I’m the one who chose JOY as her word for 2017. I can see humor in almost everything. It’s a trait I inherited from my […]
Why I’m Choosing Joy As My Word For 2017 When The World Is Such A Mess
My father loved to take us on picnics when we were kids. He would pile us into the car with a cooler full of hot dogs and hamburgers, a portable charcoal grill, and a transitor radio and drive east of Queens to Sunken Meadow Park for a barbecue. For my mother it was work but […]
The Personal Branding Lessons Hillary Clinton Gave Women
Most days since Election Day it feels like it did after my father died. I would go about my daily life and temporarily forget this awful event had occurred. Then something would trigger an overwhelming wave of nausea that reminded me that my life had taken an unexpected turn and there was no going […]
What Learning To Dance Taught Me About Life
The day my parents agreed to sign me up for ballet and tap lessons I was ecstatic. I had read books about dancers and watched them on television, dreaming of what it would be like to put on a leotard and float across the floor. Now I was going to learn how to be […]
What Happened When I Rediscovered The Library
One of my cousins likes to remind me of the summer I went to spend a week with them at Bud Lake and I brought with me a copy of Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. Most kids at that age made sure not to forget their sneakers and bathing suits. Even though I knew I […]
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