This is a personal story about how I wrote my first book and a behind the scenes look at my struggle with insecurity, anxiety and stress that was very much a part of this journey. I am a mindfulness coach. I coach individuals and groups how to access their best self using mindfulness techniques. In… Read More
One of us is a Jewish professional from New York and the other, a lay leader from Melbourne. We are both Schusterman Fellows and over the course of two intense weeks we forged a connection that highlights the potential of international collaboration in Jewish innovation. To be sure, we are at the beginning of exploring… Read More
I'm at a party. I only know the host. I decide to start to chat to a boy there. He's friendly and we talk for a while. When it's time for me to leave, I bid goodbye to him and I give my friend and her mother a quick hug and turn to leave, when… Read More
Six splashes (some say eight), alternating, side to side. The vessel passes from hand to hand: right, left, right.
By the end of this article, I will have convinced you that this is the best article you’ve ever read. You’re gonna give me the biggest clap. It’s gonna be huge. You will all be absolutely convinced that I’m the best. Me. Read More
They rush to drop children at childcare at 7:30am, then ignore their baby’s tears as they speed away to find a carparking spot at the station, so they’ll be at their desk on time. Read More
His afternoon bus approaches…. I can see him through the window; he’s rocking backwards and forwards… he’s biting his left hand angrily… something is upsetting his balance. I slide open the door of the mini bus and he’s looking at me, talking with his eyes. I undo his seat belt and he’s angry … I… Read More
I like scoring comedy gigs, particularly unexpectedly. Last minute in Amsterdam via facebook I get this gig with a whole crowd of other international comedians at The Comedy Café. I’m in Amsterdam as part of an 8 week comedy research tour. The gig is down town, about 7 km’s away from the hotel I’m staying… Read More
If you would have told me a month ago, I’d be moving to the Outback to live and work, I never would have believed you. But here I am, booking a one-way ticket to Alice Springs, packing up my corporate life and preparing to go bush. While I reserve my accommodation, a local hostel in Alice… Read More
I learn you again, after long separation. Time, space — matrices that germinate knowing. My loss becomes gain after patient gestation. Home study – is it work, or vacation? Unwanted confinement, or respite from going? You reclaim me after long separation . Since your bar mitzvah I’ve been a way-station, A hot meal bolted, a quick… Read More
My shock diagnosis of bowel cancer got me thinking about the language around cancer. It really annoyed me. It is all-pervasive — ‘she has cancer’, ‘he has cancer’, as opposed to being contained and specific, for example, she has a cancer in her breast, he has a cancer in his prostate. Saying a person has… Read More
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