Loving a Pet is One of Life’s Greatest Treasures

If you don’t have a pet in your life, it’s sometimes difficult to understand how close people can become to their animals. The death of a pet often feels like the death of a family member. Last week, we lost our dog of 15 years. Her name was Keina. Keina came from our pediatrician who […]

Why the Passover Should Matter to You

Passover began this week. Since it’s such an important holiday for the Jewish people, I wanted to share a little bit about what Passover is and how it relates to freedom. Passover is an important Jewish festival. It commemorates the Jewish exodus from Egypt and the Israelites’ emancipation from slavery. It is celebrated in the […]

Let’s Stop the Hate and Accept People for Who They Are

Since the time I was a child, I could never understand how someone could hate someone else just because of their religion or the color of their skin. Unfortunately, we are living in a time when hate is becoming even more prevalent. Honestly, I still don’t understand how it’s possible to hate someone because of […]

Never Forget That Age is Just a Number

The older I get, the more I realize age is just a number. This week, I turned 51. But for the last couple of months, I’ve been saying that I’m turning 52. It’s funny how that works. The older I get, the less my age matters to me. When I was younger, it was all […]

Ten Ways to Find Inspiration in Everyday Life

As a mother of six, a motivational speaker, and a believer in being the good in the world, I am constantly searching for inspiration in my daily life. Whether it’s in the small moments of joy with my children, the beauty of nature, or the kindness of strangers, I believe that inspiration is all around […]

Why Do We Follow Life’s Unwritten Rules

Every society has unwritten rules that they live by. I bet that if you were to ask people, no one knows where these unwritten rules came from. But we all know what they are and we all do our best to follow them. Here are just a few of the unwritten rules people follow. Step […]

In All That You Do, Be True to You

In today’s world, it’s not always easy to be true to yourself. Most of us need a little help remembering. That’s why I often repeat the following affirmation. “Today, I will discover my journey and remain true to myself.” I really love this affirmation because discovering my journey and being true to myself are two […]

Happiness is a Choice You Make Every Single Day

In the Jewish religion, the month of Adar is considered the month of happiness. Adar is the sixth month of the Jewish calendar, and it usually falls in late winter or early spring. According to Jewish tradition, Adar is known as the month of happiness because it was the month the Jewish people were saved […]

Good Questions Lead to Great Conversations

In any conversation, the questions you ask matter. I recently presented at a board training in New Jersey. The night before the training, I attended an event where I had the opportunity to meet a lot of new people. With the exception of only one person, everyone’s first question to me was, “How are you?” […]

There’s No Such Thing as a Balanced Life

I have tried my entire life to live a more balanced life. But it never seems to happen. In my book, The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You, I wrote about a happily unbalanced life and striving to find balance in that happily unbalanced life. But the more time goes on and the demands on my time increase, […]