Practicing Celebration: Soul Sculpting Project: Week TWO 5 Minute Advent Celebration A war zone, year 2006: Israeli women find themselves living in conditions that are threatening and uncontrollable. How do they deal with the anxiety? Some of the women choose to recite Psalms. Those that recite frequently have lower anxiety levels. Sosis and Handwerker (2011…
Practicing Celebration Soul Sculpting Project : A 5 Minute Advent Celebration for Ages 2- 102+
Soul Sculpting Project : A 5 Minute Advent Celebration for Ages 2- 102+ I didn’t grow-up doing home Advent Services, perhaps you didn’t either. I experienced my first one many years ago with some friends and their 2 year-old daughter, Anna. It was simple. We lit candles, read, sang and prayed. The candles held Anna’s…
Soul Sculpting Project: Emotions: Two Tools for Taking Charge
Soul Sculpting Project: Emotions: Who’s in charge here, anyway? Who Done It? It’s late afternoon. You are driving home from a full day of meetings. The meetings generally went well, driving is easy today. You feel calm as you review the day. Then a slight unpleasant shift occurs. It begins in your digestive system. At…
Soul Sculpting Project: Put Some Awe in Your Day
Soul Sculpting Project: Put Some Awe in Your Day I had taken one step out of my front door into the night when I froze in awe. The Milky Way stretched from from horizon to zenith and beyond. A wing of the Milky Way, that I seldom notice, spread out distinctly. Every light in…
Soul Sculpting Project: The 5 Minute Rosh Hashanah Celebration
Practicing Celebration New Soul Sculpting Feature Soul Sculpting Project: The 5 Minute Rosh Hashanah Celebration In a few days I’ll put on my apron and spend some time creating a meal with round loaves, chicken and carrot tzimmes. I’ll find the best looking apple and put some honey in a glass dish. I’ll get out…
Soul Sculpting Project: A New Rhythm of Prayer Eat, Sleep, Pray: Creating a Circadian Day Part 3: Pray
Soul Sculpting Project: A New Rhythm of Prayer Eat, Sleep, Pray: Creating a Circadian Day: Part 3: Pray I did not grow-up with a daily rhythm of prayer. Did you? When I reached my mid-teens I began a daily prayer rhythm with a time in the morning and a time at night. Though I had…
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