If you asked me two years ago if I was good with people, my answer would have been a shaky it depends. Ask anyone I have ever worked with I am good with people and[…]
Category: Life lessons
Lockdown observation: on creating boundaries
Jobs are not who we are. Our friends, families and partners are not who we are. Over the last ten years I have, unintentionally, tied my identity to do the jobs I had. My identity[…]
Becoming Michelle, again
So I have just started a new job at a new company as some of you who follow me on certain social media shores might know. It’s all very exciting, meeting new people, learning new[…]
To the new dawn: living with unbridled hope
We haven’t been thinking about the birth of a new dawn for a while. In the last 18 months we haven’t really allowed ourselves thoughts of hope let alone thoughts about a new dawn or[…]
Lockdown observation: how do we extend grace in this period?
I’ve been thinking about grace a lot and the ways in which we give and receive grace. How we make sure that in our dealings with people every day we are extending more grace than[…]
Things we lost in the pandemic
How many times have you heard the phrase “we’re living through a pandemic” recently? And how many times have you been told to “be kind to yourself”? Indeed it is painfully true that we are[…]
My neshama: does one’s spirit diminish with every disappointment?
On a rainy night, after sleep had eluded me for the third night in a row, I picked up a book I have been putting off reading for a while and learned of the Hebrew[…]
Lockdown Observations: On a balcony we shared our lives
There is a tweet going around on Instagram (typical) about how we engage friendship in this period of lockdowns and social distancing. The gist of it is that in this period you should really reach[…]
2019 and the cities that taught me powerful lessons
As the year draws to a close, I thought I put down some thoughts. I often think at this time of year about the most important things I learned and the impact the last 12[…]
Why we live in the Maybe Moments
What is cause without effect? When we give ourselves entirely to hope it creates room for trust. Trust is how we build our knowledge of the world, it gives us the opportunity to expand, within[…]