Imagine being trapped under water for 15-30 minutes. Picture a shadowy creature with metal protrusions in the form of tin crowns, spiking off its seven heads. Consider picking up a paintbrush, never having had a lesson in your life, and watching as strange, powerful and mythical brush strokes flow from your hands as if someone…
[For those who may have missed the news that I was the invited guest blogger on Katie Couric's new ABC talk show yesterday, below is a reposting of the blog that appears on KatieCouric.com. The follow-up post to the show yesterday will appear later this week. A special shout out to the incredible women at...
We all have things that we are afraid of when we’re young. Some of our fears disappear as we grow older, when we analyze with a more mature and rational mind, that in fact the size of our monsters could not realistically fit under our beds or hide in our closets. Some monsters, however, are…
I’m happy to share this week’s blog for Working Mother Magazine! (aka Spiritually S-E-X-Y pt. 10) Be Sexy Quietly . . . or else
Each Wednesday you can find a new post from a fresh, different, and pretty out there blog series about what is sexy, spiritual, or spiritually sexy. Last week’s post kicked off the new series and this week’s is available here. As always, I invite you to leave a comment here, there and anywhere you wish….
I wrote two blog pieces in August, shortly before and immediately after the passing of my beloved Grandfather, Calvin J. Goodman. Rarely a day has gone by since then that I have not thought of Grandpa and in my inimitable fashion, I often ask for a sign so I know he is with me. Today…
For those of you who don’t know, the Jewish High Holy Days begin with Rosh Hashana (the New Year) and end with Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). During this ten day stretch, those who observe go through a period of deep introspection, evaluate the choices and actions we’ve made over the course of the…
Five and a half years ago I cried, sang & officiated at my Grandmother, Florence Goodman’s funeral. And this weekend, on a cloudless, magnificent day in Southern California, I cried, sang & co-officiated with Rabbi Saul Strosberg from Nashville, for her partner of sixty-five years… my beloved Grandfather, Calvin Goodman. Goodness, Truth & Beauty is…
His is not a name many of you know, but Calvin Goodman is a beautiful, courageous and accomplished man. In my life, in my family, he’s more famous than Sinatra, more brilliant than Einstein and much cuter than Bieber. At least for now, Calvin Goodman is my Grandfather, still. And even though he’s going to…
The irony isn’t lost on me that among the many lanes I pursue to earn a living — writer, cantor, past life regressionist, spiritual counselor — I count officiating weddings as one of the most joyful and fun in the bunch. I can’t help it… I love marrying people. You could say I’m the marrying…