Dear Readers, Finally! I have been able to access my blog again. I’m so glad to be back. I’m sharing with you some of my last e-mail newsletter as many of you many not know that I am a Positive Psychologist, focusing on women. My mission is to educate women in the ways of the […]
Author Archives: Barbara Holstein
You Can Always Add a Blessing to Someone’s Life
Once a poor man was refreshed by a wonderful tree. He was hungry and ate a juicy apple from the tree. Now he was tired and the tree helped keep him cool as he slept. When he woke up, he spoke to the tree. "I want to repay you in some way for helping me. […]
Blessings from Felicia Weinberg
Enjoy life both in your dreams and in actuality. May you look at the world with new eyes each day and find possible adventure around every corner you approach. May you choose to follow those adventures on a daily basis, even if they are only the adventures of your mind, enjoyed from the safety of […]
How to Go Away to Come Back
First: Promise yourself to leave at least once a day. Second: Find three to five minutes for your personal escape. Third: Escape, replenish or refresh yourself and come back. Ideas for Going Away: Walk outside and look around at the sky, the flowers, and passersby. Take three deep breaths and remind yourself about one special […]
Recipe for Enchantment
One way to bring Enchantment into One’s Life is to Help Others … Here is a simple recipe: Take some time over the next month or two to visit a sick friend, relative or stranger. Perhaps there is even a neighbor down the street who could benefit from some company. If you don’t know who […]
Relishing Enchanted Moments
That is a great question. I think you are talking about those special times in our lives when we feel so alive and filled with a real feeling of personal well-being. They are the times that we really don’t want to end. I often call them ‘Enchanted Moments. ‘We can’t ever have enough of them. […]
Adventuring–We All Need to Do it!
That is a very good question! Even in times when we are being encouraged to be more careful there is a part of each of ourselves that needs adventure and daring. I certainly know I have that part of me. It craved travel when I was young and nagged at me until I went to […]
Story – Was she an angel?
Many years ago, Annie’s* great uncle, a furrier in the lower East Side of New York, was busy helping customers in his shop. The end of the day was coming quickly. Although eager for business, he was also eager to close his store, lock up and make his way through the crowds to his train. […]