I was quoted in a great list of 20 ways to stay happy: Learn to scan your memory bank for your strengths, talents, passions, interests, practical coping skills, and earlier potential — whether it’s actualized or not. Scanning this memory bank and gleaning material that can be used to reinvent yourself to be happier is […]
Recipe for Happiness-Dreaming of Department Stores
Dreaming of Department Stores by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein I would like to share a childhood dream of my own that came true, and how it sparked many wonderful enchanted memories! A few years agp we took a short vacation break that included three nights in London. But where to stay? My husband mentioned […]
What is THE TRUTH?
I was with my two grandchildren and the four year old girl was singing a song. Her brother, age 6, said to her, "Stop singing that song!" She said, of course, "No, I want to sing this song." He said, "It’s not real. You made it up." She said, "It is real, I made it […]
The Truth (I am 10, I am Smart and I know everything)”
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein discuss her book "The Truth (I am 10, I am Smart and I know everything)" Click on the link below to subscribe using itunes. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=256710912 Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share this on sphinn Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe […]
Nancy Drew and YOU and THE TRUTH by Barbara Becker Holstein
If you are at all like many girls and women in the United States, Nancy Drew served as an important figure in your life at one time or another. For me, she was VERY important when I was nine, ten, and even eleven. I would wait with high anticipation if I knew my mother was […]
Nancy Drew movie coming soon-June 15th!
Nancy Drew is a great gal. She is pretty and smart and she knows exactly what she is doing. She has a boyfriend but she never lets him boss her around. She wears pretty clothes but is not a show off. She is too busy solving MYSTERIES! What a great way to live as a […]
Giving Names to Our Happy Times
Rabbi Pliskin in one of his messages suggests giving names to our positive states of being so we can remember them more easily later. I think this is a great idea. In fact, that is the main reason that I came up with the title, THE ENCHANTED SELF, so women would begin to recognize when […]
The Flavors of Our Lives and How It Pertains to Our Personal Truth
I was leading a discussion with a group of women. The topic was my new book, THE TRUTH, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything. I was reading excerpts to the ladies and the topic of the Flavors of Our Lives came up. The woman who brought it up put it this way: the […]