Do You Feel the Push to Repair Even a Small Bit of the World?

If you want to affect change in the world, start changing yourself.

For the last three months I worked with 12 aspiring authors who wanted to write and publish books that would inspire readers to create change in their lives, in organizations or in the world. All of them felt it was their soul purpose to “author change.” In the publishing industry, we definitely feel books can [...]

9-11: The Need and Ability to be Heard

Terrorists need to be heard, but there are better ways to get noticed.

September 11 came and went fairly quietly–at least at my home. Yet, I was aware of what day it was and what the date commemorated. For others, I know it was noisy–in their hearts and heads. And, of course, there were memorial services. I often think about the souls that left this earth on 9-11, [...]

What’s Your Circle of Influence and Are You Using It?

During her last show, Oprah Winfrey’s said, “Each one of you has a platform, your circle of influence.” I wondered how many people heard that and took it to heart. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, you can create change in the world. You can teach your children, influence your neighbors, [...]

Are You a Writer and a Change Agent?

Many people feel passionate about creating change in the world. They can do so in a variety of ways. However, many of them write books. I know something about this since I am a writer and a professional editor and author advisor. I have dreams and aspirations of writing books that change people’s live. I [...]

Help Save Lives by Putting an End to Teen Bullying

Today I’m writing about something that will read a bit like a news story. Yet, this subject hits close to home for me. We continue to read about youth suicides driven by horrific homophobic bullying. As a parent whose two children have both been scarred by the death of friends by suicide and of a [...]

Change the World by Expressing Love

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I write a national column about Jewish issues for Examiner.com. Every once in a while I hit on a topic that brings the hate mongers out. These are people who have nothing nice to say about Jews in particular and whose day becomes brighter when they can leave a really nasty comment somewhere. I used [...]

A Kabbalistic Approach to Becoming a Change Agent in 2010

With the Blue Moon rising, tonight we ring in not only the New Year, but a whole new decade. And we do so at amidst a time of change. We’ve seen climate weather, world economic changes and political and government leadership changes. In spiritual, mystical and metaphysical circles, everyone is talking about and predicting change, [...]

Heal the Earth this Saturday

Just a short post today to make note of a special event in which all change agents might want to participate–Jewish or not: Climate Healing Shabbat and International Day of Climate Action. On October 24, Jews all over the world read Parshat Noah, the the biblical story of Noah, the flood, the ark, and the [...]

May We All Create A Sukkah of Peace

As the sun sets, marking the beginning of Shabbat, a day known for “shalom,” peace, I think it’s fitting that President Barak Obama today should have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Not only was this morning the time when Jews in the U.S. were preparing for Shabbat and 25 hours of peace but they [...]

One Love, One Heart…One God…Feel It and Change the World

It’s been a while since I posted anything about change, but today this video below arrived in my email box not once but twice, and I saw it on Facebook. So, I watched it not once but twice. People around the world are singing about one love, one heart…one God…in an effort to create change [...]