Nina Amir's Thoughts on Human Potential, Personal Growth and Practical Spirituality
Bah humbug. Can a Jew say that? Is there a way to say it in Yiddish or Hebrew? Well, I don’t know of one, so I’ll stick with Bah humbug. I’ve been writing about getting in the mood for the holidays (see my recent news releases), and I can do that when it comes to [...]
This past Friday I found myself suffering from a migraine. Now, migraines have become a part of my life. Actually, they have been a part of my life since I was a teenager, but with the onset of perimenopause, they have become – unfortunately – almost a constant companion. I’ve been tracking them to prove [...]
When Matt Lauer went to Jerusalem and placed Meredith Vieira’s prayer in the Western Wall of the ancient temple, I wonder if he had the same experience I did when I was in Jerusalem this past summer. First of all, I had to stand in line and wait my turn to get to the wall, [...]
I’ve been working on a book about creating sacred space and inviting the Divine to dwell with it, and my focus on this subject every day increased my desire to practice what I preach in my own home. So, last weekend I announced that I wanted to create a sacred space in our spare room. [...]
I remember having several close girlfriends in high school and in college, but I preferred my male friends. They seemed simpler to deal with. They were less complicated. They were less catty. I could trust them. So, it isn’t surprising that when 13 years ago while living in Atlanta, GA, I was asked to join [...]
Here’s a blog of a different color from my others so far… I just returned from a “retreat” with 12 out of 14 women in my old women’s spiritual support group, a group we fondly call WOW, or Women of Wisdom. Since we stopped meeting regularly around 1996, we have met twice for a formal [...]
My car just came back from the shop. Despite an expensive amount of work done to it, I still hear the odd jingling noise coming from the left front tire when I drive down a bumpy road. I’ve been worried about this strange sound for weeks now, and the jingle actually prompted me to take [...]
This past Sunday, Erev Yom Kippur, the time prior to the beginning of the Day of Atonement (or At-One-Ment), I was in the yard cleaning up and cutting branches for our Sukkah and the Sukkah for my Jewish renewal group, Chadeish Yameinu. (A Sukkah is a temporary structure erected on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot). [...]
It’s Erev Shabbat, or Friday afternoon heading into Friday evening, just before the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath, which begins at sun down. I have no cleaning lady coming today. I have to leave to get my children at 2:30. I am still working at noon and there is no chance that I will get [...]
Creating Our New Year Consciously As I sat in the front row at Rosh Hashanah services yesterday, I realized I was watching my son create his future right before my eyes and the teary eyes of the rest of my Jewish renewal community, Chadeish Yameinu in Santa Cruz, CA. I watched with gritted teeth and [...]
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