Almost a week ago, I sat on the sidewalk in front of our Jewish Community Center with my Toastmaster's speech in one hand, and my scraped hand on the sidewalk trying to comprehend what just happened. I had fallen and slipped on an icy sidewalk. I sat in the rain for 60 seconds, trying to [...]
If you've been following my posts of late, then you know how much courage has become part of my life. And as a writer, I need constant doses of courage. I highly relate to the journey Destiny speaks of - read on to learn a unique and different perspective of courage. The Courage to Write [...]
"Imagination is its own form of courage." -Frank Underwood, House of Cards Your "courage muscle" as I like to call it, develops and strengthens each time you are put in a challenging situation. if you're in the business of leadership, either for your own professional growth or for a company, consider how imagination helps develop [...]
When it comes to changing any parts of your life, many top notch leaders and entrepreneurs are suggesting that with a leap of faith comes with that unwarranted: "Just Do It Scared." Nike of course, started this phenomenon with its well-known logo and branding, "Just Do It" and then somewhere along the time, the [...]
In 2000, I was living with my boyfriend, the son of Uzi Keren, who was the advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister on rural affairs. I claimed my home on picturesque Kibbutz Ein-Gev situated on the banks of the Sea of Galilee in the North of Israel - a place that quickly became my own [...]
Yesterday, I attended a wonderful writing conference at Chatham University here in Pittsburgh called Connections and Conversations. When I attended the conference last year, I was a writer trying to figure out the gist of my memoir Accidental Soldier. Now that my memoir is scheduled to be published in June 2016, I am now officially, [...]
Each day as I build my business, I'm constantly making decisions that take me out of my comfort zone. You learn things as you go in less-than-perfect conditions. You feel inadequate, afraid, insecure. There's no guarantee you'll succeed and that can feel scary. Courage is a mindset that when nurtured earlier in life, allows you [...]
By the time I was inducted in the Israel Defense Forces on February 12, 1991, I was already making space for "something new," -- learning to coexist with an Israel culture as an American, and yet, I was running on "something borrowed" which turned out to be stale girlhood energy from years past. I'm a [...]
Learning other entrepreneur's secret to their success can be very inspiring. This past week, I interview Terina J. Hicks, president and chief baking officer of CobblersWorld.com to learn more about how she had the courage to pursue her dreams despite a job loss. I wanted to know what she does now to stay successful. Here's [...]
I just came back from a two week vacation in glorious San Diego, Pacific Beach where old tide brings mammoth high seven feet waves and attracts newbie boogy boarders like myself. I was seriously burnt-out from teaching, writing and crowdfunding for my memoir Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense [...]
Note: This post is long overdue. For the last year or so, I've been going through some major life changes. Part of me wants to pursue other passions than just teaching. I've been teaching since age 23. I know I'll always been employable with my ESL (English as Second Language) teaching background all over the [...]
This coming of age story of transformation and personal growth is uniquely told from a female immigrant serving in the Israel Defense Forces. This post focuses on all the juicy bits - the scenes of courage that aren't in the memoir, from the scary to the unexpected. 1. Learning about mines on the Israeli-Syrian border. [...]
Many of my memoir writing students start the writing process with a very high level of enthusiasm. It's wonderful to see. Somewhere along the line however, this energy wanes and comes to a halt. They prepare scaffolding activities and all exercises all very dutifully and then refrain from submitting the writing pieces. Once might say [...]
A new direction with my site has been brewing for the past few weeks. A new me. Part of me wanted to align the content from my memoir and yet, I'm also wearing all these other hats: radio show host, book marketer for writers and entrepreneurs. So I had a strategy call with my writing [...]
I've often wondered why these sections got the cut, (my memoir had to be pared down to below 100,000 words) and what prompted me to include them in the first place in my memoir Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces. (SheWritesPress, 2016) As I retyped them from the [...]
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