by Linda Cohen | Giving Tuesday, Resources
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday. It’s hard for me to believe that the idea of Giving Tuesday is ONLY 4 years old. I feel like it’s been around for longer, probably because I got wind of it the first year. Perhaps you have never heard of Giving Tuesday....
by Linda Cohen | Ideas, Resources, What now?
Hope. Healing. Health. This has been a difficult several days for everyone. The inner angst people are feeling has been palpable across the country and it’s imperative for each of us to do what we can to actively find a way to heal. I have noticed these past...
by Linda Cohen | mitzvahs, Musings, What now?
Compassion, love and mitzvahs. That’s what I am hoping we can all work towards today. Election day 2016. It’s been a long election season and I know I am tired of all the rhetoric, the negativity, the hate. I want to move forward with compassion and...
by Linda Cohen | Ideas, Kindness in the Workplace
No matter what your preference, being new to an organization or attending a conference where you literally know no one, or maybe just a handful of people can be daunting. Some simple acts of kindness by current members can make a huge difference to a newcomer. This...
by Linda Cohen | Jewish information, Mindfulness
Last week, a letter ran in the Oregonian opinion section. It was from a mother whose son has dwarfism and she had experienced another family using the word midget to describe her son and laughing after they saw him. The letter she explained how disappointed and angry...
by Linda Cohen | Mindfulness, Musings, What now?
I don’t think my daughter has ever actually made me a lanyard. She’s made me plenty of other beautiful arts projects over the years. She’s a creative and artistic young women. But certainly a lanyard wasn’t one of them. And yet suddenly the...
by Linda Cohen | Peace Pole Project, What now?
As September arrives, I am reflecting on an unbelievable summer. It’s brought unexpected and magnificent surprises, difficult loss and a whole lot of everything in between. In late July, I attended my first National Speakers Conference with 1,600 other...
by Linda Cohen | Mindfulness, miracles
I speak reguarly to people who feel so much helplessness by what is happening everywhere in our world. Hell, I have felt that way myself a few times. In the past few weeks, two different friends have posted on their personal Facebook walls lovely acts of kindnesses...
by Linda Cohen | Musings, Resources
Dear Dad, This is the 10th Father’s Day since you died in 2006. I can’t believe how much you have taught me since your death. To put it bluntly, I think I have learned more since your death than perhaps I did in all the years previously. I hope that...
