The Sounds of Silence
You're sitting in the car with a boyfriend or girlfriend. No one is saying anything. A minute or so goes by and you feel compelled to say...
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Nora Plesent
- May 8, 2021
- 5 min
The Mother Load
“You can do better than grocery store flowers and a card, can’t you?” Does this first line in a recent NY Times article entitled...
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Nora Plesent
- Apr 23, 2021
- 5 min
Summer is around the corner
May, the most beautiful month of the year, is around the corner. Millions of people have received the vaccine. People are peeking out...
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Nora Plesent
- Apr 16, 2021
- 5 min
Honesty
What do you think of when you hear the word honesty? I can’t help but think of the Billy Joel song. It always felt like he was singing...
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Nora Plesent
- Apr 10, 2021
- 5 min
Fear of Missing Out
Did you know that FOMO is a real word? The dictionary definition is: “Fear of missing out is a social anxiety stemming from the belief...
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Nora Plesent
- Mar 4, 2021
- 6 min
A Flood of Tears
Dear All, It's been a year since I started these newsletters. The Stay at Home order was weird and scary and people needed hope, optimism...
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Nora Plesent
- Feb 12, 2021
- 6 min
Thriving Rather Than Striving
Dear All, COVID has aged me. The struggles, the losses, the feeling of being trapped, the depletion of energy, the repetition of days,...
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Nora Plesent
- Feb 5, 2021
- 5 min
A Room of One's Own
Dear All, Virginia Woolf's extended essay "A Room of One's Own, in which she argues that women need to be able to have their own space,...
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Nora Plesent
- Jan 29, 2021
- 4 min
To Everything There is a Season
Dear All, Last week felt like the beginning of a new season! The country heralded in a new president amidst music, poetry, love and...
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Nora Plesent
- Jan 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Importance of a "Trust Fund"
Dear All, The first few weeks of 2021 have been wild. An insurrection, an impeachment and an inauguration. This week finally offered us a...
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Nora Plesent
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
Is Self Compassion Selfish?
Dear All, What do you think of when you hear the word self-compassion? For me, I hear self-indulgence, mixed in with a bit of woo-woo....
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Nora Plesent
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Weight of Waiting
Dear All, "And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been." Rainer Maria Rilke We have already seen that 2021 will...
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Nora Plesent
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
Moments of Being
Dear All, The last day of 2020 is finally here. We survived. We made it. We got through it. It was a year of breaking down- our...
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Nora Plesent
- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
Our Need for Belonging
Dear All, December is traditionally a month of celebrations, family gatherings and feelings of belonging. This year is different. We...
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Nora Plesent
- Dec 10, 2020
- 3 min
What is humble pie?
Dear All, I never really understood what it meant when someone was told to eat humble pie. Although I knew it was an admonition to stop...
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Nora Plesent
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
What you don't appreciate, depreciates.
Dear All, We all know how important it is to incorporate a gratitude practice into our lives. While gratitude is a feeling, appreciation...
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Nora Plesent
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
Thank the Givers
Dear All, The word gratitude is having its day. We are constantly being reminded to be grateful for what we have and to keep a gratitude...
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Nora Plesent
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
Shake it Off!
Dear All, Do you remember freeze tag, or the cooler version, freeze dance? It was a staple in our repertoire of games growing up! I can...
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Nora Plesent
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
Why Don't We Feel Elated?
Dear All, We've been on a roller coaster ride these past few weeks. Election Day came and went with the results unclear leaving us all in...
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Nora Plesent
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
When Will This Be Over?
Dear All, When is this craziness going to end? It feels like we are being pushed over the edge. It's been three days and we don't know...
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