by Sandy Weiner on March 14, 2010
The power is out all over the tri-state area. Yesterday’s storm took down tress and power lines all over my neighborhood. This morning, my friend walked over for a cup of coffee cooked on my gas stove, and announced that 70,000 residents had reported power outages. It is estimated that it will take several days to restore power. As we walked around my neighborhood, the damage was devastating. Trees and branches had fallen on cars, roofs, and blocked streets. I consider myself lucky. My only damage so far was a downed segment of my wooden fence. My fear is that without working sump pumps, my basement could flood. But overall, I am filled with gratitude for the blessing of an intact home. [click to continue…]
by Sandy Weiner on March 12, 2010
I have very little patience for repetition. At first glance, this week’s Torah portion, V’yakhel-Pekudei, is a repeat of the portion we read two weeks ago, outlining all the minute (and at first glance boring) details about the construction of the portable holy temple and its furnishings. Two portions ago, G-d told Moses these laws, and now Moses is retelling the details to the Israelites. Why the repetition? And is it really repeated or is there something new in the second telling? [click to continue…]
by Sandy Weiner on March 11, 2010
How do you know if he’s the ‘one’? Have you been on so many bad dates, that the thought of getting dressed for another one feels like work? Many singles are disgusted with the dating scene. It feels so unnatural to date someone you met online, and yet, there are hundreds of thousands of singles registered on online dating sites. Not to mention the sleazy married people masquerading as singles. What’s a girl or guy to do in order to increase their dating success? [click to continue…]
by Sandy Weiner on March 8, 2010
I am in the pre-launch stages of my new coaching business; percolating new ideas, writing curriculum for workshops, and talking, talking, talking to everyone about my exciting new niche: Dating After Divorce Coaching. I am targeting women over forty, who are having some difficulty in dating after divorce. And I am very excited!
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by Sandy Weiner on March 4, 2010
Last night, after rushing from picking up my daughter at the train station to feeding my kids dinner, I traveled a half-hour during rush hour traffic to get to a networking event at EWN. I was a bit frazzled as I entered the lecture on networking etiquette, but I was not nervous at all. I walked in with confidence. Over the past year, I have gone from being anxious and a little nauseous to feeling at ease and comfortable with networking events. I owe that ease to the many skills I have learned along the way, the most important being, Just Do It. Feel the fear, but do it anyway. The more I do, the easier it gets.
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