Sabbatical Havdalah

Sabbatical Havdalah

The official last day of the SoulWise Winter Sabbatical was February, 28,2026.  Those 90 days were remarkable.  This “Sabbatical Havdalah” essay is intended to honor that time and mark the emergence from extraordinary time back into ordinary time. At the risk of being...
SoulWise Winter Sabbatical

SoulWise Winter Sabbatical

Life is full!  Keeping up with duties, obligations, relationships, and life’s various activities does require energy.  Somehow, I manage to keep up with everything and do it all – because, well, because that’s what I do. But is that good? Or edifying? Or helpful? Or...
Watering What’s Counterfeit

Watering What’s Counterfeit

I suppose it could happen to any of us these days….  I’d been traveling.  On my return, my husband told me he had rescued a couple of plants from his place of work.  They had been left in a corner where they wouldn’t get much light.  When he asked about the plants, no...
Longing for Light

Longing for Light

For some, winter and the holidays can be hard – especially for those in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.  The relative lack of sunshine during the short days and extended nighttime darkness can leave those with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) feeling...