Wise Women Group

Food for Thought In a world where information and misinformation abound, the truth is hard to recognize. Even truth itself depends on context and perspective and some truths seem “truer” than others. We often think of truth as something relating to the external world. This kind of truth is groun…Read More

Sharing our Wisdom Life is anything but safe. It is full of risk and uncertainty. If we are fortunate, we may have moments, weeks, months, even years of feeling safe. People hold different perspectives about whether those times of feeling safe are real or illusory. After all, unanticipated things ca…Read More

Throughout our lives, most of us have aspirations. We may aspire to attain a certain lifestyle, level of success, state of inner well-being or ethical maturity. There is no end to the number and types of things to which we can aspire. Goals and objectives are different from aspirations, though the t…Read More

Here are a few guidelines that will help make our group experience more rewarding and enjoyable. 1) Please keep what is said in this group confidential. It’s OK to talk about your own experience with friends and family you are close to, but do not share personal information discussed by other memb…Read More

Building on the teachings of Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi, the Ageing to Sageing® program invites you to embrace life and live your elder years more consciously, joyfully, and compassionately by offering powerful tools for gathering and giving expression to the wisdom of our own ripening lives. T…Read More

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?” Hillel, Jewish Sage As women, most of us have been taught the value of being there for others. We are taught that to be a truly good woman, others’ needs should always come before our own. O…Read More

Much of our lives revolve around our families and our relationships with them, but what about non-familial relationships? Most of us have been fortunate enough to have had a few good friends in our lives. Some women have found it difficult to make enduring and satisfying friendships while others say…Read More

I frequently hear older women friends and women I work with talk about their struggles with finding a sense of purpose in their lives following retirement or as they get older. Our increasing life spans pose challenges not faced by previous generations. We may have 20, 30, or 40 years to fill follow…Read More

What is wisdom? One fairly simple definition is that wisdom is having a “big picture” perspective on things and being able to meet challenges in life with equanimity, dignity, and compassion toward both yourself and others. I heard a saying recently on an interesting radio program. The saying wa…Read More

As women, guilt seems to run our lives. If there is one issue that every woman in my practice seems to struggle with, it is guilt. I see there being two kinds of guilt: One is rational guilt—you feel guilty because you hurt someone’s feelings, or yelled at your children. You owe them an apology …Read More