Nancy Drew is a great gal. She is pretty and smart and she knows exactly what she is doing. She has a boyfriend but she never lets him boss her around. She wears pretty clothes but is not a show off. She is too busy solving MYSTERIES! What a great way to live as a […]
Giving Names to Our Happy Times
Rabbi Pliskin in one of his messages suggests giving names to our positive states of being so we can remember them more easily later. I think this is a great idea. In fact, that is the main reason that I came up with the title, THE ENCHANTED SELF, so women would begin to recognize when […]
The Flavors of Our Lives and How It Pertains to Our Personal Truth
I was leading a discussion with a group of women. The topic was my new book, THE TRUTH, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything. I was reading excerpts to the ladies and the topic of the Flavors of Our Lives came up. The woman who brought it up put it this way: the […]
The Turth, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything by Barbara Becker Holstein
You are the first to know! My new book has been printed and is ready for YOU to read. I hope you will. I’m very excited and had to tell you even though it is 11:02PM here in New Jersey. Please take a minute to read excerpts from it at my site, www.enchantedself.com I’ll be […]
I find THE TRUTH in a 5 and 10 cent store
I was about ten or eleven and my magic journey was a bus that took me downtown Bridgeport. In my new book, THE TRUTH, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything! the girl knows exactly what I am trying to recapture in the following vinette. Can you recognize yourself in it? Also, did you […]
The Truth, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything! by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
Dear Friends, I want to announce my new book to all of you,The Truth, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I know Everything! I should have copies in hand by next week. I’m very excited. This is my fourth book and each time has been an adventure-not only in writing the book but in getting […]
Wisdom Overheard
Overheard "You shouldn’t say any of the dumb things that make people sad." This is a wonderful simple Recipe For Happiness. So many times we are thoughtless and say ‘dumb’ remarks that just hurt someone for no good reason. Sometimes we think we are giving useful feedback but we aren’t. Sometimes we just can’t control […]
You Hear The Sound of Water….
"You hear the sound of water and you know where you want to be." Rumi Yes, the above is a simple Recipe for Enchantment. We are all able to be triggered into pleasant memories that then can send us on to a joyful mini-vactation of the mind, if we let the memories do their job. […]