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Taking time for #1 is at the top of our list. A healthier you leads to healthier and happier relationships and work-life balance.

Self-care is all about prioritizing your well-being and making sure you are taking care of yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally. It involves setting boundaries, practicing self-compassion, and engaging in activities that bring you joy and relaxation. By investing in self-care, you are investing in your overall quality of life and setting the foundation for a more fulfilling and balanced existence.

We are always looking for the best advice on how to gain emotional, mental, and physical balance each month. Sometimes it can be as simple as expressing your feelings through journaling, reading a book, taking a long bath, or talking to a trusted friend or therapist. Other times we need to take a hard look at our diet and boost our exercise routines for better energy levels an overall well-being. One thing that never changes - we have to prioritize self-care to unwind and relax and allow ourselves to rest and recharge with a good night's sleep.

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7 Principles of a Zen Mind Jewish Mind – Exclusive excerpt from Rami Shapiro

By Rami Shapiro

4 minute read

As an undergraduate I studied Buddhism with Taitetsu Unno, a Pure Land Buddhist priest and professor of Buddhist studies at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Professor Unno brought Joshu Sasaki Roshi to lead Zen retreats on campus. It was at these retreats that I first met Roshi and his jikijitsu or directing monk, the Jewish songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen whose Buddhist name was Jikan/Noble Silence. There and then, this book began … 7 Principles of a Jewish/Zen Mind You are not only a smaller self with sensing, feeling, thinking, and doing—you are also the Greater Self beyond all sensing, feeling, thinking, and doing. You are not only the name you carry, but the Unnamed that carries you. You are to this world what a wave is to the ocean that waves it: a precious and never-to-be-repeated happening of the One happening as all happening. You are a way the One laughs and weeps and loves and suffers. You are a way the One knows itself as the many. You are a way the One knows itself as each part. And one day you will be a way the part comes to know itself as the One. You have had