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Nov 29, 2024, 6:27 PM

Once they banned bar mitzvahs, now a community is taking revenge

Have you ever heard of Moldova? Transnistria? Bessarabia, perhaps? The Russians, Romanians and Nazi’s tried to dominate the narrative of this tiny country in Europe, carving it up, renaming it and inevitably unleashing aggression on its defenseless Jewish inhabitants. Perhaps...

Sep 14, 2023, 8:48 PM

#coached 11 Just do it

Coaching with Sterna has changed the way I think. Our last session was a game changer. We talked about what stops me from moving forward, from going for the things I want and pursuing the things that make my...

Sep 4, 2023, 11:03 AM

#coached10 significance and purpose every day

I did what Sterna said and reread some of my blogs, revisiting why I want my mornings to be more energetic. This is part of the process of “shining” goals - really seeing WHY they are so valuable to...

Aug 31, 2023, 11:49 PM

#coached9 Can I coach myself?

Here's what happened when I took a break from coaching... Everything I was worried about - the great UNKNOWN - has happened. I failed. I am not ‘a morning person’. In summer and autumn, I was flying high and full...

Mar 9, 2023, 8:27 PM

#coached8 Waking up to life

Sterna and Andi - a double shot of coaching. (courtesy)

Becoming a morning person has been a dream of mine for years. But pushing back with equal and opposite force is my bed. That glorious feeling of slipping back into sleep, of getting back into bed for another guilty...

Mar 7, 2023, 8:41 PM

#coached7 To dream the impossible dream

Becoming a morning person I’m not a morning person. I actually hate mornings. I wake up feeling exhausted and I spend my first few minutes of consciousness trying to work out a legitimate reason why I don’t have to get...

Jan 20, 2023, 3:55 PM

#coached6 My December to Remember

So, in the last blog, we were talking about becoming aware of the obstacles in the path to our goals. One of my goals in December was to connect more with my daughter Aliya. One major obstacle is that...

Jan 16, 2023, 2:18 PM

#coached5 Goal Mining with Sterna

Sterna Wineberg - supplied

Goal mining In December I accomplished something that has been on my to do list for 9 years! And there is only one reason for this - coaching with Sterna. There’s something about getting help putting intentions into words and...

Dec 9, 2022, 5:05 PM

#coached4: The iceberg that nearly sank me

This week, Sterna taught me the ABCs, and it was just as simple (and life-changing) as learning them the first time round. A is awareness, as we covered in the last column. Awareness of what IS. I spent the...

Dec 2, 2022, 3:05 PM

#coached3 Permission to be human

My granny always said Y is a crooked letter that you can't make straight, but I am a “why” person. Why am I feeling so stressed out? Why am I feeling sick today? Why is parenting so hard? Why...

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About Me

Paula is a wife, mother and writer - based in Johannesburg, South Africa, dreaming of Israel. She is a full-time thinker, part-time copywriter at her husband's advertising agency, journalist and published author. The former editor of Jewish Life magazine, she is now a regular contributor with a passion for contributing goodness, kindness and wisdom to this world.