List: For the Spiritually Curious | Curated by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

May 29, 2022
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For the Spiritually CuriousWriting is the most immediate way that I access my spiritual life and feel connected to what I think of as the Divine presence, the mystery, or what the Kabbalistic tradition calls Ein Sof, the Infinite. This list contains my writing focused on spiritual growth, insight and curiosity.
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Finding Your Spring: A Guided Meditation and Writing PromptA few minutes can nourish your creativity and feelings of renewal
Apr 29, 2022
Apr 29, 2022
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Even After The Rituals, The Longing For My Mother RemainsWhen the comedian Louie Anderson died last January, I felt bereft. I had come to Louie fandom later in my life, through his portrayal of…
May 8, 2022
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May 8, 2022
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Approaching the Spring Landscape with WonderA Mindful approach to enter the season
Mar 19, 2022
Mar 19, 2022
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Turning 19Celebrating my son’s birth with a call for advocacy
Jan 19, 2022
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Jan 19, 2022
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FallingThis morning a chocolate lab puppy almost died, running through the old, open gate out of his yard into the street to meet my yellow lab…
Oct 9, 2018
Oct 9, 2018
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DarknessThe time fell back Sunday morning so it was bright out when I walked my dog at 6am; I had let myself sleep an extra half hour and felt…
Nov 11, 2018
Nov 11, 2018
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The LabyrinthWe turn off the car engine and sit. Without heat on, cold air seeps in. I see my breath when I exhale. We take hands and hold them…
Dec 22, 2018
Dec 22, 2018
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Labyrinth 2: My Roots Go DownLast month, my visit to the Labyrinth was very powerful for me; walking the circles of that stone path connected me to a deep, enduring…
Jan 13, 2019
Jan 13, 2019
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Why I No Longer Fast On Yom KippurA few days before Yom Kippur this year, I swallowed my tamoxifen pill, the last in the bottle, and tossed that bottle into my recycling…
Oct 10, 2019
Oct 10, 2019
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My Talk With The Grief WarriorIt’s been just over a month since I launched The 5 Questions Podcast~my first foray into the world of podcasting. I’m learning as I’m…
Nov 2, 2019
Nov 2, 2019
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The Surprising Cycles Of Death And BirthOne week ago, my daughter’s cat Winter died, peacefully and uneventfully, in our basement. She was a rescue cat who was older than we had…
Nov 9, 2019
Nov 9, 2019
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To Richard, On World AIDS DayRichard, I think of you sometimes out of no where. I wish I’d had the chance when you were alive to thank you for all of the ways that you…
Dec 2, 2019
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Dec 2, 2019
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Practice (Part 1)When I was 25, living in Chicago and pursuing a playwrighting and arts journalism career, I ended a two-year relationship with a man who…
Mar 28, 2020
Mar 28, 2020
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Practice (Part 2)When I was a teenager in the mid 1980s, growing up in a small town in Central Pennsylvania, my best friend and I used to walk places that…
Apr 11, 2020
Apr 11, 2020
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HankGrieving a dog, grasping the eternal
Mar 22, 2021
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Mar 22, 2021
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Guest Post: Autumn ReflectionsPoignant Seasonal Poetry by Amy Brenner Mitz
Oct 22, 2021
Oct 22, 2021
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ImpermanenceOn the morning before erev Rosh HaShanah, the night before the Jewish New Year, my mother Lynn drew her final breath. I wasn’t in the ICU…
Oct 3, 2020
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Oct 3, 2020
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BreathTo say I was an unathletic child doesn’t begin to paint the picture. I just didn’t care about sports and from a young age, largely lived…
Feb 5, 2021
Feb 5, 2021
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Black IceMy loyal Labrador Retriever Hank loved the snow; of course, his ancestors were bred to grab fishing nets in Canada’s icy waters. On snowy…
Feb 12, 2021
Feb 12, 2021
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The GardenDirt, weeds and deep roots to my ancestors
Jun 6, 2021
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Jun 6, 2021
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