WELLBEING → ON TOPIC Issue 757 · April 16, 2019

Dear Daughter

Rebbetzins, educators, and therapists share 21 pieces of hard-earned wisdom they want to share with their daughters— and all of us

Dear Daughter

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  1. Use the Best Ingredients

Let me tell you what the Hungarian woman who used to babysit my children would tell me: What you put into something is what you’ll take out of it. If you put tasty ingredients into a dish, it’ll come out delicious. The same goes for everything in life: What you give is what you’ll get back.

 

—Rebbetzin Rivka Gluestein, a writer, educator, and lecturer for the Creating Inclusion Foundation

 

  1. Only Travel on a Full Tank

No one would head to the highway thinking, My tank is empty, but I have no time to fill it. They understand that they’ll break down halfway to their destination, causing more trouble in the long run. Remember that your tank, consisting of your emotional, physical, and spiritual needs, must always be full, although the priority of those needs will vary through the different stages of your life.

 

—Shira Francis, a marriage and family therapist based in Chicago, Il.

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