WELLBEING Issue 664 · June 14, 2017

Small Things, Big Impact

Meet three women who were surprised and gratified to discover small changes that could dramatically improve their relationship with the most important person in their lives

Small    Things, Big Impact
Meet three women who were surprised and gratified to discover small changes that could dramatically improve their relationship with the most important person in their lives

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S uccess was always my goal — and to my pleasant surprise I achieved it in many areas. Then I got married. My husband was wonderful but I didn’t feel very successful in my marriage. What had gone wrong?

I turned to our Torah mesorah for shalom bayis insights. Suddenly, I had the keys: to being a cherished wife, having a happy husband, and building a blissful marriage. This learning curve inspired my quest to make shalom bayis a priority in every Jewish home. Women were surprised and gratified to discover small changes that could dramatically improve their relationship with the most important person in their lives. Meet three of these women, and learn the secrets they mastered. (All names and details have been changed to protect privacy.)

 

Un-phony Support

Baila ran a kindergarten in her home — as well as a gemach. She took very good care of everyone around her, but gave little to herself. In my class, she seemed happy to just sit back and listen.

Until I said the following: “The Shelah Hakadosh[1] writes that: ‘A woman should follow her husband’s will over her own will, even when in her eyes it seems baffling.’ ”

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