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About dianabletter

Diana Bletter is the author of several books including The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women (with photographs by Lori Grinker), shortlisted for a National Jewish Book Award, a novel, A Remarkable Kindness, (HarperCollins), a memoir, The Mom Who Took of on her Motorcycle, and The Loving Yourself Book for Women: A Practical Guide to Boost Self-Esteem, Heal Your Inner Child, and Celebrate the Woman You Are, an Amazon top-seller in several categories, and The Loving Yourself Workbook for Girls. She is the First Prize Winner of Moment Magazine's 2019 Fiction Contest. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, tabletmag, Glamour, The Forward, The North American Review and is currently a reporter for The Times of Israel. Diana and her husband have six children and an unofficially-adopted daughter from Ethiopia. They live in a small village on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel.

Tool For Tuesday: How Do You Apologize To Someone Who’s Dead?

Posted on March 25, 2014 by dianabletter

What happens if you didn’t have the chance to say you’re sorry to someone who has died? This happened to my friend, Lily. She never got along with her mother-in-law, Vivian. Vivian was—well, Vivian. A bit of a know-it-all, someone … Continue reading →

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Hermann Hesse: On Walking the Road to Reach Our True Selves & Nine Other Inspiring Quotes.

Posted on March 23, 2014 by dianabletter

  Each man’s life represents a road toward himself. —Herman Hesse Here are nine other inspiring quotes for today to think about. Practice forgiveness. First forgive yourself. Then forgive everyone else. We each live with joys, sorrows, challenges, disappointments, fears, … Continue reading →

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Tool For Tuesday: Everything We Do Out of Guilt Turns Into a Future Resentment.

Posted on March 18, 2014 by dianabletter

We’re students of life. We sometimes do things we don’t want to do because we want to be nice or because we’re afraid of hurting someone’s feelings or because we have a high tolerance for emotional pain and think, “Oh, … Continue reading →

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Are You Waiting for Heaven? Or Is Heaven in You? Some Notes On Heaven and Hell.

Posted on March 16, 2014 by dianabletter

I read a story about a wise man (how come these stories always feature a “wise man” and not a wise woman? Never mind!) Anyway, the man  had a dream that he got to heaven and was very disappointed. All … Continue reading →

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Tool for Tuesday: Rude Awakening? Use It as a Spiritual Awakening.

Posted on March 11, 2014 by dianabletter

Sometimes we need a rude awakening to reach a spiritual awakening. My friend, Lily, was called out for being critical of—well, just about everything. The restaurant’s menu was not extensive enough. Or too “all over the place like a Greek … Continue reading →

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Self-Improvement: Change One Small Thought at a Time

Posted on February 28, 2014 by dianabletter

My friend, Joelle, just had a birthday. She got cards and calls from everyone she loves—except for one friend. “I built up a real resentment,” Joelle said. “It didn’t matter that 50 people remembered my birthday—the fact that this one … Continue reading →

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Inner Peace: Yeah, You Got to Pour that Love Into Your Own Soul

Posted on February 23, 2014 by dianabletter

“You have to love yourself because no amount of love from others is sufficient to fill the yearning that your soul requires from you.” — Dodinsky We are good people. We shower love on everyone around us—except ourselves. Somehow we forget … Continue reading →

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Snowboarder Jamie Anderson: Life in 5 Words

Posted on February 9, 2014 by dianabletter

“It’s all about the moment.” That’s Jamie Anderson after winning the gold in slopestyle at the Sochi Olympics on Sunday. That’s all we have. The Moment. We can win the gold medal in our own lives if we focus on … Continue reading →

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Tool For Tuesday: Mark Your Boundaries.

Posted on February 4, 2014 by dianabletter

You are you and they are they. Sometimes, we don’t know where we end and the people we love begin. We want to help people but sometimes we rob them of the failures that they need in order to grow … Continue reading →

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Mike Tyson: Life Is Hard But It’s Fair.

Posted on February 2, 2014 by dianabletter

  I never thought I’d be quoting Mike Tyson. But here’s real wisdom coming from Iron Mike, and proof that we can learn something from everyone. Whoever crosses our path can be our teacher: “We all feel so sorry for … Continue reading →

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