You’re Invited to a Creative Retreat

I have a present for you! It’s a giant, colorful gift in a huge package with bows and ribbons. Its gorgeous,meaningful, will last forever and it has your name on it!
Its a vacation!
In just two months, from Nov 1-3 at the Pearlstone Center in Maryland, I’ll be leading a creative arts and healing retreat for just 30 women.
The Mission.
To give a huge and generous gift to women.
To give women a time to reconnect with their essential selves.
To create a safe and energizing space for growth and healing.
To nurture and encourage women’s natural creativity.
To increase support and sisterhood.
What is it?
The Wholeness and Healing Retreat is a creative,
exploratory hands on, fun healing experience designed for you!
We’ll embark on the Retreat as healing adventure using writing and art to chronicle this journey.
We’ll also be using some secret powers!
1. The power of women coming together
2. The power of letting go and having fun!
3. The power of creative expression.
4. The power of Torah learning.
Click MORE to read all about it!
The Saddest Day of the Year

Sometimes people say, I can’t mourn over the Beis Hamikdash, it seems so far away. I want to feel Tisha Ba’av, but I just can’t. This is normal. G-d understands the limits of our imagination. He understands that we cannot mourn what we haven’t felt.
What He’s asking us is this: look at the world and miss ME. Miss seeing me in the perfect Jerusalem sky, that is now clouded with memories of blood and war. Miss me when you meet a fellow Jew and instead of acknowledging your shared memories and ties, you walk right past them. Miss me in the faces of children that are being hurt and in adults who are lonely beyond belief. Miss my presence. Yearn for me to return to your midst.
Be brave, be vulnerable. On all other
I Was a Powerful Kid

This post is for all those kids ( and their parents) who are powerful. Kids who have big mouths, big opinions, big feelings. Kids who naturally question authority and have spunk. These kids often get the best grades but cause the most trouble. These kids often have the biggest hearts and the most complicated ones. These are not the kids that get the award for best behavior, but when they grow up, these kids may just change the world.
I call them powerful kids. You can call them whatever you want. Just don’t call them bad. Listen to my story and see if you can find yourself in it. I call them powerful kids. You can call them whatever you want. Just don’t call them bad. Listen to my story and see if you can find yourself in it.
Were you a powerful kid? How do you actualize that power in your adulthood? What do you do for your kids who are powerful? Do they press your buttons? If so, I hope this post helps yo understand them. As usual, there is so much more to say, but enjoy this podcast and let it get you thinking about your role in a powerful kid’s life ( even if that kid is you, all grown up.)
And then share this post with someone who “gets it.” Because there’s nothing like the feeling of being understood.
Love, Rivka Malka
I Don’t Have Time!!!

Lots of pics from the latest life happenings! I didn’t have time to write so this is my shortcut diary entry.
Forgiveness

Here’s my intensely personal story. I offer it to you open handed. Take the keys to my heart and walk around. If there’s something here for you – I’m happy. My life is changed and so can yours be.I never thought forgiveness was possible. It was an elusive dream. Here, I’ll tell you how I found it.
The Secret of My Success Part 1

I really need to tell you something. I can’t keep this secret to success myself. Here’s the thing, there are so many parts to life, how can ONE thing be the secret? Think of it like rain – I plowed the earth and I planted the seeds but it takes rain to make things grow. This podacast is about that rain.
Learn to Read Hebrew FREE Live with RM

Who wants to learn Hebrew? (You know you do.) This is going to be so much fun! Starting next week Sunday nights at 9m I’ll be Live Streaming a FREE Learn How to Read Hebrew Class. It’s going to be so awesome! ( In case you couldn’t tell – I’m EXCITED!) The best
Homemade Pizza in 5 Minutes

Tonight’s dinner will take 5 minutes to make but it’s magic will keep you all together at the table for an hour. It’s pizza night! The best way to show how much happiness it creates is through pictures, so here goes!
How to Get Through Life

In our family, we only name a baby after we meet it. That’s when we know who they are. We look at them and they tell us. I’ve been writing […]
Why I Love the Succulent Skills of Life Coaching

Life Coaching is taking off. You know how therapy became the norm at some point? Where people realized that its a sign of good health to get the help that you need? Coaching is becoming like that too. People are realizing that they have only one life and they want to get the most out of it.
We want to be excellent. We want to be unblocked. We want to change. No one wants to a tombstone saying “She lived a mediocre live. In this video”