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February 2019 Beachwood Youth Initiate Change Also inside: City of Beachwood Insider News from Beachwood City Schools About the Beachwood Chamber of Commerce Beachwood Arts Council Programs Music Industry Veteran Rocks New Stages Build Resilience: Give Yourself the Gift of Love Hey Neighbor! ... Happenings, Events and So Much more! saks fifth avenue enchant athleta stretch madewell feel New year, new goals, new looks. Discover the 2019 essentials you’ve been dreaming of at Saks Fifth Avenue, Athleta, Madewell, and more. beachwood place Visit BeachwoodPlace.com to learn more 2 Beachwood Buzz n February 2019 saks fifth avenue Le er from THE EDITOR enchant By Debby Zelman Rapoport ith Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we are reminded of relationships and love. According to Marisa Peer, in her Wbook, #I am enough: Mark your Mirror and Change Your Life, love starts from within. When you love yourself, you create a lifelong romance that never fades, tires, or disappoints. Loving yourself is a vital ingredient to loving another. athleta Marisa writes that we are “I am not enough” is the biggest and expectations, or a fear pinpoint the root cause of all here for a purpose, we are emotional disease aff ecting that has been passed down. why they feel that they are not “more than enough,” and we are humanity today. It leads to Children are not programmed enough, which doesn’t take worthy of love. We just need to addiction, excessive work to be afraid, they learn fear from her much time. She often does believe in ourselves, love who habits, depression, overeating, the external world. Neither do this through hypnosis, and we are, and replace harsh self- hoarding, and other detrimental they create false realities, proj- writes that it is “powerful and talk with kindness and self-re- behaviors. This notion comes ect about what the future will liberating.” spect; to treat ourselves as we from deeply-rooted life experi- bring, or feel fearful of things Then, she has the client say and would a friend. ences, such as the feeling of not that have not yet happened. repeat the mantra, “I AM ENOUGH,” Marisa, a therapist for 30 years, being loved as a child, being For example, if a parent is afraid which can replace limiting beliefs stretch believes that humans are born bullied, being told you aren’t of fl ying, the child may acquire and negative self-talk. with two powerful emotional good at something, or disparag- that fear, too, because she mod- It takes repetition to turn needs: to fi nd connection and ing remarks made about one’s els the parental behavior. words into beliefs, so she to avoid rejection. She says that body. The feeling of “not being The pictures we make in our suggests that you say the words all of her clients fall into one of enough” becomes engrained in head, much like the words we say aloud, post them on your mirror, three categories: our psyches, creating negative to ourselves, come from outside refrigerator, dashboard of your • One who would love to have self-talk that is so embedded, it’s infl uences. We each have full car, and screensaver. Read and it all – loving relationships, a hard to change. power to choose better words write them daily. Make the madewell great job, fi nancial security and pictures. When we do, we are words a statement of truth: “I and self-love, confi dence and Marisa writes that we are happier and more confi dent. am, have always been, and will inner peace, but can’t manage Everyone has vulnerabilities, always be, enough.” to attain any of them, let alone all here for a purpose, we and they won’t go away until we Love and happiness start hang on to any. are “more than enough,” address them. Although some- inside. If you need praise and • One who has all of he above, and we are worthy of one seems to be successful, she recognition, praise and recog- but sabotages them in major may be working hard to cover up nize yourself. If you need love, and minor ways, through love. We just need to insecure feelings, which is why truly love yourself. If you need to addiction, workaholism, etc. believe in ourselves, love we hear stories of self-abuse and be celebrated, celebrate yourself. feel • One who does manage, who we are, and replace suicide. People often feel that We are all enough, and through working on his or her external validation will fi x every- are worthy of love. It mindset, to attain it all, and harsh self-talk with thing, yet they do not want to all starts from share it with others. kindness and self-respect; – or know how to – dig down to within. Much of what places us in the to treat ourselves as we their core to address feelings and fi rst two categories starts with recognize that they are enough. negative self-talk, which, if we would a friend. When Marisa works repeat often enough, we come with clients, she to believe. Since our beliefs are Babies, from birth to about tries to New year, new goals, new looks. Discover the 2019 essentials you’ve our realities, our problems, issues age six, are generally happy been dreaming of at Saks Fifth Avenue, Athleta, Madewell, and more. and hang-ups may be eliminated because they have no reason once we re-program this self- yet to feel that they are not talk to work for us, not against enough. Then, something us –much like we reprogram a changes – maybe abandon- computer. ment, a parent who demands beachwood place Marisa says that the notion of perfection, society’s standards I Am Enough Visit BeachwoodPlace.com to learn more February 2019 n Beachwood Buzz 3 PROVIDING HOSPICE CARE TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1992 Care and compassion for the entire family. When the time comes to make difficult end-of-life care decisions, you will find the comfort, dignity and loving care you and your loved ones desire when you choose Vinney Hospice of Montefiore as your care partner. Our compassionate hospice team, led by a board-certified medical director, is dedicated to providing exceptional levels of physical, emotional and spiritual support. Integrative therapies–art, music, massage and Reiki treatments–are also available to help soothe body, mind and soul. Hospice care may be provided in the familiar comfort of your residence or in Beachwood at Maltz Hospice House, Montefiore’s “quite gem.” To learn more, please call 216.910.2650 or visit montefiorecare.org for a virtual tour. One David N. Myers Parkway Beachwood, OH 44122 4 Beachwood Buzz n February 2019 PROVIDING HOSPICE CARE TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1992 Who We Are Debby Zelman Rapoport Editor/Publisher Care and compassion Marcia Krantz Bakst Senior Account Executive Scott Morrison for the entire family. Staff Photographer Tybee Zuckerman Proofreader When the time comes to make difficult end-of-life care decisions, you will find Beachwood Youth Initiate Change Stephen Valentine the comfort, dignity and loving care you and your loved ones desire when you Hilltop’s third-grade students have been in the spotlight since mid- Art Director choose Vinney Hospice of Montefiore as your care partner. December because of an idea they presented in Vicki Challenger’s June Scharf social studies classes. When Beachwood City Council members visited Contributing Writer their classrooms to teach a segment on government, the students Our compassionate hospice team, led by a board-certified medical director, is Jen Stern saw, fi rst-hand, how an idea transforms into a city ordinance. City Contributing Writer dedicated to providing exceptional levels of physical, emotional and spiritual Council member Eric Synenberg approached the school a few years support. Integrative therapies–art, music, massage and Reiki treatments–are ago with the idea of City Council members speaking with students Jerry Zelman Vice President of Operations also available to help soothe body, mind and soul. about government. Thanks to support from Ms. Challenger and Hilltop lead principal Sherry Miller, this is the third year that Council Letters to the Editor Please send letters via email to members have participated in the learning process. Hospice care may be provided in the familiar comfort of your residence or in [email protected]. Complete story starts on page 7. Beachwood at Maltz Hospice House, Montefiore’s “quite gem.” Cover image and story photos by Scott Morrison, Discovery Photo. Calendar Section Please send information about clubs, To learn more, please call organizations, events and meetings to [email protected]. The 216.910.2650 or visit deadline is the 10th of each month. montefiorecare.org Article Submissions for a virtual tour. 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