The Forever Letter

(Paperback)

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Connect with your family and friends in a meaningful way through the forever letter, a message to impart your values, articulate your feelings, and deepen relationships. Elana Zaiman transforms the little-known Jewish tradition of writing an ethical will into an important tool for anyone to use. This simple and engaging book shows you not only the origins of this tradition, but also gives specific, practical guidance and encouragement on writing your own letter. You'll discover the author's personal stories, examples from her forever letter workshops, and related wisdom from literature, philosophy, and psychology. This book will lead you on the path to profound change in how you see yourself and others.

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"I love this little book because it's about writing real letters, a lost art in our time. Even more important, it's about writing letters that matter to people who matter to us. What could be better than putting words to paper to tell people who we are and what we are becoming, and what it is that we cherish and value--thanking them for the way they helped point us toward our own North Star"--Parker J. Palmer, author of Let Your Life Speak and A Hidden Wholeness

"Elana Zaiman has a mission: She loves connection, deep and personal, and wants others to experience the sweet joy she has lived of shared truth-telling. Her forever letter embodies the passing on of wisdom, humbling experience, dreams, and love from one person to another. It is a beautiful concept that all of us should embrace."--Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, co-founder of the Gottman Institute and author of Ten Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy

Author Bio

ELANA ZAIMAN (Seattle, WA) is the first woman rabbi from a family spanning six generations of rabbis. She s also a chaplain and travels throughout the US and Canada as a scholar-in-residence, speaker, and workshop facilitator. www.ElanaZaiman.com