My Tai Chi teacher said something last week during class that stayed with me. He said : “Be strong but not stuck. Agile not weak”. I find it so useful and wise. Strong doesn’t mean we cannot be flexible. And being flexible is not a weakness. I will try to practice these traits in my business …

Gail from Bellagio sent me the book “Who Moved My Cheese” which we all heard of and many have read already. A very short book that has everything we need to know as business owners about management. I picked it up this weekend and thought how relevant it is for us, now, where we are after a …

I text my friend Nada today whom many of you know as the owner of The Flying Carp in NJ and asked her how she was doing as I knew it was her last season before closing her store after many years in business. She answered back: “Doing well except for last night when panic decided to …

Dear community, We are excited to announce a new avenue that Alembika will be embarking on soon and because you are, in fact, our community, we feel it is important to keep you informed.  We believe, as a company, in transparency and in respecting and honoring our partnerships in business. We also believe that in times …

We all have ways to work with the stress that this past year and Covid brought on us. For me, I dive into work and eat chocolate! Last week I visited my friend Ernesto who is a psychologist and lives by Central Park in NYC. He has a different method to deal with his isolation feeling, …

I participated in a conference of psychologists this past weekend. The subject was psychology during COVID. How interesting it was to listen to a different professional speak about this collective trauma from their point of view and to see the need for community. One speaker that struck me the most was a black psychologist from …

Today during Zoom we each talked about the 2 or 3 good things that happened to us during Covid. It is so important to acknowledge the difficulties as we tend to ignore the enormous emotional and financial toll these last 10 months took on us but as we are working so hard on surviving, we forget …

I don’t like to use the words “I love you” much. As an Israeli, I only use it if I really mean it. But I love you! And cannot stop thanking you for keeping me going! ALL of you : Thank you for working with me to pay Spring goods and just move forward. Thank …