Living
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Big Sister High School Tips for Incoming Freshmen
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Daughter starting high school? Is she anxious about all the uncertainties? These are the tips our high school daughters wish they knew before the start of high school. Editor’s Note: In different towns, the dynamics of girls’ high schools may be vastly different than those referenced here, particularly when girls attend a school where the…
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Why Did I React That Way?
Do you ever experience an extreme emotional reaction–and wonder what caused you to have that impulse? Here’s a small window into what may be going on inside of you, through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS). Have you ever noticed that you have a strong reaction to a certain situation or particular person? Or…
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How to Clean Suede Sneakers
This foaming cleaner even got out the stubborn blue dye that bleeds off stonewashed clothing. We’re big fans of washing sneakers in the washing machine. But we also know that most suede sneakers can’t go into a machine. And when my daughter brought home these beige sneakers from camp with blue dye bled all over…
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Practical Strategy for Coming Close to Hashem
Elul is a time when Hashem wants us right next to Him. But how do we actually feel it? One of these strategies will be just the one that works for you. And it can be different for everyone! Can you believe Elul is upon us? It feels like we just broke our fast after…
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What If My Simcha Looks Empty?
Are you worried that people won’t be at your simcha? Feel like you don’t have such big social circles. You’re not alone–and you don’t have less friends than anyone else. Here’s why other simchas look “full.” Editor’s Note: A friend told us about this letter which originally appeared in Mishpacha Magazine and it is reprinted…
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There’s More to Between Carpools Than What You See
Think you haven’t missed a post? You still haven’t seen it all. These are the Between Carpools moments, behind-the-scenes, and mishaps we didn’t show you. between carpools · behind the scenes between you & me… There’s More to Between Carpools Than What You See Think you haven’t missed a post? You still haven’t seen it…
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Our 16 Most Impactful Posts
How did Between Carpools change your life? Perhaps the best way to answer this question is to ask it of ourselves–in what way did it change our lives? It could be the posts that changed us in a deeper way, those “little life lessons that stick.” It could be the posts that changed the way…
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Our Favorite Products–in One Big ($500!) Gift Bag for You
We’re excited to gift 10 lucky readers a great big gift bag of our favorite items. We’ve recommended them–and we want you to enjoy them too! It’s the items we talk about (or the items we should talk about!). It’s the items most of us own and are super enthusiastic about. And altogether, it’s a…
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What 10 Years Of Running Between Carpools Has Taught Us
A decade. It’s been 10 years since the day we sat around a table and decided that the Jewish world needed one website for the busy Jewish woman. Happy Birthday Between Carpools! 10 years is a substantial number, yet it feels like yesterday when we first discussed our vision, what we wanted the still unnamed…
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Rosh Chodesh Elul: Time to Talk It Out
Chodesh Elul Mazel: Besulah (girl) Human Faculty: Action Yes, it’s that time of year again: The King is in the field. Rav Dessler famously teaches that our calendar is like a circular train route–every station we stop at is another opportunity to load up on specific spiritual gifts. Now that we’ve stopped at the Elul…
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