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MIND OVER MATTER: Shame in a Thin Mint Jumper
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t is a day in late February as I sit here writing this column for the Spring edition of Esra. We have just departed from a treacherous few weeks of snowstorm after snowstorm. This winter has gone a little something like this… snow, freezing temperatures, ice, slush, freezing temps, ice, more snow, more snow, etcetera. Businesses were shut down, meetings cancelled and the children were home from school more times than I care to remember. I think I need my stomach pumped from all the low calorie hot chocolates with full fat whipped cream I ingested! But today is one of those rare days when the sun is shining and the wind isn’t whipping my face. Never one to live on the edge, even I did not zip up my coat today. I believe my car thermostat read 40 degrees and I saw two men in shorts and t– shirts around town. It’s the kind of day that not only breeds the shedding of physical layers, but serves as a reminder to me that Spring is right around the corner and that it is OK to peel away those emotional layers that have been holding us back from living our most authentic lives. We all live with a constellation of emo tions. Hopefully many of them are good, but if you’ve got two hands, two feet and walk standing upright you’ve probably amassed some feelings of guilt and shame over the years. If you have never experienced these emotions, you are either a tzadik or have many people in your life who are incredibly frustrated by you for a lack of self– awareness. One day in third grade, on the bus ride home from school, I wore a white and mint green thinly striped jumper to the knee. The driver, Adam (though some insisted it was “Adams” and he went by his last name), called my stop. I stood up and went into the aisle when a fourth grade boy called behind me “Move out of the way Fatty!” My mouth began to quiver and I silently prayed that I would be able to stop myself from crying
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in front of all the children on the bus. My memory goes blank at this point and I don’t remember how I got upstairs to my apartment or taking off my knapsack. What I remember next is my head in a pillow on my parents’ bed, hysterically crying. It was an ugly cry. I was inconsolable. I do remember my mother sitting at the foot of the bed asking what happened. I told her someone called me “fat” and she responded something along the lines of “Who said that? I’ll kill them!” And “Jennifer, you’re gorgeous and you’re not fat! That’s just a ridiculous thing to say.” Why do I remember what I wore that day? Why do I remember that one third grade afternoon and my mother consoling me? Surely, there were hundreds of other third grade bus rides and afternoons. But this one has stuck with me until today, approximately 25 years later. I think I know why. The shame I felt on that warm Spring afternoon was all encompassing. I never thought of myself as fat, but maybe I was… and maybe everyone else thought I was too. I was an utterly humiliated 8 year old. My brain coded it and assigned it a meaning and I can’t “unremember” it. (I have no idea where my keys are – which would be extremely helpful – but this I remember). While guilt is a mechanism that we use to punish ourselves for bad or perceived bad behavior, shame is the distress or humiliation we feel when our actions do not match who we think ourselves to be nor want ourselves to be. In some cases and for some people, shame can be positive. If you do something wrong, feeling embarrassed can be a good thing. It may prevent you from doing it again. And if your cheeks blush, well… you are letting the other person know that you feel badly. Shame can also be highly destructive when it is not warranted. Shame can ruin a life. People employ many destructive behaviors to manage their shame. Some abuse drugs or alcohol, others binge eat, starve themselves, smoke, gamble, shop till they drop or completely deny themselves of any pleasure or personal “me” time. We spend our lives trying to figure out ways to deal with our shame, without actually facing it. Some of us feel shame for the way we have mistreated a loved one or been mistreated by a loved one, for stealing, for having been abused or molested, for inappropriate thoughts, for being jealous of a friend. The possibilities are unfortunately endless.
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is smooth and flexible. INSTUCTIONS 4. On a parchment-lined sheet pan, form the dough into a loaf about 4 in. wide and 2 in. 1. Preheat oven to 400 F Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the dough is 2. In a medium pot bring water to a boil. set andAdd lightquinoa, brown.lower heat and simmer for 5. Reduce the oven heatthe to 300° Remove 15 minutes, or until germF.separates the loaf fromthe theseed. oven Strain and immediately slice it from if necessary. to 3. desired thickness. Place sweet potato and beet on a 6. Arrange slices the with parchment baking the sheet andontoss olive and oil. return Bake to the oven browned and dry, until soft,until about 30 minutes. Let about cool. 40 minutes. Remove to a rack and let cool. cooled, the ends into melted 4. When In a large bowldip combine quinoa, sweet chocolate, if desired. Great with tea. potato, beets, spinach, red coffee onion,or green beans and tomatoes. 5. Prepare the dressing: In a small bowl KICHELACH combine mustard, brown sugar, honey, olive oil, and salt. Use Kichelach are basil, a food garlic minimalist’s delight— an immersion blender to blend until light, airy morsels of crunch that were eaten smooth. Tosssnacks. with salad. Top with like cookies or salty Wherever Eastern sunflower seeds and serve. European Jews settled, kichelach became a
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INGREDIENTS • 8 egg whites • 300 grams sugar • 100 grams flour • 100 grams almond flour or ground almonds • pinch kosher sallt • 150 grams canola oil
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INGREDIENTS 2 lb tilapia fillets 1 bag Terra Sticks, crushed to a coarse crumb
INSTRUCTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 150 F. Grease 12 (4 ounce) ramekins with non-stick baking spray. 2. In the bowl of an electric mixer beat egg whites until foamy. Slowly add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. 3. Fold in flour, almond flour and salt. Then fold in oil. 4. Portion batter into prepared ramekins. Bake for 18 minutes. 5. Let cool. Flip cakes onto serving plate and sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar.
MARINADE • 1/2 cup light corn syrup • 1/4 cup yellow mustard • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar • pinch turmeric • 3/4 tsp thyme • 3/4 tsp rosemary • 4 tsp garlic poweder • 4 tsp granulated garlic • 4 tsp onion powder • 4 tsp granulated onion • 1 T paprika • 1/2 tsp coarse black papper • 1 T brown sugar • 2-3 T lemon juice • pinch kosher salt • 3 T soybean oil
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INSTRUCTIONS 1. In a medium bowl combine all marinade ingredients, using an immersion blender. Add fish and marinate for one hour. 2. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 3. Remove fish from marinade. Discard marinade. Place fish on prepared baking sheet.. Cover top of fish well with crumbs. Bake for 17 minutes.
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