the answers they write this year so they can see how they've grown and changed. Free registration for www doyoul0Q.com starts on Sept. 4, erev Rosh Hashanah. More Options If you're having trouble getting started in your self-examination, Treu suggests you follow "good Chasidic tradition" and get out into nature. "Spend some time talking to yourself, talking to God, figuring out what's right for you" she said. Maybe you have a friend you can partner with. Treu sets aside 20 minutes a week to talk on the phone with a friend, an idea she learned at a yoga retreat. First one person talks uninterrupted for 10 minutes, and then the other takes a turn. Each answers the question, "What do you need to say right now?" For additional reading, Treu rec- ommends This is Real and You Are Totally Unprepared by Alan Lew, who describes himself as a "Zen rabbi" The book contains essays about religious and personal trans- formation during the High Holiday season. For Lew, spiritual prepara- tion begins at Tisha b'Av, the Jewish day of mourning for the destruction of the Temple, which fell this year on July 16. Lew says he is more con- cerned with the introspection and self-evaluation of the High Holidays than with ritual. For families with school-aged children, Treu suggests taking a small box, like a shoebox, and cutting a slot in the top. Everyone in the family can take pieces of paper and write their mistakes, things they feel bad about or things they wish they had done better. The papers go into the box. At a Tashlich ceremony on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, when the tradition is to throw crumbs into moving water as a symbolic casting away of sins, the parents can take the box —without looking at the contents — and bury it, burn it or recycle it, symbolizing a new start. Treu notes that the shofar is blown during the morning synagogue ser- vice every day during Elul (except Shabbat). The sound of shofar can help some people focus on spiritual matters. Those who are not used to attending a morning minyan may consider trying it once a week before Rosh Hashanah, she said. On a personal level, Treu sees the High Holidays as an annual dead- line. "I need the High Holidays to make me stop and think" she said. "Otherwise, one day just turns into another:' ❑ EMMELLE TRUNK SHOW Thur, Aug 15, Fri, Aug 16 & Sat, Aug 17th 10-5 Sizes 2-20 TRUNK SHOW ZELDA Thu, August 22nd, Fri Aug 23rd & Sat, Aug 24th 10-5 Bed sore won't heal? We know why. There are 5 reasons a wound won't heal: poor circulation, infection, edema (too much surrounding fluid), poor nutrition and repetitive trauma to the wound. At Encompass HealthCare and Wound Medicine, we use hospital-level diagnostics in a convenient, outpatient setting to discover these underlying conditions. Then, using the latest advances in wound care, IV therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and traditional Chinese medicine, we help you heal your wound completely. So stop suffering with your non-healing wound by calling us today at 248-624-9800 or by visiting us online at www.encompasshealthcare.com . HealthCare and Wound Medicine Healing wounds from the inside out. 2300 Haggerty Road. Ste. 1190, West Bloomfield, MI 48323 248-624-9800 1851050 August 15 • 2013 45