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Overview

  • 94 references 53 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hebrew (modern); learning Sign Language - American, Spanish
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • No occupation listed
  • studied sociology and gender
  • From chicago & tel aviv
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - M

ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm an outgoing, goofy and spontaneous kinda gal...I love to dance, be with my family, listen to you play guitar, start chatting with strangers, travel, eat yummy foods, entrepreneurship, sweep, dance to drumming, explore different ways of living and thinking, laugh with children and am passionate about a lotta good stuff. Yup, I think that really sums me up.

i am going "where the ocean says to go..."(danielnahmod.com..incredible musician, beautiful lyrics...)

PHILOSOPHY

i create my experience. it is what I make it.

appreciate and be generous.

...life may lead you where you least expect...but have faith you are exactly where you are meant to be..

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory ... that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Lots of hosting and surfing in israel and abroad since 2007. Organized some fun events in Israel. Do what I can and I'm loving it!!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's been a rockin' good time. Since '07 I've been involved with hosting, organizing events and blabbin about cs to everyone :) Besides surfing here in Israel, I've surfed in a bit of Europe and the US... it's been pretty much amazing

Interests

dancing, guitar, writing, lemonade, photography, drum circles, laughing, goofing around with children, i LOVE listening to someone CRACK UP LAUGHING while retelling a story, hiking, women's and gender studies, the sea, playing Scrabble, sushi, frisbee, reading, youth empowerment, a star lit sky, waves, academia, floating, bi-cultural identities, people watching, observing cultural practices...even slight isms that reflect a culture fascinate me...lots more, too :)

And your interests are??

  • culture
  • writing
  • photography
  • dancing
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • sailing
  • entrepreneurship
  • gender studies

Music, Movies, and Books

www.radioparadise.com

love to read. feministy women's experiences ....non fiction has been rockin these socks lately.

love love love this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOkxeiFSzso

love love love this children's book:
The Smile That Went Around the World, Patrice Karst

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

one? stumbling upon, being welcomed in and treated as a guest n dancing in a bedouin wedding in 2005 in southern Israel. ask about it :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Share...What do you know about more than anything else in the world? For me, it's children and family dynamics..child development and behavior, etc. :) I love kids and am fascinated by them. What is it for you??

Learn--I'd love to study massage and photography

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Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Maldives, Mexico, Poland, Saint Lucia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, United States

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