Emotions & Psychology
When you awake in the morning, while you are still lying in bed, think for a moment: What does it mean to be awake and alive?
Though many of its clients may not be, the therapy industry itself is healthy and robust. You may even be lying on a couch as you read this. In an era of unprecedented material excess, we sometimes find ourselves feeling emotionally bankrupt. We know where to turn for excitement, but we are lost when it comes to finding meaning. We are experts at distraction, but when we are alone with the mirror, are we truly happy? Are these questions considered neuroses? I don’t know, this conversation is stressing me out…
How to Stop Repeating Your Mistakes
It takes sustained and consistent effort, but it is possible to stop repeating mistakes. Try the following.
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Are You Emotionally Intelligent
Intelligence is not just brain power and it’s not simply data processing. True intelligence is also the wisdom of life — the wisdom of interactions, the understanding of relationships. It goes far beyond the brain and its limited parameters and capabilities.
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Look Back. Move Forward.
Is there a way out of that trap? Can we learn to not ignore our past, but also not to let it hold us hostage? As we prepare to enter the Hebrew New Year, this is the perfect opportunity to begin anew.
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When to Enter and When to Leave
Healthy boundaries: Spiritual secrets of knowing when to let stuff in, and when to keep stuff out. How to know your boundaries.
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The Hard Truth About Adulthood
Theme: Smallness Is the Essence of Greatness
As adults we learn how to cover up our emotional immaturity, but it becomes obvious in relationships and during conflict. In this video, join best-selling author Rabbi Simon Jacobson for straight-talk about maturity.
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Having Intention
If you protect your intentions like you’d protect a small child from harm, you’ll be more likely to succeed at actualizing them.
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The Kabbalah of Tears
Tears are a critical part of our lives. We were given tears as a way of release, like the steam escaping from a kettle. Without the release, all our feelings and emotions, our joys and our sorrows, would just continue to build and bottle up inside of us with no outlet.
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How to Make Amends When You Have Hurt Someone
You, as all people, have been blessed with free will. When you refrain from doing more harm to others, you actively negate the harm you’ve done before.
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Where is G-d When I Cry?
There is such darkness in this world, such unbearable pain, such untold suffering. Where is G-d in all of this?
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The Antidote to Rage: Inner Security
The tragic massacre in Las Vegas last night leaves us all stunned, wondering what this world is coming to. It also brings up the question: how to address violent rage and preempt future such acts.
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