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 Not to Say the Wrong Thing
If we practice silence, humility, and compassion, our words will surely be potent for good.
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Breaking Down the Highest Level of Empathy
Rabbi Simon Jacobson breaks down the highest level of empathy by telling a story of the Mittler Rebbe.
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What Leadership Is (And Is Not)
By discovering what a leader is not, we can come to understand what a leader is. What leadership is…
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How to Talk to Someone that Won’t Listen
Join best-selling author and counselor-to-thousands Rabbi Simon Jacobson for a short how-to video on how to speak to someone who won’t acknowledge wrong.
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Your Potential is Your Biggest Blessing
Most people do not know how much (and what) potential they have. You’ll see the blessing every time you release a new dimension of your potential.
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Are You Unique?
Become a giver, instead of a taker, and you will find the courage to be yourself, to finally allow your unique voice to play its own music.
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Depression and Anxiety
If you’re not doing what you are supposed to be doing with your life, your soul is going to cry out to you.
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How to Give Yourself Motherly Love
Whether your mother is present in your life or not, each one of us needs to give ourselves motherly love. Motherly love fosters a sense of security and dignity — and you can give yourself the nurturing that you need regardless of whether your mother gave it to you or not, or is present now (or not).
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Special Children
An email exchange between Rabbi Jacobson and the mother of a bi-polar son illuminates the concept of special children and their unique strengths.
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