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 Find Your Own Voice: The Flame That Rises on Its Own
How much of your life reflects your own exclusive personality, and how much of it is living up to other people’s expectations and opinions?
Read MoreThe Cost of Light
Giving, whether physical or spiritual, carries a “price”. We find an example of such spiritual descent in Moses’ bestowal of the leadership upon Joshua.
Read MoreIs This Alcoholic Hopeless?
Spiritual advice for an alcoholic who has “tried everything” but hasn’t gotten sober.
Read MoreLamps and Lives
The verses in Parshat Beha’alotecha specify two laws of the menorah corresponding to two visions of man provided by Rashi and Nachmanides.
Read MoreEmbarrassed By Supervisor
Rabbi Jacobson advises a viewer on how to move ahead at an internship where her supervisor is embarrassing her in front of other superiors.
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