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…
Who Needs Meaning in Life Anyway?
What is the meaning of life? Rabbi Simon Jacobson, author of the best-seller Toward a Meaningful Life, actually answers that question.
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Depression & Mental Illness
The author of the best-selling “Toward a Meaningful Life” discusses the spiritual roots and solutions for depression in an open forum.
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Good Grief
Chassidic teaching differentiates between two types of sorrow: merirus, a constructive grief, and atzvus, a destructive grief. The first is active, the second—passive. The first one weeps, the second’s eyes are dry and blank.
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Loneliness
The excitement to jump out of bed knowing that you have a mission to do, something that you’re needed for today, is ultimately the solution to any type of sense of deep loneliness.
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What is Pain?
What is the purpose of pain? Why do good people suffer? Are there any benefits to pain? How can we alleviate our pain?
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Is Psychology Good For Us? Are Therapists Necessary?
We should be striving to a psychology imbued with the confidence in the resilience and fortitude of the soul, and one that follows a higher moral calling.
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Are You Damaged Goods?
So there you have the psychology of Chassidus: There is no such thing as damaged goods.
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Medicine, Psychology and Spirituality
How much of a role do religious practices, faith and trust in G-d play in the healing process?
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Vayeirah : G-d’s Mysterious Ways
Our relationship with G-d is a two-way street: The more we immerse ourselves in our calling and the more dedicated we become to our mission, the more access we gain to the deeper mysteries of life.
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How the Alter Rebbe Changed the World
Over two centuries ago Rabbi Schneur Zalman presented us with an invaluable model of life that can be appreciated now more than ever. Freud and his colleagues may be the fathers of psychology today. But the Alter Rebbe is the true father of the psychology of tomorrow.
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