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08/11/2022

Our need for predictability can prevent the journey of self-growth from unfolding the way it should. Here's a post about Temimut, the key ingredient to help us embrace the unknown and travel down the path of personal discovery.

November 8, 2022 0 Comment Temimut: Stepping into the unknown Facebook0Tweet0LinkedIn0 Most of us don’t like entering a process without the foreknowledge of how it will play out. Predicting what we think is going to happen is about grasping for security and the sense that we have some control over...

23/10/2022

So many of us get stuck in the trap of rumination, the endless loop of thinking that tends to lead us nowhere. We know too well how to fall in - here's a post on how to climb out:

October 23, 2022 0 Comment Ruminating: Getting Out of Our Minds Facebook0Tweet0LinkedIn0 The ruminators among us will attest to how debilitating it is to get stuck in our own heads. While the mind is a G-dly gift and a marvelous tool, it is also home to an incredibly complex web of thoughts that can...

20/06/2022

We can't afford to be more focused on how things appear than on things themselves. Here's a post about our tendency to confuse presentation with substance, and how it affects our sense of self:

June 20, 2022 0 Comment A Problem of Presentation Facebook0Tweet0LinkedIn0 Writing is one of those endeavors that makes us aware of the difference between ideas and their presentation. Putting pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) immediately generates two considerations: “What point do I wish to c...

08/06/2022

Not ready to leave Har Sinai yet? Let's keep the inspiration of Shavuot going just a bit longer. Here's an article about how to make the voice of Torah more relevant in our lives.

June 8, 2022 0 Comment Reflections on Shavuot: The Torah’s Voice Facebook0Tweet0LinkedIn0 We just observed the holiday of Shavuot, the day that we relive our encounter with Hashem’s voice emanating from atop Har Sinai. Hearing the voice of Hashem en masse was a singular event in our nation’s h...

03/05/2022

Reactivity can imprison us within an emotional cell of someone else's making. When we let ourselves be triggered by someone else's negativity, we're giving them the power to dictate our mood. Here's a blog about rising above our automatic reponses and taking back our ability to determine our own wellbeing.

May 3, 2022 0 Comment The Imprisonment of Reactivity Facebook0Tweet0LinkedIn0 Most of us were raised on the value of self-determination, the principle that we are in control of our lives and free to shape our own destiny. This precept is deeply embedded in our collective conscience and serves as a c...

11/04/2022

Loneliness is on the rise all around us. Thankfully we have Pesach to bring us back together - to each other and to Hashem. Here's an article for you:

April 11, 2022 0 Comment Pesach: A Cure for Loneliness Facebook0Tweet0LinkedIn0 Loneliness is on the rise in our society. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, reports of loneliness have skyrocketed, with 1 in 3 Americans, and over 60% of young adults, having felt “seriously lonely” over the past year...

27/03/2022

Accepting ourselves does not equal complacency. It means setting the starting point for real change to happen. Read more in my new post below:

March 27, 2022 0 Comment Self-Acceptance (Part Four) Facebook0Tweet0LinkedIn0 Let’s pull together what we’ve learned about acceptance for a fourth and final installment: learning to accept ourselves. To many of the young people I work with, the words “self-acceptance” sound short for “the ...

11/03/2022

Purim teaches us how to find meaning through facing darkness. Only by meeting challenges head-on do we have a chance of letting them change us.

March 11, 2022 0 Comment Purim: Facing Darkness Through Acceptance (Part Three) Facebook0Tweet0LinkedIn0 In our journey through acceptance, we find ourselves arriving at the holiday of Purim, a time where the challenge of meeting reality stands at the core of the day. We know by now that acceptance....

10/03/2022

Welcome to the Life Lessins Blog, where I'll be posting articles about mental health from a Jewish perspective. It's a collection of insights culled from 15 years of experience as a psychotherapist working within a religious context.

My aim in expressing these perspectives is to share, enrich, educate, and engage in an ongoing conversation with the broader community.

Check out my first few posts here:

March 2, 2022 1 Comment Non-Acceptance: The Change-Mission (Part Two) We’ve defined acceptance in marriage as meeting our spouse exactly where they are, being willing to hear where they’re coming from, and working together from that point. Unfortunately, many of us have spent a lot of time, effo...

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