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…
Are You Too Nice?
“Nice” can mean being inoffensive — to anyone. “Nice” can mean people-pleasing and acquiescing. “Nice” can also mean being non-confrontational (even when you should be).
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How to Practice Self-Discipline with Self-Love
Whether you are embarking on an exercise regimen, attempting work that you have been procrastinating, or trying to establish a new healthy habit, you’ll get farther and you’ll get better results if you do it with love.
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Do You Think You Are Ugly?
We think we are unbecoming because, when we were children, people told us we were ugly.`Even if our parents told us we were good-looking, our peers took care of making sure we knew it was a lie created by the self-esteem movement.
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The Difference Between Fear and Doubt
While healthy fear wakes you up, doubt demoralizes you.
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Listen to Your Body
What is most fascinating about this concept is that usually we associate awareness with the soul. Yet, Jewish mysticism teaches that the body too was created by G-d. It therefore contains unique Divine energy of its own. Indeed, the body carries enormous power stemming from the Essence of G-d, which in some ways is superior even to the energy of the soul!
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The Journey Begins
Creating a mission statement is vital to achieving your purpose. To find it one must look at their personality, opportunities, people, and places.
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How to Create a New Habit
Are you trying to create a new habit, or break free from an old one? There are four practices that will facilitate your process.
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How to Respect Yourself
If you feel that you lack self-respect, work on building up your personal dignity. Personal dignity is a state of being rather than an activity. Here’s a few ways to establish (or bring back) that state of being in your life.
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19 Kislev: 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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Taking Responsibility as a Form of Self-Care
Responsibility is a basic human need, just like food or oxygen; we cannot fulfill or justify our existence without it. It is one of the greatest gifts we’ve been endowed with — the gift of being active participants in the unfolding of our destinies.
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