ESSAYS| 2017

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How to Deal with Difficult People

by Hadassah Silberstein

Essays 2017 / Student Winners / Winning Essays

MyLife Essay Contest The sound of her unnecessarily aggressive chewing drives you crazy. You cringe every time he opens his mouth. You cannot remain in one room with her for too long before you get irritated. More often than not, your conversations with him turn into arguments. When you aren’t with her, you find every

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Trees and Maps: How to Stop Being a People Pleaser

by Moishe Chakoff

Essays 2017 / Student Winners / Winning Essays

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   The expression “people-pleaser” may seem like an innocuous phrase to describe a very nice person. In truth, it describes a psychological disorder wherein individuals feel they must say “yes” when they really want to and should say “no”. The Giving-Tree by Shel Silverstein illustrates the mentality of people-pleasing very clearly. 

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ADD: The Key to Living A Productive Life

By Sara Blau, Brooklyn, NY

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MyLife Essay Contest   Contemporary Issue: There are many challenges that make up the gamut of the human experience, from depression and anxiety, to lust and obsessions, from feelings of loneliness and doubts, to issues in a relationship. How does one live a productive, functional life, when the mind is bogged down by the above

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תורת החסידות כגישה פסיכולוגית אקלקטית
Chassidus as an Eclectic Psychological Approach

By Shraga Crombi, Edison, New Jersey

Essays 2017 / Student Winners / Winning Essays

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 English translation הקדמה בעולם הפסיכולוגיה שולטות כיום מספר אסכולות מרכזיות, ובשנים האחרונות נעשים ניסיונות רבים על מנת להציג גישה משולבת, שתתגבר על החסרונות הקיימים בכל אחת מהן, וזאת מתוך הבנה שאף אחת מהגישות הקיימות לא מספקת מענה הולם למבנה הנפש ולבעיות נפשיות, ולכל אחת מהן מעלות וחסרונות. תורת החסידות היא הפתרון

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A Different Kind of Success

By Chony Milecki

Essays 2017 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   The nature of the human-being is to strive for more. Whether in our relationships, art, business or personal struggles, we strive to do better and be better. But striving for success is really a shallow exercise without a clear picture of what we are really after. Somebody who strives for more

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Chassidus as an Eclectic Psychological Approach

By Shraga Crombi, Edison, New Jersey

Essays 2017 / Winning Essays

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Originally in Hebrew, translated by Rabbi Yonah Pruss A number of central schools dominate today’s world of psychology. In recent years many attempts have been made to present an integrated approach to overcome existing deficiencies in each of them, based on the understanding that none of the existing approaches provide an adequate

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A Shidduch as Illuminated by the Teachings of Chassidus

By Esther Rochel Elkaim

Essays 2017 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Shidduchim have been become increasingly difficult in many parts of the Jewish community during the last few years, including in Chabad circles. In this essay, I will humbly attempt to present a number of Chassidic teachings on the subject of shidduchim and the importance of marriage, as well as highlight how

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You Are Here

By Avi Lowell, Jerusalem, IL

Essays 2017 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 It was negative twenty six degrees outside (a warm day for Smolensk in the winter).  We were on our way to Lubavitch, Russia.  At the crack of dawn we stepped off the bus to reach the birthplace of Chabad, by foot.  The Rabbi had warned us about the traditional hike —

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