Stop thinking about it. Stop thinking about it. Stop thinking about it! Doesn’t feel too easy, huh? We all struggle with the “Don’t Think About the Pink Elephant” challenge. We feel that we are a slave to our thoughts, the onslaught of anxieties, distractions, a constant whirlwind of noise. No matter how much we tell
Environmentalism has become a taboo subject, used as a political bargaining chip that alienates people from both sides of the aisle. At the same time, people in general seem to be further and further removed from the natural world, disconnected from it in an extreme way. This essay seeks to address our relationship with the
As the old saying goes “Knowing the cause is half the solution”. At the root of some of the most widespread phenomena that plague the 20th century, Jewish psychologist Victor Frankl believed that there lay a fundamental, underlying cause. Frankl coined the term ‘existential vacuum’(1) to account for many modern troubles such as boredom ,
In today’s culture of instant gratification and perpetual motion, society has come to dislike open spaces of time, unfilled with stimulation. We have come to crave constant action and stimulation. In a world where the focus is on achievement, people are often resisting the action of nothing, of simply creating space and pause. With the
“I’m not attracted to my husband”, shared a wife. “Why isn’t Taharas hamishpacha working it’s magic in our relationship? The laws of family purity are supposed to create the perfect framework for passion in a marriage. What is missing for us?” “Why doesn’t my husband take initiative to care for our children?” wondered another. “I
Questions are integral to our interpersonal, business and academic lives. Asking questions allows us to achieve things as mundane as clarifying tasks, to probing the deeper meaning of reality. This essay aims to explore the status of questions in the doctrines of Chassidic thought,. The ideas in this essay were inspired by a letter from
Strength in struggle. How? How to get through pain and loss? How to respond to tragedy? How to go on? The questions are universal. The discussion is huge and vast. I want to make an attempt here; to approach the topic of resilience in the face of struggle through my own experiences. There was a
Something is being lost in the translation. The numbers just aren’t adding up. With all the effort that educators around the world are investing, how are so many children still falling through the cracks? As much progress as we’re making, so many teenagers are still struggling with feeling misunderstood by their parents and teachers. Words
85% of the world’s population is affected by low self esteem.[1] That’s right, 85 out of every hundred people do not have enough self-respect. They doubt their own value and deem themselves undeserving of their own confidence. This 85% is not to be taken lightly. It represents over 6.4 billion people whose self-doubt is getting
The background topic of this essay is the unparalleled success of two opposite-pole industries in the US: The ever-thriving food industry, and the brazenly successful diet industry, both paragons of unmatched revenue. It offers insight on how our own million-year observances are a shield and a response to these challenges. With this background, the focus
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