Traveling the Longest Road...
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Iโm sure everyone reading this has heard the saying that the longest distance in the world is between the head and the heart. And yet somehow, it never ceases to amaze us when we act in ways that contradict what we know to be true.
For example, we k...
Nov 19, 2025
Parenting Imperfectly, by Design
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This week, I had the tremendous brochah of welcoming a new baby granddaughter into my family (simchos by all of Klal Yisrael!). As I held this gorgeous, pink-cheeked baby in my arms and looked into her cloudy newborn eyes, a strange (and maybe sligh...
Nov 05, 2025
The Myth of Hacking Ruchnius
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A gutten vinter! There is something so comforting about settling back into routine after a long Yom Tov season. Iโm enjoying these days before the schedule gets stale and I find myself longing for another break. Iโm working on a couple of new course...
Oct 22, 2025
Feeling a little blocked this time of year?
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Hi friends.ย
Many years ago, I heard a thought from Rabbi Frand that resonated deeply, and I want to pass it along in case someone else needs to hear it. To me, it feels particularly appropriate right now.
We are entering a very serious time of year...
Sep 17, 2025
Ever Heard of IFS?
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I have been fascinated with psychology for as long as I can remember. Whether the goal is self help, or just self awareness; discovering the reasons people do what they do is endlessly interesting to me. (I'll confess, I often find the way people's ...
Aug 27, 2025
Superpower Up For Grabs
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Something Iโm noticing more and more as I get older: Optimism isnโt a character trait (although it is certainly true that certain people are more naturally aligned to that state of mind than others). Optimism- at least my way of understanding it- ...
Aug 08, 2025
The Avodah of these Weeks
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Thereโs always been a certain vagueness, for me, around the avodah of the Three Weeks. Especially after a yearโor twoโwhen sadness and tragedy seem to ebb and flow on a regular basis throughout the months, the beginning of the Three Weeks can feel a...
Jul 23, 2025
Soul Struggle: Part Two
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In the last installment of On My Mind, we were talking about the fact that the Nefesh Habihamis (there were no better spelling suggestions, so Iโm sticking with that wonky looking one) is the stronger force, but the Nefesh Elokis is the smarter one....
Jul 09, 2025
Soul Struggle: Brain vs Brawn
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Have you ever noticed that the pull toward your nefesh haโbihamis, the animalistic, instinctive side of you, seems to be so much stronger than the pull to follow your nefesh elokis? It seems to require an incredible amount of willpower and self cont...
Jun 25, 2025
Can we talk about feelings (in my avodas Hashem)
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Ready for a short, powerful idea that I just heard in a daily Tanya series which Iโm currently learning (more about that later)? As we all know, sefarim constantly speak of the importance of not just doing the right thing, but of experiencing a real...
Jun 11, 2025
The Game of Life
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One of the first lessons I teach my students is something I call The Game of Life. Without going into too much detail, it is essentially (what I hope is) a novel way of presenting a pretty basic concept. There are some people who go through life spe...
May 21, 2025
Self Care
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Why self care makes me roll my eyesย
At the risk of getting a ton of unsympathetic feedback โ which might be kind of fun in its own way โ Iโd like to make the statement that none of us really work as hard or get as stressed about Pesach preparations...
Mar 26, 2025
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