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They say that when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But what if you don’t have the recipe? Luckily, recipes for personal growth, great relationships, and emotional health are readily available. Return to this page often for new Torah-true perspectives and practical information to understand, survive, and sometimes even thrive through life’s challenges.
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Your Words Create Your World
Unveiling the Power of Speech: How Dialogue Transforms Your Identity, Relationships, and Self-Understanding
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Why Facts Create Fights in Your Relationship
Facts inform, but emotions connect. In conflicts, focusing on the relevance and feelings rather than mere facts can open doors to understanding and intimacy.
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Breaking the Chains of Depression
Depression suffocates joy and purpose. But amid this darkness, lies hope. Building a future with action breaks depression, creating joy and purpose.
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Transforming Relationships: From Stop to Start
Addressing problems in relationships requires more than shouting “stop.” A better approach is outlining positive actions and understanding each other’s needs
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Parenting After Aliyah
Navigating guilt and over responsibility after Aliyah. Understanding triggers, rewiring reactions, and finding resilience in the face of parenting challenges
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Building A Healthy Relationship with Yourself: Know, Show and Grow
Explore self-perception through childhood memories and a drawing exercise. Learn about self-awareness, compassion, and growth for mental health.
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How My Brain Gets In The Way Of My Marriage
We’re biologically hardwired to vacillate between mild paranoia and sheer terror. So How can we disconnect from our survival instincts to save our marriage?
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Confronting Pedophilia: Research and Case Study of Chaim Walder
How to recognize the profile of a pedophile, know how to protect yourself, and how far is going too far.
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Harnessing the Fury: How to Use Your Anger
Discover how our worst selves emerge in conflicts and explore the potential of recording fights for self-improvement and better communication.
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Not Rocking the Boat Of Marriage
The key to marriage is realizing both partners can flip the boat they’re both standing in. Learn more.
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Do You Believe in The Miracles In Your Life?
By living your life as if everything is a miracle, every moment becomes something to savor. Use these tips to unlock life’s everyday miracles.
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How To Handle Postpartum Depression
1 out of 8 women develop a postpartum reaction ranging from baby blues to postpartum psychosis. Knowing how to spot it quickly increases your chances of a speedy recovery.
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Acceptance Doesn’t Mean Agreement
What is the difference between acceptance and agreement? They are not the same. Learn the difference.
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Ditch These 5 Things Today to Instantly Improve Your Life
Improve yourself and your personal life by ditching poor eating habits, unfulfilling work, negative thinking, excess clutter, and toxic people
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What Do People Really Want When They Ask for Advice
Giving advice has two pit falls. The first is you might be wrong. The second is you are subtly implying the person you’re talking to isn’t smart enough to solve their own problems.