The Spiritual Foundations of Mental Health

The opportunity of Yom Kippur reminds us that there is an inextinguishable, incorruptible space within us that yearns to grow.

Small choices are not small when they share a partnership with the Creator and King of the universe.

How my experience of parallel parking a stranger's car reminds me of the power of building a vessel for God's blessing.

There is wealth to be had in this moment by being loyal to the truth of gratitude.

When I see the true source behind my difficulties, I leave stuckness and move toward growth, opportunity, and rejoicing.

Set boundaries for that lovable and somewhat immature guy but without the shame/guilt trips!

It's exciting to be in a relationship in which you know your attention is wanted and waited for. We can initiate such a relationship with the Source behind life. But that relationship can only be initiated from the place we stand in now.

Don't resist your downs. Rather take action to use them to reveal what is whole in your life and beyond.

How fortunate the person who knows that stormy thoughts are a part of being a healthy and safe human being!

The intensity of our need to connect - to a spouse, to our Creator - can be frightening and hard to face. If we can see past the surface of our complaints to that core vulnerability, we will find a path to real redemption.

Every human being is endowed with natural, hardwired preferences, comforts, and triggers. To what extent do they run our lives and how does one find his way past that hardwiring?

Knowing that there are places and times in life to labor and times not to labor is an essential ingredient in tasting true freedom.

Another look at the preciousness of unconditional acknowledgement.

The first thing to thing to know about discovering self esteem is where not to look.

Sometimes our motivations and feelings are not visible - even to ourselves!

There is no way to tap our unseen potential without unconditionalness. And there's no way to live unconditionally without the soul's deep affection for the body and its strengths and weaknesses.

A precious reminder about who we are and the significance of even "small" actions.

The Talmud presents us with two approaches to dealing with accumulated negativity.

We each possess within a wise and nurturing leader, and a follower that can accomplish great things - with love and acceptance.

It's not only the case that good things come to those who wait. It's also true that waiting can create good things.

Seeing what's missing in our path to change is an essential ingredient in the change process. Acknowledging that I'm not on the hook to generate the whole change process allows me to face and embrace 100% of my part.

There is a tension between where we are now and where we want to be. Freedom lies in understanding and navigating that tension.

You have experienced points and places in your life stuckness. It was bitter. And now it's not. Touch that memory and you will find more room in your life for the opportunity of your current lacks. This is a great part of the opportunity of Pesach.

How would you efforts to break free of some difficulty differ if you knew your part was being matched and augmented by a Divine partner?

Purim takeaways that can help expand our sights year round.