The spirit of the 21st century is in a state of dis-ease. This is not a diagnosis, and it is not an accusation. It is an observation. We are living inside a cultural environment that places [...]
The other day, after a cold contrast shower, I chose not to warm up in the usual way. I did not stay under hot water, nor did I rush into getting dressed and returning to productivity. Instead, I [...]
We are living in an age of total accessibility. Everything is marketed as “healing,” “transformational,” or “science backed.” Breathwork, mindfulness, psychedelics, sound baths, yoga — all of it [...]
Why is it that a stranger can bump into us on the sidewalk and we exchange polite apologies, yet a spouse brushing past us in the kitchen can evoke a response wildly disproportionate to the moment?
There is quiet theology in an apple’s crunch, in melting chocolate, in the aroma of a tisane. The world was not engineered solely for survival; it was composed for encounter. Judaism treats [...]
This semester, I’m teaching courses in psychodynamic psychotherapy and social work ethics—subjects centered on safety, boundaries, and relational presence.
Many who seek altered states aren’t reckless. They’re searching for meaning, healing, and wholeness. Yet they often enter these experiences without knowing what questions to ask—or that there are [...]
This morning, I lasted just thirty seconds in my cold contrast shower. If you know Buffalo, you know the cold here isn’t subtle. By January, it’s not novel, it’s elemental. The water doesn’t [...]
There’s something delightfully innocent about a small child playing hide-and-seek. Sometimes, the child will simply cover their eyes and assume they’ve vanished: “If I can’t see you, you can’t [...]
This semester, I’ve been teaching Advanced Clinical Practice at Touro University. The course begins in an unusual way: the entire first quarter, what I call the “quadrester,” focuses not on [...]
