Soul Esteem™

Stuck Isn’t Shameful — It’s a Signal. That frozen wave of “so much to do” is not laziness or lack of willpower. It is the brain’s threat-detection network declaring, This feels too big, too [...]

Have you ever wondered why depression feels the way it does—not just sadness, but a kind of emptiness, disconnection, or loss of meaning? I recently read a fascinating book, Lost Connections by [...]

In today’s wellness culture, many Torah-observant Jews find themselves exploring practices like yoga for health and healing. But yoga is not just movement—it is rooted in spiritual systems [...]

Sometimes life hits hard. A challenge appears, a relationship shifts, a quiet ache settles in. These moments, though painful, often carry an invisible invitation: to grow, to stretch, to wake up. [...]

The Power of Saying Thank You In a busy, often overwhelming world, stopping to say “thank you” is more than just polite—it’s deeply spiritual. My local rabbi, Rabbi Yisroel Heschel Greenberg, [...]

What Are You Training Your Life to Show You? We live in a world of algorithms. Whether you're on YouTube, Instagram, or Google, what you see is shaped by what you search for, click on, and spend [...]

Sometimes helping feels loving—but it may actually hold others back. When we shield people from the consequences of their actions, we’re often enabling them, not supporting real growth.

Maimonides (Rambam), in Hilchot Teshuvah (Laws of Repentance 3:4), teaches that every person should see themselves as if the world is perfectly balanced between merit and sin, and that their next [...]

Buffalo’s winter is tough. The city faces heavy snowfall, freezing temperatures, and biting winds. But instead of just enduring the cold, Buffalonians use it to their advantage—building [...]

Every day, observant Jews recite the blessing Asher Yatzar, acknowledging the profound wisdom embedded in the human body—its vessels, hollows, and the delicate balance that sustains life. Within [...]