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 [...]
Pas b’salo appears in the Talmud (Yoma 18a), which teaches that a person who has bread within reach is fundamentally more at ease than one without. This isn't just about food. It’s about mindset, [...]
When it comes to mental health and healing, we’re entering a new era—one where science affirms the soul’s wisdom: small, consistent behaviors can change not just our mindset, but our biology. [...]
For decades, we were told to toss the yolk — the “dangerous” part of the egg supposedly linked to heart attacks and clogged arteries. Cholesterol was the enemy, and eggs were the breakfast [...]
There’s a folk saying: When you point a finger at someone, three fingers point back at you. Psychology calls this projection—the tendency to see in others what we cannot face in ourselves.
“Believe to Receive” is not about treating the universe like a personal ATM, dispensing goodies at the push of thought-buttons. Nor is it about twisting or manipulating reality to serve our [...]
