Learning To Stay – Object Relations, Safety, And Slowing Down
This semester, I’m teaching courses in psychodynamic psychotherapy and social work ethics—subjects centered on safety, boundaries, and relational presence.
Thirty Seconds in the Cold: Hormesis, Resilience, and the Design of Growth
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 [...]
LETTING GO TO LET IT GROW: Torah, Neuroscience, and the Quiet Power of Not Cornering the Soul
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: OVERFLOW THE CUP BEFORE IT’S EMPTY
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, [...]
WHAT WE SEE IN OTHERS IS OFTEN OURSELVES – Understanding Projection Through Torah, Psychology, And Neuroscience
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 – A TORAH & NEUROSCIENCE FRAMEWORK
“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 [...]
Getting Off The Merry-Go-Round Of The Mind Standing Steady On The Three-Legged Stool
We’ve all been there. A thought slips in — a “what if,” a fearful image, or a replay of the past — and suddenly you’re on the “Machshova Merry-Go-Round.” At first, it’s gentle, the horses and [...]
