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, [...]
Nature, Nurture & NOW: How Epigenetics is Rewriting Mental Health
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. [...]
