“This time of year is especially hard for me, but it’s actually always like this. I wake up in the morning, and I’m supposed to say...

“I appreciate my Rabbi so much, and I wanted to be inspired by the drasha, but I couldn’t concentrate on what he was saying. All I kept...

“I’m so happy and grateful- his Rebbe said he’s a meyuchad, a lamdan, really something special.” “I just want to do whatever is best for...

Something I've been thinking about for awhile (like years) is how this time of year in the Jewish calendar, the months of Av and Elul,...

“I’m not sure if you’re interested or ready to hear this, but there is something I’d like to suggest, with your permission.” This is...

There are certain memorable moments from sessions past that stay with me in vivid detail. It was a couple’s intake session years ago, and...

“My Principal Wouldn’t Let the Other Girls Talk to Me” A courageous letter from a girl who was deliberately ostracized, to the principal...

When terrible things happen, it’s natural to react intensely. It can be a tremendous challenge to even imagine life beyond the event and...

Every year around this time, I wonder if this will be the year I try and “do something about it.” These are the weeks we call Shovevim...

What if my b’show didn’t work? This post will undoubtedly elicit strong reactions from readers on both sides of this issue. I want to...

This will be a short, not-so-sweet, but to-the-point post (bordering on rant). To some, what I’m about to say might be obvious, but to...

There is so much kid-friendly content in this week’s parsha, and such an abbreviated week for studying it, that we often just gloss over...

Have you ever found that happiness sometimes brings fear? That often when we find, receive, or achieve something good, it’s almost like:...

In preparation for Rosh Chodesh Elul, I am deviating from my usual blogging style to share something a bit more personal. The following...

Suicide has been getting a lot of attention in the news lately, due to some high profile cases. Shortly before that, the second season of...

“It’s not that I mind Rachel becoming more religious; we expected that to a degree, when we allowed her to go to Israel for the year....

Sima had ostensibly done everything “right”. She was a prototypical “aidel maidel”- a respectful daughter, a helpful sister, a caring...

Kayla (pseudonym) was referred to me a number of years ago, by her caring Rebbetzen and mentor, for what she described as a “very...

Tzivi is a deeply devout 24 year old mother and wife. She prays twice daily, while raising her toddler and baby, and working 30 hours a...

Miriam and Chaim had been married for just over ten years, and was happily and busily raising their brood of five lively children, when...