"How can I motivate my spouse to get fit?"
*This first appeared as a column in the Five Towns Jewish Times* Dear Elisheva, This message probably makes me sounds like a shallow,...
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Elisheva Liss
- Jan 4
- 7 min
How do I make friends as a grown up?
*This originally appeared in the Five Towns Jewish Times State of Mind column* Dear Elisheva, What I’m struggling with feels more...
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Elisheva Liss
- Nov 21, 2022
- 6 min
Influencer Anxiety
Tali is a mom blogger. She entertains her audience by chronicling the daily details of her regular family life on social media. Sometimes...
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Elisheva Liss
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
Anxiety and Elul
Tami, a motivated college student, sought help to deal with her test taking anxiety. She describes her symptoms: “I just get so nervous...
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Elisheva Liss
- May 19, 2022
- 6 min
Relationship Uncertainty
*This originally appeared in the Five Towns Jewish Times State of Mind column* Dear Elisheva, I would imagine my problem is not unique,...
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Elisheva Liss
- Apr 7, 2022
- 3 min
She Wasn't Feeling Pleasure
Once upon a time, there was a young, sincere couple, who married and loved each other. But they had one problem: Even after a few years...
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Elisheva Liss
- Mar 14, 2022
- 3 min
"Virtue Signaling" Re-examined
Lately, there has been a specific kind of backlash on social media against social media about social media, where people take to social...
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Elisheva Liss
- Sep 15, 2021
- 7 min
My Teen Discovered Pornography- What Should I Do??
This originally appeared as a column in the Five Towns Jewish Times: Dear Elisheva, I honestly never thought I would be writing a letter...
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Elisheva Liss
- Aug 15, 2021
- 3 min
Hey, Teachers- Your Students Have Issues
A local teacher once called me to talk about some frustrating feedback she had gotten at work. Apparently, a parent had called the...
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Elisheva Liss
- Aug 8, 2021
- 4 min
Vacation Altercations
Atara and Azriel are trying to plan a vacation. For the first time since they had kids, they have a chance to get away just the two of...
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Elisheva Liss
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
This One Thing Can Change Everything
There's something I've learned in the course of both my work and my spiritual studies has made a profound difference in the way I view...
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Elisheva Liss
- Jun 4, 2021
- 4 min
Fighting about Whether to Have a Baby
How do you decide when to start a family? How many kids to have? When to stop having kids? Even if we knew exactly how many kids we hoped...
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Elisheva Liss
- May 21, 2021
- 3 min
Anti-semitism on the Rise
This post is adapted from my weekly schmoozeletter. When I was a kid, many of our religious teachers were first and second generation...
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Elisheva Liss
- May 14, 2021
- 3 min
PSA: You're Allowed to Break Up with your Therapist
As part of the intake process with new clients, one of the questions I always ask is: "Have you ever been to therapy before?" I like to...
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Elisheva Liss
- Apr 28, 2021
- 6 min
Wives, Please Don't Surrender
(This post is adapted from a special edition schmoozeletter.) Last week, I posted what seems to have been a polarizing opinion on social...
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Elisheva Liss
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
Why Saying: "Divorce is not an Option" Can Actually Hurt Marriages
Were you taught to believe that “divorce” is a curse word? That we don’t even say the “d” word? When I was a young, idealistic grad...
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Elisheva Liss
- Apr 6, 2021
- 2 min
Sex Is NOT Supposed to Hurt!
This will be a short, but I believe, very important post: One of the many awful results of inadequate, misinformed, or nonexistent sex...
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Elisheva Liss
- Dec 31, 2020
- 4 min
The Covid Vaccine and Fearing the Unknown
When I was a kid, there was this corny joke that made the rounds in our Jewish schools and camps. It went something like this: Joker: I...
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Elisheva Liss
- Dec 22, 2020
- 3 min
"I Wear my Issues on my Body"
Ruth has been at war with her own body since middle school. She and her sisters reacted emotionally in different ways to the stress and...
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Elisheva Liss
- Dec 9, 2020
- 5 min
What's the Difference Between a Therapist and a Coach?
Is it just me or does it feel like there are ads for coaching everywhere lately? Do you ever wonder what the difference is between...
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