Explore radical acceptance and Bitachon to understand how DBT and Jewish faith can help you face painful realities without adding suffering.

Explore three common myths about CBT and learn how this therapy addresses emotions, adapts to individual needs, and supports lasting change.

And just like that, Pesach is only one short day away. Between the cleaning, list-making, shopping, and cooking, the question of what Nissan is really about may have slipped into the back of your mind. Like every time in the Jewish year, there are different themes that we can tap into to help us connect to that time. When the month of Nissan comes around, it is a z’man cheiruseinu , a time of freedom. I don’t know about you, but this year especially, I have been struggling to

If anxiety were in charge of your life, it would have one clear goal: keep you safe at all costs. Don’t say the wrong thing. Don’t take risks. Don’t feel uncomfortable. Don’t fail. Don’t get hurt. While anxiety means well, when it becomes the decision-maker, life often gets smaller. Opportunities shrink. Relationships feel constrained. Joy gets postponed until “someday, when I feel better.” When anxiety runs your life, decisions sound like: “I’ll do that once I’m less anxious

If you ever scroll through social media reels or read a self-help book these days, odds are you’ve come across the word validation. Whether or not we can define the word off-the-cuff, most of us have felt its power at one point in our lives: the comfort and relief that comes from someone recognizing our internal experience and confirming that our thoughts or feelings are understandable and real. As relational beings, we knowingly or unknowingly crave this recognition from bir

Last time, we talked about those everyday moments when we’re faced with a decision—like how to respond to a hurtful comment someone made, whether to keep scrolling on our phones instead of engaging with our kids, or how to react when we’re overwhelmed at work. In ACT, we call these moments Choice Points. Once we’ve clarified our values—who we want to be and what really matters to us—we can start noticing that every Choice Point offers two options: A Toward Move, which brings

All day long, we are doing things. Some of the things we do move us closer to the kind of life we want, like when we act in ways that reflect who we want to be or engage in activities that add meaning and richness to our lives. However, other things we do move us away from the sort of person we want to be, and tend to make life more difficult for us in the long run. Dr. Russ Harris, a master trainer in ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) refers to these moments as Choice