Chizuk

Many people tell me that I am not an addict. After all, has my addictive behaviors caused terrible harm and consequences? Have I lost my whole family?  Have I contracted AIDS? Have I given someone else a sexually transmitted disease?

Ready for a philosophical discussion? Listen: every part of me makes up the real me. The only question is what I attribute importance to, but they’re all part of me. If even one part were different, I would be different. Okay? Okay. The struggles we face are a huge part of us and define a lot of ...

In the depths, in darknessDouble life to hide the messCould take it no longerFor a way out, I ponderGuided from Above to GYEShown so many tools, how to get freeBegin my journey, enthusiasm highInvest efforts, the days go byAccumulating, the numbers growIt gets easier to overcome, to let go90 days...

I run a business entirely online, and yet I don't own a smartphone or have internet access at home. If anyone would like to discuss how it's possible to remove the constant connectivity--which basically increases the chances of falling--and still manage to run a business successfully, I invite th...

When you warm other people’s hearts, you remain warm yourself. When you seek to support, encourage and inspire others; then you discover support, encouragement and inspiration in your own life as well.  

Incredible vort on Megilas Rus. The Alshich Hakadosh brings that Machlon was zoche that through the "yibum" of Boaz, Machlon's neshama came back in Oved - the grandfather of Dovid Hamelech. And his almanah Rus produced malchus. What zchus did he have? And why not his brother Chilyon - who was "zo...

Ester, my dear child,it's tough. Life's tough. It's how I created This World. But so are you. Tougher than you think you are. I know how tough it is, and I know how much you're hurting. I feel your pain. Nevertheless, I'm disappointed in you. Not for failing, no, I created human beings this way -...

Rigzu - get mad at your Yetzer. If that doesn't work, then fix your mind on - V’al techta’u - I will not sin, no matter what. Imru bilvavchem al mishkavchem - make a physical Siman or barrier on your bed, and then - Vedomu - lie stone-still, don't move, even to the point of Selah - even if it's a...

I’ve just stood up Brushed the dust off Stretched my muscles Ready to fight again I fell after a really long streak My longest ever Felt I was past this struggle Thought I’d grown above it It’s 2 days later I’m back at it I shake my head in disbelief It happened, I honestly fell Besides for be...

HaRav HaMekubal Yosef Shabtei Shani says that one of the key tools for Klal Yisrael to bring Mashiach and build the third and final Beit Hamikdash is Shemirat HaEnayim, guarding our eyes. A person should think: "My eyes are wondrous tools. They are windows to my thoughts, the hands of my mind. I ...