Change

About three years ago, my husband was going through a very hard time, and he was very mean to me. After a couple of very rocky years, with me wanting a divorce many times, things seem to have stabilized. My problem is that I just can't get past the past. ...

I don't know about you but I definitely could use a little shaking up. Because when things stay in one place for too long they get boring, they get old....

I need to throw out more stuff. Tug of heartstrings. What if my children want to see my doodles from Grade Eight? More importantly, what if I want to see their doodles from age two? There are no easy answers...

The sun and the moon as symbols for innovation and tradition. Should Judaism adapt with the times or resist the changes of modernity? Guest Expert: Rabbi Manis Friedman. (From “Messages”—Season 4, Episode 3)

Our day is comprised of a mesh of constants and variables. Getting out of bed every day: a constant. What time we get up: a variable. But isn’t change preferable over the predictable? Can we all agree with the teenage motto, “Normal is boring”?

Surrender to destiny or fate? Never! We need to mold and change our circumstances, to strenuously exert ourselves to overcome challenges! Not accept them! After all, are we not what we choose to be? Can't we will to be what we want to be?

The source of much of our misery is that we view our lives in a limited way, as a snapshot, believing that what we hold now represents how we always were and will be. But everything in our world remains in a state of flux. At every moment there is enormou...

Ad campaigns tout redesigned, leaner and meaner corporate models. Many advertise their revamp by boldly adding the word "new" to their familiar name. What does the Torah say about renaming products: Is it remarkable or just marketing?

You see Step One in change is about seizing the moment, not a promise and hope. It is about doing something NOW, not just strategizing. How do we capture this wind of change in our own lives?

Question: We are a small Jewish community, about 30 people, outside the U.S. in a 3rd world country. We have no rabbi. One of the Jews here disturbs other members with accusations and belligerent behavior. Some in the community would like to exclude her; ...