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Ready to Trust Again

Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Pick Your Battles

Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Fantasy Freedom

Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Breathe through It

Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Sweet Pills

Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Billboards

Let’s explore billboards — the funny, the sad (literally — it’s crying!), the brightest, noisiest, smelliest — and much, much more!

Rochel Burstyn

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Ten World-Famous Shuls

What is your shul like? Is it big? Is it small? Is it a basement with some folding chairs and tables or is it a great, big building with a high ceiling? Today we visit ten of the most amazing shuls in the world.

Rabbi Meir Goldberg

Curveball

Curveball: Chapter 18

“Think over what? This sounds awesome! I’d love to be your assistant coach!” Rafi exclaimed

Ariella Stern

Curveball

Curveball: Chapter 12

About one hour, a few X-rays, and one soda can later, Rafi was finally able to get some answers

Ariella Stern

To Be Honest

Elephant in the Therapy Room

Let’s start with the most basic question: Does the age of a therapist really matter?

Sarah Rivkah Kohn

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Veneer of Vulnerability

Is vulnerability a virtue — or a means to manipulate a fan base?

Sima Schon

Calligraphy

These Trials

Now Jacob’s pathetic cries were a mockery, and I trembled, my knees pulled tight up to my chin. I could not, would not hold him in my arms and watch him slip away. Not again

Perl Weisz

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Heart Defects

“You need to choose to fight this monster or he’ll get the better of you. You can live a happy life, you can break free of this. The first step is to want to get better.”

Michal Marcus

Adviceline

Adviceline: Issue 540

Another lesson in how Hashem runs the world and not psychiatrists Ruchy was a European-born chassidish young mother with OCD who had come to me for an evaluation after the birth of her second child. She’d been working with a life coach named Suri, who knew she was out of her league with Ruchy’s

Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen

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I Can’t Respect My Wife

It’s extremely awkward for me to write this question to a women’s magazine, but for various reasons, I can’t go for help, and the lack of real respect and deeper connection in my home bothers me terribly,

Bassi Gruen

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“I didn’t know how to tell her that her life coach just wasn’t helping anymore”

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Back to the Trenches

“I’m not sure I want to go back there, even on the other side”

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

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