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Purim Lessons from Addiction Recovery
Working in substance use treatment has unmasked new insight into Purim’s key themes. Here are two lessons I have gleaned from those in...
Devora Shabtai
Feb 25, 20214 min read
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It’s time to tell my story
A personal accounting of sexual assault in the orthodox community and the long term impact of keeping secrets.
Rachel Cohen
Feb 19, 20217 min read
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SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER PART 3
FAQs DOES EVERYONE EXPERIENCE SAD IN WINTER OR CAN IT BE AT ANY TIME OF YEAR? Glad you asked. No. This type of depression does most...
Project Proactive
Dec 30, 20203 min read
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SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER PART 2
SYMPTOMS & PREVENTION TAKE NOTICE If you start to notice that you have way less energy, are moodier than usual and have a hard time...
Project Proactive
Dec 12, 20206 min read
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SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER PART 1
WHAT CAUSES SAD? You may have grown up hearing the term “winter blues” and shrugged it off as just an old adage, nothing too serious......
Project Proactive
Dec 10, 20209 min read
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Double Duty Defense
KISLEV: MAINTAINING BALANCE IN A WORLD OF EXTREMES While Kislev is actually a Babylonian name in origin (the Torah just refers to Kislev...
Shevi Samet
Dec 10, 20204 min read
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Chanukah and the Miracle of Addiction Recovery
On Chanukah let us be inspired by the everyday "Macabees" valiantly waging the uphill recovery battle and the miracles uncovered throughout
Devora Shabtai
Dec 6, 20205 min read
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LOVE, FROM ACCEPTANCE
Michelle sat back in her chair with her eyes downcast and a despondent look on her face. “I just feel so lonely,” she shared. “Even when...
Robin Gutman, LPC
Nov 23, 20203 min read
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LOVING KINDNESS STARTS WITH SELF-COMPASSION
Self-compassion is an essential ability that affects our children’s healthy emotional development and psychological well being...
Dr. Bin Goldman
Nov 3, 20204 min read
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30 Days of Spiritual Sobriety
"I picked up my red [30 day] chip today...As proud as I am, I've been down this road before. Now's when I gotta really start working to...
Devora Shabtai
Nov 1, 20201 min read
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"Working the program" of Teshuva: Lessons from Addiction Treatment
The tireless effort toward renewal and growth embraced by those dedicated to recovery can offer inspiration during our own spiritual rehab
Devora Shabtai
Sep 27, 20206 min read
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A Personal Message of Recovery
FROM ORI GOLDSTEIN, PRESIDENT & CEO OF JACS TORONTO September 27th will always be my favourite day of the year. That is a bold statement...
JACS Toronto
Sep 27, 20205 min read
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Why Should I Pray for Life When I Would Actually Prefer to Die?
“This time of year is especially hard for me, but it’s actually always like this. I wake up in the morning, and I’m supposed to say...
Elisheva Liss, LMFT
Sep 25, 20204 min read
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A New Year, A New Perspective
This time of year is hard for me. I assume it will be like this for the rest of my life. Two years ago on Rosh Hashanah my mother entered...
Gila Glassberg
Sep 24, 20207 min read
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When Great People Want to Die
BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF EXISTENTIAL QUESTIONING One of the lesser discussed side effects of the Covid19 crisis is the rise in mental health...
Elisheva Liss, LMFT
Sep 14, 20205 min read
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Is it ever appropriate to Compare Traumas?
REMEMBERING 9/11 DURING THE PANDEMIC ERA & SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH Most days I have literally no idea what day it is. I’m sure...
Rebecca Shapiro
Sep 11, 20206 min read
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Why a Semicolon?
Have you ever seen someone walking around with a semicolon necklace, pictured on their shirt or tattooed on their body? Did you know what...
Esther Goldstein, LCSW
Sep 10, 20203 min read
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AN ODE TO MY HEROES
Yours is a quiet heroism, but it is a heroism so profound, so powerful, it may well be the glue that keeps the entire world from shattering.
Project Proactive
Sep 8, 20203 min read
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Proactive Community
#SUICIDEPREVENTIONAWARENESSMONTH SERIES Suicides can be preventable. When communities adopt a proactive approach to wellness it can make...
Project Proactive
Sep 8, 20203 min read
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Protective Factors for Suicidality
Protective factors are personal or environmental characteristics that help protect people from harm. While there is not a lot of research...
Rachel Tuchman, LMHC
Sep 4, 20203 min read
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