Self-Help/ Self-Improvement

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  1. Ready to transform your life?

    Whether you're a Jewish teen seeking happiness and success or a parent/educator providing emotional support to a young adult, look no further than Mastering Your Mind. Renowned psychotherapist and columnist Yaakov Barr offers his ten popular life hacks, which have already changed the lives of thousands of teens.

    Inside this book you'll find:

    • Practical, tried-and-tested strategies to boost teen confidence and happiness.
    • Advanced, cutting-edge Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques.
    • Relatable teen stories, colorful layouts, and simple exercises for focused learning.
    • A rich collection of Torah sources validating psychological concepts.
    • Access to downloadable resources, including tips, curriculum ideas, and more.

    Your happiness and success are within reach!

    Written by someone who obviously understands teens... and knows how to speak to them.

    Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz

    International lecturer and noted author

     

    Yaakov Barr offers scientifically proven, powerful CBT interventions and tailors them to suit the young Jewish reader.

    Rhena Branch

    CBT therapist, international author and lecturer

    Yaakov Barr (MSc) is an accredited psychotherapist specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as well as having extensive experience as a clinical supervisor and lecturer.  Learn More

  2. A miraculous day is entirely within our reach.

    Dr. Jacob Freedman is back! In this helpful, practical guide, the renowned psychiatrist, educator, Mishpacha columnist, and bestselling author of Off the Couch shares his wit and wisdom for living a meaningful life.

    This book is chock-full of tools, tips, and the doctor’s own personal experiences. From self-care and self-growth to dealing with daily challenges and the work-life balance, this candid and fascinating book, written in Dr. Freedman’s inimitable, down-to-earth style, will empower you to build yourself and the people you care about.

    “It is with the greatest pleasure and respect that I write this endorsement for Dr. Freedman’s new book, The Things I Told My Patients. Dr. Freedman brings us an honest, refreshing, and respectful look at the profession of psychiatry and mental health treatment. His gentle, sensitive, and human approach enriches us all and brings respect and dignity to those suffering with these difficult challenges. Both he and his writings are a gift to our community.”— Rabbi Shimon Russell, LCSW, author of Raising a Loving Family

    “Over the years, I have found Dr. Yaakov Freedman to be sensitive, sincere, practical, and professional.”— Rav Noach Orlowek, shlita, world-renowned Jewish educator.

    “Dr. Freedman extends the warmest invitation into a very sacred room, a room where lives slowly transform.”—Rabbi Shlomo Katz, Rav of Kehilat Shirat David Learn More

  3. “The need to be acknowledged and validated is primary for human beings — perhaps, in fact, the most important need of all.” And with that, Rebbetzin Feige Twerski opens her newest book, an anthology of essays addressing the highs and the lows of life, including sections on dealing with challenges, relationships, and life cycles.

    Rich with warm reflections, sweet anecdotes, and timeless Jewish wisdom, this book will inspire and entertain, as readers draw lessons from every moment in life — from the minute to the monumental.

    Rebbetzin Feige Twerski is the mother of eleven children and many grandchildren, whose number she refuses to divulge. Alongside her husband, Rabbi Michel Twerski, shlita, she serves as rebbetzin to her community in Milwaukee and counsels people all over the globe. The rebbetzin is a popular lecturer, speaking on a wide variety of topics to audiences in America and overseas. She is the author of Ask Rebbetzin Feige and Rebbetzin Feige Responds (both published by ArtScroll), as well as The New Normal, The Future of Happiness, and The Future of Friendship (Mosaica Press). Learn More

  4. In Never Alone, geared for teens who have lost a parent, popular writer, educator, and speaker Rabbi Y. Y. Rubinstein - himself orphaned of his father as an adolescent - sensitively and thoughtfully shares a path toward healing and moving forward. There are so many feelings a young teen in this position might be feeling - sadness, anger, pain, and guilt, among others - in addition to having numerous loaded questions about it all. With warmth, wisdom, and understanding, Rabbi Y. Y. offers validation, reassurance, answers, advice, and even some smiles.

    Also included are pieces written by world-renowned maggid Rabbi Paysach Krohn; highly sought-after psychologist Mrs. Mindy Blumenfeld; and others who experienced profound losses yet whose experiences built them into the strong and supportive people they became.

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    The heartwarming real-life stories offer hope and encouragement and remind us that we are not alone in our pain. If you're looking for a book that will reassure, empower, and uplift you, here it is!
    -Rabbi Aron Litwin, MA, director of Mekimi, UK

     

    Rabbi Rubinstein has for many years been involved in Pillars and Links, the two largest organizations dedicated to helping children who have sadly lost a parent. His new book, Avi Yesomim, is a lovely, kindhearted book. I highly recommend it.
    -Rabbi Shimon Russell, LCSW, world-renowned parenting, marriage, and educational expert

     

    Avi Yesomim captures the real-life candor, clarity, and charisma that are synonymous with Rabbi Rubinstein's approach... This book is a heartfelt analysis of the realities relevant to orphaned children; a book that is valuable and necessary to bear them through loss and grief...

    -Shoshana Rube, director of Pillars Learn More
  5. Renowned Torah educator and bestselling writer Rabbi David Sutton joins with noted therapist Dr. David Katzenstein, DSW, LCSW-R, to give us a book designed to help change our lives for the better.


    The Art of Being You gently guides us on a journey to:
    • Embrace healthy emotional processing instead of avoiding it
    • Unlock the secrets of emotional wellness and inner peace
    • Find comfort in discomfort, fostering growth through challenges
    • Cultivate patience and understanding towards others and ourselves
    • Harness the power of faith and reliance on G-d during trying times

    Drawing from true stories, Torah insights from Jewish sages, professional therapeutic guidance, engaging black and white illustrations, and daily exercises tailored to be practical, accessible, and relatable The Art of Being You is a guide that leads us towards a contented, satisfying, and more meaningful life. Learn More

  6. How can we create more positive relationships?

    Why is it so hard to get along with some people?

    Can I save a soured relationship?

    What if only one party is willing to work on a relationship?

    Rabbi Aryeh Goldman, a mashpia with years of experience in helping others with their relationships, tackles these questions and more, sharing Torah-based insights in clear and relatable language.

    This carefully structured book takes a realistic and honest, as well as optimistic and encouraging approach to the challenges that face us as we try to navigate the sticky but crucial realm of interperson¬al relationships.

    Rabbi Goldman digs to the roots of these challenges and shows how we can strengthen our own inner-characters and motivate ourselves to build stronger relationships and achieve real growth in every area of our lives. Learn More

  7. Original man was comprised of holiness and spirituality, but when Adam sinned, he introduced physicality to the mix. Man would never be the same; the complete state of purity in which man had existed was sullied, and there would always be a struggle between good and evil, spiritual and physical.

    The act of teshuvah enables us to return to our desired state. Teshuvah enables us to rid ourselves of the taint of sin and allows us to fully reconnect with our soul and Maker.

    We expend much effort to study and understand the process of teshuvah. Rabbi Rapps’s work is profound and deeply meaningful, especially during the period leading up to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Every English-speaking God-fearing person will find their life tangibly enhanced as they read and study this sefer, written by a preeminent scholar and expert in the realm of Jewish thought as expounded by the Maharal, the Ramchal, Rav Tzadok Hakohen, and the Sefas Emes. Our mutual rebbi, Rabbi Moshe Shapiro, spoke highly of Rabbi Rapps and accepted responsibility for him and his writings as he encouraged me to publish his columns in the Yated.

    May this work inspire and motivate its readers to perform proper teshuvah and help prepare the world for the ultimate redemption.

    Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz

    Rabbi Ahron Rapps, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Zichron Shraga, is a talmid of Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin and of Rav Moshe Shapiro, zt”l. He writes articles on divrei machshavah in Yated Ne’eman and has been giving shiurim on those inyanim in many venues. He has also been a madrich to his many talmidim over the years. He previously authored Emerging from Darkness: Chanukah, dealing with the Yom Tov of Chanukah as well as inyanim of galus and geulah. He is the rav of Kahal Sharei Tefilla of Blue Ridge in Waterbury, Ct. He can be reached at [email protected]. Learn More

  8. We are infinitely more than we think we are.

    Our families, communities, and schools may influence our lives — for better or the opposite — but, at the end of the day, it is we, not they, who determine how great we can become as we progress on the journey we call life.

    As awesome as our personal potentials are, we need to forever be expanding them beyond our current understanding as we continue discovering more about who we are within.

    Drawing from the vast sea of Chassidic wisdom and many works of psychology and human development, Jonah Simcha Chaim invites readers on a journey into the core of who they are beneath the layers of defense mechanisms and protective armor, as they strive to conquer the world around them.

    Expanding Potential is an exploration of empowerment, vulnerability, courage, and growth, set against the backdrop of the Jewish calendar. It’s a rebellion against who we’re told we need to be, in favor of who we choose to become. It’s about breaking the limits to which others try to confine us and, out of those fragments, creating our own masterpiece.

    Jonah Simcha Chaim Muskat-Brown is an educator, social worker, and freelance author from Toronto, Canada. He strives to empower others to be present in the here and now while also looking beyond what lies in front of them — to the individuals they can become and to the realities they can create. He believes that there are always new aspects of ourselves we can discover, and he encourages curiosity, creativity, and courage. Jonah Simcha Chaim draws inspiration from the vast sea of Chassidic wisdom and the many works of psychology and human development, and he uses both to unearth the inherent worth and awesomeness in each individual. He strives to learn from everyone he meets and to empower them to empower themselves to reach beyond any limitations others place on them (including their own perceived confinements).

    He enjoys being creative and is a rebel against words like normal, impossible, and failure.

    Jonah Simcha Chaim can be reached at [email protected]. Learn More

  9. The Queen of England, in response to a request for life advice, commented, “If I had to give only one piece of advice, it would be to invest in human connections. There is nothing more important in life than connecting with other people, and I think the last year or so has made that very clear.” Recent global events have necessitated rethinking so many aspects of our lives. It is time to reimagine how to better connect with the significant people around us as well.

    The intelligent, honest, and sincere voice of my dear friend Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen pierces through the cloudy confusion of our times. Study and savor this marvelous work on better understanding the human condition.

    Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Congregation Aish Kodesh, Woodmere, NY

    This book brings [the author’s] rich spiritual diversity to the fore as he shares his thoughts on the complex times in which we live, with the purpose of bringing people closer together.

    Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman, Rosh Beis HaMedrash, Hasmonean, London

    [C]reative insight, clarity of thought, penetrating understanding, and heartfelt writing on the relationships of today.

    M. Gary Neuman, world-renowned psychotherapist, New York Times bestselling author

    Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen is a dynamic Torah personality who has been referred to as the “Renaissance Rabbi.”

    Rabbi Cohen graduated from Columbia Law School and holds a master’s degree in family therapy from the University of North Texas. He has done course work at the Columbia Business School, Yad Vashem, and the Tikvah Fund. He has also learned under some of the great Torah luminaries of this generation.

    Rabbi Cohen is the author of the book We’re Almost There: Living with Patience, Perseverance, and Purpose, published by Mosaica Press in 2016, presenting a pathway for confronting challenges. He is the host of the Jewish Philanthropy Podcast (JPP), with thousands of listeners, and a skilled fundraiser as a Senior Relationship Officer at the Orthodox Union.

    He has served eighteen years in the pulpit rabbinate, in Manhattan, the Five Towns area of New York, and, early in his career, in New Jersey. He is a sought-after speaker around the world and is comfortable with all types of audiences. He can be reached at [email protected]. Learn More

  10. Shaar HaBitachon of Chovos Halevavos Pocket Size

    From the team that brought us the bestselling classics Mesillas Yesharim and Shaarei Teshuvah comes another monumental work, Shaar HaBitachon of Chovos HaLevavos.

    The Jaffa Edition Shaar HaBitachon of Chovos HaLevavos includes:

    • Phrase-by-phrase translation, in the format of the Schottenstein Talmud, the Sapirstein Rashi, and Ramban, which shows us the richness and depth of the sefer, a classic work of both mussar and Torah hashkafah.
    • Extensive explanatory notes, based on a broad range of commentaries, as well as Torah and mussar classics, give us a deeper understanding of this classic work.
    • The unique Insights section brings the words of Shaar HaBitachon into our lives, showing us how we can live in tranquility when we fully trust in Hashem's goodness - and how to achieve that trust. Learn More
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