What if you’re not trapped in something you don’t want—but exhausted by something you deeply want to do?
About Rabbi Joel Stein
When the Person You Love Doesn’t Appreciate Everything You Do
Maybe the answer isn’t to stop giving. Maybe it’s to stop letting someone else decide whether your giving was worth it.
Maybe the answer isn’t to stop giving. Maybe it’s to stop letting someone else decide whether your giving was worth it.
When the Clutter Is Driving You Crazy, Remember Who You Love
Marriage and relationships are filled with sacrifices that make very little sense when measured only by what we receive from them.
Marriage and relationships are filled with sacrifices that make very little sense when measured only by what we receive from them.
Maybe Procrastination Isn’t Your Problem
Before you force yourself to start, find out what is making you stop.
Before you force yourself to start, find out what is making you stop.
OCD Does Not Get to Decide What You Are Worth
Three letters became a verdict.
Three letters became a verdict.
Why Some Criticism Destroys Us — and Other Criticism Barely Touches Us
Let someone criticize the thing you secretly question about yourself, and suddenly a sentence can feel like a verdict.
Let someone criticize the thing you secretly question about yourself, and suddenly a sentence can feel like a verdict.
Why Some People With Almost Nothing Are Happy — and Some With Everything Are Miserable
If you are someone who constantly notices how much better life could have been, the ability to think differently is already inside you.
If you are someone who constantly notices how much better life could have been, the ability to think differently is already inside you.
You May Not Need Fewer Negative Thoughts. You May Need Better Competition.
Emotionally charged thoughts are formidable competitors.
Emotionally charged thoughts are formidable competitors.
Why the Happiest Moments Can Leave Us Strangely Sad
Perhaps because gratitude and sadness are not opposites.
Perhaps because gratitude and sadness are not opposites.
The Most Dangerous Thing Hopelessness Makes Us Believe
Human beings can endure extraordinary difficulty when they believe there is an end somewhere ahead.
Human beings can endure extraordinary difficulty when they believe there is an end somewhere ahead.
The Invisible Wound of Divorce: When You Stop Trusting Yourself
Without realizing it, many people spend years putting themselves on trial.
Without realizing it, many people spend years putting themselves on trial.
Don’t Just Remember Them. Continue Them.
Our greater responsibility is to preserve the goodness they brought into the world.
Our greater responsibility is to preserve the goodness they brought into the world.
The Greatest Mistake Parents Make When Their Adult Child Loses Their Way
There are few pains in life more unbearable than watching your own child slowly disappear.
There are few pains in life more unbearable than watching your own child slowly disappear.
Is Your Praise as Enthusiastic as Your Criticism?
Do I celebrate what my child does right with the same emotional intensity that I address what they do wrong?
Do I celebrate what my child does right with the same emotional intensity that I address what they do wrong?
When You Put Yourself in Someone Else’s Shoes, Your Shoes Become More Comfortable
Every day, people walk around carrying burdens that were created by stories they invented about other people.
Every day, people walk around carrying burdens that were created by stories they invented about other people.
Is It ADD or LED?
Before asking why a child can't focus, ask where their attention comes alive.
Before asking why a child can’t focus, ask where their attention comes alive.