Tuesday, May 27, 2014

My Books Are Back... with a Vengeance


I don't quite know how to explain this, but I just discovered that the two children's books I wrote are now selling for under $4 on Amazon.com.  What a steal! Just wanted to spread the word in case you always wanted a copy but couldn't afford $6...

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Masturbation

I thought this article was excellent. It discusses the issue of talking about masturbation with Orthodox boys, which I think is tragically shied away from for obvious reasons, leaving our youth to struggle with it in silence.  As you are probably aware by now, I am not a fan of the head-in-the-sand approach.

http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/194864/why-rabbis-must-talk-to-orthodox-boys-about-mastur/

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Happiness 101

I thought this video had a number of very helpful ideas.  Tal Ben-Shachar is one of the leading figures in Positive Psychology today (and, interestingly enough, he's Israeli).