Emuna Therapy

Deciphering G-d's Messages

There's a young man, let's call him Alex, who is learning how to decipher G-d's messages, and who is acting on what G-d is trying to tell him. Recently, Alex and his wife went out and bought a new car, which was a big purchase for them. They agreed that Alex would use the car one day a week, and that his wife would have it the rest of the time. Alex could do most of what he needed to do very easily traveling by bus and train, but his wife was with the kids, or going shopping, and having the car would make a huge difference to how quickly and easily she could complete her chores.
 
Thursday was meant to be Alex's car day, but it started to happen that every single Thursday, his wife was asking him if she could have the car instead. The first week, no problem. By the second week already, Alex is starting to feel uncomfortable: she's asking him for the car again, but she's a reasonable person, and she knows Thursday is his car day. What's going on here? He tries to talk to his wife about it, and she offers to take him wherever he wants on Thursday, to drop him off and pick him up. But she still needs the car… Alex is finding it hard to agree. After all those years of no car, and now his one day to drive himself around, wherever he wants, without having to worry about anyone else's schedule or timetable. The freedom of the open road… Before they know it, this couple is having fights every single week about the car.
 
In the old days, this could have got very complicated, very quickly. Alex would be feeling very disgruntled about how unfair the whole situation is, but now, he goes to speak to G-d about it instead. "G-d, please let me understand what's going on here. I've read the Garden of Peace, and I'm remembering now that the world is a mirror, and that everything is a message from You. What are You trying to tell me through my wife? I know that she's the speaker system that's amplifying the message that you want me to get. What it is?" Continue here...

With Blessings,

Dr. Zev Ballen

New 'Ultimate Marriage' Program in Full Swing

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Ultimate Marriage
A Six-Week Emuna Coaching Program
By Rabbi Dr. Zev Ballen

 

The purpose of marriage
 
A peaceful loving marriage is life's most precious commodity. It's the only blessing that insures G-d's other blessings such as peace, happiness, spiritual growth, abundant income, good health, fertility, healthy children, and more!
 
Why does marital peace rank first in serving G-d?
 
Because it is the primary receptacle of Divine Illumination and blessing for your life! The more  blissful and fulfilling a marriage you have, the more you'll feel G-d's  presence filling your home.
 
The expression that a man and his wife are one soul is not some simple platitude that sounds nice to the ear - it is a spiritual reality and the blueprint for the Ultimate Marriage coaching program.
 
How to succeed
 
With Ultimate Marriage you'll see extraordinary success because of our uncompromising  adherence to the teachings of master coach and spiritual guide, Rabbi Shalom Arush; whose track record as a marital coach is nothing less than phenomenal.
 
Over the past four decades, Rabbi Arush has personally helped tens of thousands of people to discover their own personal formula for marital bliss.  Millions more people have found comfort and inspiration in the books of Rabbi Arush.  His every word resonates with consummate wisdom and truth  and bring a person closer to G-d.
 
How has Rabbi Shalom Arush successfully diagnosed the root spiritual ills of today's marriages and prescribed remedies that work when psychological science has not?

Simple.

Rabbi Arush's teachings are firmly girded in the perfect wisdom of Talmudic and Jewish esoteric thought. His teachings are crystal clear yet full of deep inner secrets that fill couples with a longing for each other and G-d.

We don't know of a couple, who has earnestly implemented Rabbi Arush's advice ,who have not seen a major subsequent improvement in their marital harmony and bliss.  There isn't a counselor or psychotherapist alive who can rival Rabbi Arush. His phenomenal record of success is simply incomparable. 

How it started

It startedwhen Rabbi Arush appointed his devoted student, Rabbi Dr. Zev Ballen, the mission of developing a marital enrichment program based on his teachings. Before he committed his life to learning Torah and spreading the teachings of Rabbi Arush throughout the world, Dr. Ballen was a psychotherapist with more than three decades of experience. Drawing from his deep well of clinical experience and his spiritual training under Rabbi Arush, Dr. Zev Ballen has created a bold and innovative approach to coaching couples. Ultimate Marriage works quickly by motivating, elevating and  transforming couples to levels of connectedness and fulfillment that they never knew before.

How it works
 
First you'll be empowered to believe in yourself and your marriage. Next you'll be helped to break through whatever has been blocking you from creating the extraordinary marriage that you've always wanted. Then you'll develop a passionate vision of what you want your marriage to become. And finally we'll provide you with the spiritual tools and strategies that are helping so many others.  We'll give you all of the support, follow-up and accountability that you'll need to succeed. Before long you'll be feeling more confident, more joyful, more productive and more in love than you've ever felt before. Your marital bond will become a deep well from which you'll draw inner strength and conviction, mental composure, and a zest for life that you'll share together for many years to come.

What are people saying about Ultimate Marriage?

Couple One: Saved from divorce
 
"I can't believe that this was all we had to do! It worked so fast! We were about to get divorced. What a tragedy that would have been. I'm embarrassed to say how simple it was for us to fall in love again!During the session, I literally felt something being lifted off me. I haven't been the same person since that day. Now my love for my wife knows no bounds. There isn't anything that I wouldn't do for her.  I owe this program my life!"
 
Couple Two: 'Our children are the greatest beneficiaries'
 
"For the first time, in our marriage, my husband and I are a team. Of course the greatest beneficiaries of this are our children. They see that we're so madly in love that they are also treating each other with more love and kindness. This, in turn, has brought indescribable happiness into the whole family. On Chanukah, after candle-lighting our whole family was lit up like a ball of fire sent from Heaven. We are so grateful to you and Rabbi Arush. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!"
 
Couple three: Floating on air
 
"We left your office floating on air. That one session was enough to show  me that my husband is the real deal, and that I don't have to worry about him 'pretending' to love me anymore; and it also reassured my husband that I am together with him 100%. Obviously Hashem is helping you in your work. May you continue to see great success and be blessed to help many more people."
 
Couple four: Tired of being roommates
 
"My wife and I came to you because we were tired of being "good roommates." As strange as it sounds, the problem was that never in our marriage did either of us feel love for each other. We didn't even know what love was. As miraculous as it sounds, in our first session, I felt I was given a brand new soul. I haven't been the same since and neither has my marriage. My wife and I still have our ups and downs but it's completely different now because we feel such a powerful incredible love for each other that we never had before. I would never have believed this was possible if I hadn't experienced it myself. G-d bless you and Rabbi Arush!"
  
Miraculous transformations
 
These  4 case studies involved four very different types of couples, who had very different circumstances. But in each instance, I was privileged to witness them breakthrough and lift their marriages to a higher level. And these changes all happened literally within a few minutes, or an hour or two. The pace of change that I'm seeing with our Ultimate Marriage program is the fastest I've seen in more than three decades as a psychotherapist.

Program structure

The program works best when both partners are coached together although it's possible for men and women to be coached separately, or, in some cases, for only one partner to receive coaching. The program is flexible in this respect. 
There are a total of 6  coaching sessions. Each session is 1.5 hours in length. The sessions can take place either personally in Israel, over Skype or on the phone.

Program materials

• A pdf copy of our beautifully illustrated workbook (separate workbooks for men and women) immediately upon enrollment
• Books by Rabbi Shalom Arush:  Women's Wisdom (for women) and the Garden of Peace(for men)
• English CD's of Rabbi Arush's teachings that reinforce each week's themes and topics
• 18 Ultimate Marriage Tools
• Progress rating scales
• Individualized Personal Prayer Coaching
• Discussion of weekly readings
• Helpful questionnaires and lists
• Specific measurable Goals for each session and week
• Support, feedback, and close personal involvement with your coach
• Step-by-outline
• Prescribed morning and evening rituals
• Special prayers written by Rabbi Arush
• Spiritual Meditations
• Strength-based solution-focused approach
• Guided visualization
• Rapid Relaxation training

Program costs

$995
 

Rabbi Lazer Brody's Endorsement

With Hashem's loving grace, it's my pleasure and privilege to give my wholehearted endorsement to Dr. Zev Ballen and his revolutionary "Ultimate Marriage" coaching program. Any person who participates in this program, which is solidly based on traditional Jewish teachings, will certainly see enhanced marital bliss and blessings, both material and spiritual. A happy marriage is tantamount to a personal redemption, and the more people attain their personal redemption, the sooner we'll see our national redemption and the coming of Moshiach, speedily in our days, amen!

For more information about the Ultimate Marriage Program please call 1-718-577-2975 (or from Israel 02-532-3339), or email staff@breslev.co.il. Thank you.

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Remember Today's Live Broadcast 

G-d Willing we'll be broadcasting today's lesson live from the Chut Shel Chesed Yeshiva in Jerusalem at 5:00 PM Israel time. The broadcast, as well as my lessons posted are Mac and iPod compatible. If you tune in too early to the live broadcast link, you'll be sent to the main page of the Breslev Israel website.

G-d willing, we'll try and post a link to the lesson for all those who couldn't see it live by 12:o1 AM Monday (Israel time).

Every blessing,

Dr. Zev Ballen

Successful Marriages

 

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What makes a successful or failed relationship? How can people get closer to each other, and more committed to each other, over time? What really causes strife between two people?
 
We're going to look at these questions, and others, now, to see if we can really get underneath what's going on in our relationships. The first thing to understand is that people speak in code all the time. They don't just come out and tell you what's bothering them - instead, we get a whole bunch of clues and hints, some of which aren't even verbal.
 
Circular Patterns
 
Let's take an example: There's a businessman who's having a hard time. The recession has hit, and he's overstocked on merchandise. All of a sudden, the business that he's been building up for years starts sinking. In the meantime, he promised his wife a certain standard of living when they got married, and now he can't deliver on what he promised.
 
The problem didn't start with the business sinking. The problem started right back at the beginning of the marriage, when the man made a lot of mistakes and failed to treat his wife like an adult, and a real partner in his life. He didn't share what's really going on in his life, in his head, and make her feel important and significant and valued as a person in her own right.
 
He figured he'd let his money do the talking for him - which kind of worked when he had the money to give her. But now? Now she's feeling left out and resentful and angry. As a result, she's continuing to spend the money that they don't have - and that she doesn't even really want to be spending!
 
Why is this happening?
 
It's happening because the husband is failing to meet the wife's deeper needs. It looks like they are fighting over the money, but really, that's a minor detail. When he's telling his wife that they don't have the money, and he's rebuking her for overspending, what he's really saying is that he feels his wife is somehow sabotaging him, and that she doesn't want his efforts to turn things around economically to succeed. He's telling her that she's making him feel as though he's a failure.
 
In return, the wife feels even less loved and even more punished by her husband, and we have a classic circular pattern which just keeps going round and round, making both sides crazier and crazier.
 
No one can stand the pain and discomfort and reinforced negativity of being in a circular pattern for long. Let's remember: they aren't really fighting about the money. Once the husband realizes that his wife has some deeper needs that he hasn't been fulfilling since way back when they first got married, he'll start trying to fulfill them. And when he does, the money issue all but disappears. It's practically gone. Why? Because now, the wife is receiving much more...Continue reading here...

Expect The Best

Research shows that if you expect people to treat you well they are more likely to do so. If people with all their flaws reciprocate your good vibes imagine what Hashem does for people who expect him to be kind, generous, protective etc.! 

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How Love Grows

What are the events, factors, and turning points in marriage that cause love to increase over the years, and what unfortunately causes the opposite to happen? With the US divorce rate climbing to almost 60%, marital experts are finally studying marriages based on traditional values rather than those based on romantic love; and the researching findings are simply amazing! This is a critically important video. Please share it if you can.

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Have a week of blessing and success!

Dr. Zev Ballen

 

Live Broadcast Today - How Love Grows

    

 

Photo by ♥ Minnie | Photography ♥

With the US divorce rate climbing to almost 60%, marital experts are suggesting that we consider the reasons why marriages based on more traditional values are doing so much better. What do 22 marriages where love has grown have in common despite being from nine countries and five religions? You'll be amazed at the answer!

G-d Willing we'll be broadcasting today's lesson live from the Chut Shel Chesed Yeshiva in Jerusalem at 5:00 PM Israel time.

The broadcast, as well as my lessons posted are Mac and iPod compatible. If you tune in too early to the live broadcast link, you'll be sent to the main page of the Breslev Israel website, so try to tune in as follows:

7:00 AM in LA and the West Coast, 8:00 AM Denver, 9:00 AM Mexico and Central Daylight, 10 AM EDT, 3 PM in the UK, 5:00 PM Johannesburg and Capetown, 5:00 PM Israel. G-d willing, we'll try and post a link to the lesson for all those who couldn't see it live by 12:o1 AM Monday morning. If you can't see the broadcast, you might need to download a new version of Flash Media player, which you can do here.

With Blessings,

Dr. Zev Ballen

Spiritual Workout

When your Belief is strong you are congruent and powerful. A person who has clarified the Truth, has a powerful purpose for living. With his love of people and his G-d given strength, he can fire awesome spirituality into human hearts. This video is for you!

With Love,
Dr. Zev

 

"Disruptive" Kids Balance Families

Say you're a parent with a disrespectful, disruptive child. A child who's acting out, and child who's going off the path, G-d forbid. The normal, natural initial response for a parent is to ask themselves: what's going on here? Why is this good? But then, we can take it up a level: Why is this happening? What's the message? How can I relate to this in a productive way?
 
Here's one possible idea: Kids are the purest beings on the planet. (We were that way too, when we were kids.) All kids have the intention, deep down, to be helpful to their parents. If that kid is misbehaving, acting out, off the derech, in a certain sense, it means they've taken control of the family. It's unhealthy, yes, but kids need connection, attention, parents.
 
If the parents are struggling; if the family unit is breaking apart; that kid doesn't want to have a divorce in the family, G-d forbid. If the only way he can keep his family intact is by creating an emergency situation, or 'shock', then that's what he's going to do.
 
I've never seen a divorce in a family where a kid was suicidal, anorexic, or self-mutilating...See more here...

There's no better web-magazine with which to feed your soul than breslev.co.il. Here's our great line-up of articles for this week. By the way, the website is multi-lingual: English, Spanish, French, Russian, Hebrew and Deutsch:

 The Tenth Man - By Rabbi Lazer Brody

Moshiach with a Smile - By Rabbi Shalom Arush (translated by Rabbi Lazer Brody)

Fearless Frogs - By Tal Rotem

Peace Now and Always - By Dovber Halevi

Our True Mission - Rick Eskenazi

The Easy Hard Test - By Racheli Reckles

Head Above Water - By Chaya Golda Ovadia

Restoration and Reforestation - By Rabbi Lazer Brody

The Upside-Down World - By Rivka Levy

The Big Ten - By Rabbi David Charlop

With Blessings,

Dr. Zev Ballen

Fulfilling Our Deepest Needs

Humans have eight emotional needs that must be fulfilled in one way or another - healthy or unhealthy. In this broadcast, I speak about this in relation to three couples and one individual receiving Emuna Coaching. I'm bringing this to you, courtesy of Breslev Israel. It's our gift to you!

Have a great week,

Dr. Zev Ballen

 

Power Parenting

The Ballen family moved last week and I didn't have much time to prepare for this broadcast - so I used the time I had to pray - Hashem answered me with loving-kindness -  and I think it's one of my best. I hope you enjoy it!

Every Blessing,

Dr. Zev Ballen