Mrs. Rivka Levy is a highly impressive person. Not only is she bright and well-educated in the teachings of Rabbi Shalom Arush and Rebbe Nachman of Breslev, but she is an exceedingly kind person.
Rivka is one of Breslev Israel's most respected writers. She's just written a marvelous new ebook of her own called the Happy Workship. It's on how to achieve real and lasting happiness based upon the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslev. It's available here for only $2.99. Who said you can't buy happiness!
Here's the publisher's description of the book: It's "An eight week program to finding lasting, genuine happiness. The book will enable readers to work out what is really making them miserable; what they can do about it; and how they can keep a positive frame of mind even in the most challenging of circumstances. As well as tried and tested advice and practical tips for how to stay happy even when life gets difficult, the book also contains a number of practical exercises, to help readers understand what's really going on in their own lives."
Another one of her Rivka's many community services is a weekly lecture for women on emuna-based parenting. Her lectures, which are based on the teachings of Rabbi Shalom Arush, are both practical and fun. The lectures are given in English on Monday mornings from 9am - 10am in Yad Binyamin.
Bye the way, if you'd like to be friends on facebook don't be shy. All you've got to do is request it here!
Dr. Zev Ballen
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An inspired young woman is being challenged to step up and provide hope and spiritual meaning to a holocaust survivor who has been religious all of her life. Read about it in this week's edition of our parsha sheet.
Have a wonderful Shabbos!
Dr. Zev Ballen
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For anyone who has implemented Rabbi Shalom Arush's phenomenally successful advice for a winning marriage, the following research published in Psychology Today is impossible to imagine.
Researchers Allison Scott and Laura Stafford found that one out of ten women experience depression in the first year of marriage.
What is leading newlywed couples to experience this post-wedding let down?
They interviewed a group of newlywed women who became depressed after their weddings to try to determine the reason.
The results:
"The women had funneled all of their time and energy into planning their big day, and now they weren’t quite sure what to do with themselves...The depressed brides viewed their weddings as the end goal. In contrast, happy brides viewed their weddings as the start of a new chapter."
According to the US Census Bureau there are 2.3 million couples getting married every year in the US. According to the study published in Psychology Today, this means that 230,000 women a year are becoming depressed after their wedding day in the U.S. alone!
Here is one of the "tips" that the researchers recommend to young couples to prevent viewing the wedding day as an end in itself:
1. Restrict talking about your wedding to a few nights a month, and speak instead about non-wedding things together.
With all due respect, I have a different recommendation. For men it is to read The Garden of Peace. For women - read Women's Wisdom. These books became instant best sellers in Israel for a reason. Rabbi Arush, whose track record as a marital counselor is simply phenomenal, only gives advice that is girded firmly in the foundations of Talmudic and Jewish esoteric thought - every page is crystal clear and reader friendly and can help people from all backgrounds regardless of whether you are planning your wedding or need an improvement in your current marriage. You can order the books right here.
With Blessings,
Dr. Zev Ballen
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