8:00pm: How to Avoid the Hangover
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 39, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a special post-holiday edition, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topic: How to avoid the hangover.
Chassidus teaches us how every moment and season in time provides us with invaluable insight into our souls and essential lessons for our personal lives. What possible message does the post-holiday season have for us?
It teaches us how to sustain a high level of energy even after inspiration dissipates and we experience the inevitable “down” that follows every “high.” Now that we have concluded the holidays and are filled to the brim with the energy and inspiration from the “rich” month of Tishrei, how can we move forward with the same level of vitality and fervor? How can we avoid the “blues” following these extraordinary days and “unpack” the precious bundles we gathered during the holidays? While it is relatively easy to get inspired and make a resolution, maintaining it is far more difficult. What techniques and methods can be employed?
Rabbi Jacobson will explore a fascinating sicha (Shabbos Parshas Lech Lecha 5749) that discusses the radical transition from a holiday-filled Tishrei to an “empty” Cheshvan. Why such an extreme leap and what does it teach us about our life challenges? Accompanied by a wide selection of sources, this episode will offer direction in not only preventing plateauing in the coming year, but finding remedies in dealing with real life issues – boredom and monotony, preventing a marriage from stagnating in auto-pilot mode, freeing ourselves from melancholy and despondence, finding strength in times of uncertainty and facing particular hardships.
Other topics to be addressed in this week’s episode include: Regarding the hype surrounding “The Secret,” what does Chassidus say about “the law of attraction”? Also: Collapsing under family pressure, coping with a meddling in-law, and where is the world heading?
This hour-long dose of insight is meant to inform, inspire and empower us by applying the teachings of Chassidus to help us face practical and emotional challenges and difficulties in our personal lives and relationships. To have your question addressed, please submit it atwww.meaningfullife.com/mylifelive.
The topics in this Sunday’s hour-long broadcast will include:
- How do I avoid the inevitable hangover after the holidays?
- What can I do ensure that inspiration does not dissipate?
- Getting untangled from the blues
- Fighting boredom
- Finding strength in times of uncertainty
- What does Chassidus say about “the law of attraction”?
- Collapsing under pressure
- Coping with a challenging in-law
- Where is the world heading?
- Direction in life
MyLife: Chassidus Applied addresses questions that many people are afraid to ask and others are afraid to answer. When asked about the sensitive topics he has been addressing, Rabbi Simon Jacobson commented, “I understand that the stakes are high, but the silence and lack of clarity on matters plaguing the community can no longer go unaddressed. The stakes of not providing answers are even higher.”
The on-going series has provoked a significant reaction from the community, with thousands of people viewing each live broadcast and hundreds of questions pouring in. At the root of every question and personal challenge tackled by the series is the overarching question: Does Judaism have the answers to my personal dilemmas?
In inimitable “Jacobson-fashion”, the broadcast answers people’s questions in simple, clear language while being heavily sourced. Each episode is jam-packed with eye-opening advice from the Rebbeim, gleaned from uncovering surprising gems in their letters, sichos and maamorim that address our personal issues with disarming relevance. Simultaneously, Rabbi Jacobson is able to crystallize a concept quickly, succinctly, and poignantly for any level of listener.
All episodes are immediately available for viewing in the MLC’s archive and can be downloaded as MP3’s for listening on the go.
Questions may be submitted anonymously at www.meaningfullife.com/mylifelive.
