Highly Sensitive Neshamos: Understanding the Struggle

Rabbi Shais Taub describes how highly sensitive neshamos experience what he calls the“trauma of embodiment.” From a first-hand perspective he describes sensory overload, the need to live a life of meaning and the journey to becoming an advocate for oneself. R. Taub’s perspective on neurodiversity offers parents a compassionate and Torah-based perspective for their children’s troubles and strengths.

Tapping Into Your Maternal Intuition

In this honest and vulnerable interview Dina shares some of her personal life experiences and wisdom about the role of intuition in life and in parenting. “Tapping into intuition” isn’t always easy; it takes courage, it takes support and it takes the willingness to sit with the truth of ourinner knowing. How do you know your intuition? How can you tap into it during the chaotic afternoon parenting hours, when interacting with professionals and explaining to friends and family why you are making the intuitive choices you are making for your children? Hear Dina’s refreshing take on our inner guidance system and how it can simplify life and parenting.

The Most Important Rule of Parenting: "I'm on Your Team"

Rebbetzin Gotlieb often holds that the single most important mindset in parenting is: “I’m on your team.” Through stories, she talks out what that looks like at different ages and stages, what parents can do to begin the shift into this important mindset and practical tools to let your child know that you are, in fact, on their team.

Working on Patience: A Torah Perspective

“I want to be more patient with my children.” Every mother says it; in this interview, Rebbetzin Dina Schoonmaker walks us through a Mussar perspective on what it means to really work on
patience. She addresses using anger as an inner teacher, separating our triggers/baggage from the situation, meeting our own needs, understanding our reactions and keeping Hashem in the picture.

This is Exactly the Child You Are Meant to Have

“This is exactly the child you are supposed to have,” can sound kind of fluffy when you and your  child are really struggling. Aliza Bulow takes us through Torah sources, her own family and
experience to the depth of this empowering perspective on self-growth. She addresses the roles of bitachon, bechira and personal responsibility in raising ourselves as we raise our children.