Ep. 239: Are We Doing All We Can to Empower Women Today?

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Zos Chanukah and Parshas Vayigash 0:17 • Are we doing all we can to empower women today? 22:57 • How does someone know what he’s capable of? 36:19 • If one’s “containers” are not aligned with their spiritual “light” (due to a chemical imbalance, as an example), can the container be trained to regulate and adjust itself to its spiritual capacity? 42:45 • Is there a difference how one would treat depression in a Jew and in a non-Jew? 47:44 • What can I do about same gender attraction? 51:07 • Follow-up (episode 235): Homosexuality 55:49 • Chassidus question: What can we learn from Yosef’s mistake by relying on the butler to mention him to Pharaoh, instead of just trusting Hashem? Aren’t we supposed to make a vessel for G-d’s blessings? 57:34 • My Life 2018 essays: o Peripheral or Primary: Two Paradigms for Life, Yossi Grossbaum, 38, Folsom, CA 01:05:18 o Attaining Inner Happiness, Sara Chyrek, 16, Brooklyn, NY 01:07:02 o Unknown Identity Syndrome, Mendel Brackman, 20, Westminster, CO 01:08:08 Submit your question now at http://www.meaningfullife.com/mylifelive or email: [email protected]. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK   / mylifechassi.  . MyLife: Chassidus Applied is a series of video webcasts answering questions from the public, with the objective of demonstrating how Chassidus provides us with a comprehensive blueprint of the human psyche as a microcosm of the cosmos, and offers us all the guidance we need to live the healthiest possible life and build nurturing homes and families, bringing up the healthiest possible children, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. MyLife is brought to you by the Meaningful Life Center as a public service, free of charge. WHERE TO FIND THE MEANINGFUL LIFE CENTER: WEBSITE: http://www.meaningfullife.com FACEBOOK PAGE:   / mylifechassi.  . INSTAGRAM:   / meaningful..  . TWITTER:   / meaningfullife   LINKEDIN:   / simonjaco.  . YOUTUBE CHANNEL:    / mylifechassidusapp.  . PINTEREST:   / meaningful   EMAIL US: [email protected]