Parshas Ki Savo: How Happiness Happens
At the start of therapy, I ask all my patients some version of the same question: “In six months from now, if therapy were useful, what...
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Miri Korbman
- Sep 8, 2022
- 7 min
Parshas Ki Seitzei: More than a Good Samaritan
The field of social psychology has long been preoccupied with the patterns, mechanisms, and contributing factors of prosocial behavior....
Miri Korbman
- Sep 2, 2022
- 6 min
Parshas Shoftim: Of Feelings and Fugitives
When considering the manifold ways in which Torah and psychology intersect, an obvious area of exploration is that of the Torah’s...
Miri Korbman
- Aug 26, 2022
- 6 min
Parshas Re’eh: Daring to Choose
This week’s Parsha begins with a slightly enigmatic set of Pesukim. In preparing Bnei Yisrael to enter Eretz Yisrael, Moshe warns them,...
Miri Korbman
- Aug 19, 2022
- 6 min
Parshas Eikev: What G-d Wants
As G-d-fearing Jews striving to live righteous and spiritually connected lives, we have likely all had a moment of struggle, confusion,...
Miri Korbman
- Aug 12, 2022
- 7 min
Parshas Va’eschanan & Shabbos Nachamu: Radical Acceptance
So here we are, folks. Another year, another Tisha B’Av come and gone. We’ve fasted, we’ve cried, we’ve davened our hearts out. We’ve...
Miri Korbman
- Jul 28, 2022
- 6 min
Parshas Matos-Maasei: Input and Output
As human beings, one of the things that differentiates us most from other living creatures is our ability to communicate with speech....
Miri Korbman
- Jul 20, 2022
- 7 min
Parshas Pinchas & The Three Weeks: Inherent or Inherited?
In recent years, more attention than ever has been directed toward understanding intergenerational trauma, or the degree to which the...
Miri Korbman
- Jul 14, 2022
- 6 min
Parshas Balak: Dwelling in Difference
One of the many reasons that people come to therapy is to get an outsider’s perspective on a critically important or emotionally charged...
Miri Korbman
- Jul 6, 2022
- 6 min
Parshas Chukas: Vulnerability Factors
Parshas Chukas features one of the saddest dramas of Moshe Rabbeinu’s life. Bnei Yisrael come to Kadesh and camp there, and Miriam dies....
Miri Korbman
- Jun 29, 2022
- 5 min
Parshas Korach: The Root of Rebellion
The annals of history highlight the significant role of rebellion and revolution in changing and influencing the fates of empires....
Miri Korbman
- Jun 23, 2022
- 7 min
Parshas Shelach: Show, Don’t Tell
Have you ever reread a book or re-watched a movie and known all along how it ends? When you do, have you ever watched the main character...
Miri Korbman
- Jun 14, 2022
- 5 min
Parshas Behaaloscha: Overcoming Negativity Bias
Perhaps the holiest generation of Jews, the Dor HaMidbar, infamously tested Hashem ten times over the course of their forty-year sojourn...
Miri Korbman
- Jun 9, 2022
- 7 min
Parshas Naso: The Nazir and the Harm Reduction Approach
People come to therapy for various reasons and through different avenues, but a common thread is that they wish to improve their overall...
Miri Korbman
- Jun 2, 2022
- 9 min
Shavuos and Parshas Bamidbar: A Reader
The holiday of Shavuos, known as Zman Matan Toraseinu, commemorates Maamad Har Sinai, when all of Klal Yisrael heard Hashem’s voice, saw...
Miri Korbman
- Mar 23, 2022
- 7 min
Shemini: The Right Thing at the Right Time
On the eighth day of the inauguration of the Mishkan, a day replete with celebration and immense joy, tragedy strikes. Nadav and Avihu,...
Miri Korbman
- Mar 18, 2022
- 6 min
Tzav: Leave the Light On - the Eish Tamid and Mood-Dependent Behavior
One of the ways in which my patients (and I) tend to get stuck most often is in the notion that productivity, achievement, and...
Miri Korbman
- Mar 7, 2022
- 5 min
Vayikra: The Power of the Pause
One of the things that my close friends often affectionately tease me about is my inability to stay in one place for long. In the past...
Miri Korbman
- Mar 3, 2022
- 5 min
Pekudei: Parts of a Whole
If you are interested in Torah trivia, you’re likely familiar with this Yedios Klaliyos question: Who was the primary architect for the...
Miri Korbman
- Feb 16, 2022
- 6 min
Ki Sisa: On Making Repairs
Imagine the following scenario: Little Johnny has had a rough day. He’s sitting in the playroom building a Lego tower when his little...
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