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If you’re one of the 15,000 people who have read The Ten Really Dumb Mistakes you know that Rabbi Shafier is very insistent about not trying to change your spouse. Not satisfied with that? He’s the one technique he does recommend.

This is from The Ten Really Dumb Mistakes Video Book! Check it out on TheShmuz.com! 

You’ve told yourself this so many times:

“Hashem loves me”

“Hashem wants my success”

“Hashem is doing this for my good”

Just one problem: How can I bridge the gap between knowing… and really feeling it? Listen now for the answer. 

Feeling like the post-Shabbos clean up never ends? This short clip can help you reframe.

Have an amazing week! 

Here’s your erev Shabbos reminder that you’re not in control…and that’s ok.

Have a wonderful Shabbos!P.S. If you would like to receive the replay of the first part of the Marriage Seminar, go to www.theshmuz.com to register your email. 

Session 4: Life Brings Humility

In previous classes, we learned how the cornerstone to all middos is humility. In Life Brings Humility, Rabbi Shafier builds upon this fundamental principle by exploring the devastating influence of arrogance. We all agree that arrogance is ugly, but our mesorah goes further: arrogance will inevitably lead a person to forget Hashem. Afterall, when we’re so sure of our own competence and independence, we don’t need a Master. We are in this world to serve Hashem, but when we are consumed by gaaveh, our avoda is ruined, because our intentions define every action. Arrogance will make us hated in this world and empty in the World to Come. It’s the essential work of a lifetime to rid our hearts of it completely, but where do we start? In Life Brings Humility Rabbi Shafier gives us practical tools that are guaranteed to cut through our illusions of grandeur, maintain our sense of self and reconnect to our ultimate Master and Benefactor.  

If you’d like to solve 80% of your philosophical problems, the solution is simple: stop playing G-d.