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 Bracha Goetz is the Harvard-educated author of more than 40 books that help children's souls shine: Her new picture book, Don't Read This Book, helps children joyfully outsmart their inner adversary, so they don’t have to play catch-up, learning how to do this later in life, like us!
A Letter From Your Inner Adversary
I’m your personal trainer, offering just the right amount of resistance.
Growing up, I thought of Bible stories as little more than fairytales. When I was finally able to get glimpses into the vast richness of the Torah, I found that the Torah could provide enlightenment on multiple levels simultaneously.
What Was Starving Was My Soul
I was finally able to fill the gnawing emptiness inside when I found the spiritual nourishment I was craving.
But if I am trying to feed my hungry soul, no amount of food will help.
The secret police in our village watched us closely to stop us from doing anything Jewish.
Autumn leaves are the Bright, exuberant ones that Take my breath away. And there are Crackling, brittle fragile Ones, That must be handled Oh so gently, Having lived full lives. What they had in spring and summer, That made them Look so much alike, Is no ...
We learn our uniquely designed lessons from our limitations and from our lows. Somehow, we need the darkness for our essence to emerge as well.
Often, well-meaning people are not able to understand why many survivors of abuse are not able to “just get over it.” When one understands the mechanisms of the brain and the way it stores and retrieves memories, however, the picture becomes clearer.
No matter what dirt tries to attach to our souls—and it surely will—our souls remain pure. We just need to learn how to see that.
Although my life appears to be headed in a great direction, I feel more and more like I am getting lost.
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