Whenever I see a negative trait in someone else, it is a direct reflection of how I view myself. So when I see someone and I go straight to judgemental thoughts, really, they are my insecurities I feel about myself that are surfacing. I may be filled with jealousy, ego, envy, maybe that person is our friend who talks too much or who is so selfish, it isn’t because that person are all of those things, it is because I am. I am missing something within me to give full compassion towards that other person.

Yetzer Hara, the Evil Inclination, will do anything in it's power for us to choose desire, lust and anger. There is a Darkness that will be prominent when we go in search of our passions. There are times it will feel like we cannot take the heartache of disappointments and setbacks, and that is the Yetzer Hara's goal. Listen to this week's episode to uncover how important it is to choose ourselves and our passions regardless of what is in our way.

"Our Ego takes hold of all of our senses and we begin to spiritually decline, as long as we let our Ego stay in the driver seat. The Ego builds doubt. It builds doubt about ourselves, and it builds doubt towards Hashem and his Holiness."

In this episode, Teagan Horowitz brings a new guest to the podcast, her husband, Elmar (Eliezer Mordechai), and together discuss conversion, the current state of Israel, and our collective destiny not just as Jews but humanity.

On this episode, Teagan Horowitz talks about re-centering herself, the vulnerability that comes with releasing your passion into the world and how the Pendulum of Life teaching comes back into play.

When you say but, it’s saying there is an alternative. Life is not an alternative. It is the only choice that they have made. They killed someone. It is the end. And there is no going back from that.

You know how we feel the feels all the time? Sometimes we have to step outside of our feelings in order to see the bigger picture. Not all change is physical. We forget that we grow spiritually as well. Sometimes, we have to take the long way there even though it may be painful. How does Judaism break this down for us so we can understand it’s meaning and make sure we allow ourselves to transform? Listen to this episode. It’ll give you all the right feels.

There is a lot of hidden wisdom behind Lashon Hara—evil tongue in English. Think gossiping. But, what happens when we do it? Whether that’s to our soul, to the upper worlds, or even to our physical world? The truth is, it's the opposite of harmless, it's deadly.