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Miri Korbman
Jan 14, 20216 min read
Vaeira: Freedom to Choose in the Absence of Alternatives
One of the greatest strengths and fallacies of the human condition is our tendency to desire predictability and repetition. While these...
Miri Korbman
Jan 6, 20216 min read
Shemos: Making Sense of Desensitization
As the pandemic and its far-reaching consequences continue to affect us in many areas of our lives, many people have been talking about...
Miri Korbman
Jan 1, 20216 min read
Vayechi: A Matter of Life and Death
Mortality is one of the greatest fears and woes of every living being. From the moment we are born, we instinctually know that our time...
Miri Korbman
Dec 23, 20205 min read
Vayigash: More than Saying Sorry
Forgiveness is both a powerful tool and complicated enterprise in promoting interpersonal connection and psychological wellbeing. Step...
Miri Korbman
Dec 16, 20206 min read
Mikeitz: Forget Me Not
Forgetting is a fascinating human phenomenon. There are multiple areas of the brain responsible for memory, and there are different kinds...
Miri Korbman
Dec 10, 20205 min read
Vayeishev: Don't Settle
There is a troubling Rashi at the beginning of this week’s Parsha that, when explored in depth, reveals an important spiritual lesson and...
Miri Korbman
Dec 3, 20205 min read
Vayishlach: On Being Alone
In July 2014, a series of experiments conducted by Dr. Timothy Wilson and his colleagues at University of Virginia and Harvard were...
Miri Korbman
Nov 26, 20206 min read
Vayeitzei: Pausing in the Pandemonium
There are many ways to learn and gain inspiration from the Torah text, and assessing the structure and textual architecture of the...
Miri Korbman
Nov 19, 20206 min read
Toldos: Personality Wise
Personality psychology has garnered much attention in the last few decades. As part of understanding humanity and the characteristics...
Miri Korbman
Nov 13, 20206 min read
Chayei Sara: Loss and Legacy
In the last week, the Jewish community suffered two gargantuan losses with the passing of HaRav Dovid Feinstein z”l and Rabbi Lord...
Miri Korbman
Nov 4, 20205 min read
Vayera: Response Ability
In March 1964, the assault and murder of a young woman named Kitty Genovese sparked horror and outrage when the New York Times reported...
Miri Korbman
Oct 28, 20205 min read
Lech Lecha: Boundaries and Benevolence
A quick search for the term “boundaries” in Psychology Today will yield 7,943 blog posts and 229 articles all discussing this important...
Miri Korbman
Oct 21, 20207 min read
Noach: A Righteous Man of the Earth
Like many characters in Tanach, Noach is singularly righteous and enigmatic. Often, in the descriptions of Biblical personalities, it is...
Miri Korbman
Oct 14, 20205 min read
Bereishis: Where We Are and How We Got Here
Understanding and analyzing the pathways of human behavior is a focal point of both research and practice and allows patients,...
Miri Korbman
Sep 23, 20207 min read
Haazinu and Yom Kippur 5781: The Possibility to Heal
Beth* had spent most of her adolescence in and out of psychiatric inpatient units and had already been in individual therapy for three...
Miri Korbman
Sep 8, 20207 min read
Nitzavim-Vayelech: The Frog, the Fish, and the Freedom to Choose
There is a particularly gruesome “How To” project about which you have probably never been curious, and which is an integral metaphor for...
Miri Korbman
Sep 1, 20205 min read
Ki Savo: Owning the Narrative
Though there is a great deal of debate in the field of psychology regarding the relevance of one’s past to his or her current concerns or...
Miri Korbman
Aug 26, 20205 min read
Ki Seitzei: Radical Root of Teshuva
In November 1785, after accidentally upending a mouse’s nest with his plow, Scottish farmer and poet Robert Burns penned the heartfelt...
Miri Korbman
Aug 19, 20205 min read
Shoftim: Law and Disorder
Like my ninth grade classmates and I, some of you might have had the dubious honor of reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The...
Miri Korbman
Aug 11, 20205 min read
Re'eh: It's Not a Contest
In the introduction to her incredibly moving and thought-provoking memoir “The Choice,” psychologist and Holocaust survivor Dr. Edith Eva...
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