By Eldad Ben-Moshe ✨ (Reading Time:  3 minutes)

❤ Hi there Better Lifers!

In a culture where everyone is a self-proclaimed "warrior" (I live in northern California...), sometimes I'm more of a worrier..

Not because I'm smart;
It's not an "I'm worried about the future of the world" post.
(Although I ...

 
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe)

"Be a winner."

"You're such a loser."

"You have to win in life."

"Nice guys finish last."

"You'll never get anywhere in life."

Is culture putting too much on us?

And if so, is it really some external force (e.g., 'culture') that 'does it to us'?

And what does w...

By Eldad Ben-Moshe ✨ (Reading Time:  2 minutes)

❤ Hey there Better Lifers!

Stressssssssssss.

You might have recently suddenly felt it.
Or you might have been feeling it for a while now.

More and more people are feeling it recently - 
even though we seem to be past the peak of the COVID effects ...

(By Eldad Ben-Moshe ✨ Reading Time: 6 minutes)

❤ Hey there Better Lifers!

560 fires. At the same time. 

California is burning.
Over 1,000,000 acres have already burned in 1 week.

How big is that?

It’s like ⅕ of the grand canyon burning on fire.
It’s like the entire island of Maui, Hawaii, burn...

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❤ Hey there Better Lifers!

Who got it right - the east or the west?

Yes, you can see spirituality in the west, and psychology in the east.
But by and large, the west focuses on psychology.
The east on spirituality.

But the fact is that you must de...

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❤ Hey there Better Lifers!

Life is full of challenging times.

That, in and of itself, is out of our control. 
It’s an inevitable part of living; it’s part of the deal.

What we can control is how we react, how we respond. 

That depends on how we...

(By Eldad Ben-Moshe ✨ Reading Time: 3 minutes)

❤ Hey there Better Lifers!  

I used to hate my birthday.

It was a combination of unpleasant experiences,
expectations that didn’t get met, and, of course,
hating myself.

And then, in 1995, the biggest tragedy of my life happened:

My best friend too...

(By Eldad Ben-Moshe ✨ Reading Time: 5 minutes)

A dear friend of mine confessed to me this week that she is having a very hard time.
It was really both beautiful and heartbreaking to hear her.
Human life can be so hard, you know?

It’s important to know and acknowledge this,
because you can’t have a ...