Jewish Positive Psychology Part X Rabbi Leiby Burnham 1 26 17

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Al righty so our last topic um is going to be change and the reason why we left it for last is because we all know we all push off change until the last moment so that's why we left it for last but change is obviously one of the most important components of human behavior and human happiness the ability to bring change into our lives in a healthy manner and uh we all know every anyone here well first of all before we get started if there's any perfect people in started if there's any perfect people in this room you just raise your hand okay we got a couple amazing I just figured what the heck this doesn't apply to you enjoy the lunch but for all the rest of us myself included who we are super unperfect and we have we all know that there is enormous value in change being brought into our lives we all struggle with bringing change into our lives anyone who knows uh who's tried to master any negative aspect of their personality knows what a complex and longlasting experience that can be uh longlasting experience that can be uh surveys find that by February most New Year's resolutions are gone okay so it's an entirety of about a month if if even and on top of that we also know from our own experiences that uh comes rashash and yum ker time we're often thinking about what we want to fix and we're like wow this sounds strangely similar to what what I wanted to fix last year and the year before and 2005 and 1995 and 1985 right so it's like we're really kind of almost butting up

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2. 5:13going to have the physique let me enjoy the food right that could be a cognition…
3. 10:15those words thank God I'm blessed and I'm very happy thank God I am blessed and…
4. 15:24I doing how what's been going on in my life number seven verbal confession of the…
5. 20:31fear of God right belief in God right hopefully actually I think after P we're going…
6. 25:38yesterday it's the world we live in it's so amazing like just smartphones are only 10…
7. 30:43possible now there's another model spoken about in in in terms of psychology and that's there's…
8. 35:55okay you know loneliness is a painful experience that almost every human being struggles with on…
9. 41:04make a campaign to abolish the Kish Club okay for those of you are familiar with…
10. 46:06mommy boom you know innocent kid not trying to make her do anything not trying to…

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