About the Author


Debbie Gutfreund

Debbie Gutfreund is an OCD and trauma therapist. She holds a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Family Therapy from the University of North Texas. In her free time, she is a competitive runner and skier. She lives in Parkland, Florida with her husband and children.


5 Keys to Harness Your Inner Potential

Insights on how to tap into your hidden potential and climb towards the light.

6 Different Resolutions for the New Year

As Oct 7ᵗʰ showed us, life can be cut short. Now’s the time to make resolutions that express your true values and priorities.

8 Questions to Ask Yourself This Hanukkah

How to create moments of light during this difficult time.

Praying in a World Gone Mad

The specter of antisemitism is shaping my ongoing dialogue with God.

What It Means to Be a Jew in America Today

It’s knowing the world will never be the same again and wondering how we will ever go back to any kind of normalcy.

Saying Yes to Life

How to nurture hope in the face of an uncertain future.

Dealing with Our Collective Trauma

We may be going through the motions of normal life – eating, working, exercising, trying to help – but the collective trauma is affecting us.

Stop Obsessively Checking the News

It isn’t helping you or anybody else.

Get Rid of Your Bucket List

Figure out instead the things you no longer need. Here are the four things I’m letting go of.

Four Myths about Forgiveness

You can forgive even without an apology, even if you’re still in pain, and even if you’ll never reconcile with the person who hurt you.

Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Rosh Hashanah

Thought-provoking questions to help you prepare for the High Holidays.

Wildfires in Your Life: 4 Ways to Cope Without False Positivity

Embracing the fog and messiness of life.

Grandmother and Grandson's Epic Road Trip

Joy and Brad Ryan visited 62 national parks on an adventure of a lifetime.

The Three Main Passover Symbols: Pesach, Matzah and Maror

The powerful gifts of gratitude, hope and grit.

When My Mother Was Evacuated from Turkey in the Middle of the Night

Three questions to ask yourself this Passover to attain inner freedom.

Grammy-Winning Song of Courage from Iran

Shervin Hajipour is risking his life for freedom. Listen to his song.

Five Ways to Hold onto Resilience

What do you do after crossing the finish line?

Four Ways to Find Freedom and Expansiveness Amidst Our Blessings and Adversities

Learning how to run towards, instead of away, from our challenges.

Who Are the People who Changed Your Life?

Have you thanked them?

Footprints of Gratitude: How I Got Out of My Florida Funk

When everything was going wrong, it was my son’s fearless resilience that opened my eyes and helped me find a glimmer of gratitude.

When Everything Went Up in Smoke

What do you do when everything you own is suddenly taken from you and you're fortunate enough to still have everything that really matters?

5 Essential Ways to Make Room for Change and Move Forward

Inspiring insights from the book W1nning that will help everyone to grow.

What Motherhood has Taught Me

Becoming a mother is the hardest choice I've ever made. And by far the best.

The Secret to Our Greatest Comebacks

4 relevant lessons from Matt Fitzgerald’s The Comeback Quotient.

 

Grow Like the Trees

In honor of Tu B’Shvat, 6 lessons on how to grow.

Five Habits to Nourish Your Marriage During the Pandemic

Here's what to do if you're feeling under-appreciated and over-worked, or worried that the spark in your marriage is fading.

4 Ways to See Things from a New Perspective

Change your perspective, change your life.

Three Ways to Find Your Inner Light

Hanukkah is a unique time for accessing the sparks of light within and thereby light up the world.

Genius Is Born and 6 Other Lies about Learning

Jim Kwik's 7 common lies that limit our ability to learn and reach our potential.

Five Ways to Build Your Gratitude Muscles

This has never been more important than it is now when so much seems to be going wrong in the world and in our lives.

 

6 Questions to Empower Yourself

Feeling stuck? Here's your way out.

Fractured Families: Forgiveness and Healing

Family rifts are extremely painful. Reconciling is a real possibility.

Yes to Life In Spite of Everything: Viktor Frankl’s Re-Discovered Manuscript

Four crucial ideas from this poignant masterpiece of writing.

3 Ways Covid-19 Changed My Life

I don’t know how or when the pandemic will end, but I know that the miracle of life is now.

Running Uphill

Sometimes running uphill is the only way to see the view.

My Thoughts of Life and Death on Yom HaShoah

Coronavirus has me thinking a lot about death. And life.

 

Queen Esther: 4 Lessons in Personal Transformation

How to be the hero of your own story.

 

Courage and Faith: Tibor Rubin's Incredible Heroism

An anti-Semitic sergeant couldn’t stop a Holocaust survivor who heroically served in the US Army from getting his Medal of Honor.

 

Hanukkah: 8 Ways to turn Darkness into Light

Share the light.

 

Five Habits of Happy People

How to train your mind to be positive.

 

8 Things I Wish I Knew at My Graduation

Practical wisdom for life, whether you’re just graduating or not.

 

Freedom: Seven Empowering Beliefs

Set yourself free this Passover.

 

Four Primary Excuses that Hold Us Back

You have more time and talent than you think!

 

Hanukkah and Jewish Grit

Spiritual victories are built on consistent, daily efforts that bear witness to our commitment and faith.

 

Sukkot: Living Under the Stars

Kyle Maynard’s courage to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, despite having no hands or feet, encapsulates the mindset of the sukkah.

 

Four Ways We Mess Up Apologies

And how to do it right.

Thanksgiving Should Not Be Only Once a Year

Six ways to feel gratitude every day. Try them; they really work!

Five Ways to Improve Your Emotional Fitness

Practical tips on how to transform your emotions and live a happier life.

Six Steps to Facing Your Fears

Because the only way to create a life of growth and significance is by taking risks.

Seven Ways to Make Your Thoughts More Empowering

How to bring more positivity and optimism into your day.

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