It's not easy to care about others without a secure grip on your identity. Rebbetzin Neustadt offers a bite size exercise for deepening your self worth. By appreciating, and responding to the good Hashem gives you, you will sense the warmth from those who feel your growing ability to care.
What is in the power of words that can rock both the physical and spiritual worlds? Hear how dibur can generate true good, or cause painful confusion and conflict within you, your family and the extended world. Rebbetzin Neustadt's sweet charm and empathy helps deepen our understanding of this potent force.
Words reflect a person's world view. How you express what you see and believe comes out in the speech you use. Mrs. Neustadt, in discussing the reasons for the Churban Bayit Sheni shows how this stemmed from one root cause - the insidious urge to speak negatively on another. If you are interested in living with a more benign and loving feeling towards others, this speaker is the way to go.
Is it fair that at one of life's greatest moments when a mother gives birth that she should feel sick, tired, and weak? Pregnancy and childbirth, as exciting as they are, are fraught with both physical pain and emotional swings. Hear how the outgrowth of Chava's curse when properly understood will bring three levels of spiritual light flooding into the world at the birth of each new life.
Pregnancy can be a very peaceful time when one is deeply in touch with their nurturing selves. It can also be fraught with worry between balancing ultrasounds, doctor visits, and fears for the unborn child's health - and the need to have bitachon. Rebbetzin Nuestadt's gentle, calming words give a holistic view of pregnancy and birth, and how being positive in mind, emotions, and body will help move us towards a warm and beautiful birth experience.
In her first beautiful class on Shalom Bayis, Rebbetzin Neustadt describes what it means that our spouse is 'bashert.' Is it possible to marry the wrong person, and if so, how do we view divorce? A powerful discussion on male / female roles, and our need to realize that our husbands are truly one with us.
As women, we've been given a most powerful gift - the ability to help people grow into who they can truly be. But does this mean that we can fully shape our husband and children? Rebbetzin Neustadt talks about accepting our husbands for who they are, and appreciating ourselves for who we are.
Continuing from the previous class, Rebbetzin Neustadt delves into different ways of dealing with difficulties that befall us. Hear a few perceptions of the soul before it enters the world; how to use our challenges to reach places we’d never dream of attempting; and how to appropriately use jealousy.
In this Shalom Bayis class given before Rosh Hashana, Rebbetzin Neustadt explores the concept of how marriage and our relationship to Hashem are intertwined. Taking us back to the women in the desert who donated their mirrors for the Mishkan, she draws a parallel to the selfless acts in marriage and child raising we do that indeed can give something to Hashem. A beautiful class.
Why does Chazal suggest the ideal age for marriage as being 18? Rebbetzin Neustadt gives a fascinating exposition on the various ages and stages that bring an infant through childhood to adulthood, explaining what each milestone accomplishes in the maturity of the child. Once we reach the age of developing ourselves fully enough to give, we are ready to form the bond of marriage. But how do we learn to give when in modern society, most people get married emotionally depleted?