Vygotsky
Rabbi Brian talks a bit about the educator and psychologist Vygotsky and his notion of the Zone of Proximal Development. (Alright, in simple words, it will explain why when you are stressed out you tend to talk to yourself more.)
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Certainty.
Rabbi Brian talks about the idea that “certainty means that you are certain, not that you are right or wrong.” (gulp!) (And, I’m talking to you… not to anyone else. On this topic we often think this is something someone else needs to learn, but not us.)
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Mowing but why?
Rabbi Brian retells a conversation he had with a high school student and ponders if we all don’t have a bit of “wanting to mow” but not really knowing why. (A shout out this week to my Grandma who died last week, Lois, Don, and Jesse.)
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Podcast from 36,000ft
Rabbi Brian recorded this podcast from seat 22J on an American Airline flight from JFK to LAX… oh, yeah, I was sitting next to man who promotes GOGO — a wifi in the sky. NO THEME no BACKGROUND MUSIC THIS WEEK Oh, I was also doing this podcast as a way to avoid my feelings…
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As good as last performace
Rabbi Brian talks about this notion that we are only as good as our last performance… YIKES! This idea came about as he didn’t know what to talk about today… (Shout out today to SM.)
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