Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Meaningful Life Skills with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Episode: Rise from the Ashes
Description: Is there hope after loss? Rebuilding after destruction? Love after betrayal? Life after death?
Too often we give up after we have experienced hurt and disappointment, especially when the abuse is repeated and sustained. Once our trust has been breached, it becomes increasingly difficult to trust again. After being invalidated and rejected time after time, a demoralized child tragically begins to lower his/her expectations, to the point of feeling resigned that s/he does not deserve to be loved and nurtured. As the child grows into an adult this lack of confidence haunts...