You, Happier
This book covers the brain science of being happier with specific, easy to follow steps to take to become happier.
Toward a Meaningful Life, The Wisdom of The Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson
A spiritual road map for living based on the teachings of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who was Head of the Lubavitcher movement for forty-four years .
The Happiness Prayer: Ancient Jewish Wisdom for the Best Way to Live Today
This book goes through the prayer “Eilu Devarim” (these are the things) and how each of the things listed in the prayer from celebrating with the bride to study and to helping a mourner are paths toward happiness.
The Choice
The author is a Holocaust victim who transformed her life and others by realizing that the one thing no one could take from her was the choices she could make about how she handled what life sent her way.
The Book of Psalms
Psalms (Tehillim in Hebrew) come from the Writings section of the Hebrew Bible. We recommend The Book of Psalms with an interlinear translation by Artscroll that has the Hebrew and the English.
Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life
This book consists of letters Greitens wrote to his friend who was struggling with life and moving forward.
Remember My Soul: What to do in Memory of a Loved One
This book provides 30 days of insight and exercises to help process a loss and work through it with meaning.
Pain is a Reality, Suffering is a Choice: Grappling With Divine Justice
After his 14 year old daughter passed away, every year Rabbi Resnick would write a eulogy for her with wisdom pulled from Jewish classical texts. This book is a compilation of his eulogies.
Option B
Written by a wealthy forty-something woman whose husband died suddenly. Her “plan A” was to live with him until they were both old. Since that didn’t work she needed to figure out a “plan B.”
Mourning and Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner’s Path Through Grief to Healing
This book walks the reader through the steps of grief from the initial loss in the Jewish tradition.