HerTorah
Burnout: Torah for the Tired
Featuring Rabbi Shira Stutman, Naama Sadan, Karen Erlichman
While it is exhilarating to feel “lit up” and inspired, the truth is that many of us find ourselves burnt out and exhausted. What Torah can speak to us during those times when we feel there is just nothing left in the tank? Join us as we explore emotional, psychological, and spiritual exhaustion with Rabbi Shira Stutman, Naama Sadan, and Karen Erlichman, D.Min, LCSW.
Come when you can; stay till you can’t. But, come.
Our learning is incomplete without you.
Join us Monday evening 2/6 @ 8:15-9:45pm EST
Please invite someone you think might want to be with us, too.
Noticing, ceasing, resting, and releasing: A Torah approach to growth and change Rabbi Shira Stutman
Experiencing exhaustion--professional, personal, emotional, physical--is part of being human. Instead of (or, let's be honest, in addition to) dreading, complaining about, or denying it, how can we move through it and use it as a springboard to something new?
"Stop straining yourself...your right to exist exceeded all." Naama Sadan
Balancing production and rest, giving and receiving, is essential to our well-being. We will learn together a short text from one of the influential spiritual teachers in Israel - Yemima Avita. We will use writing exercises inspired by her texts to make space, retreat, and create intimacy with ourselves. These interpretive tools help us demarcate our inner experience, gain more agency in managing the inner experience and make space for a quiet heart.
Your Life is Torah: Reflections and Resources for Spiritual Burnout Karen Erlichman, D.Min, LCSW
What can hold us when we feel there’s nothing left in the well? What makes burnout Jewish? Even the word “burnout” can be used to shame us. What is the living Torah for when you don’t have the physical, emotional, or spiritual energy, strength, time or capacity? Together we will witness one another, drawing on somatic resourcing, creative expression, mutual care and connection, and sacred Torah.
HerTorah gathers together a diverse community of Jewish women to connect over our shared heritage, explore our collective wisdom, and elevate our communal experience in learning with and from one another.
HerTorah is directed by Rabbanit Aliza Sperling, made possible in part by support of the Aviv Foundation and The Covenant Foundation and inspired by each one of us.
Grateful for the support of The Covenant Foundation
This gathering was made possible (in part) by funds granted by The Covenant Foundation. The statements made and the views expressed, however, are solely of SVIVAH.
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