By Eldad Ben-Moshe ✨ Reading Time: 5 minutes

❤ Hi there Better Lifers!

A young boy in Depression-era Wyoming, living in a one-room cabin with no electricity, no plumbing, and often no food.
His father abandons the family when he's just nine years old.
His mother works multiple jobs just to keep them...

By Eldad Ben-Moshe ✨ Reading Time: 5 minutes

❤ Hi there Better Lifers!

Have you ever faced a crisis that seemed impossible to overcome?

A crisis that consumed hope, your belief in your ability to make it, or even your desire to keep on going?

A crisis that, literally or figuratively, knocked ...

By Eldad Ben-Moshe ✨ (Reading Time:  3 minutes)

❤ Hi there Better Lifers!

In a culture where everyone is a self-proclaimed "warrior" (I live in northern California...), sometimes I'm more of a worrier..

Not because I'm smart;
It's not an "I'm worried about the future of the world" post.
(Although I ...

(By Eldad Ben-Moshe)

As you may or may not know, 
I overcame 2 challenging depression periods in my life.

Without medication.

"Challenging" is a delicate definition.

I'm not writing to brag,
and certainly not to say don't use medications;
I am not saying that.

There are professionals in the ...

 
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe)

"Be a winner."

"You're such a loser."

"You have to win in life."

"Nice guys finish last."

"You'll never get anywhere in life."

Is culture putting too much on us?

And if so, is it really some external force (e.g., 'culture') that 'does it to us'?

And what does w...