Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. is a retired psychologist, best-selling author, international speaker, and a highly sought after cognitive behavioral coach whose actionable, valuable and practical work has been featured on Fox News, ABC-TV, NBC-TV, CBS-TV, The New York Times, and The Huffington Post. He has been teaching how Torah’s wisdom can lead to optimal living for many decades. You can follow him on Facebook and in other social media, where he has posted the #MantellDaily5 everyday for years.
His books, available on Amazon, include:
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO–Why do we fast in the first place? Yes, the answer is in the very word itself: F.A.S.T. = For A Spiritual Transformation During Yom Kippur, beginning this year at sundown on October 3rd and ending 25 hours later on October 4th, many Jews will be fasting and engaged […]
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellMichael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO– This year it begins on Wednesday evening, September 25th. Our chance, once again, to reset the “character clock” and start renewed, fresh, and cleansed. With the beginning of the “High Holidays,” Jews throughout the world are offered the opportunity again to join in the oldest, most widespread, and clearly
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellMichael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO– There’s a growing sentiment in our population that age is just a number. The new “mantra” is “age be damned.” When a 100 year old man finishes a marathon as happened last year, we know the conventional conceptions of old age must change. September 21-27 is International Active Aging Week.
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Michael Mantell, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — This year it begins on Wednesday evening, September 25th. Our chance, once again, to reset the “character clock” and start renewed, fresh, and cleansed. With the beginning of the “High Holidays,” Jews throughout the world are offered the opportunity again to join in the oldest, most
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO–The month of Elul is the last month in the Jewish calendar. El Al is, of course, the well-known airline of Israel. Boarding an El Al flight, means you know where you are going. After all, you bought a ticket, right? Israel is more than likely your destination, but
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — “Shluff, now, mamellah.” My mother and grandmother used to say that to me after a few urgings to “Gai shluffen” or, more commonly, “gai shluffie.” How’d you shluff last night? For about 70 million Americans, yes, even readers of the wonderful, positive, life-enhancing San Diego Jewish World,
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — I’ve decided to tackle a topic that may, and should, stir more than a little discomfort. Jewish disunity. Jewish disrespect. The Rambam writes “It is a mitzvah for every Jew to love every other Jew as himself… Therefore a person must praise his fellow Jew and be
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — How can one have a healthier and more meaningful lifestyle? The psychologist Dr. Michael Mantell likes to use acronyms when conveying his healing messages as he believes they are a helpful way for people to remember them. For him, the acronym PERMA conveys an important message as
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Michael Mantell, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — As Americans at many different income levels enjoy more affluent times, there’s something many parents covet more than anything else, and it’s the one thing money can’t buy: good kids…what we would call a mentch…and what do we want from our children? Yiddishe Nachas…it is the most
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellBy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — My car has a world-class GPS system in it. It’s a genuine, high-tech, (the kind I need our 13-year-old to explain), sure-to-get-me-where-I-want-to-go virtual assistant that guides me in my travels. Only problem is, I said I wanted to get to “happiness,” and it was stymied. Some GPS system
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Michael MantellBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — The other day I was sitting with my group of morning coffee buddies in what we call “Our Caffeinated Corner” — okay, I’ll give the shop an unnecessary plug: Starbucks — and we were talking about health. Everyone had his or her favorite way of obtaining health
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Michael Mantell, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO–You and your friends go out to a local bar for some relaxation time. You are standing at the bar with your buddies whom are are all chatting away with others none of you ever met before. Then it hits you. Nobody is talking with you. You’ve been waiting
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Michael MantellBy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO–Remember that old Bob Dylan song, “Forever Young,” which now is used as the theme on television’s Parenthood? May your hands always be busy, May your feet always be swift, May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift, May your heart always be joyful And may
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By Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO–In a commencement address at Smith College in 2013, Arianna Huffington equated our insatiable drive to attain money and power as two legs on a three-legged stool. While you may balance on two legs for a while, a fall is inevitable. The third leg of success, Huffington argues, is our
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