Michael Mantell

Dr. Michael Mantell

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:

Parashat Noach: Seeking Out Righteousness Over Arrogance

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — In the whole of the Torah, there are only six portions that are named after an individual. Don’t look for parasha Avraham or Moshe. But we do have the Noach Ish Tzaddik Tamim Hayah BeDorotav the wholehearted, righteous man, “perfect in his generation.” Yes, there are of course

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Parashat Bereishit: Beginning Anew With the Right Mindset

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — With Bereishit We Begin Learning Torah… With our holiday season behind us, we begin anew by recounting the Seven Days of Creation, reading the story of the very first Shabbat – Hashem’s Shabbat. This experience with the right mindset, brings a deep sense of gratitude, comfort, awe,

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Parashat Nitzavim: Choosing Life

The Torah reading this Shabbat asks us where we stand as we set the tone for the rest of our lives. “I have set before you, life and death, the blessing, and the curse. You shall choose life, so that you and your offspring will live.” The themes of t’shuvah, renewal, choosing life, and a recommitment to the covenant by everyone in our community resonate throughout Nitzavim. [Michael Mantell, PhD]

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Parashat Ki Teitzei: Our Struggle With Doubt

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. This week’s parasha, literally meaning, “When you go out…” opens with a description of facing war with enemies. Maimonides tells us that 72 mitzvot spring from this week’s Torah portion, from weights and measures and collecting debts in a righteous way, to proper ways to divorce, keeping promises, and male

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Parashat Shoftim: Mindfulness and Teshuvah

Mindfulness and teshuvah. What else need be the focus at this time of the year, with the beginning of Elul and only several weeks away from Rosh Hashana? This is the “Shabbat of Judges,” in which we learn about the ultimate Judge, before whom we all stand, particularly on the day when the book of our lives opens and our thoughts, our feelings, and our behaviors stand bare. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]

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Parashat Re’eh: Leave the ‘I’ and Enter the ‘We’

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. Look for the “I” in the words happy, joy, glad, cheerful, and pleased and you obviously won’t find it. In this week’s Torah reading, we learn an important insight into this simple observation. There is a recurring theme in Re’eh regarding simcha, meaning happy or joyful. The Hebrew root of

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Parashat Va’etchanan-Shabbat Nachamu: Meaningful Relationships

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Wow! Talk about a special Shabbat. First, this is Shabbat Nachamu, the Sabbath of Comfort, based on the first verse of the Haftarah reading that says, “Console, console my people, says your God.” This, of course, follows Tisha B’Av in which we deeply re-experienced a litany of

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