On Hanukkah and the Season of Giving, it can be Easy to Forget to Give to Yourself This Time of Year. That’s Why we Have Created These Hanukkah Resources and Our Mental Health Menorah or “hanukkiah” To Help you Stay Grounded and Healthy, Build Resilience, and Avoid Burnout this Holiday Season.
SUGGESTED READINGS
- Rekindling Faith: Reflections on Mental Health for Hanukkah
- Eight Recovery Miracles – eight Chanukah miracles related to eating disorders
- Hanukkah and the Miracle of Addiction Recovery – Addiction is a daily uphill battle where modern-day miracles are being performed throughout the recovery process
- QuietingTheSilence: Hanukkah – thoughts from the Blue Dove Foundation President on being a Shamash
- Hanukkah Recovery Insights–8 Nights Of Light & Healing
- 8 Ways to Turn Darkness into Light
- Miracle of Fire – The Human Potential Movement celebrates the power of man. Chanukah celebrates the power of the Divine.
The proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle. — Irving Greenberg
RESOURCE ACTIVITIES
Build your own Mental Health Menorah, and channel the resilience of the Maccabees into your Hanukkah experience, or explore the concept of burnout and what we can do to naturally keep our flames burning longer. We will even have some suggested Menorah lighting rituals for relaxation and calmness!
Explore the Jewish value of leadership as portrayed by the Shamash of the Menorah, learn the many ways you can perform self-care on Hanukkah during the season of giving, and take some time for yourself and check out our Hanukkah coloring page.
Remember the miracles and people in your life that you are grateful for with our Hanukkah and Gratitude resource. We also have one version for kids and another for teens.
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