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Mordechai Weinberger LCSW, along with Dr. Efrayim Nudman, M.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Cornell Medical College, Former Chief of Inpatient Psychiatric service at New York Presbyterian Hospital�addressed these questions that were emailed to him:

1: All my life in Yeshiva I watched friends of mine just as smart as me make it and I somehow never made it. Now that I am working, I am finding the same story happening again. I am working just as hard as my co worker and yet he gets the raise and I don’t. Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong?

2: I want to get close to a certain group of friends. The problem is that I don’t like the same things they do. Is there anyway I can still get into this group?

3: I have a simple question to ask but I have no one to turn to, so I am asking you and hopefully you can help me. I come from a very messed up background. I can’t turn to my parents for help; I have to parent them. I am newly married and my cooking is terrible. After a few months of marriage my husband opened up to me and asked me to call his mother for recipes. I feel so embarrassed that I can’t do it. I am pretty sure I will never be a good cook because it’s not in my genes. I am watching this little problem grow into a huge fight every time he asks me to make something new. Is there any way I can have my husband accept my limitations and to learn to focus on my positive strengths?

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