WELLBEING → A BETTER YOU Issue 1073 · August 6, 2025

Hard Truths  

Strategies for intentional living from experts who get it

Hard Truths  
Hard Truths
Rachel Burnham with Bassi Gruen

“Danny is everything I’m looking for,” Meira told me. “Smart and hardworking — he already has semichah, and now he’s in law school. He’s fun and funny but also has a serious, thoughtful side. And he’s good-looking, too.”

I said nothing, waiting for the “but.”

Sure enough, she got very quiet, then said in a small voice, “But I’m worried about some of his habits.

“He vapes, which I really don’t like. He told me it was once in a while, but as he’s gotten more comfortable with me, he’s started lighting up on dates. I could probably live with just that, but he also uses weed….”

“How often are we talking about?” I asked gently.

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