Ebb and Flow with Solomon Ezra

95: From Hoops to Healing: A Journey of Resilience, Spirituality, and Balance with Doron Sheffer


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  • background growing up and bball regimen
  • Being the tall guy in school
  • Mental performance tips
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • Journey to South America and India during and after playing
  • Soul searching, from Buddhism to Shamanism to Judaism
  • Coming back to Judaism and Torah
  • All to find balance way to live life in body, mind, and soul.
  • Bottomline to be a Mensch - work on our values and good deeds
  • Struggles through recovering from Cancer
  • Growing up in a “secular” Judaism family
  • Why young Israeli’s travel to far east, 2 reasons:
  • The Torah can help you or it can do the opposite depending what you do with it. Sam Chayiim Sam Mavet
  • What led him to re-explore Torah Judaism?
  • Difference between Mitzvahs between Man and G-d, and Mitzvahs between Man and Man
  • Mitzvahs between Man and G-d are very individual.
  • Playing alongside Ray Allen and the quote: Some people want it to happen, others wish it would happen, but only a few make it happen
  • Mensch.V.P Book:
  • Making it happen
  • without trying to force an outcome
  • When to act and when to let go
  • An indication of being balance is our physical and mental situation - he’s happy and healthy
  • The Torah is everything but black and white
  • “Not to climb so high on the tree, and not to run from taking responsibility”
  • Connection with October 7
  • Putting basketball in a healthy and balanced way
  • Coming back after cancer to the same ball but a different ball game. Playing in a natural and free way
  • Heaven and Hell are mainly in the head.
  • When he changed himself, the game changed with him
  • Greif to Growth project: https://www.doronsheffer.com/from-grief
  • Hyuli Healing center
  • Website: https://www.doronsheffer.com/about
  • Becoming the Most Valuable Player in the Game of Life
  • Win-Win businesses
  • Playing ball without score
  • We lose ourselves when we compare ourselves with others.
  • Finding one’s center and the special talents
  • Basketball in Messianic Times
  • The Ball is in Our Hands
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