Empowering Change, Inspiring Action.

Hello! Thank you for visiting my site. My name is Marcelo Bronstein and I want to share a little bit about myself with you.

All my life I have been influenced and inspired by teachers and seekers, starting with my grandparents.  They nurtured in me a love for classical music, philosophy, social justice, the value of deep conversation and celebration, and the transformational power of being immersed in nature. 

While I experienced and received love from my grandparents and other teachers, my educational life was traumatic. As I child I suffered tremendously throughout elementary and high school because of the combination of my severe learning disabilities and the lack of knowledge about Dyslexia.

The intersectionality between spirit and psychology has always fascinated me. I began my academic studies in Argentina in clinical Psychology at Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires. After finishing two post-graduate degrees I emigrated to the United States, where I obtained a BA in Jewish studies at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, California, and then received a Masters in Jewish studies and Rabbinic Ordination from the Hebrew Union College in New York City.

My orientation has always been values-based with a strong inclination toward spirituality, mindfulness, and mysticism. I have served throughout the years on boards of directors for enterprises focusing on social justice and health initiatives, ecology projects, and special needs and interfaith work in the U.S and abroad. I have never stopped being a seeker and have continued my journey of spiritual growth through interactions with various teachers and processes. One of the strongest pieces of wisdom to come out of all my experiences and education has been the knowledge of the undeniable power that being in nature holds for the enhancement of personal growth.

Part of the difficulty and unhappiness that everyone struggles with has to do with a disconnect of the self from the rhythms of nature. We impose artificial demands on our lives that produce a fragmented human being. I invite people into a journey like the one I took in my life to overcome and to grow; to accept change and to unfold. 

I firmly believe that accepting change is a courageous act of radical imagination. It takes guts to imagine a different reality and determination to walk on the path of change. I believe it is very difficult - almost impossible - to do it alone. We need inspiration and motivation to activate our determination. I believe that the act of seeking guidance can be one of the most intelligent and courageous moves that we can make for ourselves. I believe in a wisdom that is born of life experience, true personal work and knowledge. I believe that deep personal work has positive ripple effects in the collective and in the environment. When we work on ourselves, we equip ourselves better to do what is necessary to restore the world's well-being. A broken human needs to maximize their strengths and capacities before tending to a broken world.

With a focus on mindful and conscious positive perspectives toward the reality of change, we learn to surrender to and appreciate the magic of life.

I draw on my process of thirty years’ experience as a rabbi and a psychologist as I work within the intersections of psychology, mindfulness and spirituality through one-on-one mentoring, retreats, and workshops with both individuals and groups.