Wildescast: Meditation, Happiness, and Finding God through Kabbalah
Beneath The Surface Podcast
I joined Rabbi Mark Wildes on his podcast for a wide ranging discussion. In his words: There is a deep yearning for spiritual experience and meaning among the young Jewish community. Rabbi Daniel Bortz, better known as The Millennial Rabbi has gained social-media fame through his focus on meditation, Kabbalah, and Torah wisdom for achieving happiness. Rabbi Wildes speaks with Rabbi Bortz about all this and more in this inspirational and informative conversation that will leave you thinking about "God" in a whole new way. Timestamps: 1:30 - Millennials and Torah 12:30 - Nature of God 15:00 -...
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Sexuality & Judaism w/ High Noon
Beneath The Surface Podcast
I joined the High Noon Podcast to discuss Jewish views of love, intimacy, and healthy relationships. In their description: Rabbi Daniel shares with us the mystical teachings of Jewish, the significance of marriage, and how sexuality is viewed from the Judaism perspective. He discusses the negative impacts of pornography and how a Rabbi like himself can help someone who is struggling with addiction. He also talks about the importance of having a positive mindset in life and the value of separating work from home and family.
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Tracy Komlos: Living Your Best Life
Beneath The Surface Podcast
Tracy & I discussed how to cultivate joy, the power of community building, travel, wonder, and female leadership, the highs & lows of entrepreneurship, insights into mushrooms and psychedelics, and the benefit of intention setting for abundance in your life. I hope you enjoy our conversation!
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Remi Franklin: Being Yourself & Protecting Those you Love
Beneath The Surface Podcast
Remi Franklin is the founder and CEO of Light Switch Digital, helping brands create their vision and market themselves most effectively. He's a seasoned jujitsu practitioner and leads security with "Shabbat Angels" - volunteers who patrol the streets of Los Angeles to ensure safety for the Jewish community. I found Remi through his social media posts that displayed his proud Jewish identity and staunch defense of his people and nation of Israel. I hope you enjoy our conversation
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Experiential Judaism w/ Zevi Slavin
Beneath The Surface Podcast
I joined my friend Zevi Slavin in discussion on his podcast, Seekers of Unity, where we dove into experiential Judaism, mystical experience in Jewish practice today, and why it matters
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Jesse Israel: Authentic Mindful Living
Beneath The Surface Podcast
Jesse Israel and I sat for a live session at the Divine You Retreat. Jesse is a social entrepreneur, meditation leader and former record label executive known for founding the mass meditation movement The Big Quiet. He's signed multi-platinum bands like MGMT, has led some of the largest meditations in the world, teaches meditation to next-generation leaders and speaks at Fortune 500s and colleges. Jesse’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Vice, Vogue, Fast Company, GQ & the Wall Street Journal
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Soul Living 31: Lag Ba'omer - The Fire of Love
Beneath The Surface Podcast
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Soul Living 30: Detailed Transcendence - The Sefirot
Beneath The Surface Podcast
There are 7 weeks between the holidays of Passover & Shavuot.
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Soul Living 29: Grounding Transcendence - The Path of Harmony
Beneath The Surface Podcast
This Shabbat we read about the holy brothers Nadav & Avihu, sons of Aharon the Kohen Gadol, who enter the Temple with incense. The Torah calls it “strange fire before God, which He hadn’t commanded them.” As they enter, their souls leave their body. What happened here?
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Rudy Rochman: Proud Jewish Living
Beneath The Surface Podcast
Rudy Rochman is an important young voice in this generation of proud Jewish identity. A passionate advocate for the self determination of Jews on their ancestral homeland in Israel, Rudy works to find mutual understanding between Jews, Arabs, and all peoples in a peaceful way. In this episode we discuss what motivates him to do his work, his documentary "We Were Never Lost" about Jewish tribes in Africa, Jewish spiritual identity, and the always simple subject of how to create a lasting peace in Israel.
info_outlineI spoke with Holocaust survivor and best-selling author Dr. Edith Eger about her resiliency and perspective during her trauma, and her visualization of a better future. How can we find light in the darkness? Can we see how in spite of our past troubles, we can find strength and live meaningful, impactful lives?