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Iyar is the month when we celebrate the birth of modern-day Israel. And yet, we recognize the need to hold space for those who have experienced personal loss. Guest host, Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet, The Eden Center's Executive Director and psychologist Dr. Romy Shulman, who previously served as the Clinical Lead of Chana UK, break the silence around miscarraige, exploring the emotional, practical and mikveh-related aspects of this loss and how to give/get support when the need arises.You can order a free copy of Birkat Emunah or have one sent to a friend experiencing pregnancy loss or infertility at this link: https://theedencenter.com/emuna2021/ Sign up here to receive this podcast to your inbox. If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider sponsoring an episode for $36/₪136 here. 

For Chodesh Nissan, Karen talks Torah and wellbeing with Dr. Yael Ziegler, Rosh Beit Midrash and Academic Director of Matan. Based on the story of the birth of Moshe and the Jewish nation, they explore meaning and purpose in the story of the Exodus and draw resonance and hope for our time. Sign up here to receive this podcast to your inbox.If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider sponsoring an episode for $36/₪136 here. 

Karen and her guest Rachel Sharansky Danziger discuss the resonance of Megillat Esther for Israel and the Jewish world today. They look to Esther and Rachel's parents Avital and Natan Sharansky for inspiration about the plight of the hostages and how to deal with adversity. As we begin Chodesh Adar we pray for a safe return of all the hostages, healing for the injured, and that light and joy return to Am Yisrael in the month of Adar.

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For Adar Aleph, Karen explores the messages that arise from the addition of a month to the calendar. She examines the themes of waiting, patience and finding faith through a process in her Torah insights on the book of Shemot and in her interview with Rabbanit Etta Bendavid, who shares her experiences as grief counselor and her own moving personal story of coming to terms with having Alopecia universalis.Etta Bendavid, BCC, SCP-C, MAEd., provides pastoral care and grief counseling at the Center for Loss and Grief in Raanana (www.SpiritualCareIsrael.com), is a certified Morah L’Halacha (Matan) and is Rabbanit of Raanana's Shivtei Yisrael synagogue.Sign up here to receive this podcast to your inbox. If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider sponsoring an episode for $36/₪136 here.

In this episode of Women and Wellbeing, Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet speaks with Amalia Misul-Jesselson, MSW, Psychotherapist, Couple and sex therapist about the transitions that take place as soldiers come back home, and what can help partners make the adjustment back into 'regular' family life and the marital relationship after time away. Sign up here to receive this podcast to your inbox. If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider sponsoring an episode for $36/₪136 here. 

This month Karen explores the imagery of seeds and planting as a symbol of hope in Talmudic literature. She relates this to the recent wave of volunteering to work the land here in Israel. Then she talks with Tamar Weissman about her family’s move to a farm in Northern Israel, the spiritual and Torah dimensions of working the land, and about what working the land does for one’s body and soul. This month’s podcast is dedicated to the refuah shlemah of Netanel Yaakov ben Yehudit Sarah, who was wounded in Gaza and the health and safety all those injured, all of our soldiers, and those who were kidnapped.Sign up here to receive this podcast to your inbox. If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider sponsoring an episode for $36/₪136 here.