Podcasts

Rebbetzin Chana Deutsch, a member of the World Mizrachi Speakers Bureau, is a relationships expert and mentor. She specializes in helping women foster the connection, intimacy and love that they desire in a relationship.

In this funny and engaging interview, Rebbetzin Chana shows women how to step into their authentic selves. Our husbands want to love us for who we are. We are the most beautiful, attractive and sexy when we are real. When we give ourselves the permission to be ourselves, we are able to give ourselves exactly what we need, instead of waiting for our husband to give it to us, and end up disappointed and filled with resentment.

Rebbetzin Chana emphasizes that communication is integral to marriage. In order to have strong communication between a couple, we must create a sense of safety so that our husband will feel comfortable talking to us. We need to listen to our husband without rejecting him or his thoughts. If something is important to him, make it important to you because you love him. This creates a safe space for him to share his thoughts and feelings with you.

Also, Rebbetzin Chana reminds us that "different doesn't mean wrong." The way your husband does things may be different from the way you do them, but it doesn't mean that it's the wrong way. When we accept our husband for who he is, and show him respect through acceptance, we open up the opportunity for him to come closer to us.

Above all, remember to embrace yourself as a woman. You are enough!

For more information about Rebbetzin Chana's coaching, and to listen to her podcast, please visit: https://absolutelyfeminine.com/

Contact: atrebbetzins@gmail.com

Vivian Perez teaches classes in Tanya and the Torah portion of the week (both in English and Spanish) in Bal Harbour, Florida.
The Tanya is a holy book, written by the founder of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. The Tanya explains the essence of the Jewish soul, as well as the mechanics of creation, the infinite quality of G-d, and the structure of the human personality.

Every Jew has two souls--a Nefesh Behamit, the animal soul, and the Nefesh Elokit, the G-dly soul. The G-dly soul is constantly pulling us up to do the right thing, to be kind, to elevate ourselves, and the animal soul pulls us downward to satisfy our bodily cravings. The two souls are in a constant battle inside our own bodies. Vivian teaches us that in order to overcome our animal soul, we need to understand where everything in our life is coming from--Hashem (G-d.) Nothing happens to us that we are not meant to experience. There is a mirror from the spiritual world into the physical world. The circumstances and situations that manifest in our physical world (the things that happen to us) are a direct reflection of what is happening to our soul in the spiritual realm.

When we are faced with a particular challenge, the way we handle that challenge depends on WHO WE ARE. There is no cookie cutter answer for everyone. Vivian explains this concept in depth and it is phenomenal and mind-blowing. Completely life changing!

Contact: atrebbetzins@gmail.com

Rebbetzin Shterna Althaus is lives in Sydney, Australia, where she teaches bridal classes, marital and intimacy classes, parenting groups, and bat mitzvah lessons. She also has a podcast called Soul Cafe, which talks about the weekly Torah Portion. Rebbetzin Shterna is a certified counsellor, psychotherapist and life coach who helps many people around the world.

In this engaging interview, Rebbetzin Shterna speaks about shalom bayis (peace in the home), explaining that peace is the harmony of two opposites.
When a husband and wife have peace with each other, they bring many blessings into the home, including an abundance of money. Peace is the vessel that holds G-d's blessings. It is very important to pray for peace in your marriage.
She shares with us several concrete tips on how to achieve peace and harmony with your spouse. Some of these tips include:
--Speak gently to your spouse
--Look at your spouse with a positive eye: focus on all the good they have done for you
--Greet your spouse in a friendly way when they leave and when they enter your home
--Use the 5:1 magic ratio--tell your spouse 5 positives messages to every 1 negative message

Rebbetzin Shterna also talks to us about building a relationship with your teenagers. She encourages women to connect to your teen (and your spouse) through the 5 Love Languages:
--Acts of Service
--Gifts
--Quality Time
--Words of Affirmation
--Physical Touch

Discover your teen's love language (and your spouse's love language) and give them love in the way that THEY prefer to receive it . It will make a HUGE difference in your relationship with your teen, as well as your spouse, by helping you build a lasting connection with them.

To reach Rebbetzin Shterna directly, email her at althaus613@gmail.com

Rebbetzin Chaya Teldon is the Director of Major Events for Chabad of Long Island. She shares her story of losing her son at the age of 13, after his bar mitzvah. Rebbetzin Chaya speaks about the Jewish way of grieving and mourning. She explains that men handle grief differently from women. Her insights into the way the world runs and the journey of the soul are amazing.
In this interview, Rebbetzin Chaya speaks about the Jewish way of burial versus cremation. She also talks about the role that the Chevra Kadisha (Jewish Burial Society) plays in the preparation of a body for burial.
Our takeaway message from this conversation is that G-d never makes mistakes. He always has a plan. Everything is predestined for us EXCEPT for the way we conduct ourselves. We need to have a positivity bias--always looking at things in a positive way. We also need to treat people with kindness. By living in this way, we elevate ourselves and those around us.

Rebbetzin Chaya's husband, Rabbi Tuvia Teldon, wrote a book about living your purpose, that was inspired by the grief he felt after losing his son. The book is called Eight Paths of Purpose, and can be purchased on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Eight-Paths-Pu...

Contact: atrebbetzins@gmail.com

Rebbetzin Gila Ross is a certified parent educator who blends the latest research together with Jewish wisdom to help parents develop strong relationships and bring out the best in their teens!
In this engaging interview, Rebbetzin Gila offers practical answers to tough parenting questions. She addresses what to do when teens show chutzpah or are non-compliant. She talks about communicating with your kids and how to develop relationships with them. By developing a strong relationship with our teens, through engaging them in conversation at times that work for THEM, we create a safe and easy forum for teens to open up to us.
Rebbetzin Gila also speaks about what to do when your teen engages in risky behavior.
We are given amazing strategies to deal with our teens' emotional outbursts and chaotic inner turmoil. We need to recognize our own emotions and regulate them so that we can model proper behavior to our children. We also need to show them how to set boundaries by setting our own boundaries and protecting them. Lots of amazing and helpful parenting information in this interview!

To contact Rebbetzin Gila Ross directly, please email her at gilaross@gmail.com

Sarah Karmely is a world-renown educator, counselor, and author. Her expertise is in the field of family purity, relationships, love and marriage. She emphasizes traditional Jewish marriage and family ideals. Sarah answers some really tough questions about marriage in this interview. She talks about what to do if you are married to a controlling person. She also addresses the issue of mismatched sex drives. Overall, Sarah emphasizes that shalom bayis (peace in the home) brings all the blessings--money, health and happiness. She talks about treating your husband with respect, what that looks like, and how to achieve it.

To contact Sarah Karmely directly, email her at: sarahkarmely@aol.com

Rebbetzin Sarah Feldbrand talks about the importance of personal growth through working on your middos (character traits). She emphasizes that we can't control what happens to us, but we can control our reactions. We can control our anger; we can increase our patience; we can deepen our bitachon (trust in G-d.) The first thing we need to to is to observe ourselves and notice our triggers. Then we need to dig down to the root and discover why we were triggered. We then need to figure out what would prevent us from being triggered. Most importantly, we need to remind ourselves that Hashem is in charge! We need to communicate with G-d all day long, asking him for Divine assistance to help us with our personal growth.
Character traits that we must remove from ourselves as soon as possible: Anger and Arrogance.
The supreme (best) character trait: Humility.

To ask Rebbetzin Sarah for guidance in your personal matters, please email her directly at ask.the.rebetzin@gmail.com

Chana Weisberg is the editor of TheJewishWoman.org, the author of six books, and a speaker for My Gift of Mikvah. Chana offers an engaging, in-depth perspective of the mitzvah of mikvah. It's not just a physical immersion in a body of water; going to the mikvah is a spiritual action that has the power to significantly enhance your relationship with your husband, help you develop a closer connection to G-d, and bring you closer to achieving your purpose in life.

Also, if you are having difficulty getting pregnant, going to the mikvah can help unclog spiritual blockages that have led to the challenge of physically manifesting a baby.

Chana also talks about how it's never to late to go to the mikvah--even if you are in menopause! Going to the mikvah at whatever point you are in your life (whether you still get your period, or if you are in menopause), has the power to retroactively turn your past sins into mitzvot!! Chana explains that you can turn all those times you didn't fulfil your obligation to go to the mikvah into mitzvahs (instead of sins) just by going to the mikvah at the proper time in the near future!

If you have any questions about mikvah, please email me, and I will connect you with someone who will be able to answer even the most intimate questions. My email is atrebbetzins@gmail.com.

Chany Rosengarten talks about the importance of creating boundaries in our lives in order to have healthy relationships with our husbands and children, and also in business. You need to know where you stop and where the other person begins. You are you; you are not your child, or your husband, or your friend, or your boss; YOU ARE YOU. You need to discover yourself; get to know yourself and who you are. Having boundaries helps you develop self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-respect.

These are Chany's 4 Steps to Creating a Boundary:
L--love--you are a manifestation of love. You are enough.
A--autonomy--know who you are and what you want.
N--negotiation--ask for what you need. It's your job to take care of yourself.
D--direction--know where you want to go and what that destination looks like.

For more information of Chany Rosengarten and the courses she offers, visit her website:
https://gitty-chany-s-school.thinkific.com

Contact: atrebbetzins@gmail.com

Rebbetzin Margie Szerer talks about the two souls that are present inside of each Jew; the animal soul and the G-dly soul. The two souls are always fighting inside of us. The animal soul pulls us down toward our most basic needs, and our G-dly soul yearns to connect to Hashem. When we are connected to our G-dly soul, we are able to be in a state of emunah (faith in Hashem) and bitachon (trust in Hashem.) Hashem is with us at all times. He often disguises himself in nature. Those who live in the "natural" world live by the forces of nature (weather, stock market, normal explanations for everyday occurrences). People who live with the infinite reality of Hashem are able to see His hand in everyday situations (like the sunrise, a sick child getting healthy, receiving unexpected money.) They know that Hashem is with us all the time everywhere. When we bypass the natural world and are able to see Hashem in our everyday lives, we train ourselves to live in closeness with Him. The greater our bond to Hashem, the greater our trust (bitachon) in Him.

Contact: atrebbetzins@gmail.com

Devorah Sisso is an internationally acclaimed Torah educator, motivational speaker and life coach. She is also a single, divorced mom with two kids. Listen to what she has to say about divorce--preventing it, and when you can't prevent it, listen to what she has to say about mourning your loss and then reclaiming yourself. Devorah talks about others being a mirror for ourselves. She also talks about a woman's very serious need to fill her own cup and to be there for herself. Don't stay in your pit! If you don't see yourself, no one will see you!

Contact: atrebbetzins@gmail.com