JFI Choosing Up with Ilana Kendal and Ellie Bass

October 16 2020: This week Ilana talks about Bereshit and how transitions are an opportunity for Choosing Up! 

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June 19 2020: In this episode Ilana reinforces that we are all innate storytellers in our own lives and the lives of those around us, and that the power of a story can change how we view our lives and our immediate circumstances. 

June 12 2020 - Ellie and Ilana discuss Bamidbar and the dance between stability and change. If you want to find Ilana's book "Choosing Up" check it out on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.ca/Choosing-Up-Ilana-Kendal/dp/1946351814

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June 5 2020 - In this episode Ilana is talking about how when our emotional mind and logical mind overlap we get to our wise mind and how to use these tools to them look outside of ourselves and help others during this time. 

May 22 2020 - Ilana and Ellie discuss relationships and Tikkun Olam, having a gift consciousness and getting ready for Shavuot.

May 15 2020 - We are looking for the opportunities for growth, even when it seems that we don't know where point A or B is. How do we grow when all of our reference points are up in the air and we aren't sure which direction we are going in? 

May 8 2020 - Ilana speaks about the power of stories in her therapeutic and spiritual practices to transform our ideas of who we are what's possible in our lives. 

May 1 2020 - In this episode we explore the idea of how CoVid is an opportunity not just for short term crises growth, but also a long term plan. Ilana shares her marathon training experience as a way of understanding resilience and we delve into parenting as a model for life. 

April 24 2020 - In this episode Ilana and Ellie dig into the idea of space, in an time of social and physical distancing how are we navigating the spaces around us, what is considered a "sacred space" in Jewish wisdom and what happens when we have a grocery list of items we want from God and we get an out of stock notification? Also, Ilana has a "Choosing Up Challenge" for us all. 

April 17 2020 -  Ilana takes us on a journey around understanding the stages of grief, and how this time of counting the Omer between Passover and Shavuot in the middle of a global pandemic can bring us to more peace with our current situation.