Today's episode features Nechama Diskin. Nechama is a mother, wife, community leader and Chabad Shlucha (emissary) in Pacific Palisades California. This episode was organized rather quickly to address the needs of families, communities and individuals across Southern California. Here is Nechama and her story.

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A personal note about Yaffie and Leah, not only are they both extremely talented professionals and business owners, They are givers in every sense. Women who step up without being asked, community builders, and immensely generous spirits. I am proud to call them friends.

To support fire relief for Nechama and her family, personally, please visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-diskin-family-rebuild-from-the-palisades-fire
To support the rebuild efforts and the ongoing Chabad house work, visit
https://www.chabadpalisades.com/templates/fundraising/default_cdo/aid/6743649/jewish/Campaign.htm


Topics covered:
•  Nechama's personal experience
•  What's so unique about the Palisades
• Who's affected
•  Ways that we can help!

To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
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Today's episode features Anna Morgenstern. Anna is a dating coach and matchmaker based in NYC helping people globally, overcome their dating obstacles to meet high-quality matches for long-term relationships. As seen on Hulu and Bravo, Anna uses her decade of experience to give real advice on how to get offline and meet people in real life again. Her love for the dating industry started with helping her friends for years, ditch the bad boys and start dating more intentionally. With several marriages under her belt, Anna began coaching and matchmaking to create a safe place for both men and women to date.
Please visit https://www.annamorgenstern.com/ to find out more!

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Topics covered:
•  Why is everyone equally unhappy with the dating scene?
• Who's behaving worse, men or women?
• Dating from insecurity vs. dating from values
• Identifying signs of someone unready to date, but claiming to be.
• Is matchmaking a surer bet?
• Are apps hindering or helping us?
• Is there a shortage of men?
• What should you know about someone after three dates?
• Is hookup culture ruining it for everyone?
• Are we clinging too tightly to our 'lists"?
• Dating after chronic disappointment.
• Can we meet people organically in real life anymore?
 
 

To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
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Today's episode features Nechama Schusterman.
Nechama is a freelance writer, Chassidus teacher, host of the “A Path Forward” podcast, and a devoted mother. She is deeply passionate about making connections between Judaism, emotional well-being, and current events, which lay the foundations for her writings and teachings. She lives in Northern California with her husband and five children.

Chassidus, (Chassidut, Hebrew) refers to the teachings and philosophy of the Chassidic movement, a spiritual and mystical approach to Judaism that began in the 18th century with the leadership of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov. It is both a way of life and a body of thought that emphasizes connection to God, joy, and the sanctity of every aspect of existence. ⁣

A few word guides for this episode:
Hashem = God
Neshama- soul
The Rebbe - Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the 7th leader of the Chabad- Lubavitch movement. One of the most influential figures in modern history. The Rebbe transformed Chabd into a global Jewish outreach and educational movement.
Sicha- Torah or Judaic discourse, referred to commonly as a body of work created by a Rebbe.
Shidduch = Jewish match making

To listen to Nechama's podcast A Path Forward, click here;
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-path-forward/id1701495403


Topics covered:

• What is Chassidus, actually?
•  How Nechama's approach is different, and why?
• Reconciling the demands of the Jewish woman while having time to find oneself?
• How do we get closer to god?
• Why are we here?
• Are we meant to live like queens?
• How can we do better in schools for our children?
• The rising demands on young people, whats going on?
• Fragmentation vs. flow state
• We can't get close to others, until we are close to ourselves
• Filling the void
• What are we running from?
• Fear and belief

To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
Adele's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifeslookingood/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D

 Todays guest is Shira Charles and in a Life Unfiltered first,  we're not in LA but, in a studio in NYC! Shira is a hands-on entrepreneur who’s building a software solution to tackle recurring challenges in value-add real estate. Starting her journey as a single mother, without a high school diploma. or a college degree, Shira explored various paths before discovering her passion for problem-solving.

After years in corporate healthcare and launching an interior design firm specializing in multifamily projects, she identified a pattern of issues her clients faced and developed a software tool to help investors make faster, data-backed decisions. Today, Shira balances growing her software company, raising a high school senior, sharing resources for aspiring interior designers, and searching for her life partner.” To find out more about Shira visit shiracharles.com.

To support Shira's ride with Next Step, an organization which helps amputees get the prosthetics they need, as well as subsequent therapy and support for themselves and their families, as they learn to live a new and different chapter of their lives. Please visit https://www.thenextride.org/ShiraCharles

This episode is sponsored by  https://thelafacialist.com/ and in particular the CO2 mask that saved me today while podcasting while sick. The LA Facialist is my one stop shop online for all my beauty needs. They carry a wide range of brands from clinical to niche. If you’re in LA make sure you stop by for a facial with her or any of her skilled techs. You won’t be sorry!

Topics covered:
• Her childhood
• Academia is a business
• Using the internet as a teacher
• Bringing back mentorship
• How do ideas come, can you develop the muscle?
• The person who can wear 'the hat"
• Being married young,  no formal education and beating the odds
• Latest tech venture
• Those who can and those who can’t, what it really means.
• Moving forward in spite of deep trauma
• The gratitude chat

To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
Adele's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifeslookingood/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D

Today's episode features Daphna Shalom, After six years of medical practice, board certified physician assistant Daphna Shalom founded 'Beverlywood Med' alongside her mentor and current medical director Dr. Ravinder Singh.

​Throughout her journey in medicine Daphna found that few patients were receiving individualized care or treatment plans, but rather a standard of treatment where 'one size fits all.'

​Her goal was to create a practice which focused on the individual as a whole; where no two people were recommended the same treatment. A place for patients to have a personalized experience; where they felt comfortable asking questions.  

 Daphna began as an artist first, (acrylics on canvas), having a keen eye for beauty and deep understanding of precision and symmetry, she found a passion for facial aesthetics.  And so, Beverlywood Med was founded. To find out more about Daphna and her work visit https://www.beverlywoodmed.com, or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/beverlywoodmed/. Enjoy!

To purchase supplements through Beverlywood Med click here https://www.beverlywoodmed.com/supplements

Topics covered:

• At what age do we think about aging?
•  Who's a candidate for Botox?
• Most common beauty asks with Botox
• What she learned about treating Covid
• Long Covid, real or fake?
• Does injecting perpetuate unrealistic beauty standards?
• Injecting harmful or helpful?
• Supplements, de-mystified.
• How do we know if our supplements are good?
• What should we ALL be taking?
• What's next un beauty trends?

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To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
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Today’s episode features my younger sister, Aviva. The baby of the family, and youngest of five. That’s really the only place she’s the last in, because shes the hardest worker and over achiever I know. Aviva holds a position as senior manager, compliance program in US and Canada for Crypto.com. Last year Aviva completed her law degree, and passed the bar, while working full time.

She’s volunteered her time for the Uncontested Divorce Project, advocating for under privileged women in under served communites. Additionally, she sat on the board for ORT, and their  now younger chapter, Next Gen.

This semester she will serve as a mentor with UJA CUNY-Hillel chapter, and is hugely active in her local Chabad. I hope you love her as much as I do.
Enjoy!

Topics covered:

• What's it like being the youngest of five?
• Being vastly different, while coming fro the same parents.
• What family dynamics led to her choices?
• What drew her to her current work?
• Why a law degree, amidst full time work in her 30's?
• Facing challenges as a female in a male dominated space.
• What is happening in the dating landscape? Who's contributing, and how?
• Balancing the most trying period of her life.
• Looking for partnership in a complicated world.

This episode is sponsored by,  Mediation By Tamara
Not everyone is on the same page when it comes to divorce, having a mediator that gets you, can help with making quick decisions and letting go of the things that will only slow down the process, or wear you down. As a therapist for fifteen years, Tamara witnessed many couples headed toward divorce.

She heard about the pain and despair involved, and believed there had to be a better way for couples to move forward without feeling completely depleted from the process.

Tamar watched couples become drained from countless phone calls with lawyers and endless fees, thinking this was the only way to navigate divorce. She found this led to months and even years of fighting, arguing, and hitting dead ends. Tamar recognized that if communication was handled with more empathy, compassion, and attention to the emotional roller coaster involved in it could help couples move through the process more seamlessly. An amicable experience is better for everyone, most importantly, children.

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You can find more about Tamara on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/mediationbytamara/ or visit tamaragestetner.com

To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
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Todays episode features Gity Kogan. Gity resides in Los Angeles, practices law primarily in settlements and litigation, and is particularly skilled in sensitive and complicated family law matters, including child custody, domestic violence, division of assets and intricate financial affairs, drafting premarital and postnuptial agreements, and oral argument at the California Court of Appeal.

She has represented clients across various professional backgrounds, including athletes, musicians, real estate investors and developers, medical and legal professionals. Gity is also a certified Minor’s Counsel, qualified to represent children in high-conflict dissolution proceedings.

To find out more about Ksenya visit https://koganlawapc.com/ or on Instagram @KGESQ.

Topics covered:

•  Why divorce law?
• How do you choose a divorce lawyer?
• How to prepare?
• Ego's before children.
• Does Gity's marital status play a part in her work?
• Is the legal system biased towards mother vs. father?
• Each partners role in a divorce.
• Why she mostly represents men?
• Any trends in divorce?
• Messiest divorce she's ever seen?
• What does a successful divorce look like?

To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
Adele's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifeslookingood/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D

Life Unfiltered's latest mini series include solo Sessions with Adele. Today's topic covers one way to show, and keep showing up, as the best possible partner in your relationships. 

To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
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Life Unfiltered's latest mini series include solo Sessions with Adele. Today's topic is; Our mean voice. Who's is it?! Why it can be so mean? and how we can co- exist with it and not let it dictate our choices or self esteem.

To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
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Life Unfiltered's latest mini series include solo Sessions with Adele. Today's topic is overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Success Mindset. 

To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
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