Kayla tells the story behind her popular podcast, How To Glow  (formerly First Year Married) and how she became a life and marriage coach. Kayla and Jenna chat about how Kayla helps anxious and insecure newly married (and not so newly married) women become confident and connected through her coaching work. In doing so, they uncover some universal truths about living a happy and fulfilling married life. 

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https://firstyearmarried.com/

@firstyearmarried 

Jenna discusses "shidduch dating," which is the process of dating for marriage in the observant Jewish world. She gives insights into dating for marriage as well as building a lasting marriage based on Jewish wisdom and her own experience. 

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I Only Want To Get Married Once

Devorah Kigel's Dating & Marriage Resources 

Jenna looks at the test of "lech lecha" that Avraham went through, where Hashem told him to "Go from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.” She explains how this test applies to us today in the journey of our own lives.

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Creating a Life That Matters by Rabbi Manis Friedman

Gateway to Happiness by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin

Inspired by HaRav HaGaon Yaakov Moshe Katz, shlita, of Mir Yerushalayim in his talk on Parshas Lech Lecha

Jenna and "The Manifestation Mentor" Ayelet Polonsky unpack the powerful idea of manifestation from a Jewish perspective. Join them for a deep and engaging conversation filled with incredible personal stories. 

Ayelet  lived in India for a large chunk of six years and learned Visualization and Meditation under some of the greatest Enlightened Masters, until she arrived in Israel five years ago, where she's been a student and teacher of Mysticism and Manifestation under great mystics & rabbis.

Ayelet Polonsky aka "The Manifestation Mentor" is now an Inspirational Speaker, Life Coach, and Therapist. Ayelet is trained in Cognitive Behavioral, Narrative Therapy & EFT. Her work has been featured in Mind Body Green, Elephant Journal, Glamor Magazine, Fox News, NBC, and CBS News.

Ayelet is in the transformation business, both personally and professionally. She lives to help herself and others break through their blockages so that they can unlock miracles… actually! More about how in this episode. 

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www.TheManifestationMindset.co  

This week Jenna speaks with her friend and filmmaker, Becky Tahel. Becky is the creator of the new and internationally acclaimed documentary, American Birthright.

When Becky's sister becomes engaged to a non-Jew, something is sparked within her.  She decides to create a film exploring intermarriage, but along the way, she realizes that she needs to explore her own realtionship to Judaism. In doing so, we get to ride along with Becky as she speaks with many of the teachers who inspired Jenna's Jewish journey as well.

Becky and Jenna talk about the film, creating positive Jewish content, how their Jewish journeys have evolved, and so much more!

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American Birthright Film

Becky Tahel

Jenna explores the special mitzvah of joy, which we have every day and especially on Sukkot, the "time of our rejoicing." She explains why happiness is an obligation we owe to ourselves, others, and G-d.  Jenna shares the "happiness formula" given by our Torah sages and applies it to everyday life. 

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Gateway to Happiness by R' Zelig Pliskin

It's All The Same To Me by R' Moshe Gersht

Jenna gives a brief overview of the purpose of Yom Kippur in relation to Rosh Hashanah.  She delves into some foundational ideas of "teshuva" or returning to our best selves, through the prism of her own recent revelations. 

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Balanced Teshuva by Jenny  Serle

 

We all want to live lives of vitality and meaning. Rosh Hashanah and the holidays that follow carve out time at the beginning of the year so we can reset our goals and re-route to get there.

It's not about becoming someone new. It's about becoming the person we truly are inside. It's about coming home. Returning. Teshuva.

In returning to ourselves, we return to Hashem, because He is at the center of it all...More on this week's Podcast. 

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Shiviti

The Story Of Our Lives, Yaakov Klein  (currently unavailable online, but available in some local Jewish bookstores)

Jenna discusses the Jewish perspective on physicality and materialism. She shares ideals to strive for and pitfalls to watch out for. In doing so, she unpacks the idea of the "yetzer hara," the evil inclination, within all of us. Jenna also tells stories from her own life and from Rebbe Nachman to illustrate her points.

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Parsha Eikev

Shiviti

Root Connections in the Torah

Strive For Truth

 

In this casual episode, Jenna discusses her reflections after Tisha B'Av (the Jewish day of mourning), the potential of the current period on the Jewish calendar, and the Netflix show My Unorthodox Life. 

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Charlie Harary