Hi everyone! Welcome to another episode of The Chai on Life Podcast, I’m Alex Segal and today we are so privileged to have Rachel Tuchman, licensed mental health counselor on our podcast.

Rachel has worked with many diverse populations including incarcerated women at Riker's Island Correctional Facility, kids and adults with developmental delays, kids with behavior issues, overwhelmed parents looking for skills and support, teens struggling with the pressures of adolescence and life in general, adults going through difficult life circumstances (divorce, infidelity, phase of life challenges), individuals struggling with their relationship with food and their bodies and women experiencing infertility.

Rachel is a Health At Every Size aligned clinician and dedicates a lot of her time out of office to educating parents and kids on the importance of body respect and the behaviors that truly honor our health. 

Rachel also does speaking engagements for schools, synagogues, and various community organizations.

In our conversation, we speak about:

-What managing your mental health looks like right now in a post October 7 world and how we can do more of that

-How we can feel closer to each other through feeling this collective pain

-How we can deal with any survivor’s guilt we may be feeling living our day to day lives when some of our brothers and sisters are in such a horrific situation

-How to deal with the influx of difficult news that comes at us regularly

-How to deal with the uncertainty of life in America and what a better mindset might be

-How to manage anxiety you may be having right now, work on getting rid of it and working on not passing it down to your kids

-Practical things we CAN do to take action when we’re feeling helpless, or just to boost our mental and emotional state

-How to create better boundaries in our lives to actually live the life you want to be living

…and SO MUCH MORE

It definitely turned into an important conversation and an emotional one — maybe have some tissues nearby. I cried, Rachel cried, I cried again while editing it but it was one of those good cries where you’re allowing your emotions to come to the surface, so I’m excited for you to hear it.

For more from Rachel, follow her on Instagram at @rachel_tuchman_lmhc.

If there is someone you want to see on The Chai on Life Podcast, email me at [email protected] or send me a DM @chaionlifemag.

Thanks for listening!