Andi Saitowitz is Eve's personal transformational life coach and mentor. Andi thinks that “No one is you and THAT is your power!” This week's episode will touch upon our own personal super powers and how to tap into them and achieve them.

Meet Wendy Margolin: Wife, mother, business owner, entrepreneur, blogger, runner, biker, and Inspired Jewish Woman! Join us for a great conversation about finding balance while staying true to oneself. Wendy is a woman who spreads joy and fulfillment just by being an example of living her best life. I admire how she is able to put down the “Jewish guilt” and is unapologetic in living her truth. There is a lot to learn from Wendy in so many ways (including how to make steel cut oats and all crunchy granola things)!

Wendy Margolin is a Chicago mom of four, CEO of Sparkr Marketing, and lover of all things outdoors. She has worked in communications for 20 years, helping clients in healthcare and business stand out online. When she's not at her computer, she loves spending time with her family, as well as running, biking, traveling, cooking, playing guitar and camping. If she could be quarantining anywhere else right now, it would be in Israel. Find her at https://sparkrmarketing.com or on Instagram @wendy.margolin

Aviel Brodkin has learnt through her own struggles in her parenting and through being a Jewish day school principal for the past ten years how to nurture and support children best. Listen in as Aviel tells us about the approach she uses, called The Nurtured Heart Approach, that has transformed her personal and work relationships, and pretty much transformed her life!

Aviel is a passionate teacher of Torah, synthesizing Jewish wisdom with strategies for navigating parenting and marriage. She is known for her empowering parenting workshops and personal coaching as Rebbetzin of Congregation Kesser Israel. Aviel's educational background is in speech and language development, educational leadership, and is a Nurtured Heart Approach trainer. She has taught in Jerusalem seminaries, mentored converts, provided pre-marriage counseling but she fell in love with elementary education when she first walked into the third grade classroom back in 2003. Her greatest sense of joy is helping people recognize their inner potential and make meaningful steps to living a fulfilling life. 

Connect with Aviel at: [email protected]

Elisa is on a holy mission to teach the world how to be a mensch and wear their mensch-hat more often. Being a mensch is such a profound mindset shift, something that changes the quality of the relationships and lives of the people around you. From career woman to “balaboosta”, from global marketing leader to the woman who makes the best chicken soup in her community, Elisa brings honor (and humor) to the legacy of her grandparents and to the mission of a Jew. Listen here, be inspired, and learn ‘a bissele’ (a little) Yiddish :)

Elisa’s book “Be A Mensch: Unleash Your Power to Be Kind and Help Others” is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indigo and anywhere you purchase your books! Get yours now!

Elisa is a seasoned marketing leader with twenty years of experience in Fortune 500 company Mondelez International, formerly Kraft Foods, Nabisco, and Cadbury. She is the founder of caringorganizer.com, a website offering inspiration, tips, and online meal schedulers to help people support others during difficult times, such as mourning a loved one or experiencing a serious illness.

Elisa’s greatest passion is to cook and nurture her family and friends. She always keeps homemade chicken soup on hand in case someone she knows could use an extra bit of comfort and support. She has lived in Canada, the US, Israel, and Singapore. Elisa currently lives in Morristown, New Jersey, with her husband, two teenage children, and loveable Newfie, Thomas.

Join me and my Israeli cousin Yael Tidhar, who has been involved in the holy work of ‘Tikkun Olam’, fixing the world, in Swaziland (now known as the Kingdom of Eswatini) where she has lived for the last 20 plus years. Yael’s life’s work has been to empower marginalized youth and women through her personal example, education and mentoring.

Our grandparents were siblings who miraculously survived the Holocaust together and although we have always lived far apart from each other, and we lead different lives, we are still united in the very same mission of being a shinning light in the darkness and in bringing a kiddish HaShem, a sanctification of G-d’s name to the world.

Judy Victor is a creative visionary and connector, who empowers individuals to actualize their potential and bring their unique beauty to the world. For the past 25 years, Judy has gifted her talents to a multitude of avenues including fashion, event-planning, and Jewish non-profits. From launching Leap Events, a non-profit event organization for women, to inspiring individuals across the world as an Aveda global educator to producing “Power On,” Momentum’s upbeat theme song and music video, Judy is a master at embracing, channelling, and amplifying the energy of those around her.

Momentum is where Judy’s passion for Jewish women and Jewish unity meet. As Momentum’s Executive Producer, Judy created and ran the first-ever Media Magnets Trip to Israel for top Jewish media influencers; launched Momentum Living, a multimedia platform for Jewish women; and currently produces Momentum Boost, a webinar series that features inspiring conversations and performances with Jewish celebrities, educators, experts, and musicians.

Judy lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two daughters. Follow Judy on Facebook for impromptu, energizing dance parties.

To get you into the proper mindset of Shavuot, listen to this week's podcast with Elisheva Mirvis. Tune in here for a deep dive with Elisheva, from Tzfat, on the power of 7: spiritual and physical prep for the upcoming holiday of Shavuot as well as the deeper and kabbalistic meanings of the current time period within The Jewish calendar.

Join me in a fascinating conversation with Miriam Grunhaus, entrepreneur and owner of Mikah fashion. Miri uses her artistic ability and talent as a bridge to connect with women and help them do their healing work. She shares how her breakdown was her breakthrough, and how when she infused meaning into her clothing line, sales took off like crazy!

She says you need to take your ‘mess’ into your message. Clothing is our billboard. Her kintsugi line is just that: clothing with a message. #wearekintsugi #inspiredjewishwomen

https://healwithgold.com/

Join Eve and Dr. Donna Kuttner as they discuss the Tahara process, the Jewish purification ritual done on a deceased Jew. On this episode of our podcast we talk about the beauty of women supporting women, bringing them to a place of ritual purity, helping them along on their final journey from this world to the next.

The most unlikely mitzvah to choose as a favorite eventually became Donna’s #1 and passion because of a college class on death.

Listen to learn more and feel free to reach out to Donna to ask any questions or receive resources on this beautiful and often unknown Jewish topic. [email protected]

Meet Mandy Hakimi, originally from the Pacific Northwest, now living in the Windy City of Chicago. She is a performer, mother, fundraiser, and activist for many things. She is the director of The Family Fund, the nation’s first maternity leave fund, benefiting the Jewish community of Chicago. 

Mandy has the passion and willingness to step forward and be the change she wants to see in the world. 

Check out her cause: familyfundchicago.org