The Mask Falls with Rabbi Ted Riter

In this episode, Steve talks with former congreationgal rabbi Ted Riter to discuss the professional masks we construct over decades, what happens when it fallas a way, and a simple formula for diagnosing why we stay stuck.

Ted shared his journey from years in the rabbinate through an "abyss of identity loss to his current work coaching individuals and couples on embodiment and intimacy.

Topics include childhood emotional conditioning, identity foreclosure, the D x V x F > R change formula, the practice of "doing nothing meticulously," men's groups and Ted's fail safe question for anyone at the threshold of their Third Third.