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  • #20. Toni Krok - From Addiction to Purpose: Toni's Journey of Healing

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    In this heartfelt conversation, Toni shares her journey through addiction, health challenges, and self-discovery. She explores the importance of authenticity, connection, and purpose in overcoming life's obstacles and finding fulfillment.

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    Key  topics

    • The impact of oversharing and boundaries
    • Rebuilding identity after addiction and health challenges
    • The role of therapy and trauma work in healing
    • The importance of connection and purpose in recovery


    Chapters
    00:00 Navigating Vulnerability in Sharing Personal Stories
    08:48 The Journey of Identity and Self-Discovery
    20:58 The Impact of Childhood Experiences on Identity
    27:02 The Balance Between Resilience and Emotional Health
    29:56 Facing Health Challenges and Their Emotional Toll
    40:55 Embracing a New Normal
    43:13 The Illusion of External Validation
    46:08 Understanding Addiction and Recovery
    49:24 The Role of Higher Power in Recovery
    53:25 Finding Purpose Through Struggles
    58:28 The Importance of Connection and Sharing
    01:02:16 Transformative Power of Listening
    01:06:22 The Journey to Self-Discovery
    01:10:18 Making Disability Irrelevant
    01:14:12 The Power of Personal Stories





    1 hr 22 min
  • #019. Jessica Lucie Plummer

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    From Las Vegas to Golders Green, Jessica shares her story - one riddled with challenges, adventures and difficult choices.  If you are someone that is searching for purpose and meaning, like myself, I know that this conversation will help shed some light into the darkness.

    Click on this link to listen to Jessicas' latest single - Shine Shabbos Shine

    We discuss

    • Being authentic in Judaism 
    • Following your intuition 
    • Purpose and meaning 
    • Overcoming challenges 
    • Opera/Jewish women's music 

    And many more topics! 

    I hope you enjoy this episode - see you on the next one!

    Raffy.  

    56 min
  • #018. Luca Cupani

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    "Follow your dreams no matter what ,  unless it's a mass shooting, then go get help." - Luca Cupani. 

    Join me in a coversation with the hilarious Luca Cupani and his journey from a small town in Italy to the big smoke. We cover a range of topics such as: 

    • Lucas journey to becoming a comedian.
    • Christianity, G-d and religion.
    • Following your dreams
    • Therapy and humor as a tool for self-defence 
    • The psychology of stage performance 
    • Vulnerability and self deprecation 
    • The connection between depression and comedy 
    • Luca's comic idols 

    and many more topics!

    Click here to view his Instagram page.

    Please get in touch with Luca to perform at your private event. 

    Thanks for listening, see you on the next one! 

    1 hr 20 min
  • #0017. Uncle Ralph

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    Listen to Uncle Ralphs' Journey from Cairo to England, then Botswana and eventfully Israel. A driven, hard working and positive man that puts family values and Judaism at the top of his priority list. 

    Topics covered:

    • Childhood and the challenges of being a foreigner in British school.
    • Studying Mechanical engineering and being the first in the family to graduate.  
    • Climbing the ladder in the company from working on the floor to becoming managing director for over 100 people. 
    • Striving to live a Jewish life and the challenges of bringing up a family in that manner. 
    • Perseverance/never giving up. 
    • Finding balance. 
    • Enlisting in the Israeli army at the age of 43.

    Click here to watch the Tacoma bridge collapse.

    Thanks for listening! 

    1 hr 38 min
  • #0016. Lorraine Burns

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    "Kill the world with kindness'.  Lorraine's closing message to our conversation and one which truly encapsulates what she is all about.

    If you are looking for a conversation that includes; openness , honesty , vulnerability, caring, kindness  and happiness then this is a conversation for you! 

    We explore:

    • Lorraine's relationship with her father, mother and grandfather.
    • Working in the hospitality industry in hotels and meeting the likes of Take That and Jude Law.
    • Her journey with ICSI and IVF treatment 
    • Connection with people 
    • Marriage, relationships and dating
    • sensitivity and vulnerability 
    • Her relationship with G-d, shabbat and Judaism
    • The importance of kindness 

    Thanks for taking your time to listen and I hope you gain as much as I did from this conversation! 









    1 hr 17 min
  • #0015. Robbie Landau

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    Join me in a conversation with Robbie Landau, who moved to Israel at the age of 22 after graduating from culinary school in Westminster kingsway. He shared his story of his journey from childhood to present day, whilst talking about his experience in the current climate. Due the ongoing war in Israel, Robbie shared what has been happening on the ground in Israel and how his life and the lives of others have been affected.
    I hope you enjoy this conversation.
    Wishing all my family, friends listeners a safe and peaceful week ahead. 
    Lots of love,
    Raff. 


    1 hr 33 min
  • #014. Ari Nevies

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    Welcome back to season 2! 

    I sat with Ari Nevies to discuss his fascinating outlook on life. He has a depth and insight on life partly formed from his struggle as a kid with a stutter.  After years of formulating his ideas, Ari went into osteopathy which as you will learn is a key part of the clarity that he has about the oneness of the world and his purpose in it. 

    We discussed topics such as: 

    • Overcoming his stutter 
    • Inner worlds 
    • Seeing the bigger picture
    • Tapping into the unified sphere 
    • Self transcendence 
    • The anatomy 
    • Jewish Philosophy
    • Mind, body and soul
    • The strange property of water 

    Ari is a full time Osteopath and is happy to answer any questions via email:
    [email protected]

    Click here to watch the video about water that was discussed.

    Thanks again for listening! 

    1 hr 27 min
  • #13. Susan Pollack

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    "When you are good to others you are good to yourself" - Susan P.

    I had the honor to sit with Susan, a 92 year old holocaust survivor who went through Bergen Belsen and Auschwitz. Having experienced unspeakable horrors, Susan shares her positive and powerful outlook on life - Never give up! 

    Susan has received an OBE and an MBE which can be seen on my Instagram page @whatmakesyoutic. She has spent her life buildings her family, her education and sharing a message of hope to those who have suffered around the world. Truly a special women and a living example of the power of the human spirit.  


    1 hr 10 min
  • #012. Avrumie Treuhaft

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    "Live every day to its fullest" - Avrumie T.

    Sometimes life brings up things we never could have expected and our true character is shown by the way in which we react to those challenges.
    From just being a 'regular guy'  - one day everything changed.
    Avrumie shares everything from his battle with cancer to his outlook on the Yeshiva system, travelling, mental health, fear, empathy and much more.
    I personally was blown away by his courage and positive outlook on life and I am certain you will be too.  Avrumie is truly one of a kind, positive, outgoing, deep thinker and brutally honest - a powerful mix that has and will continue to propel him forward in life, without a doubt.

    His travel vlog can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@avrumietreuhaft5085

    1 hr 23 min
  • #011. Junior Gbenda

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    Hope, Faith and Courage.

    Join me for a truly inspirational conversation with Junior.
    He shares his life story from his humble and tough beginning in a war torn Sierra Leone, where he is captured and is forced to become a boy rebel. After going through literal hell and back, Junior shares his message: never give up.

    If you need a boost of inspiration you really don't want to miss this conversation!
    I hope you gain as much as I did from this conversation.

    Juniors Instagram can be found here and Facebook here
    and can be contacted via the puregym Finchley website here

    1 hr 16 min

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