In this gentle practice, I guide you to settle into your body and notice what it’s holding -- physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Through breath, touch, and awareness, I help you tune into the sensations that express your current emotional landscape, and find the words that resonate with what you feel inside. You’re invited to meet these parts of yourself with compassion, to imagine giving yourself exactly what you need, and to receive the possibility of Hashem offering it to you as well. This is a practice of presence, honesty, and quiet self-nurturing.

After 12 days of war and survival-mode living, many of us are being asked, or even expected, to return to "normal." But what happens when your nervous system isn’t ready? When your body is still holding the weight of everything it’s just lived through?

In this episode, I speak to the tender and often unspoken truth of what it means to transition out of crisis: the pace, the pressure, the vigilance that doesn’t just go away. I share why the slower, quieter rhythm of wartime, even in its intensity, can feel strangely grounding, and how to gently honor your own process, even if it looks different from those around you.

Listen with curiosity, compassion, and the knowing that there’s nothing wrong with you if “normal” feels anything but.

How often do we say “I feel like…” - but what we’re actually expressing is a thought, an opinion, or a judgment?

In this live conversation, my husband Rabbi Yonasan Reiser and I sat down to explore the deeper meaning behind that common phrase. We unpacked the subtle but powerful difference between thoughts and feelings, and why this distinction matters so much in our relationships, our self-awareness, and even our avodas Hashem.

Topics we touched on include:
– Why it feels safer to say “I feel like…” instead of naming what we actually feel
– The role of vulnerability in honest communication
– A Shabbos story that surprised me with just how many feelings were tangled inside
– How unmet needs show up in relationships, especially between men and women
– What it means to receive and give from a place of wholeness, through the lens of the Kabbalistic concepts of mekabel and mashpia
– Why having the right words for our emotions can create real relief and connection
– And how using Nonviolent Communication in our marriage gave us a shared language to express what’s really going on beneath the surface

Whether you're new to this kind of emotional work or deep in it, we hope this conversation brings more clarity, self-compassion, and maybe even new language to help you feel heard, by yourself and the people you love.