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The Embodied Jewish Woman with Rena ReiserAuthor: Rena Reiser
Welcome to The Embodied Jewish Woman podcast with Rena Reiser. This is a podcast made for thoughtful Jewish women searching for the next step in their personal growth, the integration of mind, body, and soul. The Jewish woman embodied. A place where we acknowledge that success doesn't come at the price of compassion, health, or peace of mind. A moment to slow down and look deeper into the needs we want to fulfill, learn about the changes we can make at the very roots of our struggles, and get clarity on what is truly valuable to us. I'll share powerful mind body tools, compassion based methods, meditations and insights that I use along my own journey and in my work with my clients, as well as interview like minded professionals to pool our collective experience and insight so we can all connect to our inner selves and live life from a mindful and compassionate place. Download Rena's free Tune In Journal and accompanying meditation to help you embody your emotions at https://www.tuneinjournal.com. Language: en Genres: Education, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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371 - The Edge in Focusing And What Therapy Is Actually for
Monday, 27 July, 2026
What is therapy actually for? This week, we got into one of the questions I think about most, and it led us somewhere really unexpected. We started with the idea of "the edge," that place in Focusing between what we already know about ourselves and what we don't yet know. That's where real change happens. Not in the rehashing, not in the advice-giving, not in mapping everything we've already mapped, but in the unknown territory that only opens up when we slow down enough to get there. From there we talked about why self-help books, while genuinely valuable, can only take us so far, and why knowing something and actually integrating it are two completely different things. The Sifsei Chaim has something beautiful to say about this: the avodah isn't the knowing, it's the bringing-to-the-heart. Because the longest distance is to our hearts, and our hearts need constant reminder. We also got into what focusing sessions actually look like from the inside, from the "edge extravaganza" days to the days you just don't want to go there at all, and why a person cannot take themselves out of jail, and why that's not something to be ashamed of. Plus the Super Mario metaphor that I'm pretty sure will stick with you. Join us. If this episode resonated with you, I recommend Focusing by Eugene Gendlin. This is the foundational text: the book that introduced the concept of the edge, the felt sense, and what it means to bring something from information into the body. Everything we talked about today lives in this book. If you're a practitioner who wants to understand what you're actually helping your clients do when you slow things down, or if you're someone who's been in therapy for years and wondering why knowing things isn't moving you forward, this is where to go next. Order a copy here. This is an affiliate link which doesn't cost you anything extra and helps support my work. Focusing: Gendlin, Eugene T.: 9780553278330: Amazon.com: Books
