Gedale Fenster, a Miami-based entrepreneur, is an internationally renowned motivational speaker, spiritual leader, life coach, author, and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of the People’s Insurance Claim Center and Evolutions Treatment Center, and has become known worldwide as one of the most recognized faces in the field of personal development, empowering millions of individuals to achieve success in all aspects of life. This podcast is a project of The Lev Experience. Check us out at levx.org. You can help support the podcast by sponsoring an episode or picking up a copy of my book “The Four Elements of an Empowered Life”. Use discount code: EMPOWER for 15% off! If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe, leave ratings and comments, connect with me on all the social media platforms but even and most importantly, share it with others! Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum Facebook: @shlomobuxbaum Youtube: TheLevExperience

Originally recorded before Rosh Hashana and released October 2022, this episode is packed with great advice to help us prepare for High Holidays and for all year round. Gedale Fenster, a Miami-based entrepreneur, is an internationally renowned motivational speaker, spiritual leader, life coach, author, and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of the People’s Insurance Claim Center and Evolutions Treatment Center, and has become known worldwide as one of the most recognized faces in the field of personal development, empowering millions of individuals to achieve success in all aspects of life. This podcast is a project of The Lev Experience. Check us out at levx.org. You can help support the podcast by sponsoring an episode or picking up a copy of my book “The Four Elements of an Empowered Life”. Use discount code: EMPOWER for 15% off! If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe, leave ratings and comments, connect with me on all the social media platforms but even and most importantly, share it with others! Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum Facebook: @shlomobuxbaum Youtube: TheLevExperience

Rabbi Mark Wildes is the founder and director of the Manhattan Jewish Experience, a social, educational, and spiritual events organization for young adults that draws more than twenty thousand attendees each year to Shabbat dinners, classes, and special events and trips. He earned a law degree from the Cardozo School of Law and a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University before being ordained from Yeshiva University. He actively blogs for the Times of Israel and Huffington Post, runs a YouTube channel, and has made appearances on HuffPost Live and Fox News. He lives in New York City. He is the author of 3 books: Beyond the Instant: Jewish Wisdom for Lasting Happiness in a Fast-Paced, Social Media World, The 40 Day Challenge: Daily Jewish Insights to Prepare for the High Holidays, and The Jewish Experience: Discovering the Soul of Jewish Thought and Practice --- Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels: Facebook: @Shlomobuxbaum Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum YouTube: @levexperience Order Rabbi Shlomo' books: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Four Elements of an Empowered Life: A Guidebook to Discovering Your Inner World and Unique Purpose⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠--- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Four Elements of Inner Freedom: The Exodus Story as a Model for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Personal Breakthroughs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can order a copy on⁠ Amazon⁠ or in your local Jewish bookstore.

Faigy Blumstein is a passionate educator, school psychologist, and content creator who is dedicated to living a Hashem-centered life. As part of the Thank You Hashem women’s division, Faigy draws on mystical chasidic teachings and the light of the Baal Shem Tov, to inspire others. Her heartfelt approach helps women deepen their connection to Hashem, integrating spirituality into everyday life in a meaningful and modern way. --- Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels: Facebook: @Shlomobuxbaum Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum YouTube: @levexperience Order Rabbi Shlomo' books: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Four Elements of an Empowered Life: A Guidebook to Discovering Your Inner World and Unique Purpose⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠--- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Four Elements of Inner Freedom: The Exodus Story as a Model for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Personal Breakthroughs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can order a copy on⁠ Amazon⁠ or in your local Jewish bookstore.

Rebbetzin Esti Hamilton is a Torah teacher, spiritual mentor, and motivational speaker with over 20 years of experience. She has guided thousands of students around the world, using the eternal wisdom of Jewish tradition alongside insights from modern psychology to help people navigate today’s challenges. With a background in psychology and education, she has taught across four continents, founded and directed a women’s seminary in Israel, and developed curricula that are still in use today. Now based in Florida with her husband, Rabbi Yoni Hamilton, a practicing psychotherapist, and her six children, she continues her outreach through schools, universities, online platforms, and support groups. If you enjoy this episode, check out these other episodes as well: Soul Construction: Ruchi Koval on Shaping Your Character, Radical Acceptance, and Dealing with Difficult PeopleYaffa Palti & Devorah Buxbaum on #MyOrthodoxLife, Netflix, and Stepping "Out of the Box" --- Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels: Facebook: @shlomobuxbaum Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum YouTube: TheLevExperience Order Rabbi Shlomo' books: ⁠⁠⁠The Four Elements of an Empowered Life: A Guidebook to Discovering Your Inner World and Unique Purpose⁠⁠⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Four Elements of Inner Freedom: The Exodus Story as a Model for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Personal Breakthroughs⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can order a copy on⁠ Amazon⁠ or in your local Jewish bookstore.

How should we address fertility concerns? How important is physical attraction? What to do if one of the dating parties wants to have a physical contant during dating and the other does not? How long should a couple date for? How important is chemistry vs. checklists? In this fabulous conversation, dating coach and expert Rachel Burnham answers a long list of questions sent in by our audiences, providing fabulous advice for anyone looking to tie the knot in 2025! This episode also features Devorah Buxbaum, who brings her own coaching expereinces to the conversation. Check Rachel out at: https://d8gr8.com/ Enjoy this episode? You will also love our previous dating conversation with dating coach Jackie Glaser: Lessons in Self-Worth, Finding Yourself, and Your "Soulmate" --- Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels: Facebook: @Shlomobuxbaum Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum YouTube: @levexperience Order Rabbi Shlomo' books: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Four Elements of an Empowered Life: A Guidebook to Discovering Your Inner World and Unique Purpose⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Four Elements of Inner Freedom: The Exodus Story as a Model for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Personal Breakthroughs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can order a copy on⁠ Amazon⁠ or in your local Jewish bookstore.

Welcome to the Empowered Jewish Living Podcast! This episode is a short intro to what we are trying to accomplish together. And here is a little bit about the host, Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum:  Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum is a dynamic Jewish educator, motivational speaker, life coach, and author with the ability to connect with people of all ages and backgrounds in a language and style that they feel at home with. He lectures on a wide range of topics including daily spirituality, love and relationships, law and ethics, Kabbalah/mysticism, Jewish mindfulness and more, encouraging each and every individual to discover their unique potential and to always find the joy in their Judaism. Rabbi Shlomo and his wife, Devorah, live in the Greater DC area where they co-founded and direct The Lev Experience. They have 6 beautiful children.  You can learn more about Rabbi Shlomo by visiting his website, RabbiShlomo.com.

From Brooklyn to Israel to Mexico City to San Diego and now Miami, Rebbetzin Yaffa Palti has been actively involved in community affairs, teaching, lecturing, and has led challah bakes for thousands of women across the US, for many years. As a speaker, Yaffa lectures on many diverse topics, mostly inspirational, motivational and transformational; all profound, enlightening and unique and filled with humor and amusement. She is a singer/songwriter and often blends together her lectures and melodies. She is also a trained educator as well as a certified substance abuse professional. In this episode, Shlomo and Devorah speak with Yaffa about her personal story and her mission as well as her response to the new Netflix series, "My Unorthodox Life". Yaffa was influential in starting the #MyOrthodoxLife movement, with Orthodox women all across the world creating social media posts highlighting the beauty of a Torah observant life.  And, on the subject of a beautiful life... My new book, "The Four Elements of an Empowered Life" is now available which focuses on living a beautiful life full of purpose and meaning by discovering our inner spiritual elements of fire, wind, water, and earth! You can order it on Amazon, MosaicaPress.com or our website: https://levx.org/four-elements/ or wherever books are sold! If you are enjoying these podcasts, please support out efforts by donating at Levx.org/donate.

Sunny Levi is a Taekwondo master and one of less than ten female certified-seventh-degree black belts in the country. She is a mother of 6, personal fitness trainer, yoga and self-defense instructor, inspirational speaker, life coach and spiritual teacher. Sunny is also a martial arts therapist for Kids Kicking Cancer where she helps children with chronic illness overcome the fear and physical discomfort of their condition and treatment. In this episode, we explore Sunny's journey and hear her lessons on taking care of one's mental, emotional, and spiritual health as well as develop a health self image and body image.  If you enjoy the podcast, please have The Lev Experience in mind in your end of the year giving! You can support the podcast by making any donation at Levx.org/donate. You can also learn more about our coaching at Levx.org and RabbiShlomo.com. My book "The Four Elements of an Empowered Life" is available on Amazon! Please subscribe, leave ratings and comments, connect with me on all the social media platforms but even and most importantly, share it with others! Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum Facebook: @shlomobuxbaum Youtube: TheLevExperience

Ari Lesser is a singer, songwriter, rapper, and spoken word artist, whose videos have received millions of views on YouTube and social media. He has performed all over the country, released over a dozen albums- such as Tzfat Reggae, Psalms of Ascents, and The Hippie- and written hundreds of songs on a wide range of subjects, touching on everything from modern politics, to ancient Jewish mysticism. He has also created accurate rhymed translations of dozens of Psalms and other traditional prayers, bringing their powerful timeless message back into the realm of song. This podcast is a project of The Lev Experience. Check us out at levx.org. You can help support the podcast by sponsoring an episode or picking up a copy of my book “The Four Elements of an Empowered Life”. Use discount code: EMPOWER for 15% off! If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe, leave ratings and comments, connect with me on all the social media platforms but even and most importantly, share it with others! Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum Facebook: @shlomobuxbaum Youtube: TheLevExperience