The Rabbi and The Shrink
What do you get when you cross an Orthodox hitchhiking rabbi and a Catholic Cuban psychologist? An award-winning podcast with unpredictable conversations about everyday ethics and the secrets for successful relationships in business, family, and community.
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Episodes
103 episodes
#84: Create a united culture by promoting dignity w/ Tami Pyfer
Are you part of the exhausted majority?Can showing enthusiasm for one side imply contempt for the other?Do you recognize the contempt you show others?These and other deeply relevant questions are addressed when Dignity In...
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Archive Episode #57: Train your Brain to Succeed w/ Dr. Melissa Hughes
What do you do to be a bad boss?What’s the greatest gift you can give?Would you talk to another person the way you talk to yourself?These and other fascinating questions are addressed when Brain Science maven Melissa Hughe...
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Archive Episode #24: Reclaim Control over Technology w/ Giancarlo Pitocco
How does pleasure distract us from our own unhappiness?How is social media designed to control our minds and behaviors?What is the formula for good digital health and well-being?Learn the answers to these and many other essentia...
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Archive Episode #40: Meaning is the New Money w/ Kira Day
How do we nurture our passion when the world around us stands in our way?What’s the difference between passion and indulgence?How can employers increase passion?These and other important questions are...
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Archive Episode #42: Harness Tension to Promote Innovation w/ Judith Germain
What’s the difference between influence and manipulation?How has COVID created the need for a new leadership breed?How do you lead those who don’t want to take risks to do what’s right?These and other fascinatin...
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Episode #82: Keeping Speech Free w/ Breeda Miller
How do we defend and secure free speech in a culture that is increasingly uncivil and disinterested in facts and logic?This is the topic we take up when self-care guru, corporate trainer, and motivational speaker Breeda Miller joins The...
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Episode 82
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Archive Episode #3: A New Year's Resolution?
Why are New Year's resolutions so hard to keep?Do we want to change enough to really commit ourselves?What are some basic strategies to do and be better?These and other critical questions are addressed in this archive ep...
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Archive Episode #53: Humility is the Doorway to Wisdom w/ Brooke Deterline
How do you tell the truth when there’s so much pressure to do the opposite?How do we stop greasing the slippery slope to hell?What is “ethical fading” and what can we do about it?These and other comp...
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Archive Episode #55: Winning through generosity w/ April Shprintz
How do you make the leap from damage control to prevention?What question should leaders be asking themselves?What is the ROI of generosity?These and other transformational questions are addressed whe...
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#81: The Price of Free Will
Does our proclivity to manipulation disprove free will?If human beings have free will, do animals?Is surrendering to a Higher Power an act of free will, or the abdication of free will?These are some of the questions we a...
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Episode 81
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#80: Ode to Joy
How can we be happy if we don't have an accurate definition of what joy is or where it comes from?That's the question we address in this episode of The Rabbi and the Shrink.Here are the bullet points:Eight words in Hebre...
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Episode 80
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#79: The Bond of Love and Fear
How are fear and love two sides of the same coin?How do we describe something that is truly awesome?What are the foundations that allow love to flourish?These are some of the questions addressed when The Rabbi and the Sh...
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Episode 79
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Archive Episode #45: Gratitude and Redemption w/ Lester Young
How do we escape from the prison of our mind?How do we acquire the mindset to transform failure into victory and success?What do we want our life and our legacy to be?These and other pressing questions are addresse...
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#78: The Fear of Fear Itself
What is the difference between rational and irrational fear?How often does fear sabotage our success and set us up for failure?How can unfounded fear lead to unethical decision-making?These and other questions are tackle...
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Episode 78
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#77: Confronting Injustice without Anger
Why is anger like idolatry?If anger doesn't translate into behavior, is it still a problem?Can there ever be benefits to outrage?These and other highly relevant questions are addressed when The Rabbi and the Shrink inves...
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#76: Dr. Robyn Odegaard - Confronting the Status Quo
Why do so many of us not achieve our own potential?What can we do to turn failure into success?How do we bridge the gap between perception and reality?These and more topics are addressed when concierge, high perfor...
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#75: Greg Peters - Secrets of Reluctant Networking
How do you enter into a relationship for your own benefit without making it all about you?Why is ethics essential to successful networking?When does "How can we help each other?" become a form of manipulation and misrepresentati...
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Episode 75
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#74: Mary Kutheis - Better Thoughts, Better Life
How does the story we tell ourselves determine who we become?How do we determine which values are authentic and which are misdirected?How do we find the courage to reject fear-based decision-making?These and other fascin...
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Archive Episode #15: Give and the World will Give Back More w/ Bob Burg
How do you create a context that promotes everyone's success?How do you communicate information for maximum impact?What are your unconscious operating systems and are they serving you?How do you find and foster successful partnershi...
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Archive Episode #38: The Ethics of Eloquence w/ Sam Horn
Do you suffer from infobesity?How do you make billions in 60 seconds?How do you avoid becoming a bore, a snore, and a chore?These and other urgent topics are addressed when Tongue-fu black belt Sam H...
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Archive Episode #21: Happy Marriages w/ Claire Vande Polder
What makes a successful relationship?Is marriage really the happily ever after part or do they still require work?What is reasonable to expect versus what do you need to accept? Find the answers to these questions and more ...
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Archive Episode #29: Practical Philosophy Prevents Persistent Problems w/ Cristina DiGiacomo
Do you often wonder why people aren’t listening to you?Can philosophy provide practical solutions to modern problems?Why are we challenged to bring together abstract concepts with down-to-earth issues?<...
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Archive Episode #25: Find Purpose, Find Life w/ David Marlow
How does sustainability apply to us as individuals as well as the world?How do we find it in ourselves to forgive ourselves and forgive others?How do quirks and idiosyncrasies forge us into more compete and healthy people?These ...
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#73: Jason Feifer - Navigate Change by Considering the Impossible
Why is talking about teddy bears and goldfish the best approach for solving intractable problems?How can we avoid the pitfalls of an overscheduled life with more scheduling?What are the five things worth having and how can we be...
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Episode 73
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