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Episode 9-From Distortion to Transformation
In this episode, Rabbi Michael Cohen brings forward powerful teachings from Rav Dessler that reveals two of the greatest obstacles to personal growth: the bias that di...
Living Between Yaakov and Yisrael
We all experience the tension between knowing what’s right and actually living it. This episode introduces a powerful Torah framework—Yaakov and Yisrael—that helps you...
The System of Concealment and Disclosure
What do you do when everything that once “worked” suddenly stops?When you’ve seen clear hashgacha in your life… taken steps forward… grown in your commitment and obser...
Iyar: Preparing Yourself to Receive
In this episode, Rabbi Pill and I explore the deeper meaning of the month of Iyar and what it teaches us about real growth after inspiration fades.We all experience mo...
Exposing the Illusion of the System
This episode tackles a tension most people never resolve: you don’t control outcomes, yet you’re still responsible to fully engage in the process.If you internalize th...
The Pesach Seder: Understanding the System of Redemption
This episode draws on a profound teaching from the Baal HaSulam and reveals how its framework for spiritual growth aligns with the deeper purpose of the Pesach Seder. ...
Episode 8: Revealing Your True Self
In this conversation with Rabbi Cohen, you’ll gain a clearer understanding of why even intelligent, well-intentioned people often struggle to see the truth—and what to...
Nisan: Growth Through the Tension of Tohu and Tikkun
In this episode, I’m joined by Rabbi Pill for a powerful conversation as we explore how to stop fighting the tension in your life and start using it as a tool for real...
Episode 7: Recalibrating the Mind
In this episode of Strive for Truth, Rabbi Michael Cohen guides us through a powerful recalibration of how we think. Together, we explore how hidden biases quietly sha...
Episode 6: The Real Metric of a Successful Life
Most people measure their lives by income, achievement, influence, or knowledge. But what if the real metric of success is something far simpler and far more confronti...
Adar: Concealment is Revelation
In this episode, Rabbi Pill and I explore how the month of Adar trains us to recognize Hashem specifically when nothing feels clear, inspiring, or “spiritual.” If you’...
Two Paths, One Destination
In this episode, Rabbi Cohen and I, explore a powerful framework for understanding spiritual growth when effort feels slow, incentives disappear, or life stops followi...
Redeeming the Imagination through Shabbos with Rabbi Pill
Imagination is the most destructive power of the human mind—and also its greatest. In this episode, you’ll discover how Shabbos is Hashem’s system for redeeming the im...
Episode 5: Your Challenges Are Your Kiddush Hashem
In this episode, we explore how the very challenges you wish you didn’t have may actually be the place where your greatest purpose lives. Instead of asking why life fe...
Episode 4: Activating Our Inherited Spiritual Strengths
In this episode, we explore how life’s challenges are not setbacks or punishments, but invitations to activate strengths already embedded within us. Together with Rabb...
The Structured Path of Deveikus
In this episode, I give you a simple, repeatable roadmap for real deveikus, how to use your mind in the right order so you stop spiraling into anxiety, overthinking, a...
Episode 3: Operating Capital, Not Reward
In this episode, Rabbi Michael Cohen and I explore a radical idea from Rav Dessler that reframes how we think about success, reward, and mitzvah observance. This world...
Rabbi Akiva: Relentless Perseverance in Torah
In this episode of Sages of the Talmud, I’m joined by Morty Roth to explore the life of Rabbi Akiva, one of the most influential figures in Jewish history.My goal in t...
Episode 2: Redefining Happiness
In this episode of Strive for Truth, I explore Rav Eliyahu Dessler’s opening teaching on happiness together with Rabbi Michael Cohen, challenging one of the most deepl...
Shevat: Growth Beneath the Surface
Just as the zodiac of Shevat, the D’li (bucket), has no value on its own and only matters when it is filled with water and carried to those who need it, this month inv...
