THE LIVING JEWISHLY BLOG
EPISODE 99: A Younger Brother From Another Mother
This week’s episode of The Living Jewishly Podcasts is an episode of What’s in Your Toolbox?, a podcast about mental health. Host Bobby K sits down with Dr. Weissman to talk about personal reinvention, the rise of youth anxiety and homelessness, and his ongoing documentary exploring the real-life stories of Canada’s homeless population.
Walk Away Renay
This episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an instalment of What’s In Your Toolbox? Host Bobby K. and his guest, 99.3 County FM radio host Renay Weissman-Stanners, have a candid and honest conversation about familial trauma, antisemitism, intergenerational stress, and the importance of being kind to yourself.
EPISODE 95 - Pep Kid
In this week’s episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts Bobby K sits down with social worker Rob Pepler to discuss why mindfulness is such an important aspect of Rob’s approach, his top tips for getting started, and a special guided exercise that you can practice right now.
Wacky Jackie
This week’s instalment of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an episode of What’s in Your Toolbox?, a podcast about mental health. In this episode, Bobby K sits down with “Wacky Jackie” G., a fellow alumni of the Mood Disorder Association of Ontario’s Laughing Like Crazy program, to discuss the power of comedy, creativity, and connection.
EPISODE 86: The Girl From Irish Lake
This episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an episode of What’s In Your Toolbox?, a podcast about mental health and the tools that help us to cope and heal. In this episode, Alex and host Bobby K explore the hazards of perfectionist notions, how her mental health challenges have influenced her career, and the importance of speaking out and being authentic.
Episode 82: Dance, Dance, Dance
This episode of The Living Jewishly Podcasts is an instalment of What’s In Your Toolbox?, a podcast about mental health and the tools we use to heal. In this episode, host Bobby K reconnects with an old high school classmate whose irreverent and surprisingly wise yearbook message still resonates decades later.
Episode 78: The Videographer
This week’s episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an instalment of What’s In Your Toolbox, and features an interview with Mark Collings, mental health advocate and director of the documentary No Magic Bullet: An Honest Discussion About Mental Health. The conversation explores the tools that Mark uses to manage his depression and alcoholism, his approach to blending filmmaking with advocacy, and his important work as an AA sponsor.
Episode 76 Different From the Other Kids
In this episode of the Living Jewishly Podcast Bobby K speaks to Angela Tsounis, author of Different From the Other Kids: A Book of Interviews for Parents of Challenging Children, about her struggle to find resources after her daughter was diagnosed with a major mood disorder.
EPISODE 67 Need a LIFT? You will be ImPRESSed
This week’s episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an instalment of What’s in Your Toolbox?, a monthly podcast about mental health — and the tools we use to protect and heal. In this episode, host Bobby K speaks with Special Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Bandler about the mental health tools that he uses both inside and outside the gym.
Episode 63: They Call it Fishing, Not Catching
In a world of pandemic lockdowns, remote learning, and economic strain, discussions surrounding mental health are more important than ever. In this week’s episode, Bobby and guest Rabbi Yossi Sapirman discuss their decades-long friendship and how they have turned their common passion of flyfishing into a powerful tool for improving their mental health.