The Jewish Divorce Project Podcast

The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 87 - Liz Pharo and Divorce.Com

Sorry for the delay! This episode is a little out of date since it was recorded at the end of Sukkot. Nonetheless, Leeron and Noam touch base about holidays with the kids while divorced and Jewish divorce camp! Reach out if you have further questions about this. And we talk with Liz Pharo about all the minefields and avoidable scenarios one could encounter with divorce.

Here is more about about guest, Liz: Elizabeth "Liz" Pharo has a passion for realizing the goals of rising companies to help them improve, expand, and take off. As the CEO and Chair of our board and past chair and advisor to numerous successful companies Liz is known for her talent in harmonizing business objectives with a company’s vision, mission, and aspirations for its customers and community. Beyond her work helping Divorce.com reduce the time, cost, and trauma of the typical divorce process, Liz is dedicated to the growth and development of her own community and serves on the boards of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, Venture for America, and Blight-Free Birmingham. Liz enjoys running and spending time with her family at Lake Martin.

The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep 86: The SHIFT Method with Rachael Lowell Ellison

Leeron and Noam catch up about the High Holidays and talk with our guest Rachael Lowell Ellison about the SHIFT method. Rachael shows us how we can best lead ourselves during this time of year. We also talk about taking it easy on the holidays- with or without kids. Sometimes you need a holiday from the holidays. And when you have kids on the holidays it's important not to stress yourself out with the details. Sometimes, its better not to have your kids on the holidays at all. That way you can remember that the special times with your kids can come when you make them. We also talk about a five-year commitment that Leeron is on the verge of making. Listen for more details.

Our guest is  Rachael Lowell Ellison.

With over two decades of experience, Rachael Lowell Ellison brings deep expertise in executive coaching and consulting to guide leaders through professional challenges and unleash their full potential. Her unique approach seamlessly integrates theoretical knowledge, practical research, and real-world insights gained from her own leadership roles.

Rachael specializes in providing empathetic, intuitive, and highly customized support that enhances her clients' self-awareness, adaptability, and decision-making capabilities. She excels at shifting leaders from a reactive to a creative mindset, offering a comprehensive perspective on navigating complex leadership challenges.

The Jewish Divorce Project- Ep 85: The Ugly Truth About Divorce with Samantha, the Boss

Leeron and Noam continue the conversation with Samantha Boss, who is, in fact, a boss! But before we get into the ugly truth about divorce with Samantha, Leeron updates us on a big divorce transition that took some time to get to: reclaiming her maiden name. For many, taking back one's maiden name is a major part of the divorce process that is necessary in moving on and coming to know oneself again. And coming to know ourselves again is part of our spiritual journey involved in the High Holidays. 

The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 84 - Welcome Back and Give Yourself a Break!

Welcome back to our 7th? 8th? season? Leeron and Noam catch up after a long summer break. Think we keep it light for our first episode of a new season? Think again! We have some honest talk about the hidden costs- to the wallet and the soul- of single parenting in a tough economy. But there's hope! Hope is found in breaking. In giving oneself a break in meeting expectations, and the looming self-criticism that comes with parenting. 

The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep 83: Parental Alienation with Ginger Gentile

Noam and Leeron catch up about mother's day moments this year.Like about how tough and good it felt for Leeron to share mother's day with her kid's step-mom. How was mother's day for you? We are also joined by Ginger Gentile. Note: last name pronounced GEN-TEAL, to talk about parental alienation and how to heal from it.

Ginger Gentile, the "Erased Child Whisperer", was a child caught in the middle of a bitter divorce, and now helps parents facing similar battles find peace and even reunite their families via coaching designed for the worst cases of Parental Alienation and Estrangement. She is a documentary film-maker, activist, who is on a mission to reverse parental alienation – a silent epidemic .

Her documentary, ‘Erasing Family’ shows children suffering from alienation reuniting with their parents. Ginger’s extensive work in healing families has been featured on shows like Red Table Talk and Real Housewives of Orange County. She’s also been featured on NBC and CBS, The Atlantic, spoken at SXSW, and on many podcasts. She has reunited numerous families and leads the only coaching program that features ex-alienated kids as coaches, using simple techniques to cure a complex problem. 

 

Ginger can be reached at:

https://ReversingParentalAlienation.com

https://ErasingFamily.org (to watch the film for free)

@ErasingFamily on IG, FB and YT

Free training on the secrets to reverse parental alienation: https://ReversingParentalAlienation.com/secrets

 

The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 82 Do Interfaith Relationships Make Divorce More Likely? Rabbi Ari Saks

In episode 82 we speak with and learn a lot from Rabbi Ari Saks. Rabbi Saks talks to us about the cultural myths that couples face in their interfaith relationships. Particularly that interfaith relationships will inevitably lead to divorce and separation.  We ask the question if interfaith relationships mean it’s MORE likely or LESS likely for a couple to divorce? Rabbi Saks challenges that idea by teaching that differences can actually lead to a deeper relationship rather than division. 

Currently, Rabbi Saks is focusing his efforts on reaching out to interfaith families, primarily through his recently launched podcast “Interfaithing: Why families can embrace two faiths under one roof.” The podcast can be found on all podcast platforms. Rabbi Saks is also developing unique, online Adult Education curricula including “Torah Teachings for Jewish Grandparents of Interfaith Families” and “How Israel Should be Taught on College Campuses.” Finally, Rabbi Saks serves Torat Yisrael, a Conservative congregation in Rhode Island, on a part-time basis and serves pastoral needs for unaffiliated families in the Philadelphia area.

The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 81 - Making Your Ex Irrelevant w/ Andrea Hipps LBSW/Certified Divorce Coach

In Episode 81 Noam and Leeron discuss Passover and how you celebrate a holiday even if you don't have your kids. We also talk with Andrea Hipps a certified divorce coach and how to make your former partner irrelevant by moving beyond forgiveness to even forgetfulness. We  talk about why it is important, and share a few steps that help listeners make their way to the promised land.

Andrea Hipps, LBSW is a Certified Divorce Coach and author who helps parents all along the divorce continuum resolve their divorce debris and create healthier two-address families. She's the author of the internationally bestselling book The Best Worst Time of Your Life: Four Practices to Get You Through the Pain of Divorce, which outlines the four practices you need to create wholeness and healing for you and your kids before, during, and after divorce. As a regular contributor to our nation’s divorce recovery conversation, she's been featured on NBC, ABC, FOX and the CW discussing how we can do divorce better for the sake of ourselves and our families.

The Jewish Divorce Podcast - Ep 80: How an Open Marriage Can Save Your Marriage

This week Noam and Leeron tackle a interesting topic: Open marriages. We sit down with "Cindy" who talks to us about her open marriage to "Jim" (We love 90210!). We protect Cindy's identity not because there is anything to be ashamed of with an open marriage. But because we're all entitled to some privacy in life, and there are those who also judgmental of open relationships. Nonetheless, we have a fascinating conversation about: dating, cucking, unicorns, ethical-non-monogamy, and polyamory. Most importantly we discuss how an open marriage can have amazing benefits for you and your spouse- including an improved sex life! Have a story about how your marriage was saved by an open relationship? Share it with us at TheJewishDivorceProject@gmail.com

The Jewish Divorce Podcast - Ep 79: Sharon Pope, Certified Master Life Coach and The 5 Words Killing Marriage Today

Note: At the beginning of the episode we mislabel it "episode 80." We're almost there, but really, this is episode 79. 

And in ep 79 Noam and Leeron sit down with Sharon Pope. Sharon is a certified Master Life Coach and Relationship Expert helping women and men get the tools they need to improve, heal, or release their struggling marriages. She is a seven-time international best-selling author on love and relationships, including Stay or Go: How to Find the Confidence & Clarity You Need to Either Fix the Struggles in Your Marriage or Move Forward without Regret, which has sold more than 300,000 copies, and host of the podcast, “The Loving Truth.”  Her work has appeared in numerous media outlets and online publications, including the “Modern Love” column of The New York Times.

The Jewish Divorce Podcast - Ep 78: Letting and Deciding to Go

No guest this week. But Instead we talk about gradually letting go of old possessions that remind us of our marriage and past lives; and good reasons to stay or leave your marriage. In the process of the conversation Leeron mentions her strategy for helping one of her clients move on when his marriage has failed: Jumbo's Clown Room.