Fresh Start Podcast- SoulWords

Rabbi Shais Taub talks about creating a meaningful yom tov for those recovering from trauma.

Dr. Janina Fisher, PhD talks to Rabbi Shais Taub about topics including what it really means to identify the Jewish community as a "traumatized community;" how children's spirituality and faith are influenced by the kind of relationship they have with their parents; and healing from trauma as a personal and collective redemptive process. Dr. Janina […]

Rabbi Shimon Russell, LCSW, talks to Rabbi Shais Taub about the topic of religious trauma in the observant Jewish community. Rabbi Shimon Russell is a psychotherapist in private practice in Jerusalem. He holds an MSW from Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work and completed the Clinical externship program at the prestigious Ackerman Institute for Family […]

Dr. Reggie Melrose, PhD talks to Rabbi Shais Taub about topics including the limits of talk therapy; why people with trauma have a special ability to help others with trauma; and the plight of "sensitive souls" for whom life itself can be traumatic. Dr. Reggie Melrose, PhD is the best-selling author of The 60 Seconds […]

Dr. Kenneth M. Adams talks to Rabbi Shais Taub about topics including addiction as an intimacy disorder; the negative cycle of shame in addiction particularly in religious communities; and how the last "spiritual assignment" of the parent is to allow their adult children to shift loyalties from their family of origin to the family they […]

Jacob Ham, PhD talks to Rabbi Shais Taub about topics including "epigenetic" transmission of Holocaust trauma in Jewish families; the effects of childhood neglect on adults; and how the opposite of trauma is learning to live in the present. Jacob Ham, PhD is Director of the Center for Child Trauma and Resilience in New York […]