Podcast appearances and mentions of beth ricanati

Send us a textJoin us on an enlightening journey with Dr. Beth Ricanati, whose unique path from Reform to Conservative Judaism offers a tapestry of cultural richness and personal growth. Through engaging anecdotes, Dr. Ricanati warmly shares her upbringing her transition to the spiritual experience creating Challah in her home and beyond. We explore the playful and heartfelt family traditions, such as the amusing "Challah Monster," and discuss how Jewish customs have shaped her approach to parenting and education.Dr. Ricanati also opens up about her fascinating professional journey, starting with a background in Art History that seamlessly lead to a career in medicine. Her experiences at Columbia and the Cleveland Clinic inspired the creation of Lifestyle 180, a program that integrates nutrition, exercise, and stress management to combat chronic diseases. This chapter of her life highlights the importance of adaptability, especially her move to sunny Southern California, where new opportunities and joys awaited her. Her story underscores the transformative power of lifestyle changes on personal well-being.Finally, immerse yourself in the comforting world of challah-making with Dr. Ricanati, who transformed from a physician experiencing burnout to a passionate author and workshop leader. The therapeutic process of baking led to her book, "Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs," and nationwide challah workshops. Through these experiences, she discovered the profound health benefits of engaging in meaningful rituals and building community connections. With her insights, you'll be inspired to embrace the power of traditions and find peace in the simple joys of life.Support the show

On this episode of Taste Buds with Deb, Debra Eckerling hosts a special Hanukkah panel with authors Eitan Bernath (“Eitan Eats the World”), Joan Nathan (“My Life in Recipes,” “A Sweet Year” and many others) and Beth Ricanati (“Braided: A Journey of A Thousand Challahs”).   Holidays are all about uniting friends, old and new. What better way to honor Hanukkah than to bring together three previous Taste Buds with Deb guests for a conversation about food and family traditions.   Eitan Bernath, Joan Nathan, and Beth Ricanati talk about what they love about Hanukkah and ways to lean into the light of Hanukkah this holiday season. They also share advice for entertaining, options for sufganiyot (fried donuts), and latke recipes and tricks.    Get Joan Nathan's apple latke recipe, Eitan Bernath's Brussel sprout latke recipe, and Beth Ricanati's tips for making a latke board (a reimagined cheese board) at JewishJournal.com/podcasts.     Learn more at EitanBernath.com, JoanNathan.com and BethRicanatiMD.com.   For more from Taste Buds, subscribe on iTunes and YouTube, and follow @TheDEBMethod on social media.

On this episode of Taste Buds with Deb, host Debra Eckerling speaks with Dr. Beth Ricanati, author of “Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs.”   More than 15 years ago, Ricanati started baking challah on Fridays as a self-care ritual. Now, she gives challah workshops–both in person and digitally–around the country to people of all faiths, and speaks about the teachings in her book.   “When you're mixing flour and sugar and watching the yeast bubble, you can't be doing anything else,” Ricanati explains. “I wasn't worrying about my patients, I wasn't worrying about my kids.”    Ricanati says the experience was utterly transformative. Before she knew it, she rearranged her schedule, so she could continue her Friday challah practice. A board-certified internist, Dr. Ricanati now sees patients at the Venice Family Clinic in Los Angeles.    “Particularly since October 7, it has been so meaningful, so resonant, to be able to build community [around] this beautiful ancient ritual,” she says. “When you're standing next to someone and your hands are literally in a bowl of dough, you can really come together and talk.”   Ricanati talks about her challah origin story, the impact of baking challah, and so much more. She also shares her challah recipe, which you can find at JewishJournal.com/podcasts.    Learn more at BethRicanatiMD.com and follow @BethRicanatiMD on Instagram. For more from Taste Buds, subscribe on iTunes and YouTube, and follow @TheDEBMethod on social media.

Every year, one in five women in the United States struggles with mental health. Income disparities, caregiving responsibilities, higher rates of poverty and violence are just a few of the risk factors that leave women especially susceptible to chronic stress.Dr. Beth Ricanati is no stranger to burnout. She was the mother of three children and a physician working full time when she realized she needed to prioritize self-care. At the recommendation of a friend, she turned to baking bread as a way to build ritual and community into her weekly routine. Dr. Ricanati joins Sabrina to discuss:The mental health crisis in America and why women are more likely to experience chronic stress than menWhy creating meaningful rituals with our hands can benefit mental healthThe need to shift away from self-care toward community care to address the underlying causes of women's mental health issuesLike what you hear and want more? Sign up for our newsletter full of episode updates and resources on issues impacting women around the world. 

Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Pesachim 48 and 49, kick things off by talking challah. Dr. Beth Ricanati, a physician who found great comfort and healing in baking the traditional bread, joins us to share her challah-baking routine, and her thoughts on the transformative power of yeast, dough, and water. Why is it important to speak aloud and state the names of loved ones when you bake? Listen and find out.

You may be thinking, "I've done enough baking during COVID to last me the rest of my life!" That is why we wanted to so an encore of this incredible interview with Dr. Beth Ricanti who talks about the ritual of baking and how it has helped ease her stress & has improved her overall life. Enjoy!Original Description: Dr. Beth Ricanati found herself stressed when a friend recommended she bake challah bread. Making bread from scratch requires being in the moment. Creating something with your own two hands provides a relaxing sense of accomplishment. Additionally, fresh-baked challah smells heavenly when taken from the oven.Dr. Ricanati wasn’t a baker before the challah project. She’s learned many wonderful life lessons while working with yeast and baking bread. She also wrote a book Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs about her experience.Listen as Dr. Ricanati joins host Lisa Davis to share how she’s found joy in the ritual of baking.

This week on Unorthodox, we're calling an emergency meeting of the Unorthodox club. First we talk to Rachel Shukert, a longtime Tablet contributor (and a contributor to The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia!) who is an executive producer and showrunner for The Baby-Sitters' Club reboot on Netflix. She tells us about growing up reading the series of books by Ann M. Martin, recreating the 90's series as a TV show set in the present, and what she's learned about today's teenagers from working with the actors on the show. Then Stephanie sits down with Adam Eli, the activist and author of "The New Queer Conscience," which is part of Penguin Random House's Pocket Change Collective. He tells us about initially rejecting his Jewish identity after he came out as queer, then ultimately realizing that his Jewish and queer identity could actually strengthen and reinforce each other. He shares how his Jewish background influences his queer activism, and offers advice to families whose children may be queer or questioning. Follow Adam Eli on Instagram @AdamEli and get a discount (!) on "The New Queer Conscience" using this link. Join Stephanie and former Unorthodox guest Beth Ricanati for a live challah-baking workshop Thursday, August 6 at 5 p.m. EDT in the Unorthodox Facebook group. Beth is a doctor who strongly believes in the healing power of baking bread, and she's going to share the magic of weekly challah baking with us. "Joan Knows Best" is a new weekly video series featuring Joan Nathan cooking her favorite Shabbat recipes with her son, David Henry Gerson. This Friday, August 7, at 12 p.m. EDT, they'll be making double-roasted lemon chicken. Tune in at live.tabletmag.com/joanknowsbest and get the recipes here. Let us know what you think of the show! Email us at unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave us a voicemail at (914) 570-4869. You can also record a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube page! Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies here. Sponsors: The Great Courses Plus: With thousands of lectures on all kinds of topics presented by subject-matter experts from top universities and institutions, keep learning with the Great Courses Plus. Get a free trial with unlimited access at thegreatcoursesplus.com/UNORTHODOX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show of Someone You Should Know, Stuart Sax chats with Dr Beth Ricanati and Pastor Chris Carson Each week, Stuart Sax interviews Someone You Should Know. Get to know people who have incredible stories to tell. It's their back stories that make the conversations come to life. From government officials, artists, writers, service providers, creators and dreamers; I share their stories in a casual way. Maybe your story will be the next one we share! Episode 31 July 2020 Follow Stuart Sax on social media and tune in to his other shows: Website: http://www.stuartsax.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hS3CRf1EAwL-hpT_74itA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StuartSaxTalkShow/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/someone-you-should-know Podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingtotalkabout Podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuart-sax-as-i-see-it --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/someone-you-should-know/support

Beth Ricanati, MD's (C' 92) debut book, Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs chronicles her journey of a thousand challahs and one woman’s quest for wellness and peace. This physician-mother has built her career around bringing wellness into women’s everyday lives, especially busy moms juggling life and children.  She has practiced at the NY-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, the Cleveland Clinic, and now at the Venice Family Clinic in Los Angeles. In addition, her writings have appeared in peer-reviewed medical journals and many lifestyle blogs. 

Calm the Chaos/ Episode 6 Beth Ricanati, Author: Braided A Journey of a Thousand Challahs About  Beth built her medical career around bringing wellness into everyday life, especially for busy women juggling work, children, and their relationships. She obtained my undergraduate degree in art history at the University of Pennsylvania, and my medical degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Trained at Columbia Presbyterian in New York City, worked at Columbia’s Center for Women’s Health, and at the Women’s Health Center at the Cleveland Clinic. A fortuitous move to Santa Monica, CA allowed her to shift my focus from seeing patients to writing, a transformation that has allowed her  to reach a broader audience of women on the issues of health and wellness. Subsequently, her first book was published in 2018, and sees patients now at the Venice Family Clinic What  You’ll Learn What is Challah How did Beth’s journey begin making Challah each week and how has it changed her life How is making Challah a meditative practice for Beth The importance of the prayer prior to making Challah Discussion on how food is medicine How has making Challah changed her life and her community Beth’s challenge for the listeners Resources Beth Ricanati  Braided, A Journey of a Thousand Challahs. Link to purchase the book!  Calm the Chaos Coaching Enjoy the show? Don’t miss an episode, follow the podcast on ITunes and Spotify  

On today's amazing episode, I'm speaking with the lovely and talented Beth Ricanati, author of … Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs Beth is a medical doctor and her book, Braided, chronicles her journey of a thousand challahs and one woman's quest for wellness and peace. This physician-mother has built her career around bringing wellness into women's everyday lives, especially busy moms juggling life and children. Beth lives in the Los Angeles area with her family and one challah-loving dog. So, if you are ready to hear more about the power of Braided, then stay tuned for this episode of the Daily Authors Podcast with Beth Ricanati … ... and make sure to pickup Braided on Amazon! By the way, if you’ve got a story to tell, want to help others, and are ready to write your book, go to writeabookuniversity.com to get a free 4 lesson video course to help you on your book writing journey …

We know that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but our guest, Dr. Beth Ricanati, takes that adage a step -- or leap! -- further. She says, “When we take care of ourselves, then we are better caregivers,” especially knowing “that 75% of chronic disease is lifestyle driven.” Dr. Beth is an enterprising mother, physician, community volunteer, and award-winning author of, “Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs.” With a busy medical practice and three small children, she realized that something needed to change. Listen to how Dr. Beth followed her own advice as a specialist in women's health and wellness. Through the art of slowing down to make Challah each week, she learned what she needed for herself, her family, and her true purpose. Dr. Beth's story resonates with those experiencing professional burnout and personal stress, and is an example of how to pivot -- with or without support -- to a lifestyle that is healthy, meaningful, and fulfilling.

Beth Ricanati, MD is an award-winning author who has built her career around bringing wellness into women’s everyday lives, especially moms juggling life and children. She practiced medicine at NY-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, the Cleveland Clinic, and now at the Venice Family Clinic. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her family and one challah-loving dog.   What you will hear in this episode: - How the act of making challah is completely transformative. It forces one to slow down, to be patient ( allowing the yeast  to rise) and to be present. It is also a beautiful time for reflection, prayer and connection. - We talk about how Dr. Beth's background in art taught her to see the larger picture in her patients and to see the stories that these women carried along with them.  - Dr. Beth is a big believer in the medicinal qualities of food.However, she maintains that the key to eating healthy is moderation, using good quality ingredients and enjoying the experiences that food can bring. We are living in a society that is obsessed with restricting and avoiding certain foods but Dr. Beth argues that eating a slice of challah should be an enjoyable, guilt free experience ( substitute challah for any special food or tradition that brings you joy). - We talk about how often physical ailments are a direct result of what we are experiencing emotionally. Dr. Beth discusses the importance of  stress management and how that can be anything from yoga, to horseback riding to making challah! Favorites: Quote: "Perfect is the enemy of good" book: anything by Liz Gilbert dinner: some variation on a healthy bowl complete with grains, protein and veggies. city: London, Paris girl boss: Emma Watson Dr Beth. can be found @housecallsforwellness      

This week on Unorthodox, we're celebrating the publication of The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List with an episode dedicated to Jewish food. Throughout the episode you’ll hear from contributors to the book—including Jill Kargman, Gil Hovav, Gail Simmons, Shalom Auslander, Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs of Food52, and many more—who will be reading their entries. We talk to Tablet editor-in-chief Alana Newhouse, who edited the collection, as well as Gabriella Gershenson, who edited the recipes in the book. We also sit down with Dr. Beth Ricanati, the author of Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs, who tells us about the healing power of baking bread. Naama Shefi and Amanda Dell tell us about their work at the Jewish Food Society and their Schmaltzy storytelling events. Plus, Brette Warshaw explains the difference between corned beef and pastrami, listener Sonia Marie Leikam tell us about brewing kosher beer in Portland, and the story of a special pie delivery to Pittsburgh's Jewish community. Get your copy of The 100 Most Jewish Foods at Tabletmag.com/100JewishFoods. Tell us your Jewish food memories! Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at 914-570-4869. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook group to chat with the hosts and see what happens behind-the-scenes! Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. The music on today's episode is by the klezmer duo Farnakht. This episode is sponsored by Hebrew College. The Jewish community needs rabbis who are creatively engaging with Jewish tradition, and Hebrew College’s rabbinical school is currently accepting applications. Visit Hebrewcollege.edu/unorthodox to find out more. This episode is brought to you by Unorthodox Wine, offering beautiful kosher wines from South Africa. Get free shipping on any order when you visit bitly.com/unorthowine. This episode is brought to you KOL Foods, delivering the best tasting, healthiest, most sustainable, and most ethically raised meat anywhere! Go to KOLFoods.com and use the code UNORTHODOX to receive a 10 percent discount on your next order. Unorthodox is supported by the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, which is presenting Diaspora Songs: Yiddish Meets Ladino, Thursday, March 28, at 7:30 pm.  The event is a part of Carnegie Hall’s “Migrations, The Making of America Festival” and co-sponsored by The Yiddish Book Center. Visit jccmanhattan.org/music for tickets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WARNING: Listening to the following episode WILL make you hungry Click here to join us at our Jewish Women Foodies panel on March 10th! On this episode, Lisa and Maureen sit down with three incredibly marvelous mavens of the kitchen: cookbook authors Dr. Beth Ricanati, Amelia Saltsman and Susan Feniger, who not only writes cookbooks, but is a renowned [...]

WARNING: Listening to the following episode WILL make you hungry Click here to join us at our Jewish Women Foodies panel on March 10th! On this episode, Lisa and Maureen sit down with three incredibly marvelous mavens of the kitchen: cookbook authors Dr. Beth Ricanati, Amelia Saltsman and Susan Feniger, who not only writes cookbooks, but is a renowned [...]

For all the foodies out there, this week's episode is for you.  I speak with Beth Ricanati, an MD and author focusing on women's health and wellness.  She recently released her first book, Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs.  It's a fascinating book that talks about her story of learning to bake Challah bread and how it helped her cultivate happiness and even wellness in her life. We cover a lot of ground, including topics like mindfulness, relationships, and how you can make this a healthy endeavor.   Listen at http://nextyearnowpodcast.com/60

Beth Ricanati, MD, has built her career around bringing wellness into women’s everyday lives, especially busy moms juggling life and children. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her MD from Case Western Reserve University; she completed her internal medicine residency at Columbia Presbyterian in NYC. She spent ten years in practice at the Columbia Presbyterian’s Women’s Health Center, the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Women’s Health, and the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute. In addition to the frequent online writing that she does now, Ricanati has been a guest contributor for television, print, and online media, and has published medical articles in peer-reviewed journals. https://housecallsforwellness.com/

Dr. Beth Ricanati is a physician, mother, and the author of Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs. Dr. Ricanati’s debut book chronicles her journey creating a thousand challahs, showcasing a woman’s quest for wellness and peace. She has created a career focused on bringing wellness into women’s everyday lives, especially busy moms juggling life and children, but her book is meant for anyone who is carrying a myriad of responsibilities and rarely takes even a few minutes to stop and smell the rising yeast.   “For the first time, I made challah and the most incredible thing happened: I just stopped! When you’re standing at the kitchen counter and your hands are in a bowl of dough, it is just wonderful.” –Beth Ricanati, MD   Braided is a meditation on how Dr. Ricanati found a few moments of peace one Friday morning, when it was unclear whether or not she was going to be okay, and how making challah every Friday sustained her for ten full years (and still sustains her to this day). It’s not just a recipe for making the bread – although you’ll be able to knock out a killer batch after reading it – but also a lesson in taking the time you need to be truly well.   “Whether it’s challah or any other activity, we live in a crazy, busy, stressful world and I think it is imperative to have mindful activity in our lives to manage our stress.” –Beth Ricanati, MD   We also discuss: Becoming a practicing physician & mother of three Trying to do it all... and not doing it well Transforming herself and her life through the medium of Challah How challah enriches us spiritually Learning to appreciate the mindfulness & wellness aspect of cooking How holidays and rituals help us Food as medicine Integrating a mindful activity into your life, whatever it is Navigating food tribes What Beth is learning from challah, 10 years later, and what she learned from writing the book We’re never too late to try something new, even if it’s completely out of our wheelhouse   Resources: Learn more at housecallsforwellness.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/housecallsforwellness/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BethRicanatiAuthor/about/?ref=page_internal Read: Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs   Beth Ricanati’s Bio: Beth Ricanati, MD, has built her career around bringing wellness into women’s everyday lives, especially busy moms juggling life and children.  She received her medical training at Case Western Reserve University and New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. She was a practicing physician for over ten years at both the New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center’s Women Health Center in New York City, the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Women’s Health, and the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute. She now lives in the Los Angeles area with her family and challah-loving dog. Just Forking Around is produced by Podcast Masters

Kathryn interviews family defense attorney and advocate Diane L. Redleaf JD, author of “They Took the Kids Last Night: How the Child Protection System Puts Families at Risk”. The U.S. practices child welfare like no other country in the world. In the name of child protection, it removes children from their families, temporarily and permanently. Redleaf, a pioneer defender of parents and families, shares the stories of what happened to six families whose children were wrongly seized by child protection services. Kathryn also interviews physician Beth Ricanati MD, author of “Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs”. What if the act of making bread – mixing and kneading, watching and waiting – could heal your heartache, your emptiness, and your sense of being overwhelmed? It can. This is the surprise that Dr. Ricanati learned when she started baking challah: that simply stopping and baking bread was the best medicine she could prescribe for women in a fast-paced world.

Kathryn interviews family defense attorney and advocate Diane L. Redleaf JD, author of “They Took the Kids Last Night: How the Child Protection System Puts Families at Risk”. The U.S. practices child welfare like no other country in the world. In the name of child protection, it removes children from their families, temporarily and permanently. Redleaf, a pioneer defender of parents and families, shares the stories of what happened to six families whose children were wrongly seized by child protection services. Kathryn also interviews physician Beth Ricanati MD, author of “Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs”. What if the act of making bread – mixing and kneading, watching and waiting – could heal your heartache, your emptiness, and your sense of being overwhelmed? It can. This is the surprise that Dr. Ricanati learned when she started baking challah: that simply stopping and baking bread was the best medicine she could prescribe for women in a fast-paced world.

Beth Ricanati, MD is the author of Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs (now available, She Writes Press, paperback), a beautiful gem of a book perfect for the season when we focus on slowing down, baking, family time, spiritual reflection, and gratitude. We hoped you might consider her for interview. As a physician focusing on women's health, a mother, a daughter, a wife, a friend, Ricanati felt like many today—like she was on a flying carousel, always busy and disconnected from her body and spirit. But when a friend challenged Ricanati to take the time to make challah from scratch for Shabbas dinner, she was knocked out of her stupor and realized: It was time for me to change. Part memoir, part cookbook, and part manifesto, Braided is a heartwarming and powerful exploration of Ricanati's personal tradition of baking this challah every Friday. It has become a self-care practice that has sustained her for the last 10 years, allowing her to reconnect with her family, her home, her community, and her faith, and helped ground her again to be present in her own life. "I used to just prescribe medications[...]; now I also prescribe baking challah," Ricanati says. "I've learned that making food can be medicinal in its own right” – even if it is white bread! SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS: 1. You’ve made challah from scratch every Friday (give or take a few) for the past ten years, which after doing the math, you found to be over a thousand challahs! What inspired this tradition? 2. You say that you bake challah each week as an exercise in mindfulness – what does this mean to you? 3. Can the benefits and lessons learned from this meditative behavior transfer to other habits or hobbies if, say, I don’t want to bake bread every week? 4. Challah is part of the traditional Jewish cuisine – can you share with us some of its historical and spiritual context you learned over the years? 5. How has this meaningful ritual helped you cultivate new and strengthen old relationships? What was your family’s reaction over the years? 6. You spend a chapter of your book taking a deep dive into the six ingredients that make up challah. As a physician, what is your argument for baking this white loaf on a weekly basis? 7. Challah doesn’t have to be a plain white loaf – you can also jazz it up with various braiding techniques, toppings, and flavors. Can you tell us more about what works well in terms of possible flavor profiles? ABOUT Beth Ricanati, MD, author of the new release BRAIDED: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs, has built her career around bringing wellness into women’s everyday lives, especially busy moms juggling life and children. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her MD from Case Western Reserve University; she completed her internal medicine residency at Columbia Presbyterian in NYC. She spent ten years in practice at the Columbia Presbyterian’s Women’s Health Center, the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Women’s Health, and the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute. In addition to the frequent online writing that she does now, Ricanati has been a guest contributor for television, print, and online media, and has published medical articles in peer-reviewed journals. Ricanati lives in the Los Angeles area with her family and one challah-loving dog. Learn more at https://housecallsforwellness.com.

How can you give yourself permission to slow down, stop, and take care of yourself? Cathy shares her own struggles with self care, a listener's frustration with overwhelm during a traumatic time, and a conversation with author and physician Beth Ricanati about how implementing one ritual in your busy life can become the antidote to stress. - Join other listeners in a local or virtual meetup group! dontkeepyourdayjob.com/meetup-group - Thanks Pocket! Getpocket.com

Beth Ricanati, MD, discusses her new book, “Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs.” Part memoir, part cookbook, and part manifesto, Braided is a heartwarming and powerful exploration of Ricanati's personal tradition of baking this challah every Friday. It has become a self-care practice that has sustained her for the last 10 years, allowing her to reconnect with her family, her home, her community, and her faith, and helped ground her again to be present in her own life. www.HouseCallsforWellness.com Featured music is "Recipe" by www.SamLlanas.com Thank you www.FamilyHistoryExpos.com for sponsoring this episode.

Dr. Beth Ricanati shares her tips for women's wellness from her medical practice and shares why baking challah every week is the ultimate stress mitigator. Her book, BRAIDED, has a fabulous recipe and many stories to inspire every woman... and baker. Love, loss, bread. For the video version of this podcast, visit: https://vimeo.com/295046897.

Focus and mindfulness bring peace.Today’s busy society demands that we de-stress before we wear ourselves out. Meditation and mindfulness are buzzwords for good reason. Dr. Beth Ricanati found herself stressed when a friend recommended she bake challah bread. Making bread from scratch requires being in the moment. Creating something with your own two hands provides a relaxing sense of accomplishment. Additionally, fresh-baked challah smells heavenly when taken from the oven. Dr. Ricanati wasn’t a baker before the challah project. She’s learned many wonderful life lessons while working with yeast and baking bread.  Listen as Dr. Ricanati joins host Lisa Davis to share how she’s found joy in the ritual of baking.

Welcome to another fun recurring guest to the show!  Today we have Jean or @Bookmama789.  She is a former bookseller, former teacher, former librarian, and now full time professional reader/book reviewer. Jean lives in Maryland with my husband and twin daughters, and she has been blogging about books for over 8 years. In this episode, we chat:  The process of getting Advanced Readers Copy  Where you should start when looking for arcs Jean reads a variety of genre, however this past year she has read mostly non-fiction books Great list of book recommendations  BOOKS MENTIONED:  Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce The Girl who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle Girl Wash your Face by Rachel Hollis Braided: A Journey Of A Thousand Challahs by Beth Ricanati, MD Something Wonderful by Todd S. Purdum The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain Of Blood And Bone by Nora Roberts The Witch Elm by Tana French My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper CONNECT WITH JEAN  Instagram  Facebook  Website 

My guest is Dr. Beth Ricanati. We discussed her book, Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challas about Jewish tradition and metaphor through making Challah for self-care. Find out more at: housecallsforwellness.com

In this episode:Joining Jennie Nash and Abby Mathews today is Beth Ricanati, MD, author of the recently released Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs. Beth's book is a memoir/self-help mashup centering around a path to wellness. We talk about Beth's experiences in being a mom, doctor, and advocate of women's wellness and fully realizing the role of challah in transforming her outlook.Beth is an internist specializing in women's health and wellness. About ten years ago she was completely stressed out, working long hours in the hospital all while having three young children. One year she was asked to make challah for the Jewish New Year. No way! she thought. But she did it anyway, and she realized something: she stopped. For twenty minutes, she just stopped in the rush of life and made bread. She did it the next weekend, and the next, and the next, and that was the beginning of the idea for her book.Today, Beth invites people into her home to make bread with her. It can be a profound, meaningful process that is often done in the honor of someone or some event. Her book is not only about the Jewish tradition of challah and breadmaking itself, but about her journey as a physician and mother, and understanding real wellness.We also talk about Beth's plan for writing her book, the process of publication, and what happened when things didn't work out with her original agent. Beth ended up going another route - hybrid publishing! She tells us what hybrid publishing is and what effect it has had on Braided's eventual successful publication.How can you help Beth: If you are interested in her book, buy it and review it! Reviewing it is key to helping Beth beat the Amazon algorithm and get her book in front of more potential readers.You can also find her and connect on her Instagram page, House Calls for Wellness.If you are interested in making bread with Beth, you can send her a message on Instagram. Or if you know someone who might be interested in hosting a Challah event with Beth, connect her!Other Writers We Mentioned:KJ Dell’AntoniaWe also mentioned two other writers. One was KJ, who has been on the podcast before. KJ just released a fabulous, real, honest new parenting book (this is Mom Writes, after all). You can find KJ’s book all the places. (How To Be A Happier Parent) You can follow her on Twitter @KJDellAntonia. And you can check out her website, where she does a lovely newsletter which is, quite frankly, one of the very few newsletters I (Abby) even open these days. Bonus idea: if you are a room mother, like me, you can share some of her tips in your classroom newsletter. Or pass them on to the teacher to share. Or share them on your PTO FB page. Share the love! Oh, and don’t forget KJ’s podcast #AmWriting with Jess and KJ!Dan BlankAll these same things apply to Dan, who joined us via the chat function on FB Live! Dan has also been on our podcast. Twice! Here and also here. There are so many ways you can get to know Dan better. He runs a mastermind for creatives, which is where I connected with KJ in the first place! Dan would also be tickled if you wanted to review his book, Be the Gateway.Jennie NashYes, don’t forget, Jennie! In the spirit of practicing what she preaches, she realized that she is also hesitant when it comes to asking for reviews. So she would like to gift a PDF version of her book, The Writer’s Guide to Agony and Defeat, to anyone willing to read and review it. Just click the title which will take you to a DropBox link where you can find the book.You can find the links to all of the above on our Author Accelerator website’s show notes page for this episode.