Political tensions, anxiety, and loneliness are on the rise,

but problems like these aren't new, and the solutions don't have to be either.

For thousands of years, societies have asked questions about how to live, thrive, and love.

And it was spiritual traditions that offered wisdom and tools to help people find their way.

Tools that science is now discovering offer real benefits. Join me, Dave

Desteno, to explore how we can all use this wisdom, whatever our beliefs. Listen to How God

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to Chutzpahd, Real Life Lived Better, where each week we apply Jewish tradition and a little simple son to talk about something that is live in our lives.

I'm Rabbi Shira Stuttman.

And I'm Hannah Rosen. And before we get started, we are now approaching the season's halfway mark,

and we've gotten so many sweet messages that we wanted to share them.

As you know, we love hearing from you guys.

Yeah, so we're going to kvell for just a minute, because as I've said before,

we just don't take enough time to kfell in this world.

So please indulge us.

Okay. First, Erica S, who sent us this amazing

note. She writes, I wanted to write to thank you both for being my teachers. I went to the

mikva this past Thursday to finish my conversion process, such a magical experience. And I've

learned so much from your podcast episodes during the past two years of my learning.

It's been so helpful to listen to your conversations with my wife, a born Jew, especially when she and I are having a disagreement, to listen to your perspectives and have a good laugh.

Thank you so much for doing what you do.

Mazelsov, Erica, Yashikouach.

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