Deepening Our Relationship with Hashem with Naomi Shulman: Recent Episodes
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This podcast is based on my book 'With All I Am.' As a frum woman and co-founder of Chazkeinu, a mental health peer support organization for Jewish women, I have a passion for the place where mental health and spirituality meet. Each of us has our own set of talents, challenges, and personality traits - all of which can be used to build and deepen our personal relationship with Hashem. I’ve learned through my own struggles that our relationship with Hashem is a real relationship with ups and downs. Prayer can take many forms and doesn’t always have to be pretty - it just has to be real. In this podcast we will talk about ways to stay balanced and well - emotionally, spiritually, physically, and socially - as we grow in our personal avodas Hashem.
You can reach me at NaomiLeahShulman@gmail.com
I'd love to hear from you!
'Planning things' is not the same as 'doing things.' It's okay and good to put ourselves out there be who Hashem created us to be - even when we're struggling.
My reimagining of Lev Tahor's 'Moshe' which is one of my all time favorite songs.
I channeled a lot of emotion into this one.
I hope maybe one day they'll see it. :-)
(kol isha)
(Kol Isha)
Geulah Song (Instrumental track: “Disenchanted” by My Chemical Romance)
Well I was born in a place so far removed from the scene
Where generations ago, we knew we’re all meant to be.
I know one day we’ll come home,
But it’s hard to feel what that means.
We lost our way in the exile, distorted Your call.
We are content just to visit and to pray at the Wall.
We forgot what we’re missing,
And that’s the saddest part of all.
Oh, ohhh…
We don’t belong
Out in the darkness, so come on…
How could You leave us with hope almost gone,
You know we haven’t worn out everything….
We’re still the same ones we were back then,
The ones You took out of Egypt, gave the Torah, and then
We fell again and again, but You never let it be the end.
Fast forward past the crusades, the persecution and war,
Through the shadows of history to when we were born….
Our generation is aching, but most of us don’t know what for.
Oh, ohhh…
Please take us home.
Don’t leave us out here all alone.
We want to come back to You, but You know
That we cannot do it on our own.
Hashiveinu eilecha
V’nashuva
Chadesh yameinu k’kedem.
Yibaneh HaMikdash.
You’re still the same One Who loved us before.
From our earliest days, now and forevermore.
Bring all the pain to an end.
Don’t make us hurt again.
Ki va, ki va, ki va moed!
Please, God, we’re begging You, and
Yehi Ratzon milfanecha - make us part of Your plan.
Chadesh yameinu k’kedem,
Bring us back to our land.
Please, God, we’re looking to You.
Help us do what is righteous and true.
Bring all creation full circle,
All that we want is You.
What is forgiveness, and how does it help the one who forgives?
Plus, two helpful ways to conceptualize the power of forgiveness.
Home in My Heart (contains Kol Isha)
Please come find me when I’ve lost my way.
Stay with me when I’m not okay.
Keep me with You, don’t let me go.
Hold my heart that only You know.
I made You a home in my heart.
Here I am, this is everything.
I made You a home in heart.
Won’t You stay here forever with me?
I’m so homesick, homesick for You.
Ooh, I miss You. Do You miss me too?
I’ll keep reaching, as long as I live.
“Asu Li Mikdash” - that’s what I did.
I made You a home in my heart.
Here I am, this is everything.
I made You a home in heart.
Won’t You stay here forever with me?
I made You a home in my heart.
Sometimes broken, but always for You.
Please live in the home in my heart.
Here forever it’s just me and You.
Discussion of the five levels of pleasure corresponding to the five levels of the soul, based on the teachings of Rabbi Noah Weinberg. For more information, please see:
https://www.aish.com/sp/f/Five_Levels_of_Pleasure.html
Books by Bracha Goetz:
https://www.amazon.com/Bracha-Goetz/e/B001KCI086%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
The freedom to fully exist the way we are now (even with our faults) opens the door to growth.
We can daven even when we're angry, and even when we're angry at Hashem. Davening means sharing our hearts with Hashem. We can do that ALWAYS.
Features an excerpt from "With All I Am"
https://www.israelbookshoppublications.com/store/pc/With-All-I-Am-For-Married-Women-Only-41p1528.htm
A song I wrote to go with the words of my pasuk at the end of Shemoneh Esrei.
(Kol Isha)
This episode is an introduction to my podcast and the topics I plan to discuss, based on my book "With All I Am" published by Tfutza Publications:
https://www.israelbookshoppublications.com/store/pc/With-All-I-Am-For-Married-Women-Only-41p1528.htm
Nothing in this podcast is intended as Halachic guidance. Please consult daas Torah if you have any shailas.