“It’s not about us giving each other support, it’s about knowing we have the support. It’s kind of like a river — I don’t need to pull the fish out of the river to know there’s fish in there.”— Rabbi Yossi Sapirman
Introducing the newest member of the Living Jewishly family of podcasts, What’s In Your Tool Box?
This episode of Living Jewishly is the inaugural instalment of What’s In Your Tool Box? a new monthly Living Jewishly podcast. through candid and honest interviews with a wide variety of guests, Bobby Koven will explore the different strategies people use to help them cope with mental health issues.
Listen to discover new ways to fill up your own toolbox and become more emotionally resilient. In a world of pandemic lockdowns, remote learning, and economic strain, discussions surrounding mental health are more important than ever.
In this episode, Bobby and guest Living Jewishly’s Rabbi Yossi Sapirman discuss their decades-long friendship and how they have turned their common passion for flyfishing into a powerful tool for improving their mental health.
“A passion can turn into a tool.”— Bobby Koven
This episode discusses:
- The importance of mutual understanding and support in friendship — and how to truly be there for those you care about
- The tools that guest Rabbi Yossi Sapirman keeps in his mental health tool box
- The documentary ‘No Magic Bullet’ — and why its existence is so meaningful
Highlights:
00:50 Intro
02:07 Rabbi Yossi Sapirman & joy of fishing
02:51 The story of 22+ years of friendship
06:30 Importance of mutual support
08:11 How Yossi discovered flyfishing
12:22 Yossi’s mental health tools
16:44 The wolf photograph story
19:00 Turning passions into tools
21:58 Processing & healing
22:33 No Magic Bullet
25:43 Why this podcast is needed right now
Links:
Bell Let’s Talk
No Magic Bullet
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