In this episode, I sit down with Max Gilbert for a conversation that begins with entrepreneurship and coaching, then unfolds into a deeper exploration of emotional regulation, authenticity, religious growth, and the difference between influence and control.

Together, we examine one of the hidden traps of religious growth: how fear, certainty, and the need for control can quietly disguise themselves as virtue. We explore what it means to return to Judaism without losing ourselves in the process, why genuine transformation cannot be forced, and how our relationships often reveal whether our beliefs are bringing more peace or more tension into our lives.

At the heart of the conversation is a question worth asking in every area of life: Are we becoming more present, more connected, and more human, or are we simply finding new ways to control?

See you on the other side,

Eli

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In this episode, Rabbi Baruch Gartner returns for a conversation about money, business, and the deeper purpose behind both.

Drawing from the teachings of Rebbe Nachman, Rabbi Gartner challenges the idea that wealth is merely practical or material. Instead, he presents a vision of business as spiritual work, a path of responsibility, growth, connection, and service.

Together, we explore the relationship between money and identity, scarcity and abundance, trust and control, and why so many of our struggles around wealth have little to do with money itself.

At the heart of the conversation is a powerful idea: that when we approach business with the right consciousness, it can become a force not only for personal transformation, but for collective redemption.

See you on the other side,

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In this episode of In Search of More, I sit down with Rabbi Ephraim Ehrenberg for a conversation that begins with Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh, Chassidus, and the intersection between psychology and spirituality.As we speak about therapy and the struggles people are carrying today, the conversation gradually moves toward masculinity, sexuality, and human drive. Rabbi Ephraim shares a perspective that reframes the entire discussion: that one of the deepest wounds a person can carry is beginning to experience their own vitality as a liability instead of an asset.We talk about Pagam Habris, Shmiras Habris, repression, marriage, free will, and the challenge of learning how to channel powerful energy without becoming afraid of it. The conversation moves through both practical and spiritual questions, and explores how our relationship with desire often shapes the way we relate to responsibility, ambition, money, and even G-d.Toward the end, we return to the topic of money itself, and why both money and sexuality seem to expose something deeply revealing about the human condition.This was one of those conversations that kept surprising me as it unfolded.See you on the other side,Eli