The Long Short Way
The Long Short Way
Podcast Description
The Long Short Way is a podcast hosted by Rabbi Mendy Bistritzky, where meaningful stories meet soulful conversations. Each episode explores the winding paths of personal growth, faith, and purpose—highlighting the unexpected ways that challenge can lead to clarity, and that the "long short way" is often the most direct route to real transformation.
Through heartfelt storytelling and thoughtful interviews, Rabbi Mendy speaks with individuals about their spiritual journeys, life experiences, and the moments that shaped who they are today.
Produced by Chabad of Saugus, this podcast invites you to slow down, dig deeper, and discover the beauty in the process.
Subscribe and join us on the journey.
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The podcast explores personal growth, faith, and purpose with episodes that delve into themes such as redemption, spirituality, and transformation, exemplified by discussions on topics ranging from addiction recovery to the impact of challenges on one's spiritual journey.
The Long Short Way is a podcast hosted by Rabbi Mendy Bistritzky, where meaningful stories meet soulful conversations. Each episode explores the winding paths of personal growth, faith, and purpose—highlighting the unexpected ways that challenge can lead to clarity, and that the “long short way” is often the most direct route to real transformation.
Through heartfelt storytelling and thoughtful interviews, Rabbi Mendy speaks with individuals about their spiritual journeys, life experiences, and the moments that shaped who they are today.
Produced by Chabad of Saugus, this podcast invites you to slow down, dig deeper, and discover the beauty in the process.
Subscribe and join us on the journey.
In this deeply honest conversation, Rabbi Shua Naparstek, LMSW shares his journey through childhood trauma, addiction, recovery, and the long process of learning to live with openness instead of shame. He speaks about how addiction distorted his self-image, how getting help began with painful honesty, and how recovery became a path toward rebuilding his relationship with himself, his wife, his family, and Hashem.
Rabbi Shua also reflects on therapy, EMDR, Chassidus, parenting, marriage, and the spiritual work of transforming darkness into light. With warmth and humility, he describes recovery not as a finished destination, but as an ongoing relationship—with God, with others, and with the wounded parts of ourselves that still need care.
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