(70) Intimacy in an Age of Anxiety and Uncertainty: How Chronic Stress Changes Relationships
About this episode
The episode discusses how chronic stress impacts relationships and intimacy, emphasizing the importance of connection for resilience and healing.
October 7 changed countless lives. But for many Jewish people across the world, the deeper challenge has been what came afterward: months and years of ongoing stress, uncertainty, grief, and vigilance. In this episode, Talli Rosenbaum and Rabbi Scott Kahn explore how chronic stress affects relationships, intimacy, and sexuality, and why connection remains one of our most important sources of resilience and healing. To access resources including articles, subsidized therapy, and workshops, go to the Intimate Judaism website .
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