Finding Joy: Bracha Goetz On Overcoming Inner Emptiness

About this episode

Bracha Goetz shares her journey of overcoming inner emptiness and food addiction through spiritual teachings.

Host April DeMille interviews children’s author Bracha Goetz, who has written 45 books and a memoir, Nourish the Soul: Filling the Emptiness Within. Goetz describes her ages-12-to-32 journey with inner emptiness expressed through food addiction, bingeing, and extreme dieting while appearing successful at Harvard and medical school. A turning point came during a break in Israel, where learning spiritual teachings centered on gratitude restored meaning and “color” to life. She distinguishes gra...

People in this episode

Host: April DeMille

Guest: Bracha Goetz

Topics covered

• inner emptiness
• food addiction
• spiritual teachings
• gratitude
• personal journey

Keywords

• inner emptiness
• food addiction
• bingeing
• dieting
• spirituality
• gratitude
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard, medical school

Books & works: Nourish the Soul: Filling the Emptiness Within

Places: Israel

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