{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#096 - Dr. Beth Ricanati: The Transformative Power of Challah & One Woman\u2019s Journey to Wellness","description":"Dr. Beth Ricanati is a physician, mother, and the author of Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs. Dr. Ricanati\u2019s debut book chronicles her journey creating a thousand challahs, showcasing a woman\u2019s quest for wellness and peace. She has created a career focused on bringing wellness into women\u2019s everyday lives, especially busy moms juggling life and children, but her book is meant for anyone who is carrying a myriad of responsibilities and rarely takes even a few minutes to stop and smell the rising yeast.   \u201cFor the first time, I made challah and the most incredible thing happened: I just stopped! When you\u2019re standing at the kitchen counter and your hands are in a bowl of dough, it is just wonderful.\u201d \u2013Beth Ricanati, MD   Braided is a meditation on how Dr. Ricanati found a few moments of peace one Friday morning, when it was unclear whether or not she was going to be okay, and how making challah every Friday sustained her for ten full years (and still sustains her to this day). It\u2019s not just a recipe for making the bread \u2013 although you\u2019ll be able to knock out a killer batch after reading it \u2013 but also a lesson in taking the time you need to be truly well.   \u201cWhether it\u2019s challah or any other activity, we live in a crazy, busy, stressful world and I think it is imperative to have mindful activity in our lives to manage our stress.\u201d \u2013Beth Ricanati, MD   We also discuss: Becoming a practicing physician & mother of three Trying to do it all... and not doing it well Transforming herself and her life through the medium of Challah How challah enriches us spiritually Learning to appreciate the mindfulness & wellness aspect of cooking How holidays and rituals help us Food as medicine Integrating a mindful activity into your life, whatever it is Navigating food tribes What Beth is learning from challah, 10 years later, and what she learned from writing the book We\u2019re never too late to try something new, even if it\u2019s completely out of our wheelhouse   Resources: Learn more at housecallsforwellness.com Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/housecallsforwellness\/ Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BethRicanatiAuthor\/about\/?ref=page_internal Read: Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs   Beth Ricanati\u2019s Bio: Beth Ricanati, MD, has built her career around bringing wellness into women\u2019s everyday lives, especially busy moms juggling life and children.  She received her medical training at Case Western Reserve University and New York-Presbyterian\/Columbia University Medical Center. She was a practicing physician for over ten years at both the New York-Presbyterian\/Columbia University Medical Center\u2019s Women Health Center in New York City, the Cleveland Clinic\u2019s Center for Women\u2019s Health, and the Cleveland Clinic\u2019s Wellness Institute. She now lives in the Los Angeles area with her family and challah-loving dog. Just Forking Around is produced by Podcast Masters ","author_name":"Just Forking Around","author_url":"https:\/\/www.justforkingaround.net","html":"