Chavie and Anna begin with Anna’s roots in Toronto and what drew her toward becoming more religious in high school, navigating the tension between the world she grew up in and the one she was choosing. Anna opens up about her first two marriages and what it felt like to be a young divorced woman in a community where it was taboo and kept hush-hush which leads to Chavie and Anna reflecting on the progress made in removing shame around taboo subjects. Anna then shares how she met and fell in love with her current husband, and Chavie asks how she learned to trust herself again after so much trauma. Anna talks about becoming a therapist, how lived experience shaped her empathy, and then walks through the moment a mass was discovered in her brain. Chavie and Anna go step by step through the days leading up to surgery, the spiritual serenity she felt going in, and the recovery she is still navigating today.

Anna Sherman is a Registered Psychotherapist, dedicated wife, mother of twin girls, and stroke survivor who underwent brain surgery. She works with individuals, couples, and families, helping her clients heal from trauma, fears, and emotional blocks. Anna lives in her hometown of Toronto, Canada.

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Referenced On the Pod

• 38:20 The Jeff Seidel Foundation
• 41:39 Yeshivas Bircas Hatorah

Therapy Modalities Chavie & Anna Reference:

• EFT: Emotionally Focused Therapy
• EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• IFS: Internal Family Systems

Stay in touch with Anna!

• www.annashermanrp.com
• Anna on Instagram

Stay in touch with Chavie!

@chaviebruk on Instagram

www.totallyunexpected.blog

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