Podcast: Alcoholism and Advocacy: Lizzy Savetsky Fights Back

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welcome to the Joma podcast presented by the Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association every week hear from expert medical professionals as they share up-to-date insights on health topics to help you live your best life physically mentally and emotionally join us as we navigate the everchanging landscape of healthcare and strive to improve the health of the Orthodox Jewish Community welcome back to the JMA podcast I'm I'm your host Dr Jenny burkovich board certified pediatrician and J's Director of Education today's episode is with guest Lizzie seety and if you don't know who she is you absolutely will after this episode Lizzie is a leading Jewish influencer and pro-israel activist she started her online Journey over a decade ago actually being a fashion blogger But ultimately transitioned to focusing more exclusively on Jewish and Israel content she has spoken publicly about her struggles with alcohol and her challenges with infertility and pregnancy loss she's worked to destigmatize these topics and help thousands to feel less alone she was a dedicated voice for Israel long before October 7th but in the past few months she has used her platform to support Israel interview families of hostages and survivors of the massacre support Jewish college students and educate her followers about the increase in anti-Semitism around the world if you haven't seen some of the videos that she's done or the interviews that she's conducted I highly recommend you check them out they are extremely powerful and inspirational originally from Fort Worth

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1. 0:00welcome to the Joma podcast presented by the Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association every week hear…
2. 2:43definitely had a following why was it important for you to share um your challenges with…
3. 5:21just like the right thing to do um as opposed to kind of handing it over…
4. 8:34and um other substances are really just the symptom of a much deeper problem it's really…
5. 11:09able to avoid these types of situations so I would say that that's the obligation of…
6. 14:20numbing or dealing with life um using alcohol it's funny you should ask me that I…
7. 17:00person couldn't care less if you just want a club soda and you know I don't…
8. 19:40want to be associated with this controversial information um but I did it anyway I wrapped…
9. 23:02it is the Jewish people um and you know we're also in a very difficult moment…
10. 25:45we can and like I don't want to look back on this moment and feel like…

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