RAW with Anouk
by Anouk Lorie
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Pre-Election Meditation: A Moment of Calm Amid Uncertainty
Pre-Election Meditation: A Moment of Calm Amid Uncertainty
About this podcast
RAW with Anouk explores Israel, identity, and the emotional and moral questions of living through conflict. Created after October 7 by journalist and meditation teacher Anouk Lorie, it brings together psychologists, trauma specialists, writers and spiritual teachers to explore what we’re living through and how it shapes us. Alongside the conversations, guided meditations offer space to breathe and find relief.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 57 episodes
- Pre-Election Meditation: A Moment of Calm Amid Uncertainty · 16 minAs Israel approaches another election, it's easy to find ourselves living a little too far into the future. Following the news, imagining different outcomes, worrying about what…
- Fear, Compassion and Freedom from Suffering, with Sandhya Bar Kama · 1 h 11 minHow do we face fear, grief and uncertainty without becoming consumed by them? And how do we practice compassion when the world around us seems to demand anger? In this episode…
- Jewish Identity, Belonging & the Courage to Be Different with Alana Newhouse · 1 h 7 minWhat does it mean to belong to a people without needing that identity to be approved by everyone else? In this episode, I speak with Alana Newhouse, founder and editor-in-chief…
- A Loving-Kindness Meditation for Rosh Hashanah, with Sandhya Bar Kama · 11 minAs Rosh Hashanah approaches, meditation teacher Sandhya Bar Kama guides us through a short practice of metta, the Buddhist practice of loving-kindness. The meditation begins…
- Parenting Through Prolonged Trauma, with Ruth Pat Horenczyk · 60 minNearly three years after October 7, daily life in Israel has begun to feel more ordinary again. But beneath the surface, many of us are still carrying exhaustion, grief…
- Finding a Little More Space: A Guided Meditation for When You're On Alert · 10 minA short guided meditation for moments when part of you is still on alert.| When life feels uncertain, it can be difficult to truly let your guard down. Even when the body is…
- When War Comes Home: Relationships, Reserve Duty & the Hidden Cost to Families with Smadar Miller · 53 minSince October 7, hundreds of thousands of Israeli reservists have been called up again and again. While much of the attention has focused on the battlefield, far less has been…
- Coming Home to Yourself: A Guided Meditation for Uncertain Times · 17 minWhen the world feels unsteady, this meditation offers a place to return. Created in the shadow of war, uncertainty, and collective trauma, Coming Home to Yourself is a gentle…
- Trauma Masterclass | 5 Experts on Healing, Anxiety & Resilience · 46 minThis is a special RAW Collection episode, bringing together five of my most impactful conversations on trauma, resilience, anxiety, and healing. Over the past two years, I've…
- Meditation, Trauma, and the Courage to Stay Open, with Lama Tilmann Lhundrup · 1 h 2 minIn this episode of RAW, Anouk speaks with Lama Tilmann Lhundrup, a Buddhist teacher, former monk, medical doctor, and meditation teacher whose work brings together Buddhist…
- Finding Steady Ground: Guided Meditation for Finding Calm with Lama Tilmann Lhundrup · 11 minThese past weeks have been intense and disorienting for many of us. A lot of uncertainty. A lot of holding our breath. I haven’t been able to record or release anything for RAW…
- Staying Grounded in a Time of War, with Dr. Rick Hanson (Re-release) · 54 minAs tensions rise once again between Israel, the United States, and Iran, we are resurfacing one of the most important conversations ever recorded on RAW. This episode was…
- Steadiness Before the Storm: A Meditation for Anticipatory Anxiety · 15 minIn a time of escalating conflict in the Middle East, with open confrontation between Israel and Iran and a widening sense of uncertainty, anxiety can move quickly through the…
- Being With the Unbearable, with Prof. Shlomo Mendlovic · 1 h 12 minIn this episode of RAW, I’m in conversation with Shlomo Mendlovic, psychiatrist and director of Shalvata Mental Health Center. I first heard Shlomo speak to families of people in…
- Masculinity, War, and Emotional Strength, with Tamir Ashman · 54 minIn this episode of RAW, I’m joined by Tamir Ashman — clinical social worker, therapist, and founder of Ashman – the School for Relationships. Tamir has spent more than two…
- Why Trust Is More Scarce Than Water: Environmental Diplomacy with Tareq Abu-Hamed · 43 minWhat happens to dialogue under trauma? Can cooperation survive when trust has collapsed? And what does climate change reveal about our shared fate in a region defined by borders…
- What We Carry Forward in 2026: A Guided Meditation · 11 min2026 Guided Meditation: What We Carry Forward (And What We Don’t) This guided meditation is an invitation to pause at the threshold between years, and to acknowledge the weight…
- Staying Human in Times of Fear and War, with Stephen Fulder · 56 minDr. Stephen Fulder—founder of Tovana, longtime Buddhist teacher, author of What’s Beyond Mindfulness and The Five Powers, and co-founder of the ecological spiritual community…
- Rebuilding Care After October 7: The Healing Space with Dr. Lia Naor · 46 minIn the aftermath of October 7, when so much was shattered, Dr. Lia Naor helped build something extraordinary.Within days, she and a small group of colleagues created what became…
- What Happens After Hostages Return: The Long Road to Healing with Iris Gavrieli Rahabi · 49 minWhen the hostages came home, Israel exhaled - but only for a moment.Because what comes after survival is its own kind of reckoning. In this conversation, clinical psychologist…
