<![CDATA[The Goal is Soul]]>fa5ac7a5-3968-5278-94d2-585e7b97e593Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:15:19 +0000Captivate.fmBenjamin Epsteinhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/2c34150d-7220-4a0a-a465-147a65fbf8f1/cover-v1.pngThe Goal is SoulBenjamin EpsteinBenjamin EpsteinThe Goal Is Soul is a place to stop, catch your breath, and remember what really matters. I'm Dr. Benjy Epstein, a clinical psychologist in Jerusalem, and this is your guide to living with more courage, presence, and soul. Each week we'll share two episodes, usually ten to fifteen minutes each. Soul Talk is a short teaching that begins with something familiar from psychology and opens into the older contemplative and spiritual traditions. Soul Practice is a guided mindfulness meditation built to move the teaching from your head into your body, and finally into your soul. Anxiety. Burnout. Grief. Addiction. Loneliness. The feeling that you're never quite here. Welcome all of yourself here. Beneath every role, you will always uncover what’s been there all along… the soul. Consider this your weekly reminder to be here now. Together. New episodes every Sunday at 7 PM ET, to start your week with intention and soul. Contact: Benjy@thegoalissoul.comhttps://the-goal-is-soul.captivate.fmfalseserialnopodcastSoul Practice: Entering Yom Kippur: The Practice of Letting Go | A Guided MeditationSoul Practice: Entering Yom Kippur: The Practice of Letting Go | A Guided MeditationIn this episode: a meditation on release. The story that keeps you in your smaller self. The craving. The busyness. The fear, the pride, the anger.

"Just as I am obligated to believe in God, I am obligated to believe in myself."

Closing on the ease of teshuvah — that it can happen b'rega echad, in one moment, right now.

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YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@GoalisSoul

Gmar chasima tova. The Goal Is Soul.

]]>In this episode: a meditation on release. The story that keeps you in your smaller self. The craving. The busyness. The fear, the pride, the anger.

"Just as I am obligated to believe in God, I am obligated to believe in myself."

Closing on the ease of teshuvah — that it can happen b'rega echad, in one moment, right now.

WhatsApp → https://www.thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@GoalisSoul

Gmar chasima tova. The Goal Is Soul.

]]>88cc7bc4-d815-4830-953d-cb689f16a2b9Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:15:00 +030013:40falsefull113131Soul Talk: Entering Yom KippurSoul Talk: Entering Yom KippurIn this episode: why the holiest day of the Jewish calendar opens with a dry legal declaration instead of a prayer. What we're actually annulling. And what it means that the Master of the world has vows holding Him back too.

Teachings from Rav Moshe Weinberger shlita, the Baal HaTanya, and Rav Soloveitchik's Al HaTeshuvah.

"Kol Nidrei is the gate. And you don't worship the gate — you go into the inner temple."

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YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@GoalisSoul

This week's Soul is sponsored by Full Court Press, in honor of its clients and employees as they celebrate 25 years of using strategic communications to drive social change, and in the merit of our brave soldiers of the IDF. Thank you brother bear.

Gmar Chasima tova. The Goal Is Soul.

]]>In this episode: why the holiest day of the Jewish calendar opens with a dry legal declaration instead of a prayer. What we're actually annulling. And what it means that the Master of the world has vows holding Him back too.

Teachings from Rav Moshe Weinberger shlita, the Baal HaTanya, and Rav Soloveitchik's Al HaTeshuvah.

"Kol Nidrei is the gate. And you don't worship the gate — you go into the inner temple."

WhatsApp → https://www.thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@GoalisSoul

This week's Soul is sponsored by Full Court Press, in honor of its clients and employees as they celebrate 25 years of using strategic communications to drive social change, and in the merit of our brave soldiers of the IDF. Thank you brother bear.

Gmar Chasima tova. The Goal Is Soul.

]]>5f40c453-b46f-46a6-9877-186ed84d23b8Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +030020:34falsefull112121Soul Practice: Begin AgainSoul Practice: Begin AgainThis week's practice is a meditation on beginning again.

What would it look like to bring this mindset to your day. To the people you love. To yourself.

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Brought to you by soul brother Brandon.

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>This week's practice is a meditation on beginning again.

What would it look like to bring this mindset to your day. To the people you love. To yourself.

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YouTube → @goalissoul

Brought to you by soul brother Brandon.

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>445912eb-681f-4c14-95fa-73b223594c6aMon, 07 Sep 2026 02:30:00 +030017:21falsefull111111Soul Talk: Infinite PossibilitiesSoul Talk: Infinite PossibilitiesIn this episode: what happens when you bring beginner's mind to your actual life. To this moment. To the people closest to you. To yourself.

What it means to meet what you already know as though you're seeing it for the first time.

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few." (Shunryu Suzuki)

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YouTube → @goalissoul

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Brought to you by soul brother Brandon Bier

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>In this episode: what happens when you bring beginner's mind to your actual life. To this moment. To the people closest to you. To yourself.

What it means to meet what you already know as though you're seeing it for the first time.

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few." (Shunryu Suzuki)

WhatsApp → thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

YouTube → @goalissoul

Lifesaver's Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC-p6CXY98c

Brought to you by soul brother Brandon Bier

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>274713a7-3121-4d35-bbd9-09906d16740dMon, 07 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +030021:36falsefull110101Soul Practice: I have arrived. I am home. Mantra meditationSoul Practice: I have arrived. I am home. Mantra meditationThis week we sit with a mantra.

I have arrived. I am home.

Shivti b'veis Adonai kol yemei chayai.

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Brought to you by the Blue Melody Group.

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The Goal Is Soul.

]]>This week we sit with a mantra.

I have arrived. I am home.

Shivti b'veis Adonai kol yemei chayai.

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YouTube → @goalissoul

Brought to you by the Blue Melody Group.

instagram.com/bluemelodygroup

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>3ffbda71-1754-4e73-abd3-504ac78b383aMon, 31 Aug 2026 02:30:00 +030012:41falsefull1991Soul Talk: Finding RefugeSoul Talk: Finding RefugeWe are all seeking refuge. Most of what we run to holds for a while and then gives out. The phone, the drink, the busyness. True refuge is the place that holds every time you come to it.

Arei miklat tihyena lachem — "they shall be cities of refuge for you." (Bamidbar 35:11)

"Be a refuge unto yourself."

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instagram.com/bluemelodygroup

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>We are all seeking refuge. Most of what we run to holds for a while and then gives out. The phone, the drink, the busyness. True refuge is the place that holds every time you come to it.

Arei miklat tihyena lachem — "they shall be cities of refuge for you." (Bamidbar 35:11)

"Be a refuge unto yourself."

WhatsApp → thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

YouTube → @goalissoul

Brought to you by the Blue Melody Group.

instagram.com/bluemelodygroup

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>1f8c1aa4-507b-4238-83e8-95e7a33ebb93Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +030019:06falsefull1881Soul Practice: Nowhere Else to BeSoul Practice: Nowhere Else to BeA ten-minute sit on presence.

Where are you? Here. What time is it? Now.

A guided practice for coming back, returning to the breath, to the body, to what's actually here. Whatever the heart brings is welcome.

Sit upright, eyes gently closed, and join me.

WhatsApp → thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

YouTube → @goalissoul

Brought to you by Warby Parker.

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>A ten-minute sit on presence.

Where are you? Here. What time is it? Now.

A guided practice for coming back, returning to the breath, to the body, to what's actually here. Whatever the heart brings is welcome.

Sit upright, eyes gently closed, and join me.

WhatsApp → thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

YouTube → @goalissoul

Brought to you by Warby Parker.

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>4bcffb0d-ebeb-435d-936c-9c3cf7885763Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:30:00 +030012:00falsefull1771Soul Talk: Be Here NowSoul Talk: Be Here NowEverything you're looking for is already here. And now.

In this episode: what happens when the striving stops. The difference between becoming and being. Where the sacred actually lives, and why it's closer than you think.

Soul Practice this week is a ten minute sit on presence.

WhatsApp → thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

YouTube → @goalissoul

Brought to you by Warby Parker.

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>Everything you're looking for is already here. And now.

In this episode: what happens when the striving stops. The difference between becoming and being. Where the sacred actually lives, and why it's closer than you think.

Soul Practice this week is a ten minute sit on presence.

WhatsApp → thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

YouTube → @goalissoul

Brought to you by Warby Parker.

The Goal Is Soul.

]]>36249fb7-97a2-4482-bbd7-87ae286bc40bMon, 24 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +030014:01falsefull1661Soul Practice: A Meditation on Entering the Sacred PauseSoul Practice: A Meditation on Entering the Sacred Pause"Do you take regular visits to yourself?"

— Rumi

Ten minutes to pause and return to center. Follow along as I guide you through stopping, taking a breath, observing what's here, and proceeding back into your day with a little more space than you had before.

If you're driving or walking, keep your eyes open and stay safe. Just listen along.

Paired with Soul Talk: The Sacred Pause.

Join us on WhatsApp: thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

Brought to you by Gourmet Glatt.

]]>"Do you take regular visits to yourself?"

— Rumi

Ten minutes to pause and return to center. Follow along as I guide you through stopping, taking a breath, observing what's here, and proceeding back into your day with a little more space than you had before.

If you're driving or walking, keep your eyes open and stay safe. Just listen along.

Paired with Soul Talk: The Sacred Pause.

Join us on WhatsApp: thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

Brought to you by Gourmet Glatt.

]]>c67760cd-0ea3-4d73-a440-ed8bd410e4feMon, 17 Aug 2026 09:45:00 +030013:49falsefull1551Soul Talk: The Sacred PauseSoul Talk: The Sacred Pause"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

— Ferris Bueller

This week we're going to talk about finding the space in between the chaos. Where it comes from, why it's gotten so hard for us, and how to actually find it in the middle of a Tuesday.

"Peace isn't the absence of chaos. It's the space you find within it."

Our tradition has been building this in for thousands of years. Long before anyone called it wellness.

Paired with Soul Practice: A Meditation on Entering the Sacred Pause.

Join us on WhatsApp: thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

Brought to you by Gourmet Glatt.

]]>"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

— Ferris Bueller

This week we're going to talk about finding the space in between the chaos. Where it comes from, why it's gotten so hard for us, and how to actually find it in the middle of a Tuesday.

"Peace isn't the absence of chaos. It's the space you find within it."

Our tradition has been building this in for thousands of years. Long before anyone called it wellness.

Paired with Soul Practice: A Meditation on Entering the Sacred Pause.

Join us on WhatsApp: thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

Brought to you by Gourmet Glatt.

]]>9ad4d97a-79f2-4756-8e31-ecbe91b35646Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +030022:09falsefull1441Soul Practice: A Guided Meditation for Coming Home to Your SELFSoul Practice: A Guided Meditation for Coming Home to Your SELFA 15-minute guided meditation for burnout, overwhelm, and the exhaustion of being everything to everyone. This is the practice that pairs with this week's Soul Talk, You Are Not a Role, You Are a Soul.

Fifteen minutes to put down what you've been holding. We settle, we notice the roles you came in wearing, and we let them rest for a little while. What's left when they're quiet is the thing we're actually after.

There's no need to sit a certain way or know anything about meditation. A chair is fine. So is your bed.

Every week is a return to our essential nature. Soul.

Somewhere you can close your eyes, please. Not the car.

https://www.thegoalissoul.com/

Join our community: https://www.thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

This week's episode was sponsored by Soul Glo.

For questions, comments and observations, or to sponsor the soulcast: thegoalissoul.com

]]>A 15-minute guided meditation for burnout, overwhelm, and the exhaustion of being everything to everyone. This is the practice that pairs with this week's Soul Talk, You Are Not a Role, You Are a Soul.

Fifteen minutes to put down what you've been holding. We settle, we notice the roles you came in wearing, and we let them rest for a little while. What's left when they're quiet is the thing we're actually after.

There's no need to sit a certain way or know anything about meditation. A chair is fine. So is your bed.

Every week is a return to our essential nature. Soul.

Somewhere you can close your eyes, please. Not the car.

https://www.thegoalissoul.com/

Join our community: https://www.thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

This week's episode was sponsored by Soul Glo.

For questions, comments and observations, or to sponsor the soulcast: thegoalissoul.com

]]>1827a5af-3cb1-45ec-8ef5-d01543b95fc7Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:30:00 +030015:21falsefull1331Soul Talk: You Are Not a Role, You Are a Soul (Episode 2)Soul Talk: You Are Not a Role, You Are a Soul (Episode 2)Ask someone who they are and they'll tell you what they do.

In this episode of The Goal Is Soul, we look at the roles we carry and at what's underneath them. You get handed a role early. Then you choose a few more. Somewhere along the way the role stops being something you do and becomes who you think you are. That's when it gets heavy, because a role has to be held up, and you're the one holding it. IFS calls what's underneath Self. Ram Dass called it soul. Chassidus calls it the chelek Elokah mima'al, a chip off the divine block. Every tradition names it differently and says the same thing: it was never assigned to you, so it can't be taken away. It's the one in you that watches the roles come and go and stays steady through all of it.

Every week is a return to our essential nature. Soul.

This week's Soul Practice brings it from the head to the heart. Come sit with me there.

For questions, comments and observations, or to sponsor the soulcast: https://www.thegoalissoul.com/

Join our community: https://www.thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

This week's episode was sponsored by Soul Glo.

]]>Ask someone who they are and they'll tell you what they do.

In this episode of The Goal Is Soul, we look at the roles we carry and at what's underneath them. You get handed a role early. Then you choose a few more. Somewhere along the way the role stops being something you do and becomes who you think you are. That's when it gets heavy, because a role has to be held up, and you're the one holding it. IFS calls what's underneath Self. Ram Dass called it soul. Chassidus calls it the chelek Elokah mima'al, a chip off the divine block. Every tradition names it differently and says the same thing: it was never assigned to you, so it can't be taken away. It's the one in you that watches the roles come and go and stays steady through all of it.

Every week is a return to our essential nature. Soul.

This week's Soul Practice brings it from the head to the heart. Come sit with me there.

For questions, comments and observations, or to sponsor the soulcast: https://www.thegoalissoul.com/

Join our community: https://www.thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

This week's episode was sponsored by Soul Glo.

]]>7c0ccc5c-5458-40df-bed0-78d81bcb81a4Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +030026:05falsefull1221Welcome to The Goal is Soul™️Welcome to The Goal is Soul™️It has to start someplace and it has to start sometime. What better place than here? What better time than now?

In this first episode of The Goal Is Soul, we discuss why this show exists, who it's for, and what you'll get every week.

In creating this show, I made what I needed. Most of us are moving so fast that the day is over before we've arrived in it, carrying things we never put down. The Goal is Soul is a weekly place to stop. Every week there will be two episodes. Soul Talk is a short teaching that starts with something familiar from psychology and opens into the older contemplative and spiritual traditions. Soul Practice is a guided meditation that takes the teaching out of your head and puts it in your body, and finally into your soul. Fifteen to Twenty minutes each. That's it. And aren’t you worth that?

Every week is a return to our essential nature. Soul.

The episode concludes with our first practice together.

https://www.thegoalissoul.com/

Join our community: https://www.thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

]]>It has to start someplace and it has to start sometime. What better place than here? What better time than now?

In this first episode of The Goal Is Soul, we discuss why this show exists, who it's for, and what you'll get every week.

In creating this show, I made what I needed. Most of us are moving so fast that the day is over before we've arrived in it, carrying things we never put down. The Goal is Soul is a weekly place to stop. Every week there will be two episodes. Soul Talk is a short teaching that starts with something familiar from psychology and opens into the older contemplative and spiritual traditions. Soul Practice is a guided meditation that takes the teaching out of your head and puts it in your body, and finally into your soul. Fifteen to Twenty minutes each. That's it. And aren’t you worth that?

Every week is a return to our essential nature. Soul.

The episode concludes with our first practice together.

https://www.thegoalissoul.com/

Join our community: https://www.thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

]]>54799671-1da7-4283-9f18-4eadbe2cf64dMon, 27 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +030017:05falsefull1111