Not the Whole Story - Weekly Torah reflections for inner work and the stories that shape our lives

About Not the Whole Story - Weekly Torah reflections for inner work and the stories that shape our lives

Welcome to Not the Whole Story This is not a Torah class, wearing a kippah. It is a podcast about the hidden patterns shaping how we think, react, decide and relate to the people around us. The patterns that take over under pressure. The ones that keep the same arguments going, the same decisions reopening and the same old reactions repeating. Each week, we take an ancient Torah portion and uncover the human pattern still playing out in ordinary life today. The Torah is the mirror. Understanding yourself is the destination. The story helps us see what we are doing and why we are doing it.

Publisher

Ian Segail

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jun 2026

Latest episode

28 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Oct 2026

   When Life Doesn't Follow Your Script: Vayeira

   What happens when you've given something everything you've got and life still hasn't turned out the way you hoped? You start wondering what you've done wrong. You start questioning yourself. Wondering what you've done wrong. Watching other people get what you've been waiting for. Sarah waited decades for a child. Perhaps she'd begun to believe her dream would never come true. But... what if the future still has something in store for you that you can't yet imagine?

2. 

   21 Oct 2026

   What If the Story You’re Telling Yourself Is Wrong? : Lech Lecha

   When life hands you the opposite of what you expected, how quickly do you turn one moment into a verdict? One bad result. One silence. One unexpected turn, and suddenly your mind has written the ending. Abram reaches Canaan and finds famine. The real danger may not be what happened, but what you decide it proves about your choices, your future, or yourself. How much can one conclusion change what you do next?

3. 

   14 Oct 2026

   When the Old World Is Gone: Noach

   What do you do when something you’ve relied on disappears and there’s no replacement in sight? By day 304, Noah still has no dry land. Just an ark, a window, and no idea what comes next. This week, I realised I’m sitting in my own ark too. What are you supposed to do when the old world is gone and you still can’t see the new one?

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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