"Open for Me just one opening of return the size of a needle’s eye, and I will open for you gateways wide enough for wagons and carriages to pass through."
- Shir HaShirim Rabbah 5:2
Real change often begins with something tiny — a pause, a breath, a moment of honesty. If we dare to open even the smallest space within ourselves, something vast and unexpected can move through it.
This is the quiet truth at the heart of Shift Happens. A single breath can shift a lifetime. One word spoken aloud. One moment of courage in the middle of the noise. It doesn’t have to be dramatic. It just has to be real.
About Shift Happens
Welcome to Shift Happens - a podcast about what it means to be fully human.
Hosted by Dov Benyaacov-Kurtzman - clinical social worker, trauma therapist, clinical supervisor, and rabbi - this show explores the places where psychology meets soul. Where the science of healing intersects with the mystery of being alive.
A trauma therapist, clinical supervisor, and lifelong student of the human condition, Dov brings decades of frontline experience from therapy rooms, war zones, and everyday life. What he offers isn’t just insight - it’s a blend of wisdom, irreverence, compassion, and curiosity.
Shift Happens was born from one simple truth: change doesn’t wait for us to be ready. It shows up anyway. In pain. In joy. In that quiet moment between breakdown and breakthrough.
Through stories, interviews, and reflection, this podcast explores the human experience - messy, beautiful, lost, found, and everything in between. Rooted in process-based therapy, trauma-informed practice, and spiritual reflection, each episode is an invitation to pause, go deeper, and notice what’s moving beneath the surface.
This isn’t a space for performance. It’s a space for presence.
Whether you're a therapist, a seeker, or someone who knows life doesn’t fit neatly into categories, Shift Happens offers a place to breathe, reflect, and reconnect.
Come as you are. Let’s process together.
Stay connected - subscribe, join the mailing list, or leave a voice message for the show. We’d love to hear what’s shifting in your life.