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by Penina Kunstler
Welcome to Pod By Pen - the podcast that feels like a couch convo with your smartest, funniest friends. I’m Penina, and I’m here to un-gatekeep the real stories behind success, creativity, faith, and figuring it all out - no fluff, just real talk, curiosity, and a little bit of chaos. For sponsorships & brand partnerships: Podbypen@gmail.com
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There's so much about our own bodies we're never taught to ask about — until we're already in it. This week, Dr. Alina Fuchs and Dr. Katarzyna Perlman of Boro Park OB/GYN join Pod by Pen for an honest conversation about fertility, postpartum recovery, and perimenopause — the parts of women's health that too often go unspoken. They're joined by Penina Chakov of Modern Remedies Pharmacy, whose company now partners with the practice, for a candid look at how care is evolving and what it means to advocate for your own health. From cycle myths to hormone shifts to what's actually changing in modern women's medicine, this is the conversation we wish someone had handed us years ago.For Sponsorships & Inquiries:podbypen@gmail.comFollow: @podbypen @penkunstler
There’s a version of success that looks right from the outside and still leaves you empty — and Micky Klein knows that feeling intimately. This week, the confidence and lifestyle consultant behind More By Me joins Pod by Pen to talk about the cycle she kept living inside, the season that changed everything, and what it actually took to become someone new. Micky opens up about leaving behind the identity she’d built, learning to trust herself again, and what she now teaches women every day about carrying themselves with confidence. This one’s a masterclass in reinvention — for anyone who’s ever felt like they were performing a life instead of living one.Follow Micky: @more_by.me For sponsorships & inquiries:podbypen @gmail.com Follow for more: @penkunstler @podbypen
Simcha Sher (@gentle_jew) grew up in a liberal home in upstate New York - a world away from the religious life she'd eventually choose for herself.On this episode of Pod by Pen, Simcha talks about that upbringing, the season around 22 when everything started to shift, and what it took to build a new, faith-centered life from the ground up. We also talk openly about her mental health journey through early motherhood - the hard seasons she moved through, why she chose to share them publicly, and what she wishes someone had told her at the time.It's an honest, tender conversation about becoming who you are - faith, family, mind, and all.Follow Simcha: @gentle_jew For sponsorships & Inquiries:podbypen @gmail.com Follow: @podbypen @penkunstler
She started with $2,500 and three kids at home - and built one of the most recognizable women's furniture brands in the country.This week I'm sitting down with Chaya Krinsky, Co-Founder, Creative Director, and Lead Designer of TOV Furniture. Before any of this, Chaya was a preschool teacher for ten years. Then she stepped into her husband's furniture startup during a recession - and helped turn it into a cult brand that women across the country are genuinely obsessed with.We talk about the pivot that changed everything, what it actually takes to build a business with your spouse, navigating a male-dominated industry as a woman who refuses to be underestimated, and what it means to create something people don't just buy - they feel.This one is for every woman who has a big idea and cant see the path through. This Episode is sponsored by Recollection Brand.Clothing you will wear. and rewear.Follow: @RecollectionBrand Shop: recollectionbrand.comFollow Chaya: @chayaxkrinsky & @tovfurniture Sponsorships & Inquiries:@podbypen | podbypen@gmail.com
Chani Berns doesn’t hold back. She’s the founder of Chani Wigs and Boxe, but this conversation isn’t a pitch deck - it’s a real, unfiltered talk about trust, boundaries, confidence, and what it actually takes to hold motherhood and ambition at the same time. This week on Pod by Pen, Chani gets honest about the stuff most people only think about - and says a few things you might not expect.Business, boundaries, and a whole lot of honesty - Chani Berns holds nothing back.Dont forget to like & subscribe!Follow Chani on instagram: @chaniberns For Sponsorships & Inquiries:podbypen@gmail.comFollow on instagram for more: @podbypen @penkunstler
Rena Kutner is a marriage and family therapist who specializes in blended families and second marriages - and she’s not just talking theory. She’s lived it, built it, and now helps others do the same.This week, Rena sits down with Penina for a conversation that touches everyone - whether you’re navigating a blended family, stepping into a partner’s world, or figuring out where you fit in a family that existed before you arrived. They get into the real stuff: what you need to know before you blend, how kids experience it, the loyalty pulls, the small moments that make or break a home, and why everything you bring into a second marriage gets magnified.And then we bring in someone special. Rayzee joins the conversation as a bonus kid who’s now grown and married - and she takes us back to what it was actually like at 16, navigating her blended family from the inside. Her perspective is honest, warm, and something you won’t want to miss.If you’ve ever had to earn your place in a family - or watched someone earn theirs - this one is for you.Rena Kutner | Marriage & Family Therapist | Blended Families & Second MarriagesFor Sponsorships & Inquiries:@podbypen | podbypen@gmail.com
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt is a journalist, rebbetzin, mother, and co-founder of Altneu - one of the most talked-about synagogues in New York City. Known as the spiritual First Lady of the Upper East Side, she’s also the journalist who was once warned her writing would cost her a shidduch. She joins Pod by Pen to talk about co-founding Altneu, living between the Orthodox and secular worlds, and why she’s never been able to stay quiet about the things that matter. Avital opens up about shidduchim, the ancestral weight of truth-telling, and what it costs to be the person in the room who says what everyone else is thinking.Connect with Avital:Instagram: @avitalrachelEmail: inquiries@avitalchizhik.com For Sponsorships & Inquiries:Podbypen @gmail.com Follow Along: @penkunstler @podbypen
Rivkah Fox has been matchmaking since she was sixteen - and she’s not afraid to say the system she inherited needs work. Rivkah Fox, third-generation Jewish matchmaker and founder of BlindFate, joins Pod by Pen to talk about her 4,000-person singles database spanning 8 countries, the accidental Instagram experiment that turned into a movement, and the wild, funny, sometimes heartbreaking messages she gets as a matchmaker. We get into what men and women actually want versus what they say they want, the “shidduch crisis” debate, and the match that shouldn’t have worked on paper - but did.Follow Rivkah:Instagram: @rivkahfoxLink to join free databasehttps://form.fillout.com/t/kMMqHXnjBbus?src=warWebsite: rivkahfox.comFor sponsorships & inquiries:Podbypen@gmail.comFollow along:@podbypen @penkunstler
Welcome to Pod By Pen - the podcast that feels like a couch convo with your smartest, funniest friends. I’m Penina, and I’m here to un-gatekeep the real stories behind success, creativity, faith, and figuring it all out - no fluff, just real talk, curiosity, and a little bit of chaos. For sponsorships & brand partnerships: Podbypen@gmail.com
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