Finding Joy: Bracha Goetz On Overcoming Inner Emptiness

Host April DeMille interviews children’s author Bracha Goetz, who has written 45 books and a memoir, Nourish the Soul: Filling the Emptiness Within. Goetz describes her ages-12-to-32 journey with inner emptiness expressed through food addiction, bingeing, and extreme dieting while appearing successful at Harvard and medical school. A turning point came during a break in Israel, where learning spiritual teachings centered on gratitude restored meaning and “color” to life. She distinguishes gratitude as redirection rather than bypassing pain and shares the “Pleasure Ladder” (sensory pleasure, love, meaning, creativity, transcendence). Goetz discusses her books The Mother Who Always Said Yes, The Happiness Box, and Don’t Read This Book, emphasizing playful practice, neuroplasticity, and noticing blessings, and directs listeners to Growing Impact Publications.Bracha Goetz is the Harvard-educated author of 45 children’s books and a candid memoir for adults about her journey to joy, Nourish the Soul: Filling the Emptiness Within.  Her newest picture books include The Happiness Box and The Mother Who Always Said Yes.  They can be found at www.growingimpactpublications.com.https://www.facebook.com/bracha.goetz.5/https://www.facebook.com/BrachaGoetzBookshttps://www.instagram.com/brachagoetzbooksAnd click here to download a free Pleasure Ladder chart: https://www.growingimpactpublications.com/pages/the-pleasure-ladder✨ Work with April 1:1If you’re looking to work with April privately, here are the booking links:30-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Readinghttps://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading-with-april-demille45-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading15-Minute Discovery Callhttps://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/breakthrough-discovery-call-15-minuteSend us Fan Mail Working with April 1:1