Totally Unexpected!

By Chavie Bruk

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Join Chavie as she discovers the one totally unexpected moment in her guests’ lives that changed everything. These are real stories about pain, joy, and struggle, the moments that make us human. Chavie is obsessed with personal growth and doesn't shy away from the hard conversations. She covers topics like Jewish astrology, parenting taboos, health and wellness, adoption, race, and sexuality inside the Orthodox Jewish community and beyond.

Chavie Bruk is a mother of five adopted children and the co-director of Chabad Lubavitch of Montana together with her husband, Rabbi Chaim Bruk. On Totally Unexpected! Chavie doesn't just interview her guests, she sits with them for long, unfiltered conversations where they laugh, cry, and share the stories that shaped who they have become. Chavie also writes a weekly essay on Substack about the unexpected moments in her life, the one's happening in real time that are challenging her, stretching her, and helping her grow. Sign up for free here: www.TotallyUnexpected.blog.


Episode Date
Dassi Zar: In Between Selves - The Act of Rebirthing
May 04, 2026
Elin Cohen: Meet Chavie's Book Buddy
Apr 20, 2026
SPECIAL EPISODE: A Day In the Life of Chavie Bruk
Apr 05, 2026
Rivkah Slonim: Chassidic Feminism - Could It Be?
Mar 23, 2026
Chaim Bruk: Our Infertility & Adoption Story
Mar 09, 2026
Anna Sherman: Life After Brain Surgery
Feb 23, 2026
Mushky Yiftach Hashem: Becoming the Duct Tape Queen
Feb 09, 2026
Yocheved Shapiro: A Parent’s Guide to School Advocacy
Jan 26, 2026
Yocheved Sidof: Straddling the Edges of Faith & Healing
Jan 12, 2026
Abi Radcliffe: Are Vulnerability & Authenticity the Same Thing?
Dec 29, 2025
Chevee Szokovski: Where Do I Fit In?
Dec 15, 2025
BrookeLynne Dukes: Parenting Without Shame
Dec 01, 2025
Aura Rosenblatt: The Creative Rhythm of Spirit & Soul
Nov 17, 2025
Gitty Hecht: How I Decided to Call Chabad Home
Nov 03, 2025
Esty Prus: From Wig Styling to Tanya Teaching
Oct 20, 2025
Yitzchok Moully: Is There Such a Thing As Jewish Art?
Oct 05, 2025
Chanie Chein - Bringing Back the Sparkle: How a Chabad Rebbetzin Found Agency In Her Life
Sep 18, 2025
Aleeza Ben Shalom - Does Dating Really Have To Be This Hard?
Sep 08, 2025
Malky Lichtenstein - Find Your Purpose Through Human Design
Aug 25, 2025
Adele Beiny - Beyond Influencing: Reevaluating The Value I Deliver Online
Aug 11, 2025
Rivkie Block - Meet My Mom: Mother, Mentor, & Chabad Pioneer
Jul 28, 2025
Larry Cohen - Balancing Western Medicine, Eastern Healing & Nature’s Wisdom
Jul 14, 2025
YY Jacobson - A Teacher’s Journey of Self-Discovery
Jun 29, 2025
Tanya Menlo-Heyman - Happy Chaos: A Journey of Self-Love & Acceptance
Jun 16, 2025
Mimi Minsky - Life Is the Medicine: A Jewish Take on Psychedelics
Jun 04, 2025
Tonia Chazanow: Of Mystics & Poets: A Tale of an Empowered Judaism
May 19, 2025
Simi Polonsky - Facing My Fear of Being Alone
May 05, 2025
Lisa Schlosberg - Food is Your Friend: Reframing Trauma to Heal Your Body
Apr 21, 2025
Malka Groden - Motherhood of Choice: Infertility, Adoption, Race & Everything in Between
Apr 07, 2025
Linda Laverty - Beyond the Surface: How To Heal & Restore Our Skin
Mar 24, 2025
Chaim Bruk - Rabbi Chaim’s Story: Mentorship, Growth, & Therapy
Mar 10, 2025
Mina Richler - Nurturing Your Creative Soul
Feb 24, 2025
Brochie Spritzer - Interior Design: It Starts from Within
Feb 10, 2025
Michal Carlebach - Finding Your Voice Through Fashion
Jan 27, 2025
Sheva Givre - Hashem, Challenge Accepted!
Jan 13, 2025
Shaina Wiess - Parenting Teens & Ourselves
Dec 30, 2024
Sheva Kastel - Faith & Fashion Aligned
Dec 16, 2024
Sarah Immerman - The Complex Emotional Lives of Our Teens
Dec 02, 2024
Moshe Weinbaum - What Is Emotion Code?
Nov 18, 2024
Shoshana Bruk - A Mother & Daughter's Adoption Journey
Nov 04, 2024
Mendel Zirkind - Can Astrology Align With Traditional Judaism?
Oct 21, 2024
Chana Traxler - October 7th One Year Later: First Hand Recap
Oct 07, 2024
Elisheva Liss - Sex-Ed in Traditional Jewish-Orthodox Communities
Sep 23, 2024
Sara Miriam Smith - Coffee Dates With G-D
Sep 09, 2024
Introducing: Totally Unexpected! with Chavie Bruk
Aug 30, 2024