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Shifra Malka

    Shifra's work as a radio host was marked by her ability to elicit forthright and penetrating responses from guests on questions others hesitated to ask. Underlying these conversations was a driving question Shifra sought to answer: What makes our lives matter? Her exploration of this question, daring to step into life's complexities, is refreshingly approachable and impactful. As a writing and communications consultant, she helps organizations shape their messages and presents on topics of personal and spiritual growth.

    Dare to Matter -- Lessons in Living a Large Life
    • 2020

      Waiting for the world to tell you that you matter? In her unguarded, deeply affective, and witty memoir, Shifra shares the relatable story of being raised in an image-driven world into which she did not easily fit. Specifically, being told that she resembled her personality-disordered aunt—whose life didn’t matter—she deeply feared that hers wouldn’t either.  Shifra writes to the core of this struggle to recover her beaten spirit and build the large life that matters to her. She explores the question of what mattering means, through the prism of how the question personally played out in her relationships with her family, her Orthodox Jewish religion, and the American culture focused on appearance, food, and money. She demonstrates that we cannot buy or borrow our individual mattering, but we can create it. Dare to Matter gives readers the will and courage to rebuild their collapsed inner space into the large life that makes getting out of bed every morning, and staying out of it, irresistible. This is a call to satisfACTION and a challenge to beat back the messages we get from family and society that shut us down. Renewing your energy to opt into your life, DARE TO  MATTER will fuel you in meaningful and miraculous ways.

      Dare to Matter -- Lessons in Living a Large Life