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Be Impactful by Impact FashionIs Divorce Contagious? with Rina DeutschRivky sits down with family mediator and divorce coach Rina Deutsch to discuss divorce. Rina shares what it was like going through her own divorce, why contagion is not really a concern with the normalization of divorce, the real easy way out and what we should all know about divorcing couples. Rina Deutsch is a divorce coach and certified family mediator who helps Jewish women navigate the complexities of divorce with clarity, confidence and compassion. Having been through divorce herself, she deeply understnads the challenges and empowers women to reclaim their future with strength and self compassion. 2025-05-0557 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionWhat Tariffs Mean for Frum FashionRivky goes solo to explain what tariffs mean for Frum Fashion. She’ll cover why the next 2 weeks will determine prices in 6 months from now, how this hugely affects other companies but doesn’t really touch Impact Fashion and what she hope this means for quality overall. Click here to see the new Draped Knot Dress Click here to join the Impact Fashion Whatsapp Status Click here to see my collection of dresses. Click here to get the Secrets Your Tailor Won't Tell You Click here to see my maternity...2025-04-2840 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionWhen Hakol Isn't B'Seder with Bari MitzmannRivky sits down with author and social media personality Bari Mitzmann to discuss her new book. Bari shares the extreme fear she absorbed in regards to Judaism and how that exacerbated severe mental health issues, what it meant for her marriage when she decided she was done being frum and navigating heterim and mental health. Bari Mitzmann is a Nevada-based marketing director by day and a content creator by night. She is passionate about destigmatizing mental health struggles and helping others cultivate a genuine, healthy relationship with G-d and Judaism. Her new book, Hakol B’Seder, chronicles he...2025-04-0754 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThere is no such thing as work/life balance- Special Solo Episode!Rivky goes solo to muse on work life “balance” and why she doesn’t believe in it. She shares how she makes it work in her life to disappear for extended periods of time for pop up shops, the type of support she has and her feelings on being missed at home. POP UP TOUR SCHEDULE: Monday 3/24 BALTIMORE hosted by The Mimi Boutique 11am-6pm, 7:30-9:30pm Tuesday 3/25 PASSAIC hosted by Suede and Company 11am-6pm, 8-10pm Wednesday 3/26 MONSEY hosted by Beautifull Boutique 11am-6pm, 7:30-9:30pm Thursday 3/27 BROOKLY...2025-03-2425 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionMoscow and Me with Rebetzin Dara GoldschmidtRivky sits down with Rebetzin Dara Goldschmidt, the former Chief Rebetzin of Moscow for 30+ years, to hear her story. She shares what it was like raising her family in late 80’s/ early 90’s Russia, the event leading up to her 2022 exile and how she’s approaching the new phase of life she’s in. Rebetzin Dara Goldschmidt is an expressionist painter, Torah learner and teacher based in Jerusalem by way of Monsey, NY and Moscow. @goldschmidtdara Here's Impact Fashion's upcomig pop up tour dates: Monday 3/24 BALTIMORE hosted by The Mimi Boutique 11am-6pm, 7:3...2025-03-1747 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionJewish Joy with Arielle SalkinRivky sits down with artist and entrepreneur Arielle Salkin to tell her story. Arielle shares how not being able to get a job in fashion led her to discovering a love of retail, the outcome of a terrible work experience, navigating the desire not to specifically cater to the Orthodox world but still address needs of the community and the joy of someone’s first mezuzah Arielle Salkin is a designer and the founder of The Materials Design Co. A Parsons graduate, she began her career in NYC as an embellishment designer, running her own studio and cre...2025-03-101h 11
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThe Pocket Dress- Special LIVE Solo EpisodeRivky goes solo in on an Instagram Live to discuss The Pocket Dress. She shares how she thinks of the collection in categories, the struggle of cute vs. practical and why it's so technically complicated to have pockets and large hems in dresses. Click here to see the Pocket Dress Click here to join the Impact Fashion Whatsapp Status Click here to see my collection of dresses. Click here to get the Secrets Your Tailor Won't Tell You Click here to see my maternity friendly pieces. To hear...2025-03-0317 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionTalent is Not Enough with Michal EisikRivky sits down with Michal Eisik, an entrepreneur and educator sharing her story. Michal shares the gift of giving herself a year to figure things out, balancing a flexible work schedule with actually getting work done, how AI is changing the copywriting field and what people might not realize about freelancing. Michal Eisik is the founder of Michal Eisik Media, a boutique copywriting agency that helps B2B tech brands replace generic, forgettable web copy with crisp, differentiated messaging. She is also the founder of CopyTribe and Profitable Freelancer, both instructor-led mentorship programs that have trained over 600 copywriters...2025-02-2457 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThe Ribbed Maxi Drawstring Dress in New Colors- Special Solo Episode!Rivky goes solo to reflect on cutting myself a break during one of the busiest times in her work and life with the new Ribbed Maxi Drawstring Dress. She’ll share how she got stuck in a feeling of "it has to be hard" and how she's working her way (slowly) through it. CROWN HEIGHTS POP UP SHOP INFO- With House of Lancry, Moddo & Kaituz at La Sala 1345 President Street. Wednesday Feb 19 3-9pm & Thursday Feb 20 11am-6pm Click here to see the new colors of the Ribbed Maxi Drawstring Dress Click here to join the Impact Fash...2025-02-1723 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionMoving On with Shoval TshuvaRivky sits down with Israeli filmmaker Shoval Tshuva to tell the story of how Shoval found her power by making the film she wished existed. She shares the effect her film has had on other survivors of sexual assault, why titwas important to direct her own story and what its been like for her post Oct 7. Writer, director, and actor Shoval Tshuva was born and raised in Israel. Her background in journalism heavily influences her voice as a filmmaker. She draws her strong female narratives from life experiences and is inspired by multicultural art media such as...2025-02-1047 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionCareer Paths with Shaina KerenRivky sits down with a career coach Shaina Keren to discuss the paths people end up taking. Shaina shares how her simple upbringing shaped her views on religiousness and materialism, the difference between girls and guys when choosing their careers, and how channeling negative personality traits in work improves people’s actual lives. Shaina Keren is a Career Coach who helps people figure out what kind of work they will enjoy and succeed at, and how to make that a reality. From confusion to clarity, with the very common side effects of falling in love with on...2025-02-0346 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionFiguring it Out with Daniella FayeRivky sits down with fashion designer and business owner Daniella Faye to discuss her journey. Daniella tells the story of making Aliyah on her own at the age of 15 and building her business as a teen, the process of designing her first collection, what it’s like to work with her husband and the horror stories she’s had in production. Daniella Faye is an Israel based fashion designer Daniellafayeusa.com @daniella.faye Click here to join the Impact Fashion Whatsapp Status Click here to see my collection of dresse...2025-01-2753 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionIt's Not That Deep with Abi RadcliffeRivky sits down with all around fashion girlie Abi Radcliffe to talk shop. Abi shares her unusual education and what she loved about her time as a stay at home mom, and how she balances the conflicts of privacy vs. publicity and light vs. shallow. Plus we talk about trolling. Abi is a Toronto based modest content creator with a backgound in Fashion business and Image consulting. Abi loves sharing afforadble fashion finds and all things that spread joy. @abiradcliffe_ Click here to join the Impact Fashion Whatsapp Status Click here to see my collection of...2025-01-2042 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionWigs and Values with Gitel RosenzweigRivky sits down with good friend and sheitel macher Gitel Rosenzweig for an impromptu conversation. We discuss Rivky's own wig wearing journey, how often the average person actually gets a new wig, the point in Gitel’s career when she didn’t feel broke anymore and if a $10,000 wig is really worth it. Gitel Rosenzweig has been selling, styling, coloring, cutting and fitting wigs for over 20+ years. Working on thousands and thousands of clients isn't enough for her, though, so now she also educates other stylists, and the general public, in an effort to raise the bar of i...2025-01-131h 44
Be Impactful by Impact FashionA Life Worth Living with Shira Ritholtz, Ph.D.Rivky sits down with clinical phsychologist Shira Ritholtz to discuss suicide. They discuss the difference between in patient and outpatient programs, the complexity of suicidality, what treatment looks like and what to do if someone comes forward to you in danger. This episode is about suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts a trained crisis counselor is available to speak with you 24/7. In the US, Call or text 988. In Israel, dial 1201. In the UK you can reach the national suicide prevention hotline at 800-689-5652. Shira Ritholtz is an Assistant...2025-01-0649 minBe Impactful by Impact FashionIn Search of a Follow UpI normally would not put out an episode as serious as last week's without a therepeutic follow up and while that was my intention, the person I was supposed to record with backed out at the last minute. If you are or know of a female therapist who specializes in or has a considerable amount of experience with handling suicide, please connect us! My email is rivky@impactfashionnyc.com.2024-12-3004 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionA Drop of Light with Hadassah ZirkindRivky sits down with Hadassah Zirkind, the founder of preventfrumsuicide.org. Hadassah shares her own mental health struggles, what it was like to find support after attempting suicide, signs and symptoms to look out for and how to have some really difficult conversations. This episode is about suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts a trained crisis counselor is available to speak with you 24/7. In the US, Call or text 988. In Israel, dial 1201. In the UK you can reach the national suicide prevention hotline at 800-689-5652. Hadassah Zirkind is a...2024-12-231h 22
Be Impactful by Impact FashionTrust and Choice- Special Solo Episode!Rivky goes solo to talk about the Choose Your Discount sale and The Mystery Dress. She share how her philosophy is different from other brands and how that leads to only one sale a year, why choice is so important and why she wanted to offer a mystery dress. Click here to shop the sale at impactfashionnyc.com Click here to get your Mystery Dress Click here to join the Impact Fashion Whatsapp Status Click here to see my collection of dresses. Click here to get the Secrets Your Tai...2024-12-1624 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionMotherless Shoppers with Sarah Rivkah Kohn & Bruchy Grosinger (2023)Mazel tov to the entire Links Family team on the opening of a brand new location for Dress Me! Rivky sits down with Sarah Rivkah Kohn,the founder of Links, and Bruchy Grosinger, the director of Dress Me, to discuss their incredible work. They discuss how Links has evolved and responded to their families needs over the years, why Rivky specifically choose to direct all of her brand's charity to Dress Me and Links and what it’s like to clothing shop without a mother. Sarah Rivkah Kohn is the founder & director of Links an or...2024-12-0246 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionFunctional Medicine with Adina Mintz PA-CRivky sits down with Adina Mintz PA-C who practices functional medicine to talk about her work. They discuss the difference between the quacks and real medical professionals in Adina's space, why she’s an uber generalist, the aspects of personal medical history she’s really interested in and the cost of this type of care. Adina Mintz PA-C is passionate about helping women feel their best, whatever their stage in life. With over 15 years of medical experience, she graduated as a PA from SUNY and received specialized training at the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) and the American Acad...2024-11-2556 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThe Side Vent Top- Special Solo Episode!Rivky goes solo to talk about the new Side Vent Top. She share why it felt important to elevate “throw on clothes” and vents about some production snafus she encountered along the way. Click here to see the new Side Vent Top Click here to see the Impact Fashion collection of dresses. Click here to get an Impact Fashion Gift Card Click here to get the Am Yisrael Chai crewneck. Click here to join the Impact Fashion Whatsapp Status Click here to take a short survey about this podc...2024-11-1823 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionDeeper Than Food with Amy PlanjianRivky sits down with food blogger and recipe developer Amy Planjian of Yummy Toddler Food to talk about feeding toddlers. They discuss how their own insecurities show up in the way they feed their kids, why Amy didn’t stress when her son didn’t eat dinner for two years, and forming their children’s relationship with food. Amy Planjian has a decade-and-a-half working in media. She's served as the Lifestyle Director of FamilyFun magazine, as a food editor with Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Media, and as the Deputy Editor of ReadyMade magazine. She's also been a cont...2024-11-1144 minBe Impactful by Impact FashionIt's Be Impactful's Fifth Birthday!On this special anniversary episode Rivky celebrates the fifth birthday of this podcast! She share her thoughts on this milestone , and the topics she's now more willing to explore. You’ll also hear some of her favorite and the most important bits of the episodes from this past year. Thank you to everyone who came on the show and listened over this past year. Without you, I'd just be a girl talking to her computer. Click here to see the Impact Fashion collection of dresses. Click here to get an Impact Fashion Gift Card...2024-11-042h 34
Be Impactful by Impact FashionTaking a Career Break with Laura NguyenRivky sits down with a marketing executive and entrepreneur Laura Nguyen to discuss career breaks. They discuss how Laura rapidly climbed the corporate ladder while sacrificing herself, how the death of a colleague led to her resignation, the phases of her measured career break and how she reintegrated herself into the workplace. LAURA NGUYEN is an experienced marketing executive and entrepreneur with an extensive background in data-driven marketing, digital marketing and communications for Fortune 500 companies. She is the founder of Solle Solutions, a marketing consultancy. Laura is also a certified executive coach, helping mid-career, high-achieving leaders go from...2024-10-2845 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionDisordered Eating with Rachelle Heinemann, LMHCRivky sits down with a Rachel Heinemann, LMHC, to talk about disordered eating. They discuss the socially acceptable nature of disordered eating, where it differs from an eating disorder, and a different frame of mind for when a doctor wants to prescribe weight loss. Plus they talk about Ozempic. Rachelle Heinemann is a licensed mental health counselor (NY), licensed professional counselor (NJ). She specializes in working with individuals with disordered eating and eating disorders as well as depression, anxiety and relationship issues. In addition to her practice, Rachelle is an educator and speaker. She has taught courses...2024-10-1448 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionMazel with Rachie Shnay (2024)- A 10/7 reflectionRivky sits down with Rachie Shnay, a proudly Jewish jewelry designer, to talk about her brand and mission. Rachie shares why it was important to her to have Jewish theme jewelry in her collection from the outset, her special connection to holocaust survivors and how her pieces got in the hands of celebrities. Rachie Shnay was born and raised in NYC. After making a few shifts in her career path, she started her fine jewelry business ‘Rachie Shnay’ in 2019 and has quickly built a massive following around her world renowned, “Mazel Collection.” Thousands of women internationally form her “Maz...2024-10-0752 minBe Impactful by Impact FashionThe Ruffle Overlap Dress- Special Solo Episode!Rivky goes solo to talk about The Ruffle Overlap Dress and her summer of doing less, while also having the busiest summer in a really long time. She also shares how she gave myself permission to do so and some thoughts on turning 30 at the end of this year. Click here to book your private in studio shopping appointment. Click here to see the Impact Fashion collection. Click here to get an Impact Fashion Gift Card Click here to get the Am Yisrael Chai crewneck. Click here to join the I...2024-09-3026 minBe Impactful by Impact FashionStarting Over with Anika PavelRivky sits down with author Anika Pavel to talk about her life. She shares what it was like growing up under communism and how she was able to get out, why she doesn’t believe in age when you’re too young or too old and why she wanted to write a book you could easily put down. ANIKA PAVEL was born Jarmila Kocvarova in Czechoslovakia. What was intended as a one-year stay in England turned her into a refugee when the Soviet Union invaded her homeland, writing a bloody end to the Prague Spring. She received a cr...2024-09-2440 min
Be Impactful by Impact Fashion'Tis the Season with Rachel Tuchman LMHC (2020)In this special live episode Rivky talks with Rachel, a licensed mental health counselor, about the harms of diet culture and it prevalence during the holidays. They cover the basics & address your questions. Rachel Tuchman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with over ten years of experience. She has worked with many diverse populations including incarcerated women at Riker's Island Correctional Facility, kids and adults with developmental delays, kids with behavior issues, overwhelmed parents looking for skills and support, teens struggling with the pressures of adolescence and life in general, adults going through difficult life circumstances...2024-09-1659 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThe Right Start with Dr. Elissa HellmanRivky sits down with Dr, Elissa Hellman, OBGYN to talk about misconceptions around starting a healthy sex life. We discuss the role of the kallah teacher, and how to know whether a question is medical or halachik. Plus she explains the fertility awareness method for contraception, and how a little knowledge goes a long way. Dr. Elissa Hellman is an experienced board-certified OBGYN. She received her medical degree from NYU School of Medicine and completed her residency at Northshore University Hospital in Long Island in OBGYN. Dr. Hellman has been in clinical practice for over thirteen years in...2024-09-0958 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionVisibly Jewish with Stephanie ButnickRivky sits down with journalist and podcast host Stephanie Butnick to discuss what it means to be Jewish today. We discuss tapping into our Jewishness in the current moment, what it means to be “visibly Jewish” and Stephanie sets the blueprint for a great Jewish debate. Stephanie Butnick co-hosts the popular Jewish podcast Unorthodox, produced by Tablet Magazine, where she has worked for more than a decade in various writing and editing roles. She is the co-author of The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar's and Everything in Between, and has written for the New York Times...2024-09-0250 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionBridal with a POV with Talya BendelRivky sits down with stylist and designer Talya Bendel to chat about her collaboration with Haas Bridal. We discuss why she doesn’t see her teenage experimentations with modesty as rebellious, why the team wanted to do a mainstream collection, and how the collection shows their point of view as modest dressers. Talya Bendel is a 3x New York Times best dressed designer, film, editorial and event wardrobe stylist. Having launched her namesake brand with her partner Esty Haas the Talya Bendel - Haas Bridal collection was welcomed with rave reviews thanks to a Women’s Wear Dail...2024-08-2656 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionHow We Heal with Esther Goldstein, LCSWRivky sits down with trauma therapist Esther Goldstein to discuss healing from child sexual abuse. They discuss how confusion and trauma get processed in the body, the prison of attention, how what happens to victims after they come forward is so much more important than the abuse itself, and tips for parents whose children come forward to them. Esther Goldstein is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, trauma specialist and founder of a group practice, Integrative Psychotherapy, where she and a team of therapists provide cutting edge treatment to those seeking relief from anxiety, depression and trauma symptoms. Esther a...2024-08-121h 21
Be Impactful by Impact FashionHow to Keep Our Kids Safe with Rahel BayarRivky sits down with Rahel Bayar, a former sex crimes prosecutor and child abuse prevention expert, to break down last week’s story. They discuss why it’s not only the kids from difficult homes who are vulnerable, how to effectively implement abuse preventing boundaries, and why its so hard-but still important-to call the cops. Click here to listen to Rahel's previous episode of Be Impactful Rahel Bayar, CEO, is a former sex crimes and child abuse prosecutor who has worked in the field of sexual misconduct and abuse prevention for over a decade. She buil...2024-08-051h 03
Be Impactful by Impact FashionA Victim of Child Sexual Abuse Speaks Out AnonymouslyRivky sits down with a victim of child sexual abuse who shares her story. We discuss how her abuser got to her, the decision to civilly sue him as an adult, the effects on her sex life and Mikveh practice and how she relates to her young daughter. If you'd like to send today's guest a message you can send it to rivky@impactfashionnyc.com and I will forward it. Click here to see the Impact Fashion collection. Click here to get an Impact Fashion Gift Card Click here to get the...2024-07-291h 21
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThe Vaad with Kayla Haber-GoldsteinRivky sits down with Kayla Haber-Goldstein, an agunah advocate who found herself running the Vaad Linyanei Agunot. She shares how the vaad came to be, Rabbi Ulman’s criteria for a Rabbi to join The Vaad, the types of abuse they encounter, and The Vaad’s policy on ransoms. Plus we discuss annulments. Kayla Haber-Goldstein is the wife of Rabbi Shmuel Goldstein and mom to Shira and Eitan. Professionally, she is an interior designer. During the journey of writing her book, Questioning the Answers, she opened @questioningtheanswers to create a safe space to ask and answer questions on J...2024-07-2256 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionDo What's Harder with Rivka RavitzRivky sits down with Rivka Ravitz, a charedi mother who also happens to be the first woman to serve as chief of staff to thepresident of Israel. Rivka shares her career trajectory, her thoughts on Jewish unity in Israel both in war times and peace, what she tells girls considering going into a secular workplace, and chareidim in the army. Ms. Rivka Ravitz served as Chief of Staff to the 10th President of the State of Israel, Mr. Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin. In 1999 she began working as Reuven Rivlin’s parliamentary assistant. She became head of his office an...2024-07-1541 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThe Best Skirt- Special Solo Episode! Rivky goes solo to talk about her newest design, The Best Skirt. She share why she sat on this idea for over a year, the struggles She's had adjusting to a postpartum wardrobe, and why going up a dress size really isn’t that hard. Click here to see the Impact Fashion collection. Click here to get an Impact Fashion Gift Card Click here to get the Am Yisrael Chai crewneck. Click here to join the Impact Fashion Whatsapp Status Click here to take a short survey about this podca...2024-07-0827 minBe Impactful by Impact FashionTackling Mental Health With Rachel Tuchman: Grief (2021)In the wake of recent events, we revisit mental health, grief and tackling communal tragedies. Rivky and Rachel Tuchman, LMHC continue a winter long series on mental health with a discussion on grief. We talk about why grief belongs in the context of a mental health conversation, what happens in our heads when a public figure goes through a loss, the problems with the five stages of grief, spiritual bypassing and the place of religion in grief and grieving. Rachel Tuchman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with over ten years of experience. She has...2024-07-0149 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionUnspoken Cartooning With Chari PereRivky sits down with Chari Pere, acartooner using her craft to bring awareness around miscarriage and other taboo topics. Chari shares about all the feelings she had during her miscarriage, finding out how common it was only once she was experiencing it and the anxiety of a pregnancy following loss. Chari Pere, creator of Miscarried: An Unspoken Cartoonmentary, worked as a creative director and illustrator/storyboard artist on projects for Red Bull, Jockey, Disney, Comedy Central, and Bud Light. She has created content for The Washington Post's The Lily and Mad Magazine and has collaborated with NYT...2024-06-2441 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionSelfish Moms with Tamari JacobRivky sits down with lactation consultant and mom Tamari Jacob to talk about feeding our kids. They discuss how the traits that make the best adults make for really annoying kids, her own journey with breastfeeding and pumping, how she prioritizes self care and makes sure her kids know exactly what she’s doing and the labor split in their marriages. Tamari didn’t choose the pump life. The pump life chose her. She always dreamed of nursing her babies, but her first born just wasn't on board with that. Cut to her scouring the internet for advice on h...2024-06-1743 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionBuild with your Words with Tzipora GrodkoRivky sits down with singles advocate Tzipora Grodko to talk about the state of our dating world. She shares how old she was when she began worrying about her singleness, and when she noticed people started treating her differently. Plus how she reacts to ‘that’s why she’s still single’ and what to do with the daters in your life that you feel are just being too picky. Tzipora Grodko is a transformative coach and licensed psychotherapist advocating for sensitivity and change for the Single Community. Her mission started with the viral launch of her talk called “...2024-06-1059 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionAn Intentional Oasis with Blimie Hindy of JapparelRivky sits down with Blimie Hindy, the owner of Japparel, to talk shop. She shares how her husbands idea for a clothing business ended up becoming her full time job, knowing when to hire and delegate, her journey towards making her collection more inclusive, and how covid changed the business all over again. Blimie Hindy is the owner of Japparel, a modest clothing line carrying up to size 3X. japparelny.com @japparel_ny Click here to see the Impact Fashion collection of dresses. Click here to get an Impact Fa...2024-06-031h 05
Be Impactful by Impact FashionA Happy Ending with Mindy Blumenfeld, LCSWRivky sits down with Mindy Blumenfeld, LCSW, a therapist and writer, to discuss her newest book based on her experiences having a son in the hospital with brain cancer. She shares why she loves hospitals, why it was important to her not to keep her son's illness a secret, and why it's improtant to say brain tumor explicitly. Mindy Blumenfeld, a trauma therapist, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice. She is certified in EMDR, Somatic Experiencing as well as trained in IFS and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. She works through a lens of attachment and how e...2024-05-2752 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionMagical Mendy with Menucha CooperRivky sits down with Menucha Cooper, Mendy's Mom. Mendy has Angelman Syndrome. Menucha shares what they noticed in their Mendy early on that led to a diagnosis, the decision to celebrate the child God has given them, why representation is important, and what to do when you’re not sure what to say in front of a special needs child. Menucha Cooper is a proud mum of 5 incredible kids. Her 4th child Mendy has Angelman Syndrome a rare genetic condition. Together with her husband Reuvi, they are the youth directors at Chabad Malvern in Melbourne Aust...2024-05-2054 min
Tablet StudiosEitan Bernath, Shai Held, and Rivky Itzkowitz Are Here to Eat, Pray, LoveThis week on the show, we’re Eden Golan’s biggest fans. TikTok phenom and cookbook author Eitan Bernath tells us about the Jewish foods featured in his new series, “Eitan Explores: Mexico City.” Rabbi Shai Held of the Hadar Institute and the Answers WithHeld podcast delves into his new book, Judaism Is About Love. And Orthodox clothing designer Rivky Itzkowitz shows off Impact Fashion, her size-inclusive fashion brand offering modest clothing for all. The Israeli Eurovision winners heard in today’s ep...2024-05-161h 49
Be Impactful by Impact FashionIgnorance & Delusion with my MomOn this special Mother’s Day show Rivky sits down with her Mom! They discuss the dress from my collection her mom just doesn’t get, and the styles she has that nobody else does, a recent dressing room experience she had, why Rivky didn’t want to date so much, and how we deal with self doubt and cultivating confidence. Gittie Deutsch is a fabulous mom to me and my 3 siblings and I know that's her favorite bio. Click here for a collection of my Mom's favorite pieces in the collection. Click here to...2024-05-1356 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionIntergenerational Resilience with Nechama Birnbaum (2023)Rivky sits down with Nechama Birnabum, an author and fellow granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, to discuss her grandmother’s story. She shares why she saw her grandmother Rosie as a perfect character, why she felt it was important to tell the good parts of Rosie’s holocaust story, and the importance of centering a Jewish girl who saves herself. The Redhead of Auschwitz on Amazon @theredheadofauschwitz Click here to see the Impact Fashion collection of dresses. Click here to get an Impact Fashion Gift Card Click here to get the Am...2024-05-0644 min
Be Impactful by Impact Fashion"I didn't ask to be strong" The IDF Wives Panel with Yaf Newman, Tali Wohlgelernte, and Anonymous Part 2Rivky continues the conversation with Yaf Newman, Tali Wohlgelernte, and Anonymous, 3 women whose husbands are currently serving in the IDF. We discuss the financial side of living in a country at war, what they want those of us outside of Israel to understand, navigating mothering with a father on the front lines and what their own quiet moments after everyone’s asleep look like. Tali grew up in Chicago and made aliyah in 2010. She lives in Givat Shmuel with her husband and 4 daughters. Tali and her husband serve as the directors of Mizrachi OU-JLIC in Givat Shm...2024-04-1541 min
Be Impactful by Impact Fashion"I didn't ask to be strong" The IDF Wives Panel with Yaf Newman, Tali Wohlgelernte, and Anonymous Part 1Rivky sits down with Yaf Newman, Tali Wohlgelernte, and Anonymous, 3 women whose husbands are currently serving in the IDF. They share what the first days of the war were like, the mental health aspect of having a husband at war, what it’s like to reintegrate a husband temporarily into a family into that functions totally differently and some misconceptions about how to help out the IDF wives. Tali grew up in Chicago and made aliyah in 2010. She lives in Givat Shmuel with her husband and 4 daughters. Tali and her husband serve as the directors of Miz...2024-04-0841 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionMy Brother in Law Needs a Kidney/A Piece of Me with Aviva Breda (2020)My brother in law is in urgent need of a kidney donor. To learn more about kidney donation or to see if you are a match, email R25992@renewal.org or call 718-431-9831 Ext. 209 Rivky talks with kidney donor Aviva Breda about the journey she took towards donating a part of her body to a stranger, she shares the common misconceptions around the backup kidney and what was going through her head the morning of her surgery. Aviva Breda is a 38 year old mother of three. She lives in Teaneck NJ where she runs...2024-04-011h 14
Be Impactful by Impact FashionWhat You Can Do with Nechama Wasserman (2023)For this International Agunah Day, Rivky revisits her conversation with Nechama Wasserman, a woman who has been trying to get a Jewish divorce for over 9 years. She shares her first impressions of her husband David when they were dating, what happened when she told him she was leaving, the support he’s been receiving from his family for the past 9 years and why she believes David needs mental health support and is not acting out of malice. Nechama Wasserman is a mom to 3 beautiful children and is currently an agunah, a woman chained to a dead marriage, be...2024-03-181h 14
Be Impactful by Impact FashionReal Life Pesach Cooking with Miriam (Pascal) CohenRivky sits down with prolific cookbook author Miriam Pascal to talk about her newest book for Pesach. Miriam shares why she felt the need to make a Pesach cookbook, how her own restrictive Pesach customs growing up shaped her view on Pesach cooking, the changes she’s seen in the kosher food blogging industry over the last 12 years, and why she wanted to get the cover of her cookbook approved. Miriam (Pascal) Cohen is the founder of overtimecook.com, one of the world's leading destinations for kosher recipes, with hundreds of thousands of monthly visitors. A self ta...2024-03-1149 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionMazel with Rachie ShnayRivky sits down with Rachie Shnay, a proudly Jewish jewelry designer, to talk about her brand and mission. Rachie shares why it was important to her to have Jewish theme jewelry in her collection from the outset, her special connection to holocaust survivors and how her pieces got in the hands of celebrities. Rachie Shnay was born and raised in NYC. After making a few shifts in her career path, she started her fine jewelry business ‘Rachie Shnay’ in 2019 and has quickly built a massive following around her world renowned, “Mazel Collection.” Thousands of women internationally form her “Maz...2024-03-0449 min
Jewish Money Matters369: Be Impactful and more with Rivky Itzkowitz, Founder of Impact FashionB”H Calling all budding entrepreneurs in the audience; those of you are just starting, or maybe thinking of starting your own venture. There’s so much to learn from today’s conversation. My guest today is fashion designer Rivky Itzkowitz. How did Rivky go from a girl who loved looking at designs on the runways and red […]
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Be Impactful by Impact FashionWhat's in a Name? with Alexandra WatkinsRivky sits down with Alexandra Watkins, a naming and branding expert, to really answer the question, what’s in a name? We discuss the difference between advertising and branding, how I named Impact Fashion and why domain names are not as important as you think. Alexandra Watkins is a leading and outspoken authority on brand names with buzz. If you have ever eaten a Wendy’s Baconator, you have literally eaten the words. For nearly 20 years, she and her naming firm, Eat My Words, have created love-at-first sight brand names for countless companies including Amazon, Coca-Cola, Disney, Twit...2024-02-2647 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionMoney & Values with Yael TruschRivky sits down with Yael Trusch, the host of Jewish Money Matters. to discuss money. She shares how the 2008 recession led her to reexamine her whole relationship with money, why it’s so uncomfortable to talk about money, and how to properly handle money in your relationships. Yael Trusch, is a Money Coach and Host of the award-winning podcast: Jewish Money Matters. Her signature online course G-d Wants You To Be Rich has transformed the lives of countless Jewish women and couples across the globe. Dubbed as “The Jewish Oprah,” Yael is a sought after speaker who captivates and em...2024-02-2059 min
How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fitsMaking Fashion Fit Your Way with Rivky Itzkowitz of Impact FashionIn episode 87, life-long lover of fashion and modest dresser, Rivky Itzkowitz, shares how she makes fashion work for her and other women like her through her brand Impact Fashion. Rivky seamlessly weaves her Orthodox Jewish values, skillful design and patternmaking, and fashion sense into each piece for sizes 2-28.
Rivky Itzkowitz is a fashion designer living in NYC. As a practicing Orthodox Jew, she was frustrated at not being able to find modest clothes that actually fit, so she set out to create her own. Her company, Impact Fashion, is among the only size-inclusive modest fashion lines o...2024-02-1357 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionGlad That We Have it, Sad That We Need It- Am Yisrael Chai line updateRivky goes solo to give a quick update on the Am Yisrael Chai line and a peek into what’s been happening inside her head. Click here to get your Am Yisrael Chai T-shirt Click here to see my collection of dresses. Click here to get an Impact Fashion Gift Card Click here to get the Am Yisrael Chai crewneck. Click here to join the Impact Fashion Whatsapp Status2024-02-1213 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionGetting You with Nicole RussoRivky sits down with stylist Nicole Russo to discuss her work. She shares how stress and depression affected her body image heading into college, Why she decided to leave her glitzy fashion styling job, and they work though one of Rivky's major insecurities in real time. Nicole Russo founded Let's Get You in 2017 and has since styled hundreds of people, sat at NYFW, and contributed to, or has been featured in Fast Company, Bustle, TodayxTmrw, and Martha Stewart Weddings. She has been a private stylist and personal shopper for over a decade, with fashion industry detours at J.Crew, a...2024-02-0543 min
The Franciska ShowFrum Fashion; Prices, Tznius, Ethics - With Rivky ItzkowitzMessage Franciska to join The Whatsapp Group: franciskakay@gmail.com Throwback Episode- MikahFashion with Miriam Grunhaus https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-franciska-show/id1316933734?i=1000419705034 Launch Your Podcast Today- www.franciskakosman.com Would you like to be a SPONSOR? Reach out about new sponsorship opportunities for your brand & organizations - franciskakay@gmail.com Check out www.JewishCoffeeHouse.com for more Jewish Podcasts on our network. About Our Guest: Rivky Itzkowitz is a fashion designer living in NYC. A...2023-05-021h 02The Franciska ShowFrum Fashion; Prices, Tznius, Ethics - With Rivky ItzkowitzMessage Franciska to join The Whatsapp Group: franciskakay@gmail.com Throwback Episode- MikahFashion with Miriam Grunhaus https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-franciska-show/id1316933734?i=1000419705034 Launch Your Podcast Today- www.franciskakosman.com Would you like to be a SPONSOR? Reach out about new sponsorship opportunities for your brand & organizations - franciskakay@gmail.com Check out www.JewishCoffeeHouse.com for more Jewish Podcasts on our network. About Our Guest: Rivky Itzkowitz is a fashion designer living in NYC. A...2023-05-021h 02The Franciska ShowFrum Fashion; Prices, Tznius, Ethics - With Rivky ItzkowitzMessage Franciska to join The Whatsapp Group: franciskakay@gmail.com Throwback Episode- MikahFashion with Miriam Grunhaus https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-franciska-show/id1316933734?i=1000419705034 Launch Your Podcast Today- www.franciskakosman.com Would you like to be a SPONSOR? Reach out about new sponsorship opportunities for your brand & organizations - franciskakay@gmail.com Check out www.JewishCoffeeHouse.com for more Jewish Podcasts on our network. About Our Guest: Rivky Itzkowitz is a fashion designer living in NYC. A...2023-05-021h 02
A Piece of Me with Aviva BredaEpispde 3 - Rivky ItzkowitzJoin me as I welcome my first guest, Rivky Itzkowitz, founder, designer, and owner of Impact Fashion NYC and host of The Be Impactful Podcast. Rivky is an absolute joy and she so kindly bears with me as I navigate my first guest interview.
Rivky can be found at www.impactfashionnyc.com or on Instagram @impact.fashion.nyc
*Apologies for the choppy audio as this was my first attempt at editing. I get better, I promise. 2021-04-081h 17
Be Impactful by Impact FashionPandemic Anniversary Special- The Front Lines with Shushy Shine (2020)Shushy Turin-Shine is a family nurse practitioner, a recipe developer, wife and mom to three adorable kids. Her specialties include exploring cuisines and adapting recipes to make them suitable for kosher kitchens, using super cool ingredients, encouraging people to do cool things with cabbage and eating cake Her specialties do not include reaching things on high shelves (hence the heels) and laundry She has written articles for Binah magazine, Ami Magazine, flieshigs magazine, Kosher.com, joy of Kosher, and the nosher. She works as an FNP at Columbia Presbyterian. Check her out on Instagram where she...2021-03-0846 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionAbundant Giving with Orly WahbaOrly is the founder of the global non-profit, Life Vest Inside, a kindness expert, educator, best selling author, entrepreneur and keynote speaker who inspires audiences to take action. Her talks and workshops provide the groundwork for lasting change and motivate people to become the best version of themselves so that they can influence the world for good. Drawing from her personal journey, groundbreaking science, and her signature wit, Orly inspires people to tap into the power of kindness—the most underutilized skill in today’s world. Through her talk, Orly demonstrates how kindness and a simple shift in perspective can...2021-03-0150 min
Let My People EatThe Health Benefits of Self-Confidence!Are self -confident people born that way, why you have to be "stupid" sometimes, and how not to let fear hold you back, with our special guest, Rivky Itzkowitz, the founder of Impact Fashion! (www.letmypeopleeat.com)2021-03-0143 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionTrue Original with Sarah ShagalowSarah Shagalow is the designer behind A Soliani, a high quality Italian leather shoe brand. She created A Soliani to provide footwear that is as beautiful as it is strong, butter soft on the feet and stunning to behold. Asoliani.com @a.soliani Click here to get to Shmuzy and automatically be entered to win $100 to Impactfashionnyc.com Click here to sign up for subscribers only discounts once a month Click here to order The Most Perfect Pleated Skirt Click here for The Coziest Scarf. Clic...2021-02-2249 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionEyes Open with Gitel RosenzweigGitel Rosenzweig has been selling, styling, coloring, cutting and fitting wigs for over 20+ years. Working on thousands and thousands of clients isn't enough for her, though, so now she also educates other stylists, and the general public, in an effort to raise the bar of integrity in the industry. Click here for Gitel's Youtube Channel @gitelwigs Click here to get to Shmuzy and automatically be entered to win $100 to Impactfashionnyc.com Click here to sign up for subscribers only discounts once a month Click here to order The...2021-02-1555 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionExtraordinarily Ordinary with Shira Lankin ShepsShira Lankin Sheps is a writer, photographer, and clinically trained therapist. She is the creator and publisher of The Layers Project Magazine, an online magazine that explores in-depth insights into the challenges and triumphs of the lives of Jewish women, and is passionate about creating spaces for stories that need to be told and changing the dialogue around stigmatized topics. Earning a B.A. in English Literature at Stern College of Yeshiva University and MSW from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College; she made aliyah in 2018 and lives in Jerusalem with her husband and children. "Layers...2021-02-0844 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThe Whole Person with Jill SharfmanJill Sharfman NC (Nutrition Consultant), is the co-host of the nutrition podcast “Let My People Eat.” On each episode she helps to demystify confusing talk about how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while keeping kosher. She is a board-certified holistic nutritionist living with her family in Los Angeles. The podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, GooglePlay and at https://letmypeopleeat.com. @jillhsharfman Click here to get to Shmuzy and automatically be entered to win $100 to Impactfashionnyc.com Click here to sign up for subscribers only discounts once a month Click here to orde...2021-02-0145 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionUnapologetic with Adele BeinyIn a world that often feels rough and uncertain, Adele believes that refining our lives in both big and small ways it’s an affirmation that, no matter what..Life’s Looking Good. She does this via her lifestyle platform lifeslookingood.com, where she shows individuals how to look and feel their best while exploring important life issues, proving that beauty begins on the inside. Click here to sign up for subscribers only discounts once a month Click here to order The Most Perfect Pleated Skirt Click here for The Coziest Scarf. Click here for Th...2021-01-2538 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionMilk & Chocolate with Shevi SametAn educator for 15+ years and a student for even longer, Shevi Samet is a relationship and marriage educator and mentor and public speaker. Her style is very much reflective of her personality and her understanding of women both in and out of the classroom; energetic and engaging, focusing on text based concepts which explore fundamental topics specifically relationships and Women in Judaism. While she struggles to maintain her Canadian accent despite years of New York living, the reputable warmth and sincerity of her hometown have remained with her. @itsalearninglife Click here to sign up for...2021-01-1848 min
We Are WomenReclaiming the Feminine with Fashion Designer & CEO Rivky ItzkowitzTonight’s interview is with my good friend Rivky Itzkowitz. The creator of a size inclusive modest fashion brand, Impact fashion, Rivky has always been pro size inclusivity, female empowerment, and loving and embracing yourself. During tonight’s discussion, we touch on different aspects of female empowerment, the balance between strength and femininity, the way the world sees us, destroying female stereotypes, and more. Listen in for thought provoking insights, inspiration, and valuable mindset tips. @Impactfashion impactfashionnyc.com Be Impactful Podcast Grab your favorite silk-matte shades and support organizations devoted to women’...2021-01-131h 06
Be Impactful by Impact FashionHelping Hands with Leah Freier-LevineLeah Levine is Judge Ruchie Freier’s daughter, and the COO of Ezras Nashim. Her responsibilities include coordinating and overseeing fundraising, recruitment, outreach, marketing, social media, and advertising, in addition to general operations management and workflow assignment. Leah also often represents the organization for news and media engagements. While Leah is busy planning and scheduling to allow for the smooth running of the organization, she has some scheduling of her own to coordinate as well, since she’s also in college working towards an MBA in nonprofit management and recently completed the EMT course herself. Oh...2021-01-1140 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionYou Owe Your Body with Esther TaubMy name is Esther Taub Schlesinger. I am the leading English speaking Personal Trainer in the beautiful country of Israel! Throughout my 9 years in the field I have had the privilege of helping several thousands of woman reach their health goals. I started my business by giving small Kickboxing classes in my apartment, and eventually it transitioned to personal training around 5-11 personal training sessions every day, 6 days a week! About a year ago I moved my business online - I created a worldwide majorly successful fitness subscription program called “LIFESTYLE”. The LIFESTYLE subscription is a highly popular elite onli...2021-01-0449 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionCommunity with Dini KleinDini Klein is a food host, recipe developer, former private chef, mom of three, and founder of Prep and Rally. She started her professional career in fashion, and quickly found that creative outlet in food. After working as a private chef for seven years she found a solution to a problem many families (including her own) were facing. Getting a wholesome dinner on the table while working full-time was almost impossible and she needed a solution. Prep and Rally was born. Creating food content is Dini's passion and she's worked with brands such as Walmart, S...2020-12-2827 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThe Most Perfect Pleated Skirt- Special Solo Episode!The Most Perfect Pleated Skirt was designed to solve a specific problem, and I wanted to you to hear it. Click here to order The Most Perfect Pleated Skirt Click here to listen to my episode on The Origami Dress Click here for The Coziest Scarf. Click here for The Most Perfect Mask Click here for a collection of at home fashion activities. To hear more episodes, subscribe and head over to Impactfashionnyc.com/blog/podcast. Be Impactful is presented by Impact Fashion, your destination for a...2020-12-2116 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionNo Secrets with Rahel Bayar Rahel Bayar, CEO, is a former sex crimes and child abuse prosecutor who has worked in the field of sexual misconduct and abuse prevention for over a decade. She built her career on creating safe spacesandfacilitatingchangeinworkplacesglobally. Rahelrecently served as a Managing Director in the Sexual Misconduct Consulting & Investigations division of T&M Protection Resources, a global security and consulting firm. Previously, she spent many years as an Assistant District Attorney in both the Child Abuse/Sex Crimes and Domestic Violence Bureaus at the Bronx District Attorney’s office. Rahel has piloted leadership training and child safety best pr...2020-12-141h 00
Be Impactful by Impact FashionBurning From Both Ends- Special Solo Episode Click here for the interview I did with Sarah Rivkah Kohn Click here for my new cute target sweater Click here to be the first to know when The Most Perfect Pleated Skirt is available and to get the secrets your tailor won't tell you. Click here for The Coziest Scarf. Click here for The Most Perfect Mask Click here for a collection of at home fashion activities. To hear more episodes, subscribe and head over to Impactfashionnyc.com/blog/podcast. Be Impactful is presented by I...2020-12-0730 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionPro Values with Sahar WertheimerSahar Wertheimer MD earned her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at Montefiore Medical Center and is now finishing her fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Cedars Sinai. She will be joining a private practice in Los Angeles next year. She is passionate about empowering and educating women. She serves as Chair of JOWMA’s Women’s Health Initiative and recently organized an educational webinar series for over 1200 registrants. @saharwertheimermd Click here for an article Sahar wrote about her experience. Click here for the article by Avital C...2020-12-0143 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionIn the Shop with Rechy RosenthalRechy Rosenthal is the owner of MySelf Lingerie, a boutique style lingerie shop specializing in bra fitting (hard-to-fit sizes too!) with shops in Brooklyn, NY, Lakewood, NJ and online at myselflingerie.com. While bra fitting is their specialty, they also carry a curated selection of pajamas, lingerie and loungewear. Rechy’s passion for making women look and feel beautiful no matter the size definitely reflects in the products offered at her shops, as well as her love to educate women all about lingerie on her instagram page @myself_lingerie Click here to get early access to...2020-11-2344 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionA Niggly Feeling with Malkie KnopflerMalkie Knopfler is a mom, wife, stand up comedian, food blogger and actress in the Orthodox Jewish community. @the_comic_cook Click here for the episode of Be Impactful that features Leah Forster Click here to read the poem Malkie wrote for her sun on his first day of school. Click here for The Coziest Scarf. Click here for The Most Perfect Mask Click here for a collection of at home fashion activities. To hear more episodes, subscribe and head over to Impactfashionnyc.com/blog/podca...2020-11-1643 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionLiquid Courage with Talya BendelTalya Bendel is a fashion industry professional with experience in the high end luxury field. She also owns a production company called CFD:Creative that deals with film production, social media content coverage and much more. You can find her and find out more on her Instagram page @CarpeFashionDiem Click here for The Coziest Scarf. Click here for The Most Perfect Mask Click here for a collection of at home fashion activities. To hear more episodes, subscribe and head over to Impactfashionnyc.com/blog/podcast. Be Impactful is presented by...2020-11-0953 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionBreaking Chains with Rifka MeyerRifka Meyer is the owner of Rifkas Salon in Golders Green and co-founder of GETToutUK, an up and coming charity offering finacial and emotional support for women on their journey towards their Gett (religious divorce). Rifka is an entrepreneur, influencer, face of change in the London Jewish community. Click here for the Instagram Live Rifka did about her experience @rifkassalon @gettoutuk gettoutuk.org gettoutuk@gmail.com Click here for the Gett Out go fund me page If you are in the US Ora Agunot is a...2020-11-0252 minBe Impactful by Impact FashionIt's Be Impactful's First Birthday!Thank you so much to all the Lovelies who tune in every week. This milestone is only special because I'm sharing it with you. Featured guest in this episode, in order: Rachel Tuchman Raizy Freid Leah Pfohl Bracha Bard-wigdor Hadassah Cowland-Goldberg Sydney Marguder-Washington Shira Stern Dena Pilevsky Shushy Shine Mommy Yaf Newman Leah Forster Avital Chizik-Goldschmidt Aviva Breda Nechami Tennenbaum Thank you to al...2020-10-261h 02
Be Impactful by Impact FashionPublicity with Bari MitzmannBari Mitzmann is a wife, mother of two, and content creator who partners with women of all backgrounds to provide personal growth support. Bari believes the antidote to many 21st century problems facing modern women is more meaningful connection. To that end, she has left a career in teaching and outreach to reach out to others outside of traditional learning settings. Her content on barianna.com, the Woman of Valor Podcast and her Instagram @barianna aims to facilitate conversations where women can feel safe, heard, and encouraged. Click here to order The Origami Dress Click here...2020-10-1944 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionBold Moves with Laura McGuireLaura McGuire has worked with entrepreneurs to market their own projects for the past decade, so she knows what it takes: a meaningful idea and passion. When she struggled to find tights and pantyhose that were comfortable, she realized she could be one of those entrepreneurs and made the product a problem-solving reality for women. In 2016, patent-pending Hipstik Legwear launched with a historically different sizing methodology for hosiery. Laura has worked in ad agencies, corporate, and now business ownership sides of marketing where she also runs an agency, Fifty Fifty, with her husband, a creative director. Get 15% off y...2020-10-1239 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionParity with Chaya Appel-FishmanChaya is a business lawyer at Miles and Stockbridge P.C, a leading Mid-Atlantic law firm. Chaya represents businesses, investors and entrepreneurs across varied industries, including government contracting, information technology, retail, and manufacturing, in connection with mergers and acquisitions, equity financing transactions, the negotiation of commercial agreements and other general corporate matters. While in law school, Chaya founded The JWE and continues to lead its board of directors. Prior to attending law school, Chaya worked as a financial analyst for a global investment firm. @app_fish chaya@thejwe.com Click here to order The Origa...2020-09-2144 min
Be Impactful by Impact Fashion'Tis the Season with Rachel TuchmanRachel Tuchman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with over ten years of experience. She has worked with many diverse populations including incarcerated women at Riker's Island Correctional Facility, kids and adults with developmental delays, kids with behavior issues, overwhelmed parents looking for skills and support, teens struggling with the pressures of adolescence and life in general, adults going through difficult life circumstances (divorce, infidelity, phase of life challenges) and women experiencing infertility. Currently, she offers services in her Cedarhurst, NY office for kids and teens ages 5-18, adults, and women experiencing infertility, pregnancy l...2020-09-1558 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThe Origami Dress- Special Solo Episode!There's been a lot going on behind the scenes here at Impact Fashion, and I thought it was time for a catch up. Click here to Preorder The Origami Dress Click here for the most comfortable summer mask Click here for a collection of at home fashion activities. To hear more episodes, subscribe and head over to Impactfashionnyc.com/blog/podcast. Be Impactful is presented by Impact Fashion, your destination for all things size inclusive modest fashion 2020-08-3125 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionThe FBI and Me with Nechami TenenbaumNechami is the creator of Karmelacosmetics.com, a high-performance, long lasting, silk-matte lipstick brand, flattering for all skin tones and dedicated to supporting women's healing and empowerment. She is a certified makeup artist and beauty advisor, for both friends and followers alike! Her newest project “We Are Women,” a Karmela Cosmetics podcast, is where women speak their truth and celebrate their victories. Nechami has been featured on Fox 17 Morning Mix, The Ed Kalegi Show, and more. Sign up for her blog and emails via her website. You can reach her via email: Nechami@karmelacosmetics.com/ 2020-08-2445 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionFind your Voice with Aliza LichtAliza Licht is the founder & president of LEAVE YOUR MARK LLC, a consultancy specializing in creative brand marketing and digital strategy. As a brand storyteller, Licht helps clients build their brand equity by crafting compelling multi-faceted narratives that engage and captivate the audience. Her strategies are focused on developing content made for the medium and delivering the brand's promise at every consumer touchpoint. Licht helps her clients lead with purpose, authenticity, and empathy. Her strategies successfully connect her clients with their desired audience, emphasize shared values, and ultimately deliver service to the consumer. alizalicht.com ...2020-08-1743 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionBuilding Family with Kari MountKari Mount, is a Pentecostal Fashion blogger who has been married for nearly 19 years to her husband, Jonathon Mount. She's a Momma because of adoption. Learn more about their story of faith, disappointment, foster to adopt, and how God became their personal “way maker”. Click here to watch Kari's testimony video @skirts_and_heels_ Skirts_and_heels_1@yahoo.com Click here for my episode with Leah Pfohl. Click here for the most comfortable summer mask Click here to get the secrets your Tailor won't tell you. Cli...2020-08-1036 min
Be Impactful by Impact FashionWhat We Attract with Sara KupferSara Kupfer, founder of Love At Any Size, is a body positive and weight neutral love coach who helps women struggling with negative body image and weight stigma in dating believe that they can find and experience love at their current size. @find.love.at.any.size loveatanysize.com Click here for my episode with Rachel Tuchman on Spotify. You can also find it wherever you get your podcasts. Click here for the most comfortable summer mask Click here for a collection of at home fashion activities. To hear more episodes, subscribe and head over to I...2020-08-0447 min
The Fashion DetourThe Fashion Detour speaks with Rivky Itzkowitz, founder of Impact FashionRivky shares the story of Impact Fashion, a size inclusive (2-24) modest fashion line. She shares her creative process and the inspiration behind her most popular pieces. You can see Rivky’s collection at impactfashionnyc.com or on Instagram @impact.fashion.nyc.2020-07-0541 min
Get INTUIT with Gila- a podcast about Intuitive Eating and Personal Growth.Episode 6: Real Fashion with Rivky Itzkowitz of Impact Fashion- a size inclusive, modest, fashion brand in NYCMy interview with Rivky Itzkowitz takes a lot of different spins. To start Rivky is a 25-year-old Fashion Designer based out of NYC. She designs modest special occasion wear from sizes 2 to 24. She is also a practicing Orthodox Jew.
I wanted to find out more about Rivky and how she was able to reach the point where she is today. As a child Rivky was bullied, but who knew that being bullied would make her the person that she is in this present day. She was bullied for being overweight and being smarter than everyone else. But R...2020-04-0746 min
Boss Maidel PodcastRivky ItzkowitzRivky Itzkowitz is the founder of Impact Fashion, a line of size inclusive modest special occasion wear. She started Impact Fashion after being frustrated at the lack of modest clothing options that actually fit and decided to use her skills as a couture trained dressmaker and pattern maker to create the clothes she could never buy. Every item she designs is available in sizes 2-24 and can be found at impactfashionnyc.com. On this episode of Boss Maidel, we talk about how Rivky parlayed her love of fashion and sewing into a successful business. A key factor in Rivky's su...2020-03-1958 min
The KAVANA Podcast with Melinda Strauss18. How to Make an IMPACT Doing What you Love with Rivky ItzkowitzRivky Itzkowitz is the designer and owner of Impact Fashion NYC, a luxe modest fashion line cut to fit real body shapes. Rivky's dresses run from sizes 2-24 and they are absolutely gorgeous!!! What inspires me most about Rivky is that she is hustling to build the life and business of her dreams. Whether she's sewing wedding dresses in the back of the classroom or building her own business from the ground up, Rivky doesn't make excuses. I can't wait for you to listen to Rivky and get inspired to go after your own dreams!
Check out R...2020-01-3046 minBe Impactful by Impact FashionTrailerHi, I'm Rivky Itzkowitz I’m the founder and designer at Impact fashion and I’m the host here at Be Impactful, the show about women making an Impact in their own corners of the world. I started Impact fashion in November of 2016 so that the modest minded women in my community could feel empowered to put their best foot forward every day, regardless of their size. In the process of growing my business I’ve been fortunate enough to connect with women of all different types and from all different fields. And the main lesson I’ve learnt is that...2019-10-1702 min