New Dawn Wellness with Oren Raz

Fear vs Anxiety: Don't Let Worry Dictate Your Life - Free Online Conversation
2025-12-16 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Fear vs Anxiety: Don’t Let Worry Dictate Your Life
We often confuse fear and anxiety, but understanding their distinct nature is essential for taking back control of our lives. Fear responds to immediate, real threats—a protective mechanism that activates when danger is present and subsides once it passes. Anxiety, however, is fear’s persistent shadow, living in the future through endless “what ifs” that keep our nervous system activated even when we’re physically safe.
When anxiety becomes chronic, it slowly dismantles our daily existence. We avoid opportunities, stay in unfulfilling situations, and create increasingly smaller worlds where we feel protected. Yet this safety is illusory—we’re not protecting ourselves but imprisoning ourselves. Personal growth requires the vulnerability and risk that anxiety convinces us to avoid.
The physical toll is equally damaging. Since our bodies cannot distinguish between real and imagined threats, constant worry keeps stress systems perpetually activated, leading to exhaustion, concentration difficulties, sleep problems, and numerous physical symptoms. Most insidiously, anxiety causes us to miss our own lives—we’re so consumed by tomorrow’s potential disasters that we cannot be present for today’s reality.
But there’s hope. You can change your relationship with uncertainty by learning to distinguish real danger from anxiety’s false alarms. Practice sitting with discomfort rather than avoiding it, since growth happens at your comfort zone’s edge. Ground yourself in the present moment through breath and body awareness, reclaiming your attention from anxiety’s grip.
Consider seeking support through therapy, coaching, or community. Healing happens in connection with others. Your life is waiting beyond worry—it’s time to step toward it.

Free Conversation – Everyone is welcome
December 16, 6 PM PT, 9 PM EST
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Healing Power of Self-Compassion: Personal & Relational Transformation
2025-11-18 18:00 - 19:00
Self-compassion is one of the most powerful tools for healing trauma and emotional wounds. Join licensed psychotherapist Oren Raz to discover why we’re often our harshest critics and how to break free from self-judgment patterns that keep us stuck.
What You’ll Learn:

What does it truly mean to love yourself?
The difference between Self-love vs Narcissism
Inner community and self-judgment – transforming judgment into self-kindness
The practice of Mindfulness and self-compassion

This conversation offers science-based insights for anyone healing from trauma, struggling with chronic self-criticism, or seeking more peace in relationships. You’ll leave with practical strategies for transforming your inner dialogue and building lasting well-being.
Bring your questions for our Q&A session to explore how these concepts apply to your specific circumstances.
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What is early trauma and how we can truly heal from the inside out with Neuroscience in mind and heart, 10/21 6 pm PT
2025-10-21 18:00 - 19:00
Learn stress reducing strategies from licensed therapist, Oren Raz who works with top leaders and high potential talents across industries.
We all lead busy lives filled with high-pressure jobs, family responsibilities, and demanding schedules that can make it challenging to maintain positive and healthy relationships. While these external pressures affect us all, for those who have experienced past trauma, navigating daily life can be particularly challenging. Past anxiety or trauma has a way of seeping into our active daily lives, and the stress of our current responsibilities can act as a powerful trigger, unexpectedly unearthing old, unresolved inner conflict and traumas that we may have thought were long buried.
Join Oren for this essential conversation “What is early trauma and how we can truly heal from the inside out with Neuroscience in mind and heart” where you’ll discover:
1. Early Trauma vs PTSD: Understanding the critical differences and how each affects your daily functioning and relationships
2. The Role of the Two Brain Hemispheres: Learn how your left and right brain process trauma differently and what this means for healing
3. Early Attachments and Why It Matters: Discover how your earliest relationships shape your nervous system and current relationship patterns
4. Healing from the Inside Out: Explore neuroplasticity and co-regulation as pathways to genuine, lasting transformation
5. Q&A: You will have a chance to ask Oren questions to better understand how these concepts apply to your specific circumstances
This conversation provides science-based tools and insights to support deep healing that transforms old wounds from the inside out.
THE EVENT IS ON 10/21, 9 PM EST / 6 PM PT
The last conversation sold out within a few weeks so don’t delay, grab your seat today with this RSVP Link

How Past Experiences Affect Your Mental Wellness Today, 9/23 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM EST
2025-09-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Past trauma can seep into busy daily life, affecting relationships and well-being. Learn to recognize triggers and build resilience tools.
We all lead busy lives filled with high-pressure jobs, family responsibilities, and demanding schedules that can make it challenging to maintain positive and healthy relationships. While these external pressures affect us all, for those who have experienced past trauma, navigating daily life can be particularly challenging. Past anxiety or trauma has a way of seeping into our active daily lives, and the stress of our current responsibilities can act as a powerful trigger, unexpectedly unearthing old, unresolved inner conflict and traumas that we may have thought were long buried.
Join licensed psychotherapist Oren Raz for this essential conversation where you’ll discover:
1. Early Trauma and how it manifests itself in the here and now – Implicit Memories
2. Recognition and Understanding Learn to identify when past trauma affects present
3. Practical Self-/Co Regulation Tools to provide more peaceful existence from the inside out.
4. Strategic Boundary Setting Discover how to create protective boundaries, limit triggering content, and build supportive relationships while protecting your energy and preventing trauma reactivation.
This conversation provides practical tools to prevent old wounds from disrupting your present life and relationships.
All people who attend the conversation will receive a free journal worksheet that you can use to help reduce your stress and lesson anxiety.
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Effectively Navigate Through Today's Stress with Emotional Regulation
2025-08-26 18:00 - 19:00
Learn stress reducing strategies from Oren who works with A-List actors, movie producers, rockstars, and icons in the music industry.
When the world feels chaotic, unsafe, and unpredictable your regulated nervous system becomes your greatest protection. Join Oren for practical strategies on staying emotionally grounded, being situationally aware, and harnessing the power of community to navigate today’s uncertainties with confidence, and clarity.
Oren Raz, MA, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist with over 25 years of clinical experience specializing in trauma and anxiety management. He has an elite intelligence background in addition to attaining a Master’s degree with honors in Clinical Psychology at Pepperdine University. Having lived and worked internationally, Oren uniquely understands the current fears many communities face while providing practical tools based on his vast experience as both a trauma specialist and former intelligence officer.
During this candid conversation, we’ll explore:

How effectively navigate a stressful situation with the latest Neuroscience knowledge
The myth of self regulation – We are all interconnected
Dealing with stress from Social Media and proper usage of AI
Self/Co regulation and mindfulness techniques

This isn’t a formal presentation—it’s a safe space for authentic conversation with someone who understands both the psychological and security dynamics communities face. This session provides actionable protection strategies you can implement immediately.
Part of our ongoing series supporting communities through challenging times.
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Helping Jewish Communities Cope with Current Threats and Today's Chaos
2025-07-22 21:00 - 22:00
Free Online Community Conversation
In these unprecedented times of rising antisemitism, global conflict, and community anxiety, Jewish organizations and Jewish-owned businesses need practical tools to navigate today’s challenges.
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Join Oren Raz for an Essential Community Discussion
In these unprecedented times of rising antisemitism, global conflict, and community anxiety, Jewish organizations need practical tools to navigate today’s challenges.

Oren Raz, MA, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist with over 25 years of clinical experience, bringing a unique perspective shaped by his extensive academic background and military service.
After completing his BA at Tel-Aviv University (1994) with dual four-year degrees in Philosophy and Psychology, plus Social Work, Oren served in the Israeli Army’s elite intelligence unit before immigrating to the United States in 1997. At Pepperdine University, he completed all PsyD coursework and earned his Master’s degree with honors in Clinical Psychology, receiving recognition through induction into the university’s Honor Society.
Oren’s unique background living and operating both in Israel and the USA while understanding human trauma enables him to deeply understand the current fear the Jewish communities face while providing tools to deal with it based on his own vast experiences both as a business consultant and psychotherapist dealing with trauma and recovery.
During this candid conversation, we’ll explore:

Managing collective anxiety and maintaining clear decision-making under pressure
Co-regulation techniques for supporting teams, communities, and families
Building psychological safety when external threats feel overwhelming

This isn’t a formal presentation—it’s a safe space for authentic conversation with someone who understands both the psychological and cultural dynamics our community faces.
