The Trust Factor with Jessy Revivo

Send us Fan Mail Ever notice how a lifetime of effort can be shaken by a single moment of doubt? We took that uneasy truth head-on, starting with a vivid image: skyscrapers that take years to build and only minutes to drop. From there, we traced how the same dynamic threatens families, careers, and spiritual lives when we lose sight of why we built in the first place. The real danger isn’t the har...

Send us Fan Mail What if the loudest voices in a teen’s life aren’t in the room, but in their pocket? We sit down with Rabbi Glenn Black, CEO of NCSY Canada, to unpack how 40 hours a week on social media reshapes truth, identity, and belonging—and how emuna and bitachon can ground young Jews in a world that won’t stop scrolling. This isn’t a theory class. It’s a look at the front lines of Jewish e...

Send us Fan Mail Blink and the week is gone—and with it, the illusion that outcomes tell the whole story. We take a hard look at what success actually means and trade the hustle-first mindset for a trust-first practice: show up, do the right work at home, at the office, and in your community, then let the results live where they belong. The theme is simple and demanding: align your will with God’s...

Send us Fan Mail What if the certainty you’re waiting for only shows up after you begin? We begin closing season one with a candid, energizing review of chapter six and a clear challenge to the “not now” mindset that keeps purpose on hold. Instead of trusting your senses to measure what they can’t, we invite you to lean on common sense and a lived track record of provision: breath, opportunity, an...

Send us Fan Mail Ever tried to bargain with certainty—“Set me up financially and I’ll finally live with purpose”? We take that deal apart and show why it fails at the root: you can’t demand collateral from the very source that powers your next breath. Using a clear lender–borrower analogy, we lay out why collateral presumes capacity, and how that logic breaks when applied to the Creator. Even the...

Send us Fan Mail What if your demand for certainty is the very thing blocking trust? We take on a bold idea: many of us hold the Divine hostage, promising to commit once money and success feel guaranteed. Using a crisp analogy of ordinary versus extraordinary debtors—plus a timely thought experiment about asking a billionaire for collateral—we reframe faith from a risky leap to a response grounded...

Send us Fan Mail A single guitar line can tell the truth faster than a thousand hot takes. We open with the story behind our new intro and the psalm that inspired it, then follow that thread into a bigger question: does getting money up front actually bring peace, or does it sharpen anxiety? From there, we tackle the fifth response to the “security deposit” mindset—the common belief that wealth mu...

Send us Fan Mail What if faith wasn’t a leap, but a step grounded in everyday clarity? We sit down with Rabbi Dovid Sapirman—veteran educator and founder of the Ani Maamin Foundation—to explore how Emuna (faith) becomes sturdy when built on common sense and a little knowledge. From the tailor and the jacket to the precision of an eggshell and the “walking pharmacy” of the human body, we trace how...

Send us Fan Mail Tired of bargaining with life before you begin? We take on the quiet pact so many of us make—“I’ll start living with purpose when I have more money, more time, better health”—and show why that deal keeps us stuck. Through a sharp look at gratitude, trust, and daily responsibility, we expose the hidden cost of waiting for guarantees and offer a clear path to meaningful action today...

Send us Fan Mail Stop waiting for God to prove Himself before you live by Torah values. We take on the quiet bargain many of us make—“I’ll commit when the money, house, and certainty show up”—and show how it traps us in delay, anxiety, and a never-ending chase for guarantees. Instead, we focus on what we can actually control: today’s obligations, one faithful step at a time, and the power of spiri...

Send us Fan Mail What if the finish line you’re chasing—more savings, a bigger house, a perfect career—keeps moving because it was never meant to come first? We confront the quiet bargain many of us make: “I’ll live a godly life after I’ve secured this world.” It sounds sensible, but it’s the very thing that delays meaning, drains joy, and blurs our priorities. We start with a time audit that hits...

Send us Fan Mail What if the number you’re chasing is the very thing keeping you from peace? We dig into the hard truth that “enough” rarely stays fixed, and why linking spiritual intent to financial certainty guarantees endless delay. Instead of demonizing ambition, we reframe it: work is sacred because showing up shapes the soul, not because income buys serenity. When you shift from bargaining f...

Send us Fan Mail What if the biggest barrier to your growth isn’t lack of time or money, but the quiet bargain you’ve made with comfort? We take aim at the popular myth that you should “get set” before you commit to what matters, and we use a piercing 850-year-old text to expose why that story feels safe but keeps you small. The core image is unforgettable: demanding a security deposit from your C...

Send us Fan Mail The last two years have tested Jewish students in ways most of us never faced on campus. We sit down with Rabbi Shlomo Blackman, campus director and community liaison for Olami/Aish Toronto, to explore how young adults are answering hostility with leadership, learning, and a renewed trust in God. What starts as a story about pressure quickly becomes a blueprint for purpose: small...

Send us Fan Mail Sirens on campus, headlines everywhere, and a simple question: what kind of leaders are we shaping under pressure? We open with the raw reality facing Jewish students as protests escalate, then draw a line to the deeper engine that carries people through chaos: trust in God. That trust reframes ambition, money, and work from objects of worship into tools for service. It’s also the...

Send us Fan Mail What if the way you think about money is the very thing stealing your peace? We take a hard look at trust, control, and the myth that more is automatically safer. By walking through four clear differences between a trust-centred life and a control-centred one, we map how gratitude reframes setbacks, how contentment defuses anxiety, and how generosity becomes strategy rather than s...

Send us Fan Mail Ever notice how fear of death can jolt you into action, while the motivation to truly live keeps slipping to “later”? We lean into that tension and offer a route out: a simple, sincere conversation with God that turns anxiety into alignment and procrastination into purpose. Along the way, we spotlight Rabbi Shlomo Blackman, a quiet force in Toronto’s Jewish community whose steady...

Send us Fan Mail What if remembering your own mortality is the most honest productivity tool you have? We open the week with a bracing idea: time is short, and that truth can cut through fear, hesitation, and the endless hoarding of security that never delivers peace. From there, we contrast two paths—trusting God with focused, present action versus chasing control through accumulation—and trace h...

Send us Fan Mail Anxiety feeds on “what if,” but what happens when you flip the question to “what’s mine to do right now?” We explore that shift as we come close to closing a season shaped by The Gate of Trust and step into a new journey with The Garden of Emuna, a modern guide to living faith in a noisy world. We share why an ancient text still lands today: the premise of an all-knowing Creator r...

Send us Fan Mail What if the outcome isn’t yours to control, but the effort still is? That tension sits at the core of our conversation with Rabbi Elisha Mandel, a community leader who has watched sceptics become seekers and homes come to life through small, courageous steps. From his 30,000-foot view, growth is visible long before people feel it, and that perspective reframes Bitachon—trust in Go...

Send us Fan Mail What if the shelf you keep restocking is really feeding your fear, not your future? We dive into the uncomfortable space between prudent planning and quiet hoarding, where anxiety disguises itself as responsibility. The conversation begins with a challenging lens on trust in God: when something is withheld or lost, the trusting heart doesn’t erupt in blame or panic. That ideal col...

Send us Fan Mail What if your deepest losses hurt differently when seen through the lens of purpose? We unpack a seventh distinction of trust: the ability to stay steady when life withholds what we want or takes what we love. Rather than glossing over pain, we frame grief with meaning—this life as a brief, purposeful corridor and the next as the destination—so sorrow is real, but never rootless. W...

Send us Fan Mail A wrong order, a worried clerk, and a client deadline hanging by a thread—then a surprising choice: release the blame and trust the timing. We take a small moment at a metal shop and use it to unpack a much bigger idea: how faith in God’s governance can quiet anxiety, soften anger, and transform our relationships. We’re nearing the end of chapter five and teasing what season two w...

Send us Fan Mail If your presence made people instantly relax, how would your work, family, and community change? We dig into a bold claim: a person who truly trusts in God becomes easy to be around, even loved across different groups, because their conduct signals safety. Not safety as a brand, but safety as daily proof—clear boundaries, honest dealings, and the courage to do right when it costs....

Send us Fan Mail What if the real reason you work has nothing to do with making money? We dig into a radical shift: provision is set, effort is still required, and the point of work is to act with integrity and purpose. That lens changes everything—how you pick a career, how you handle pressure, and how you measure success when the market shouts one thing and your conscience whispers another. We w...