In this episode of Affinity for Infiniti, host Chaya Abelsky sits down with Dr. Irena O’Brien for a thoughtful conversation on personal transformation and resilient leadership.

Drawing from her background in psychology and her work with leaders and helping professionals, Dr. O’Brien explores how inner awareness, emotional resilience, and intentional self-work shape the way we lead, coach, and show up for others. She speaks candidly about navigating pressure, uncertainty, and responsibility—and why sustainable leadership begins with understanding ourselves first.

This episode bridges deep inner work with real-world leadership, offering listeners practical insights on how growth, self-regulation, and reflection create leaders who are not only effective, but grounded and human.

Listeners will take away:

• 🔹 How personal transformation fuels strong, resilient leadership

• 🔹 Why inner awareness is essential for coaches and leaders

• 🔹 Tools for navigating pressure without burnout

• 🔹 The connection between emotional insight and leadership presence

• 🔹 How leading yourself well changes how you lead others

A meaningful listen for coaches, leaders, and professionals committed to growth—from the inside out.

Coaching Across Cultures — A Conversation with Dave Lipsky

What happens when coaching meets culture?

In this episode of Affinity for Infiniti, we sit down with Dave Lipsky to explore what it truly means to coach across cultures—geographic, organizational, generational, and emotional. Drawing from decades of global leadership and coaching experience, Dave unpacks how culture quietly shapes communication, trust, power dynamics, motivation, and what “success” even means.

Together, we explore:

• Why one-size-fits-all coaching doesn’t work across cultures

• How to listen beyond words—to values, context, and unspoken norms

• The difference between cultural competence and cultural humility

• How coaches and leaders can avoid assumptions while still creating momentum

• Practical tools for building trust and alignment in diverse teams

This conversation is both reflective and practical—filled with real stories, sharp insights, and grounded frameworks that coaches, leaders, and changemakers can immediately apply. Whether you’re leading a global organization, coaching clients from different backgrounds, or simply navigating cross-cultural relationships in daily life, this episode invites you to slow down, listen deeper, and lead with greater awareness.

Because coaching across cultures isn’t about having the right answers—it’s about asking better questions.

In this rich and thoughtful conversation, Rabbi Yitzchok A. Pinkesz invites listeners into a Torah-aligned understanding of astrology—not as fate, but as wisdom. Drawing from more than 15 years of practice and deep study in Jewish philosophy, psychology, and astrology, he reframes the stars as a language of tendencies that illuminate our inner landscape and life patterns.

Rather than predicting outcomes, Kosher Astrology offers a map for choice, growth, and responsibility. The discussion explores how mazal (astrological influence) can help us understand our natural strengths, blind spots, emotional rhythms, and seasons of life—while remaining fully aligned with Torah values, free will, and avodas Hashem. Astrology becomes a mirror, not a mandate.

• Astrology ≠ destiny: It reveals inclinations, not inevitabilities. Awareness creates choice.

• Torah alignment: When studied properly, astrology deepens yiras Shamayim and personal accountability rather than replacing them.

• Personal transformation: Understanding your “cosmic wiring” can support emotional regulation, relationships, leadership, and spiritual growth.

• Integration with psychology: Rabbi Pinkesz weaves celestial insight with modern psychological understanding, creating a grounded, practical framework.

This conversation powerfully complements the Infiniti Coach Training (ICT) philosophy. Both emphasize:

• Deep self-awareness as the gateway to change

• Holding complexity without losing agency

• Choosing response over reaction

• Seeing human beings as dynamic, evolving, and infinitely capable

For coaches, leaders, and seekers, Kosher Astrology adds a meaningful layer to the ICT toolkit, supporting clients in naming patterns, expanding perspective, and making conscious, values-based choices.

Yitzchok A. Pinkesz is a Jewish, Torah-observant astrologer who has been practicing astrology in accordance with the Torah for over 15 years. His fascination with personal transformation led him to extensive research in Jewish philosophy, psychology, and astrology. He brings these three passions together in his acclaimed book Kosher Astrology: A Jewish Guide To Celestial Wisdom.

Learn more & follow his work:

• 📘 Kosher Astrology on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/195237085X/

• 🌐 Website: https://kosherastro.com

• 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kosherastro/

• ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KosherAstro

If you’d like, I can also adapt this into show notes, a LinkedIn post, or a listener reflection + CTA specifically tied to ICT Cohort enrollment.

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