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THE BRAIDED PRESCRIPTION
SEVEN PRACTICES FOR LIVING WELL FORM THE ANCIENT RITUAL OF MAKING CHALLAH
For fans of celebrated self-help books The Power of Now and Atomic Habits, an MD’s soulful exploration of healing, tradition, and spirituality through the grounding and nourishing habit of baking challah.
What if a thousand- year-old ritual could transform the way you live today?
In her beloved first book, Braided, Dr. Beth Ricanati shared how making sacred bread, challah, every Friday for over a decade transformed her life. Now, in The Braided Prescription, she shares insights from her subsequent challah workshops with groups all over America and even abroad, distilling what she’s learned into seven attainable and powerful practices for managing stress in our daily lives.
Blending personal stories, scientific research, and timeless wisdom, Ricanati demonstrates how these seven practices can restore presence in a distracted world, strengthen bonds with family and community, and teach resilience through imperfection. With warmth and wisdom, she shows how the weekly ritual of making challah bread can help us mend what feels frayed, anchor what feels uncertain, and create space for what truly matters.
For readers from every walk of life—including those who have never made dough or even seen yeast—The Braided Prescription is a powerful reminder that small acts, repeated with care, can lead to profound transformation.
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REVIEWS FOR THE BRAIDED PRESCRIPTION INCLUDE:
“The Braided Prescription reminds us that we can bring the ancient wisdom of intentional food preparation into everyday life. It’s the perfect invitation to slow down and connect deeply, practices that research shows can foster more flourishing in daily life.”
“In her inventive and insightful book, Beth gathers us around her table to feel the quiet power of warm challah, tended, baked, and shared with the people we love. The Hebrew word for bread and war share the same root letters. Without bread, we battle. With it, we heal and hope. We need that healing and hope now more than ever . . . ”
“Dr. Beth Ricanati’s confident and gentle voice offers a recipe for navigating acute and chronic stress so familiar to us all. The simple practice of baking and sharing bread, when done with intention, reminds us that we have the potential to nourish one another. What a gift.”
“So many rituals revolve around food and its preparation. We don’t always notice that these rituals can be healing, enabling us to feel better, be calmer, and actually be a kind of self-care. But Dr. Beth Ricanati does. And she shares her wisdom, drawn from her experience as a doctor, a patient, a parent, a wife, and a challah baker in The Braided Prescription.”
“If you are hungry for meaning and true sustenance you will find it within this book—it is a joy to read and as irresistible as freshly baked bread. Beth Ricanati shares her antidote to stress through practices that ground and connect us, inviting us into a timeless space that heals and transforms.”
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