Meet Deanna Alkoby | Leads spiritual Challah bakes / Spiritual coach

We had the good fortune of connecting with Deanna Alkoby and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Deanna, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
I host private challah bakes in women’s homes where women come together to make traditional braided bread from scratch, but the truth is, it’s so much more than baking.
What I really create is a space where women can just breathe and be. While we’re mixing and braiding the dough, I guide the room with intention and real conversations about faith, challenges, growth, and the inner work we’re all going through.
In a world that feels so fast and disconnected, this brings people back to something simple but powerful. There’s something about creating something with your hands that reminds you that you can also rebuild, reset, and grow from within.
I’ve seen women walk in carrying stress, pain, or just feeling off and by the end of the night, something shifts. They open up. They laugh. They feel seen. They remember who they are.
So how does my business help the community? It brings people back to connection to themselves, to each other, and to something deeper. And that shift doesn’t stay in the room. It goes back home with them, into their families, their mindset, and their lives.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
What sets me apart is that I don’t come in with a script. I come in with heart. Every room is different, every woman is carrying something different, and I allow myself to be fully present to that. I speak from a real place from my own life, my own struggles, my own growth. Nothing is rehearsed. It’s raw, it’s honest, and people feel that.
It wasn’t easy getting here. There were times I questioned myself, times I felt like I wasn’t enough, times I didn’t know if this would even turn into something. And especially through personal pain and loss, I had a choice to shut down or to go deeper. I chose to go deeper.
That’s what I bring into every room. Not perfection. Not a performance. Just truth.
What I’m most proud of isn’t just the business, it’s the impact. It’s watching women walk in guarded, overwhelmed, or disconnected, and slowly open up. It’s seeing them remember their strength, their worth, their connection to something bigger.
The biggest lesson I’ve learned is that people don’t need another perfect event they need something real. They need a space where they can feel seen without being judged.
What I want the world to know is that this isn’t just a challah bake. It’s an experience that brings people back to themselves. And when a woman reconnects to herself, it changes everything ,her home, her relationships, her entire life.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
If my best friend was visiting, I wouldn’t just take her to “places”, I’d take her into experiences.
We’d start our mornings slow, with coffee and real conversation, because for me, that’s everything. Then I’d take her to the ocean there’s something about the water that just resets you. We’d sit, talk, maybe say a small prayer, just ground ourselves.
Ofcourse we’d go out to eat, good food, good energy, places where you can actually sit and connect, not just rush in and out. I love anywhere that feels warm, alive, and full of people enjoying life.
Honestly, the highlight wouldn’t be a restaurant or a spot it would be bringing her into one of my challah bakes. Letting her experience what I do, the women, the energy, the connection. That’s where something real happens.
The rest of the time? Just being together. driving around, music on, laughing, talking about life. Because at the end of the day, it’s not really about where you go,it’s about how you feel when you’re there and who you’re with.
That’s what I would want her to experience.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
At the end of the day, all the credit goes to God.
I truly believe I’m just the vessel. I can show up, I can speak, I can create the space, but what actually happens in those rooms, the shifts, the healing, the connection, that’s not coming from me alone.
There are moments I walk into a room and I don’t even know what I’m going to say, and the words just come. The energy shifts. Women open up. Something real happens. And I know that’s Him.
Of course, I’m beyond grateful for the people in my life. The women who trust me, who open their homes, who allow me into their space. They’re everything to this journey.
If I’m being real, this isn’t just a business to me. It’s something I feel guided to do. And everything that comes from it, every impact, every connection, that’s all God.

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