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If I had left my husband when I thought I wanted to, I would have missed a unique opportunity to learn about myself through the mirror of my partner. I’d have not grown in awareness. I’d have not become who I am today. It is very popular to end a relationship when you are unhappy. […]
Read More >>There are a few recurring themes in my fights with my husband. When I remember to divert my thoughts from what is wrong with him, or from putting him down in retaliation for my pain, and instead I actually look at what my pain tells me about me, the themes emerge quite clearly. It always […]
Read More >>I am a US citizen and I vote in presidential elections. I haven’t always voted, although I have the right since I became naturalized in my early 20s. When I was younger, the whole election process felt incomprehensible. My parents, raised in the USSR, did not model voting or being empowered in their civil duties […]
Read More >>In my personal life, in my work, and in the collective zeitgeist, I have been observing an unhealthy attitude toward sex as a need that another person is responsible for filling. Many men (and some women) feel entitled to have their desire for sex be filled by their partner. Many women still use their ability […]
Read More >>On Sunday morning I woke up in Vienna, flooded with memories. After three weeks of moving every few days, to wake up in a familiar setting, in the city that I know well, in the comfort of a family home felt like a blessing and filled me with gratitude. My in-laws live in Vienna, Austria. […]
Read More >>Today is my mother’s 80th birthday. My sister and I have been planning mom’s birthday celebration for months, organizing a reunion in Sicily. My mother lives in Israel. She has moved there when she and my father split up roughly 12 years ago. When we considered how to celebrate this milestone birthday we decided to […]
Read More >>Although my life has changed dramatically in the last several years, not much has changed on the outside. I still live in the same town, married to the same person. Oh I’ve wanted to run away from both. Change the guy. Change the town. Anything to make myself feel better. I did change some ingredients […]
Read More >>Yesterday was a 7-year anniversary of my coming out naked publically. 😜 On May 29, 2016 I published my first article. This was not a part of a grand strategy. It felt more like a fight to survive. I was turning 50 years old that year. I refused to accept what women around me were […]
Read More >>For many years I have lived with an undisputed conviction that my family is the most important thing in my life. It was taught by my mother and confirmed through societal messages all around me. And yet, my experience of family life has overtime accumulated into a stunning realization that I am profoundly alone. And […]
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