Something that I am working on a lot right now is reducing my anxiety levels. Well, I am always working on it, but in particular now since I am pregnant as well as approaching the transition into motherhood.  Add to that job hunting and building up my nutrition private practice in our new city of … Continue reading Letting Go: Reducing Anxiety by Reducing Attachment to Results

This birthday girl just got a rude awakening to her adult life. #Thisis 32 #Adulting I went to pick up some papers today to find out more about membership rates at our local shul, i.e. the synagogue which we attend on a weekly basis. My husband and I got married a little less than 2 … Continue reading Birthday Girl’s Rude Awakening About Adulthood

Another reason why I wrote my book First Comes Self-Love, Then Comes Marriage, was so people realize that no matter how good and successful people appear on the outside, they may be suffering on the inside. Also, on a similar note, no matter how good and successful people are when they are growing up, you … Continue reading Dating Series #5: The Importance of Teaching Youth Healthy Coping Skills for Life’s Challenges

I never expected to have premarital sex. I also never expected my father to die suddenly when I was 21. But when G-d threw a wrench into my existence, it shifted how my life played out. For years I could never stop wondering what my life would have been like if my father wasn’t stripped … Continue reading Dating Series #4: Why the Term “Losing One’s Virginity” Sucks!

You do one thing bad like shoplifting (or having sex in a culture where premarital sex is greatly frowned upon) in one unhealthy relationship and all of a sudden it’s now something you have done, it’s part of your possible reality. If you do not address this and work on forgiving yourself, you are more … Continue reading Dating Series #3: The Cycle of Negative Actions and Self-Destructive Choices

In speaking with the rabbi on the phone, he said he noticed that I focused on the self as a solution for how to deal with unhealthy relationships. I told him, yes, that is what I personally experienced: it was at times when I was unhappy with myself that I sought out unhealthy relationships. Even … Continue reading Dating Series #2: Standing on My Own Two Feet

One of the populations I am reaching out to in order to discuss my book First Comes Self-Love, Then Comes Marriage, are community religious leaders in colleges.  I spoke with one such leader this past week, and his questions led to a rich discussion. I would like to impart what we spoke about in this … Continue reading Dating Series #1: Disentangling Oneself from an Intense and Complicated Unhealthy Relationship

I moved from NY to Atlanta two months ago. Today, I am gearing up to spend the next couple of days distributing my nutrition private practice business cards to additional private practices in the area which I recently discovered. As I don’t believe in coincidences, last night I had a meaningful discussion with my husband … Continue reading To Therapy or Not to Therapy, That is the Question

Coming to the realization that this job wasn’t going to pan out, I experienced feelings quite similar to what I had felt during previous relationship breakups. Just as this job seemed to afford me with all I needed—including good healthcare benefits and an onsite daycare—with certain guys I dated, the first few dates went so … Continue reading How Leaving a Job is Similar to a Breakup