Creative Expression
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Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls
Illustrated poem with reflections about chasing outcomes vs being present, floating down the river instead of paddling upstream
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Explore My Work
Essays, poems, artwork, and short stories — reflections on identity, mental health, movement, and meaning.
"You can show the authentic, winding, chaotic journey because that's showing the truth—not some neatly tied-together bow-tie way of life."
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Emotional Depth & Healing
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When life looks like scribbles
Using the scribble game as metaphor for finding beauty and meaning when life feels chaotic, empty, and disconnected
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Identity & Self-Discovery
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לך לך (Lech Lecha) — Go To Yourself
The journey of leaving comfort and familiarity, moving to Israel, and following one's calling despite fear
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Personal Growth & Resilience
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We're Not Only as Good as Our Weaknesses
Sports teach you more about who you are than how strong you are. A CrossFit competition story about relating to yourself when things don't go your way.
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Movement & Body Wisdom
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Rise Like a Hot Air Balloon, Don't Shoot Up Like a Jetpack
Contrasting fear-based motivation (jetpack) with supportive encouragement (hot air balloon)
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Emotional Depth & Healing
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Don't Disappear From Me
Poem about dissociation, watching someone disconnect from themselves, and choosing to stay present
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Identity & Self-Discovery
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The Walking Juxtaposition
Deep dive into the fragmented parts of self - Dennis, Dolly, Double D, and their protective counterparts
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Mental Health & Neurodivergence
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The Courage to Be Human
Extensive exploration of ADHD, comorbidities, masking, trauma. Breaking rigid molds and embracing messy, creative selves through struggle
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Mental Health & Neurodivergence
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Learning to Focus My Light
Introduction to a creative memoir, discussing ADHD, the hypomanic episode, and the decision to heal differently
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Jewish Philosophy & Israel
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From Fate to Destiny
Exploring Rav Soloveitchik's concepts of self-return vs self-creation through personal experience
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Jewish Philosophy & Israel
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What Comes First—The Meaning or the Meal?
Challenging Maslow's hierarchy—sometimes meaning and spirituality are basic needs, not luxuries
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Mental Health & Neurodivergence
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The Hypomanic Experience
Deep exploration of hypomania as soul's eruption after years of suppression, not as disorder but breakthrough
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Jewish Philosophy & Israel
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Two Planets, One Warped Reality
Living between American upbringing and Israeli reality, watching friends justify terrorism
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Jewish Philosophy & Israel
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You May Forget, But the World Doesn't
A wake-up call about antisemitism, identity, and the cost of denying who you are. For Jews and anyone who cares about human dignity.
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Personal Growth & Resilience
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Confidence is Assurance, With No Guarantees
Redefining confidence as the ability to fail and keep going, not guaranteeing success
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Emotional Depth & Healing
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A Soul Built For Seasons
Exploring how pure happiness isn't fulfilling—real joy comes from contrast, from holding everything at once
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Identity & Self-Discovery
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Growing Strong in Our Roots
Understanding the different 'parts' of self, exploring Internal Family Systems, and the Superman metaphor for identity
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Emotional Depth & Healing
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Stand Firm in the Chaos
Finding balance between freezing in overwhelm and sprinting to escape, learning to stand present
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Emotional Depth & Healing
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You Don't Get the Rainbow Without the Rain
The cost of denying our emotional range—how the rain we run from might actually be the very thing we need to find the rainbow.
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Identity & Self-Discovery
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Fuck The Shoes
Growing up in a family where certain traits were praised while others were misunderstood, being diagnosed with ADHD, and the long road to reclaiming authentic self
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Mental Health & Neurodivergence
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Clear Means No Color
Visual poem about ADHD, medication removing both chaos and color, and learning to love the mess
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Identity & Self-Discovery
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I Fell Under This Spell
Poetic reflection on living a double life, wisdom from struggle, and reclaiming authenticity
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Personal Growth & Resilience
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Schmatza Girl
Long narrative poem about becoming everyone's doormat to gain acceptance, then reclaiming autonomy
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Creative Expression
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When a Gift Feels More Like Poison
Exploring how gifts can feel like burdens when we don't feel deserving. Learning to stand on gifts instead of being crushed by them
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