I've waited 15 years for this.It took 15 years for my immersion in a mikvah to be a neutral experience. Not traumatic. Not painful. Neutral. From the very first time immersing in a mikvah, a few days before my wedding, I was on my own. Searching in the dark, in unfamiliar territory.

Nobody looks at me and thinks: she's suffering from a mental illness. That's the thing about trichotillomania — it hides. It hides under eyeliner, under wigs, under thick headbands, under the perfectly ordinary face I show the world. And once a month, at the mikveh, it can't hide anymore.

At its core, Judaism teaches the concept of Tzelem Elokim—that every person is created in the image of the Divine. That means your body, exactly as it is right now, holds holiness.

For the last year and a half, every Israeli—man, woman, and child—has been surrounded by difficult events, not by choice. These events...

Advice on how to support loved ones during Pesach who are suffering from anorexia.

Pesach can be anxiety-provoking at the best of times, and these, dear friends, are anything but the best of times. The era that we are living in as a Jewish people is one of the most volatile and stressful times in our people’s recent history. On top of that, during Pesach there is not only an onslaught of extra domestic duties - the cooking, the intense cleaning, buying new clothes, shopping for the kids, organizing school holiday activities, and hosting guests - but it is