Self-Care
The Life Waiting For Me: A Letter
This essay was workshopped in The Layers Writing Workshops. Dear Hashem, You know everything that I have been through. You…
Learning to Rest
I never let myself rest. At some point when I was sick with chronic illness, all I could do was…
Choosing Love
As much as I loved love and dished it out generously to others, I fed myself fear. This ingestion was…
Whole, Body & Soul
I remember being eight years old and getting on a scale. I was offered $1 for every pound I would…
The Next Chapter
It’s funny how sometimes we end up creating for others what we need the most. The Layers Project was born…
Coming Back to First Position: Learning to Love My Body Again
Her body moves gracefully across the room, small ballet slippers dotting the floor with lightness and strength. Her arms are…
Stopping to Surrender
It’s so hard for me to be far away from him, not to be able to hold him through this,…
Enough, For Now
I’ve been trying to make sense of the time period that we are living in right now. We have been…
The Night I Took Myself Out On A Date
I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for the past year. The first few months were due to a high-risk pregnancy placing…
Coming Back to the Mikveh
When my husband and I felt our family was complete, I chose a birth control that would accommodate that decision.…
Making it to the Mikveh– With Breast Cancer
Published on The Layers Project Magazine in partnership with The Eden Center. A few months after giving birth to my…
The Failings of Solely Focusing on Beauty
As women, we know that we need to take care of ourselves. We should eat nutritious food, dress in a…