Edinburgh is such a beautiful city, which normally attracts lots of tourists. Even now, with very limited travelling and full lockdown, there seem to be tourists in town (though obviously not that many). It took me a little while before I could tell them apart from the locals, but now that I have a few … More How to spot a tourist in Edinburgh in 5 seconds
As I am nowadays a pretty body able person, a former dancer, a dance teacher, a Pilates and yoga instructor (etc.), it’s hard for people to imagine and for me to recall that I spent 3 years (not executive) of my life not being able to walk without the support of a cane/crutches. I also … More Safe in my body
Throughout the years I have defined myself in many different ways, I felt I was an American Israeli, or sometimes the other way around, I was Caucasian, yet Jewish, but rather as an ethnicity as opposed to as a religion, as I consider myself to be an atheist. I celebrated both Jewish and Christian, or … More Complicated identities
A few weeks back things started to fall apart in our apartment. The first thing was our blender, which short-circuited right before frying itself up. A few hours later the USB cable my phone charger just randomly tore. A few days after that (on a Friday, no less), our bathroom ceiling started leaking badly. As … More Bump in the road
Recently, my news feed on IG has been changing. I don’t know if this is now getting trendier, or if it has something to do with my activity, but instead of getting all these posts about losing weight, I am now getting a lot of body positive posts, real women, real bodies, no filters, no … More Weight gain during lockdown
If you have been following me, you probably know that I have recently traveled to Tel-Aviv, where I had to self-isolate for two weeks. After spending a couple of weeks in Israel, after seeing my family and friends, getting recharged, dancing and taking classes at an actual studio, as opposed to my living room, me … More Self-isolating, take 2
At the beginning of this Lockdown I’ve posted about feeling quite privileged about my quarantine circumstances and about being able to cope with it quite well. Though I acknowledge that I am still privileged to have been going through Lockdown in fairly good conditions and with an amazing partner, my ability to cope with it … More Breaking point
Not long after breaking up with my then fiance, I started suffering from a severe case of major depressive disorder (commonly referred to as depression). At the time I was at my last year of training as a clinical psychologist. I was working at a public health service clinic for youth with eating disorders, as … More Mental health awareness week
I am not an extremely savvy person and though I am only in my early thirties I still appreciate traditional things, like actual books, phone calls etc. Before the entire coronavirus outbreak I had never used the “story” feature in my IG account, and I was quite worried about the fact that human relationships have … More Virtual life
I’ve never really been a baker. I started cooking sometime during my late teens, mostly copying things my mom would make. I wasn’t very creative with it, but I was able to prepare rather tasty food. Later on I moved out of my parents’ house and cooking become a thing I did out of necessity, … More How I started baking gluten free
