Since the age of four, my home was a quiet battleground—my parents constantly on the verge of divorce. As a sensitive child, I pretended everything was fine, while silently absorbing the chaos around me. That invisible weight became the inner stress that followed me for years.  

 

By six, I was already struggling with low self-confidence. I didn’t know how to smile authentically in front of a camera, burdened by thoughts and worries far too heavy for a child. When I began school at seven, the first lesson they taught me wasn’t academic—it was that being myself wasn’t allowed. I had to suppress who I was for eight hours a day, put the creativity aside, stop the play and the spontaneous laughter, stay within the lines, abide by the unreasonable rules that my teachers enforced or risk getting bad grades and suspension threats. Although my parents were the “chill” kind in regards to doing well in school and achieving high grades, I was afraid to get in trouble by my teachers. I didn’t want to get embarrassed in front of the class, so I conformed completely to the rigidity of the school system, and it cemented a subconscious drive to people please which was in constant hyperactivity 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for the next 12 years of my life.

 

I was a student in a Jewish religious institution from the 1st-8th grade which lacked clarity on what being Jewish really means. They turned the environment which was supposed to enlighten, inspire, develop, and unite children into a strict school-law-enforcement focused establishment. I knew that Judaism is supposed to instill true values (which I was picking up from home in the meanwhile) and was supposed to develop me as a person. There was little humanity in school and I couldn’t take on more stress than what I had at home. So as I dressed in uniform every morning I was already in self defense mode and when I came home I used to wish I could take it off and not have to think about school anymore, but homework was abundant. More than anything I had a loud knowing inside that knew just how much school is big waste of time, that the sun, friends, family, joy, real-life experiences were more important, and that perfect grades on irrelevant classes is not what life is really about. 

 

At this point in my life, yes, this early on, I didn’t know who I was anymore.

 

My creativity dimmed under the fear of stepping outside the mold. I was socially anxious, emotionally overwhelmed, and felt like I was struggling from all directions. I lost touch with the present moment. I lost connection with myself. And for years, I lived in a constant state of underlying stress.

 

Conventional therapy didn’t help at first—no one seemed to truly understand what I was going through. But at 13, I was introduced to a form of healing inspired by Rabbi Nachman’s teachings on the heart. For the first time, I asked myself a question that felt completely foreign: “What are you feeling right now?”

 

It was awkward, but that simple question began to pierce through the darkness. It sparked something in me—a desire to reconnect with myself. With G-d’s support, I began exploring every path of healing I could find—Tony Robbins, Robin Sharma, countless books on growth and self-discovery. Slowly, my life began to change.  

 

Yet, something still felt missing.  

 

At 18, I came back to my roots and was introduced to a form of therapy rooted in the deepest truths of the Torah. I began studying with religious teachers who guided me through a process of healing grounded in Divine wisdom. It gave me clarity about who we are, why we’re here, and how to live with purpose. These teachings became the foundation for a new way of life—one filled with light, meaning, and authentic connection.  

 

Since then, I’ve been on a growth journey that not only transformed my own life, but has touched the lives of those around me.  

 

At 20, I became a certified NLP (Neuro-Linguistics Programming) practitioner.

 

Throughout these challenging, yet beautiful years in my life I used my singing and songwriting talents to write and compose a plethora of songs about the challenges I’ve faced and how to overcome them. I am a writer and currently working on self-growth books for kids. I have a special value for creativity and the power that it has to express who we are and help us overcome life’s adversities.

 

I now blend everything I’ve learned— the power of creativity, music, spiritual insight, personal experience, and coping tools—to help myself and others create the lives we were meant to live.  

 

No child should grow up feeling lost then turn into an adult that is left wondering how to pick up the pieces of a life they were never taught how to live. Too many of us survive school only to wake up after graduation feeling like we’ve been in a coma, now expected to "figure it all out."

 

This is why the time to gain tools for life, no matter the age, is *now* 

 

Inside every child is a HUGE light and my mission is to make sure that no light will be dimmed. My dream is to help make the world a happier place—one person at a time—by helping each individual connect deeply to themselves. Because when we’re connected to who we are, we already have everything we need to live the life we were meant for.