Parshas Vayakhel
Infertility is hard. Pregnancy loss is hard. The journey to build a family is hard. Make sure to take breaks. You deserve them.
Send Love
Send love.💗
Send support. 🤗
Send hugs 🫂
…to some of the people who need it most this holiday
Still Triggered
To all of you out there who are carrying or holding your rainbows, we see you.
Purim Masks
L’chaim to YOU, to your strength, to your heart, and to the fact that you are already enough, exactly as you are.
Purim Survival Guide
Purim is supposed to be a time of joy, but when you’re struggling, it can feel anything but.
Purim Triggers
There are so many different emotions over the holidays. If you are feeling this, you are not alone 🫂
Oh Great, It’s Adar
However you’re feeling this month, you’re not alone.
Dr. Aimee Baron on Meaningful People Podcast
Dr. Aimee Baron supports those who are struggling with fertility - and answers some of the most import questions on this episode of Meaningful People Podcast.
Stop Telling People to Pray Harder
Stop telling people to pray harder.
Not Fitting Into the Categories
How do you relate to Gd, when he doesn’t answer your prayers over and over again? Here is one person’s story: “What does hashem want from me?
Therapy and G-d
So, keep G-d a part of your life, if He is already there, but don’t forgo therapy because you think G-d will take care of you. Because He can’t... until you start to help yourself.
I Am Angry at G-d
And as a Jew, I know He loves me even when I’m angry at Him. And even though I’m angry at Him, He still continues to shower me with His love.
God, Religion & Spirituality
We recently asked the IWSTHAB community about the ways these relationships have changed since starting down this journey and these are some of the responses.
Religious Guilt
Often religious guilt comes with the "kind advice" that things would have been different if you only... Sometimes it even comes with a dose of blame.
God Isn’t a Vending Machine
It's another thing to pray. But it's even a different level to keep praying to the being who runs the world, knowing that you have already been disappointed so many times.
God’s Plan
No matter whether you have radical acceptance or not, this idea can be a very powerful one for people who are stuck in their relationships with Gd.
Quotes About Faith
We hope that a better understanding of how G-d works helps and the idea that anger/grief/pain/struggling and distance is the sign of a true relationship with Him.
Spirituality To Me
We want to remind you that feeling connected to a higher being is sometimes not in the number of pslams you say or how meticulous you are about the mitzvos and rituals.
87. Wrestling with G-d, Religion and Spirituality Part 3
Rabbi Johnny Solomon joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about his approach to life and struggle, knowing one's needs and acknowledging the struggle and how G-d can be with us during our pain, rather than viewed as causing our pain.
86. Wrestling with G-d, Religion and Spirituality Part 2
Kayla Haber-Goldstein joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how to think about struggle, tests, and what happens when Gd says no.