“Children don’t get traumatized because they get hurt. Children get traumatized because they’re alone with the hurt.” ~ Dr. Gabor Mate,...

“Authenticity is not some new-age pseudo-spiritual concept. It’s actually a survival necessity.” ~ Gabor Mate, “The Wisdom of Trauma”...

Those of us who train in martial arts and have kata as part of our style know that a fight is never going to look exactly like the set of...

Last December, I got a bit of a health scare. Well, maybe more like a final health warning. My body yelled, “Yudit! If you do not start...

"This kid has NO brains!” Anonymous the Elder Sitting and having my coffee this morning in a shop in Mitzpe, I overheard a kerfuffle...

Violence, like many other atrocities, behaves like a bad smell. What do I mean? Well, if I walk into a room and there is a bad smell, my...

Everybody has the right to choose their own label. Survivor, victim, victor, warrior, etc. My story, no matter how similar to your story,...

Here's my response to another great question that was sent in by one of you. 💌 Dear Yehudit, I am not sure how to handle this issue with...

In my Facebook group, Women Setting Healthy Boundaries, I see so many women posting about regret, and how they wish they’d handled...

Shared with me and shared here with permission: “I had known within a month after our wedding that I did not want to be in this marriage....

I need to ask a question because it has been plaguing me the past week or so. Is the only acceptable answer to violence unbending...

“How often have we stood there helplessly? How many times have we left a situation, giving our space over to assailants? How often have...

I can’t believe that this book was written in the late 90’s and that I have never heard about it until now! What??? How did that happen?...

After I told my friend about the box and ball analogy, she told me that she was trying really hard to find something she could say that...

Last week, a friend called me for some advice about helping her mother deal with grief. She was worried, and she didn’t understand why...

I bet you are wondering why I brought my oldest and my youngest children to a Judo tournament. Well, that is because we were going to be...

There are different ways of running a tournament based on the number of competitors. When there are a lot of competitors, it is some sort...

In June of 1994, about two years after beginning to train in Judo, my Sensei decided that it was time for me to go to a tournament. To...

I have been thinking a lot about how it might sound that I don’t appreciate aftercare provided by emergency services. That is not at all...

Recently, I had a little kerfuffle with my 4 ½ year old grandson. Had to do with an artichoke and you can only imagine. Because of my...