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  • About Ilana

    Hi, I’m Ilana.

     

    A Toronto-based therapist, educator, author, wife, and mom.

     

    If you took a snapshot of my night table, you’d find a skyscraper stack of books and magazines likely to include the latest pop neuroscience hit, a classical commentary on the weekly Torah portion, a deliciously illustrated cookbook, and, as of more recently, Goodnight Moon.   

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  • Choosing Up

    I remember the morning a few years ago when I excitedly sat down at my kitchen table to write the first of what would turn out to be a weekly email that would eventually become the basis for Choosing Up….

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My Blog Latest Posts

Walking

December 9, 2019 “And so, instill Your awe Hashem our G-d, within all Your works, and Your trepidation within all that You have created” (Rosh Hashana Amida prayer) Over the past few months with a...

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December 9, 2019 / Comments Off on Walking

Comfort on the Journey

November 28, 2019 “…Go for yourself from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you” (Breishit, 12:1) Comfort can come in the most surprising ways:...

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Finger Puppets

November 25, 2019 “…you shall surely return them to your brother” (Devarim 22:1) There he was lying on a side table in the lobby of our building. Alone. No one to claim him. A little lion finger...

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Laundry

November 25, 2019 “G-d, if You keep our sins in mind, who can survive?” (Tehillim 130:3) It’s amazing who you can meet in the laundry room. Living in an apartment building means I get to sort my lights...

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Nursery Paints

November 25, 2019 “It is a tree of life to those who grasp it, and all it’s supporters are praiseworthy” (Proverbs 3:18) There are stories that become part of family lore, tales we tell, or are told,...

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