“Niksen”is Dutch word meaning doing nothing. I tried. Honestly, I did. The past academic year was intense: multiple projects, studies,...

When a child opens their heart – we should be there to listen. A lesson that wasn’t written in the curriculum.   Yesterday, at one of the...

"But there are those who take a monopoly on wisdom They know better than me They know better than you What’s good for me, what’s good for...

"Do you want coffee?" or maybe "Do you want to drink coffee?" or "Do you have time for coffee?" You could also say "Hi, I’m Efrat, nice...

a few thoughts...  Finding myself again. Discovering things I didn’t know about myself. Understanding things that happened in the past...

I know... I do so many things... 168 hours that I need to fit everything into... actually, not everything... just what is a priority for...

This morning, we celebrated Purim in a small organization I manage. I decided to dress up—just something small—but the moment I put on...

I’ve received many requests regarding my answer to a post on the challenges adolescents face when integrating, so I decided to write a...

Many people ask me how to preserve an identity for our children. My answer starts with a question: What do you want to bring into your...

There’s a saying in French: "Slowly, the bird builds its nest." This was one of the first sentences I learned in French class, and it’s...

In a previous post, we discussed the challenges of illness and relocation. In this post, I would like to share some practical ways to...

For years, I’ve been reflecting on the connection between coaching and the Jewish bookcase. While I’m not a religious person, I see...

In our increasingly mobile society, the interplay between illness and relocation has profound implications for individuals and...

See something else. We all know the iceberg theory. The fact that we look at others who are successful in their fields and don't see the...

I have written a lot about identity in relocation. Today I want to bring up another aspect of this topic: biculturalism. Contacts between...

Following on from my previous post in which I was asked to give some advice on how to succeed in learning the language, I am uploading...

I was asked in one of the posts how I did it, so I decided to write a post about this topic because it is important. As I always say (and...

Researchers Berry and Lackland claim that age has an effect on the acculturation processes of immigrants in a new country. Few have...

The question of identity comes up in many training sessions. People often ask me how to preserve the identity of their children. First,...

The first advantage I will write about is entering a familiar area or, in other words, a "soft landing" in the country you arrive to. The...