What Six Years in Tech Taught Me About the Nervous System
My career has swung like a pendulum: first a psychotherapist, then Chief of Staff and Head of Operations to a tech unicorn, now a therapist once more.
Masculinity isn’t something that needs to be fixed!
Masculinity isn’t something that needs to be fixed! Yet the need to redefine it feels more urgent than ever. Growing up as a third-culture kid—born in Israel, raised under Kenyan skies, and eventually unpacking my suitcase here in America—I learned to slip between worlds like a seasoned chameleon. Each country had its own secret handshake, its unique melody of what it meant to be a man. In Israel, masculinity was sturdy, simple, carved from stone - strength tempered by irreverent humor and fierce loyalty. In Kenya, masculinity was quieter - filled with, dignity, and community bonds, but also pent up and frustrated. Then, suddenly, America: a confusing collision of ambition and vulnerability, tough but open-hearted, a dizzying dance without clear choreography.