Hi, my name is Rotem.

I have been engaged all my life in the search for everything that can allow us to grow even in conditions of deprivation, pain, and trauma.

What builds endurance and brings us to mental and psychological prosperity?

I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'m a woman of many different worlds,

I am a clinical psychologist that holds and advocates the holistic approach.

My biggest passion is to promote a change in the world of mental health and its view in the eyes of the general public -

A change where the treatment is more based on dialogue, compassion, and holistic vision (body, mind, psych, relationships, etc...).

At the beginning of the pandemic, I initiated the podcast \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Language of Life - Nonviolent Communication\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' in a home production, which reached thousands of listeners.

I did not stop receiving personal messages about how much impact the podcast had had on the personal lives, mental health, and relationships of its listeners.

I recently realized that I want to grow, and produce a podcast on a wider scale and of higher quality.

Thus was born the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Growing Pains\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' podcast, which to me is a way of activism of the heart.

What are the 4 goals of the podcast?

♥  To present human pain as an inevitable part of life that, in the presence of enabling conditions, is meant for our growth as humans.

♥  Share personal growth stories and make knowledge from holistic psychology accessible in order to support growth processes, even with pain.

♥  Raise awareness of trauma and its effects.

♥  Create a basis for discussion of mental pain that is not seen as a problem or a pathology and thus provoke talk and awareness of alternative psychiatry.

What is Holistic Psychology?

It is an approach in psychology that sees both our mind - and the body - consciousness - relationships - all together as affecting our lives and equally important.

This approach sees the connections and everything that happens to us, as part of our humanity.

This is an approach in psychology that believes:

* In the inner human wisdom that is in each and every one of us.

* That each and every one of us deserves to receive knowledge, that is a basic, innate right of each human.

* That all human beings deserve access to healing and growth by virtue of being.

What is Alternative Psychiatry?

Supportive approaches for mental crises which are not based primarily on medication or hospitalization.

What is the story behind my dream?

Along the way in my studies, I felt that alongside a lot of in-depth and professional learning, I was missing something.

When I finished my degrees, I did not understand why after all the years of schooling and treatment I went through, I felt \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'stuck\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' within patterns of over-pleasing and disconnecting from myself.

I have been in a situation where I know how to explain mental pain in a multitude of ways, and am still frustrated by the gap between what I know and its impact on my life.

As someone who also grew up in a family that had dysfunctional relationships and mental issues and also as a professional, I was frustrated by the data on the chronicity of mental conditions in the country, and on the hospitalization and return statistics in Israel.

 I knew more was possible for our psyche, and I went out to look for it.

Today, I understand that in order to grow, even out of our human pain, we need 3 main things:

Togetherness. To not be left alone in this. A sense of community.

Support and Inspiration.

Supportive Knowledge.

So I invite us to be together on our joint journey.

The purpose of this fundraiser is to enable me to fulfill the purpose of this podcast over time.

The money raised will be used for the purchase of quality sound and video equipment, rental of video and sound editing services, rental of recording and mobile equipment, payment to the production and coordination team, and payment for graphic design.

Hoping to create Livecast events with you.

To the Podcast (in hebrew) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Language of Life - Compassionate Communication\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\': https://plinkhq.com/i/1521836293?to=page

Additional links: https://linktr.ee/RotemK

With a Deep Sense of Gratitude,

Rotem