My 15 year old daughter just now completed her first year in seminar. She ‘became patuach’ during this year. (We are a yeshivish Chareidi family). I try my best to be accepting of her new look – bare ankles, tight shirts, etc. – for the sake of our relationship. She...

Hello, First of all, I want to thank you for the amazing work that Akshiva does. I am a 22-year-old Chareidi man from a more Chassidish background. I live outside of Israel, am engaged, and currently learning in yeshivah. I struggle to feel comfortable and confident in my Chareidi identity,...

A year ago, during the holidays, I gave birth to my first-born son. It brought joy, contentment, and meaning into my life. At the same time, it brought with it, obviously, difficulties that I did not expect. For one thing, I feel like I don’t spend enough time engaged in...

Hey, I am 19 years old and feel that I am crashing. Until now, I always felt very connected to Hashem, very spiritual and very imaginative. That’s how I felt until last year. Since the beginning of the year, I have begun to feel that everything is blocked. The tremendous...

Shalom u’vracha, I have been married for over 11 years. I have two children, Baruch Hashem, a husband who is a talmid chacham and has a heart of gold and good middot, but… mental health problems, so I don’t get along well with him. Over the years we have been...