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Talking to Teens About the LA Fires

When wildfires or other crises hit close to home, it can be tough to know how to support your teens. BaMidbar's Clinical Director, Gabriela Lupatkin LICSW, shares tips to help you navigate these tough conversations.

What Purim Teaches Us About Mental Health

There are many customs on Purim, but I have been very focused on the tradition of dressing up, specifically around how this connects to identity. When we wear a costume, we hide one identity and present another. Over the past few months, I have been thinking about just this: how we decide which parts of our identity to hide and which to present to the outside world.