Ilana Kendal is a Registered Occupational Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist, writer and international lecturer, drawing diverse audiences from around the globe. In her therapy practice, she sees adults and adolescents grappling with mood disorders, eating disorders and life transitions. Ilana and her family now live in Manchester, England. Her writing can be found (some under her maiden name Rubenstein) on Aish.com, Kveller.com, Chabad.com and Nashim magazine. She is the author of Choosing Up: Elevating the Everyday.
In Manchester on Yom Kippur, a mother races her children home under lockdown—praying, remembering, and asking: how do we wake up to a world that keeps changing around us?