Blog - Shira Aharony - Connecting Threads

he blog is a long-standing home for my writing across different platforms, and I’m excited to invite you to visit

This is a chance to get a closer look at my approach as a therapist for teens and young adults, and to discover the unique and powerful benefits of creative therapeutic work.
If we haven’t met yet and you’re curious about how I began writing – you’ll find that and more in the post ‘Glad You’re Here!’.
You’re warmly invited to read, share your thoughts (even on older posts – I read everything), and reach out.

I’m here.

Glad You are here!

I’ve always written. Poems, heartfelt birthday wishes, youth group activities, love letters, long lists of dreams and personal boundaries, reflections, reminders, travel journals, and memories…

Light, Oil, and a Little Self-Compassion

Every year, as the holidays approach, the voices of teenagers rise again—they become tense, as if preparing for an attack. This “battle” has two sides: The buffet table itself, and the adults who suffer just

Youth Going Astray

A teenage boy gets up at one minute to eight. Not brushing his hair, not brushing his teeth. He’s been in the same pajamas for two, maybe three days. The house is quiet—the younger siblings

Second Wave

If during the first lockdown there was a general atmosphere of “making lemonade”—making the most of the situation and the time at home with the kids—filled with recipes for churning butter and sewing clothes from

Grandma Ruti’s Marionette

I have Grandma Ruti, a true Tel Aviv-born ninja at heart (and currently a resident of Modi'in) who’s eighty-something and a bit more. Every time we meet, I can’t believe her age—eighty-something—and that I’m in

Hope for the Future

I struggle with all those lemonade theories—finding the good and seeing the opportunity. After sitting with this question for a few days as it kept surfacing in my mind, one of the most important answers

Getting Started

I decided to do what I can in a situation like this—and simply describe how I prepare for the upcoming period, in hopes of helping my kids avoid climbing the walls (or at least climb

The Night Before September 1st Party

It’s been almost twenty years since I finished high school, and still—no matter what—on the night before the school year starts, I’m filled with unease. I can’t sleep, I wander around the house like a

Laugh It Out

To me, humor is a very serious matter. It’s an art form—something worth incorporating into life just as much as physical exercise. And somehow, physical exercise has earned a positive reputation as something that contributes

Butterflies

For all those times when parents of teenagers come to me, frustrated that their child is completely off the path they had envisioned for them—that they’re being defiant on purpose, digging in their heels, and

The Secret Drawer

In the large table at the center of the room, there’s a secret drawer. A small drawer that rests on two wooden rails—not on a track—and it’s “secret” because it’s located right in the center

Clearing the Clutter: Finding Balance Between Collecting and Order

I have a tendency to hold on to things. I like to think of myself as a “collector” — it sounds a bit more refined — because I enjoy gathering and keeping items that feel

Don’t Be Afraid of Fear

There are many things we avoid talking about with children to “not put fears in their heads” and to hold on a little longer to the (imaginary) idyll of a life without dangers, wars, death,

Patience, patience, you can’t buy it in any store— It’s something you earn, not something you score!

Imagine if we could play with time, having a remote control to move forward and back, skip the boring or tough chapters, and replay the pleasant ones... Until that technology is invented, we’ll probably have

On Smallness

I don’t know about you, but when I imagine “creative people” or “artistic people,” I usually picture something like a big surface — maybe a canvas or a huge sheet of paper stretched across the

Embroidery

To embroider, you don't need much. The materials are humble and easy to find – maybe a bit of preparation is needed, but nothing too demanding. Every home usually has a needle and thread, and

Beads

Every mother has at least one piece of jewelry she will never part with – a piece strung by her child, embodying all their pure, simple love, untouched by conflict, frustration, or hardship.

Bedding Down Expectations

Winter is on its way, and it’s the perfect time to air out our sheets—and maybe our expectations, too. What’s the connection? More than you’d think. Many encounters with art materials begin with choosing a