My Mother’s Mirror: A GENERATIONAL JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY

Who am I? What’s my purpose? How much longer can I endure this pain? Everyone encounters these moments: Waves of identity crisis that swallow confidence, dignity, and dreams. If all endure such earth-shattering moments, how does one emerge from the rubble to illuminate roads ahead?

My Mother’s Mirror is a transformational journey of a woman relentlessly searching for her purpose, passions, and principles as she experiences inner-conflicts and identity crisis. At twenty-three, she faces herself crying hopelessly in the mirror, entangled in a repressive marriage packaged with a restrictive community and culture. This moment, rather than breaking her, emerges in a lifelong commitment to being honest with herself and others in search of fulfillment and joy. She later instills her daughter with this principle to use hardships as moments to build layers of grit, integrity, and confidence.

This story is a collection of tumultuous events with themes of identity crisis, relationships, professional life, motherhood, parenting, adolescence, and beyond. It is a memoir-style book that shifts from a daughter’s perspective to her mother’s, and embeds self-help techniques for value-based decision making, communicating assertively and responsibly, balancing personal needs with those of the community, and beyond. This generational coming-of-age story across international stages– from southern Russia to Israel, Brooklyn’s Hasidic Boro Park community to Wall Street in New York, and finally, San Diego, California– demonstrates the strength in diversity, cumulative experiences, and embracing obstacles as opportunities for inner-strength.