On Second Thought Ezra

Tag: healing

  • The Violence of “More” – Part III

    The Violence of “More” – Part III

    The pressure for “more” rarely feels like violence — until it becomes impossible to arrive anywhere without wondering what comes next. When growth is the only acceptable state, rest, repetition, and sufficiency begin to look like failure rather than the rhythms that sustain a life.

  • Pip and the Place Where Paths Once Met

    Pip and the Place Where Paths Once Met

    When a familiar place feels different, Pip learns that courage can look like staying — gently, together, and with care.

  • Pip and the Lights by the Water

    Pip and the Lights by the Water

    Pip attends a Chanukkah gathering by the water and senses that something has changed. After a frightening event, he watches a community choose to keep lighting candles, learning that feeling scared is okay — and that courage doesn’t mean hiding, it means staying who we are.

  • The Power to Love: Courage to Know Pain

    The Power to Love: Courage to Know Pain

    A part of the ‘On Second Thought‘ series We often talk about love like it’s easy. Gentle. Healing. But the truth is — to love deeply is to be brave.Because real love doesn’t come without risk.It stretches us. Wounds us. Changes us. In my latest blog, I explore what it means to love not in…

  • When Belonging Turns Toxic: On Tribalism, Victimhood, and the Fragility of Community

    When Belonging Turns Toxic: On Tribalism, Victimhood, and the Fragility of Community

    Part of the ‘Not Quiet What You Meant’ series By: Ezra Nadav We all crave belonging. It’s a fundamental human need, to be seen, to be valued, to find our people. But what happens when the communities we turn to for safety and solidarity begin to turn on us? What happens when identity becomes armour,…