Rachel Pekarsky is a speech-language pathologist, collector of passport stamps, and firm believer that life rarely follows the timeline you imagined. Rachel has firsthand experience with egg freezing and joins us to talk candidly about the medical, emotional, and social sides of the journey, from making the decision to freeze her eggs to navigating dating and uncertainty along the way. In this episode, she discusses the highs, lows, and unexpected lessons she's learned about fertility, dating, resilience, and building a future family that may still feel a long way off.  

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In this interview, we hear about the important work of JOWMA, the Jewish Woman's Health Handbook, which Dr. Berkovich recently co-authored, how visits with the pediatrician as a new mom might look, how to know when to call the doctor, the breakdown of what vaccines actually are and the misinformation being presented about them, among other topics. Dr. Berkovich addresses challenges that new moms face and how she helps them navigate what can be an overwhelming transition. She talks to us about her own experiences as a mother and pediatrician and how she handles having both roles. I truly feel fortunate to have been able to interview Dr. Berkovich. Please tune in and enjoy!

Dr. Berkovich is passionate about community health education, using movement as medicine and empowering parents with tools and knowledge. She lives in Chicago with her husband and four children and is the co-author of the recently published Jewish Woman’s Health Handbook, available on Amazon or your local Jewish bookstore 

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Ariella Azaraf Schur, LCSW is a psychotherapist in private practice and speaker based in New York City and New Jersey. She works with adults and emerging adults navigating anxiety, depression, relationships, and boundary-setting, while supporting them in cultivating a deeper sense of self-love.Through a lens of self-compassion and self-acceptance, Ariella is passionate about helping individuals move through trauma and life’s challenges while building emotional resilience and inner stability. In her own journey into motherhood, she brings an added depth to her work—honoring the complexity of identity, attachment, and emotional growth across life transitions.

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