A Homecoming to Self-Trust
This is a live, experiential online workshop for Jewish people navigating visibility, leadership, and identity.
In these polarized times, many Jews have felt a shift in what it means to be visible in the world.
Over the past few years, you may have experienced specific pressures:
To explain yourself
To clarify where you stand
To pick a side, defend a position, or prove who you are
Those pressures can come from outside the Jewish community, as well as from factions seeking narrative control within it.
And when belonging starts to feel conditional, it can become tempting to abandon self-connection in favor of conformity.
This workshop is an invitation to do something different.
What this workshop is (and what it isn’t)
This is not a political conversation or a space for debate.
It’s not about what you believe, which positions you hold, or how you identify culturally or spiritually.
Instead, this is a contained, Jewish-only space to slow down, turn inward, and reconnect with your own inner voice, on your own terms.
In a time of polarization and urgency, we’ll practice staying anchored inside ourselves rather than being pulled into fear, shame, or performative belonging.
The heart of the work
I’ll share a personal story of how my own experience of being Jewish in the world shifted after 10/7 — and how an encounter that stirred fear and identity shame became an unexpected doorway to healing.
Not as a template for what your experience should be, but as one example of how inner work can help us metabolize shame, reconnect with love, and reclaim our voice.
From there, I’ll guide you through a gentle, intuitive journaling practice designed to help you:
Soften fear and urgency
Reconnect with your inner dialogue and inner guide
Heal identity-based shame in your own way
Return to a felt sense of self-trust and grounding
You’ll then have the option to share what the experience was like for you — not to build consensus, but simply to be witnessed as a human in conversation with your own inner world, and to share with others what it feels like to connect with our own humanity outside of pressures to conform.
Who this is for
This workshop is for you if you identify as Jewish, and you:
- Are navigating visibility, leadership, or being seen in any form (formal or informal)
- Feel the pressure to define, explain, or justify themselves
- Want a space that prioritizes inner authority over groupthink
- Are drawn to reflection, journaling, and nervous-system-aware practices
You don’t need to consider yourself a “leader” to belong here.
We all lead in the ways we show up, speak, create, parent, work, love, and live.
What you’ll walk away with
- A deeper sense of inner anchoring and self-connection
- A practical journaling practice you can return to anytime
- Relief from the feeling that you need to perform or conform to belong
- A sense of being less alone — without needing to agree on anything
Details
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Time: 1pm Eastern Time (90 minutes)
Format: Live on Zoom (replay will be provided)
Investment: $27
About your guide
Hi, I’m Anna Holtzman.
I’m a licensed psychotherapist and coach, and the host of the podcast How to Trust Yourself — where I've spoken about my own personal process of navigating my Jewish identity and visibility (listen here.)
For over ten years, I’ve helped people work with fear, shame, and nervous system responses. Not by pushing through them, but by listening inward and rebuilding self-trust from the inside out.
This workshop weaves together nervous-system awareness, intuitive journaling, and lived experience. Offered with deep care for your autonomy and self-connection.
An invitation
If you’re feeling the pull to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and tend to your inner life in the midst of all that’s swirling, you’re warmly invited.
You don’t need to know exactly what you're seeking.
Come as you are. I'll meet you there.
Questions? Email: anna@annaholtzman.com
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Photography by Adeline Artistry