Mayim Bialik: This Passover, I Need an Exodus from Putting Other People's Needs First

In the spirit of Passover, Kveller asked our readers and writers: What do you need to break free from this year? Here’s Mayim’s response as part of our “What’s Your Exodus?” series. Want to join in? Tweet @kveller with the #WhatsYourExodus hashtag.

My Exodus this year is thinking about my needs first, rather than dampening them to make other people more comfortable. What a novel idea, right!?

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I grew up thinking that being accommodating and maybe a little teeny tiny bit of a martyr was positive, and now I see that I have gotten lost in the forest of other people’s needs. I want to actively and bravely take back my voice this year and I want to pass through the narrows of
Mitzrayim
with more clarity and self-respect than I ever thought possible. I hope to achieve this by putting my needs first rather than making my needs smaller to make other people happy.

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Mayim Bialik

Mayim Bialik is the host of “Jeopardy!” and the mental wellness podcast Mayim Bialik's Breakdown. A five-time Emmy nominee, Bialik holds a PhD in Neuroscience from UCLA and is known as Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS' “The Big Bang Theory” and her lead role in the 1990s sitcom “Blossom.” She is the grandchild of immigrants from Eastern Europe and the mother of two teenagers and three cats.