A Mother’s Journey
The Story Behind C.A.T.
I'm Tali, mother of Agam
Until a few years ago, my life was calm and quiet. I worked as a chemist and pharmacist, and the word “autism” was hardly in my vocabulary – but then everything changed. At just 19 months old, my daughter Agam began showing signs that led us into an unfamiliar and overwhelming journey. She stopped communicating with us and no longer wanted to play with her big sister. Agam became distant in a way I had not seen before. She was disconnected, and her diet shifted – she became extremely selective and would only eat simple carbs.
When I received Agam’s diagnosis, my dreams shattered. Yet I decided to take action, collect data, and develop a structured, individualized approach guided by biological and nutritional insights -an approach that, over time, was associated with meaningful changes in her day-to-day functioning.
Over the months that followed, Agam’s day-to-day engagement and functioning changed in ways that no longer reflected the difficulties we had once faced. For our family, this became the most meaningful confirmation—that those challenges no longer defined Agam’s daily life.
From there, I took a personal risk. I resigned from my work as a pharmacist, rented offices, and set up my life enterprise, the C.A.T. Center, where I help parents and their children by exploring biologically informed, data-guided approaches to better understand metabolic and nutritional factors.
I'm Tali, mother of Agam
Until a few years ago, my life was calm and quiet. I worked as a chemist and pharmacist, and the word “autism” was hardly in my vocabulary – but then everything changed. At just 19 months old, my daughter Agam began showing signs that led us into an unfamiliar and overwhelming journey. She stopped communicating with us and no longer wanted to play with her big sister. Agam became distant in a way I had not seen before. She was disconnected, and her diet shifted – she became extremely selective and would only eat simple carbs.
When I received Agam’s diagnosis, my dreams shattered. Yet I decided to take action, collect data, and develop a structured, individualized approach guided by biological and nutritional insights -an approach that, over time, was associated with meaningful changes in her day-to-day functioning.
Over the months that followed, Agam’s day-to-day engagement and functioning changed in ways that no longer reflected the difficulties we had once faced. For our family, this became the most meaningful confirmation—that those challenges no longer defined Agam’s daily life.
From there, I took a personal risk. I resigned from my work as a pharmacist, rented offices, and set up my life enterprise, the C.A.T. Center, where I help parents and their children by exploring biologically informed, data-guided approaches to better understand metabolic and nutritional factors.