Thought Pudding

05/01/2026

Year end plans drain you.
The lights are bright, but your social battery is dim.

This is when boundaries matter most.
Not big speeches. Just one honest line:

“I can’t today. I’m really tired.”

It sounds small, but it gives you your breath back.
And once you say it, you feel the relief, and you learn you’re allowed to say it again.

Stress doesn’t get solved by cutting your circle smaller.
It softens when you keep choosing yourself, gently, clearly, on repeat.

Boundaries aren’t walls.
They’re care, spoken out loud.

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26/12/2025

You don’t need to heal alone to heal well.

The nervous system calms in safe connection. And therapy works best when the relationship feels steady, attuned, and trustworthy, because that’s what creates room for change.

If you’ve been carrying it solo for too long, this is your reminder: support is part of the science.

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25/12/2025

Staying connected with yourself is an act of courage 🫶
To stay, not flee, when fear takes over.

It keeps the mind in the driver’s seat,
so threat can soften into steady feet.

You settle sooner, think more clear,
your body learns: you’re safe, you’re here.

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25/12/2025

Trust doesn’t vanish. It gets injured.
Psychologically, trust is your brain’s “safety prediction” about someone. When it breaks, your nervous system stops expecting care and starts scanning for threat.
Repair isn’t grand gestures. It’s steady proof: accountability, consistency, and boundaries that actually hold.
If you’re rebuilding trust, go gently. You’re not “too much.” You’re healing. 💗

18/12/2025

Couple’s therapy in India is changing.

It is no longer a last resort or a courtroom recommendation.
It is becoming a space to pause, understand each other better, and learn how to navigate love in a world that looks very different from the one we grew up in.

When partners are choosing each other across cities, cultures, careers, timelines, and expectations, relationships need tools, not just patience.

Therapy is becoming one of those spaces.
A place to talk before things break.
A place to learn how to listen, repair, and grow together.

We explored this shift in our latest Substack.
Link in Bio. Check it out if this resonates with you.

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02/12/2025

Why do some setbacks hit you harder than they should? And why do some wins barely move the needle.

The answer?

Well, since when have therapists given a straight answer to anything? 😝

Read our full Substack below, link in comments 👇🏻

16/11/2025

Most of us skip the gentle work of setting boundaries.
We swallow things. We overextend. We hope people “just get it.”
And before we know it… we’ve built walls instead.
The good news?
Boundaries can be rebuilt any day. And they’re so much lighter to carry.

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15/11/2025

14/11/2025

Some paths don’t show up until you’re ready to see them. Some races stop making sense the moment you ask what you truly want. Some rhythms feel unfamiliar only because they’ve never been yours before.

We’ve all laid awake at night cursing ourselves for not doing right by our own hearts. But walking our own path is not a one time action, rather, repeated discoveries of ourselves.

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31/10/2025

There’s something quietly exhausting about carrying emotions you can’t name. You’re not falling apart, exactly but seemingly harmless incidents can erupt emotions and reactions like never before.

In Indian households, “processing” is not a word we use for feelings. It’s what happens to cheese. Or passport applications. We don’t process emotions, we spiritualise them, suppress them, and move on.
And then when we erupt.

In therapy though, or even in solitary reflection, this can change. Instead of “just get over it,” you’re invited to stay. To say it again. To feel it again. To make sense of it in your body, not just your brain.

That’s what processing is.
Not rehashing. Not whining. Not overthinking.
Processing is finally giving those parts of you a chance to speak and be heard, not just explode.

Each time, you’re not just talking. You’re reorganising your internal world.

And bit by bit, not every spark needs to turn into lava.

30/10/2025

Safe connections change everything.

Years of studies on relationships and trauma have been telling us this. In fact, therapy is a proof of the same.

They make risk feel lighter, effort feel easier, and life feel a little less like weathering storms alone.

Being able to feel safe with other people is the single most important aspect of emotional health ; safe connections are fundamental to our lives.

23/10/2025

Coming home for Diwali always feels like a soft collision.

One part of you exhales, surrounded by love, warmth, and familiar smells.Another part quietly tenses up, reminded of old patterns, unspoken things, the people who shaped you and still trigger you.

Rhea came home for the rest.
Little Rhea showed up with that familiar childhood ache.

In therapy, both of them get a seat.
Because healing isn’t about choosing one, it’s about learning to hold them both truths. ✨