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RealTalkWithRini
I help adults & couples navigate trauma, addiction, grief & relationships with real talk, real healing, and real change.

Based in Cape Town and Online

23/12/2025

Like a flower we choose to pick, may we carry forward only the lessons that nourish us into 2026.

17/12/2025

Real Talk | Mistakes are moments, not definitions.

Your mistakes are not who you are; they are simply moments you’ve lived through.

They don’t touch your worth, your dignity, or your capacity to be loved.

You are more than the times you’ve faltered; you are the sum of your resilience, your heart, and the enduring light that carries you forward.

15/12/2025

Thoughts aren’t facts.

They’re not even really yours, they’re just noise, opinions, judgments, buzzing through your mind like a bunch of birds all squawking different tunes.

You’re not your thoughts. You’re way bigger than that.

11/12/2025

Real Talk | Don’t let their impatience dictate your healing timeline.

Everyone carries their own discomfort differently, and some may try to rush your recovery simply to ease their own unease.

But your healing is not a convenience for others.

Honor your process, give yourself the time and space you need, and let your growth unfold on your terms, not theirs.

10/12/2025

When adults aren’t at peace with themselves, they struggle to be at peace with you.

It’s like they’re seeing you, and the whole world, through ‘I’m not okay with anyone’ glasses.

Their lens is not your truth.

09/12/2025

Real Talk | Your hard days don't define you.

They are just chapters in your story, moments that remind you of your resilience and humanity.

Some days we’re good, some days we’re not - and both are perfectly okay.

Your hard days don’t define you; they’re proof that you’re human, growing, and resilient.

03/12/2025

Knowledge isn’t power.

Applied knowledge is power.

And the moment you back yourself, everything else starts to shift.

02/12/2025

Real Talk | Clarity is the doorway to acceptance.

We cannot honestly accept an experience unless we clearly see what we are accepting.

True acceptance only happens when we’re willing to face things as they are - without distortion, without denial, and without the stories we project onto them.

Only when we see the truth clearly can we genuinely open ourselves to it and accept it.

01/12/2025

The Buddha reminds us of the awakening already alive within us.

The Dharma shows us the truth of how life really works.

And the Sangha holds us when the path feels heavy.

Together, they call us back to ourselves - steady, awake, and deeply connected.

28/11/2025

Real Talk | Stillness unravels what fear once held.

When we stop resisting the energy shaped by fear, it no longer holds power over us and naturally dissolves back into the vastness of our awareness.

In that surrender, we begin to see fear not as an enemy, but as a messenger pointing to what needs gentle attention.

As we gently awaken from fear’s grip, our hearts expand with greater clarity and compassion, becoming more radiant, open, and profoundly free.

27/11/2025

The 14th century Persian poet Hafiz wrote:

Don’t Surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deeply.

Awakening Compassion for Ourselves

Let it ferment and season you
As few humans
Or even divine ingredients can.

Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft,
My voice
So tender,

My need of God
Absolutely
Clear.

26/11/2025

Real Talk | Their perspective is not your reality.

As the original saying goes, "Your perception is your reality."

You were enough before they failed to recognize it, and you remain enough now that you see it clearly.

Your value was never dependent on their perception - it has always been, and always will be, yours.

Address

27 Derry Street, Vredehoek
Cape Town
8001

Telephone

+27726978773

Website

http://realtalkwithrini.co/

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