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Moms and Would-be Moms: Don't Read These Books (And What to Read Instead) 📚❌ 🔎 It's 2025. Here's how to curate your bookshelf if you are pregnant or trying this year or are a new mom. ⛔ "What to Expect When You're Expecting" - pathologizes birth and reads like a medical encyclopedia of everything that could go wrong ✅ INSTEAD: "The Positive Birth Book" or "Give birth like a Feminist" by Milli Hill - affirms your body's wisdom and helps you craft YOUR ideal birth experience  (Shameless plug : I've written a half-ish page in the GBLAF book) ⛔ Generic postpartum books that jump straight to "getting your body back" and neglect birth as a culture-making event ✅ INSTEAD: "The Fourth Trimester" by Kimberly Ann Johnson - holistic guide to healing emotionally AND physically after birth ⛔ Books treating IVF and high-risk pregnancies as purely medical events ✅ INSTEAD: "Pregnancy Brain" by Parijat Deshpande - mind-body approach to managing stress during  pregnancies 🧠 ⛔ Parenting books promising to "fix" your child with one-size-fits-all methods ✅ INSTEAD: "Trauma-Proofing Your Kids" by Peter Levine & Maggie Kline - builds resilience without undermining confidence 🌈 What would you add to this list ? Happy Mother's Day Month !#mothersday2025

What Mother's Day Really Means In A World That's Coming Apart My gated community app in India said it all - "Should we turn off street lights at night in preparation for war?" Globally our nervous systems are f***ed. We are constantly on edge, worrying about lives. Of us, our children. We're taught parents should have all the answers. That we should hide our fears behind facts, figures, or fantasies. That showing uncertainty means we're failing. Maybe breaking these cycles is simpler than we think. " Our internal alarms are ringing, and that's a very smart thing our bodies do. These are uncertain times, and we adults have no answers. We do know one thing for sure - when we are with each other, our bodies feel safe. And whatever comes our way, we'll face it as together.." #ParentingThroughUncertainty #NervousSystemCare #BreakingPatterns #motheringthroughstorms #mothersday2025

Join us for a journey into our nervous systems during these extraordinary times.

"The Hero's Journey": What is it missing? A secure mother figure. Read any fairy tale, children's book, or movie. There is a secret theme lurking around—'mother wounds'—which are the lingering emotional scars from lacking or excessive maternal care or presence. Cinderella. Snow White. Rapunzel. Mothers in fairy tales? They are: Dead Absent Neglectful Overbearing Abusive Emotionally immature The problem extends beyond fiction. In real life, we've swung to dangerous extremes: On one side: the idealized, perfect, self-sacrificing supermom who never falters. On the other: the villainized "narcissist" deserving of "no contact". Sahaj Kaur Kohli, MAEd, LGPC, NCC shared that in the recent Girl Therapy poll, 85% of nearly 3,300 respondents said they think their parents are narcissistic. This Mother's Day, I'm reflecting on how we've systematically stripped motherhood of its complexity and wisdom. It's either either worship or vilification—leaving no room for the beautifully imperfect reality where actual mothers exist. Time's up. It's time we stopped trading in extremes and start existing in the messy middles. In fairy tales. In therapy sessions. In our culture. #mothersday2025

You can build machine learning models that optimize human behavior… But can you optimize your own system to be fully present at home? I know a lot of people struggle with sending emails at 3AM then wondering why their kids don't talk to them. Here's a simple way to solve this in 3 steps: Your nervous system is stuck in "work mode" 24/7 Sit in your car for 2 minutes before entering your house – breathe and tell your system "work is done" Look your family in the eyes when you talk to them Hope this helps! Your success means nothing if the people you love feel like strangers.

AAPI Heritage Month is here and I’m opening spots for meaningful, paid conversations. Every May, I receive invitations to share my story. Often around heritage. Identity. Culture. And while I’m always grateful people want to hold space for these conversations - what I really care about is depth. Not visibility for its own sake. But dialogue that leads to repair, reflection, and change. That’s the work I do. Through my workshop, Four Forces, One Body, I explore how patriarchy, immigration, feminism, and attachment shape nervous systems:particularly in South Asian communities. It’s not a motivational talk. It’s not about checking a box. It’s about giving people language for what they’ve carried silently. I’m booked for one corporate event already this month and opening up two more slots for paid sessions. If you’re organizing something this May and want to go deeper than surface-level representation - I would love to hear from you.

Borders. Bodies. Belonging. The real conversations, essential discomfort, growth's edge for troubled times. Join me and Khalil Guliwala live today.

We talk about our brains and bodies in summer, relationship with sunlight, people vs unpeople, Amitabh Bachan (of course), the Toddy and Cigar Border Gods and much more. Have a listen. Always a great conversation with Khalil Guliwala

Just wrapped up facilitating an AAPI heritage month workshop at HubSpot a few days ago and wow - what an experience! We dug into some real stuff - how immigration shapes our health, identity and sense of belonging. Not just talk though - had everyone trying out somatic practices they can actually use. Means a lot when a company makes space for these conversations. They're messy and vulnerable but so damn necessary. Big thanks to Gabrielle Benson for trusting me with this workshop and to Nupur Jain through Vahati Association for connecting us in the first place. The right intros make all the difference! #AAPIHeritageMonth

Once, I sent my coach a gift. Not because I had to. Because something changed. She didn’t ask for it. There was no upsell. No pitch. Just a session that shifted something I thought was unshiftable. That gift said: “I see the work you’re doing. And I respect it.” So when a client sends me one, I never forget it. Because it means they felt it too - that moment when something lands deep in the body. I work with people who move like that. With gratitude. Awareness. Reciprocity. People who feel what this space holds. Not browsers. Not dabblers. Real ones.

It was a beautiful Mother’s Day session. Thanks for sharing this feedback Nupur Jain and sign up with Vahati Association for more.

Most men I work with are brilliant. Successful. Sharp. Strategic. But deeply disconnected from their body. Not because they’re unwilling  but because no one ever gave them permission to feel. They intellectualize. They fix. They keep moving. But underneath? There’s grief. Tension. Exhaustion.  A nervous system that’s been in performance mode for decades. It’s not weakness to want more than high performance. It’s leadership to finally come home to yourself.

Most men I work with don’t feel safe saying: “I’m tired.” They say: I’m fine I can’t afford to slow down. But what they’re really carrying is: Grief. Loneliness. Pressure they’ve never named. This work isn’t just for women. It’s for anyone who’s been taught silence is strength.

I’m not an influencer. I’m a coach who works like it’s a calling. I don’t want you paying for my beach lifestyle. I want you to regulate your nervous system and feel your life again. I don’t need millions of followers. I need the right people in my space. People who: keep their appointments take the work seriously bring their full presence don’t need convincing I don’t scale. I go deep.

I’m not here to sell you a passive income fantasy. I’m here to help your nervous system come home. I know what the internet wants from me. But that is not what I want.  I built this to be in it. Deeply. Daily. Intimately. So here’s what my business actually looks like: Every Monday morning, I read through 14 client notes before 9am. I track their patterns. I hold their stories. I prepare their week. Every Tuesday, I send out custom voice messages, not bulk blasts, but individual, nervous-system-informed nudges. Sometimes 2 minutes. Sometimes 17. Always human. This Wednesday, I designed a full readiness protocol for a client preparing for egg retrieval. I wrote nervous system reminders she could listen to while brushing her teeth, riding in the Uber, waiting in the cold exam room. On Thursday, I tracked a founder who's nervous system was in the all-or-nothing mode, and together we shifted his overactive flight response so he could stay in the board meeting without dissociating. And today, I held space for a woman navigating grief that hit five years after the loss. Because trauma isn’t linear. And neither is healing. This is not passive. This is not semi-automated.  This is not built to be easy. It’s built to be real. And that’s the thing I’ll never stop doing: Showing up for people who are brave enough to show up for themselves. So if you're looking for a quick course, a passive module, a “set it and forget it” experience  - I’m not your coach. But if you're ready to feel held, tracked, witnessed, and met… I will meet you. Every single week. With my full nervous system online.

I’m Not Parenting the Way I Was Raised I question the yelling. The silence. The "children must obey" rules. I don’t always know what to replace them with. But I know exactly what I don’t want to pass on. People call me soft. Modern. Too emotional. But I’m not trying to be trendy.  I’m trying to break a pattern. Some days, that choice feels empowering. Other days, deeply lonely. This Mother’s Day, I’m holding space for the women doing both: Reparenting themselves while raising their children. If that’s you - I see you. It doesn't have to be lonely - let's talk here : https://lnkd.in/gMeikjDq

This is what hustle culture doesn’t talk about: Most high-achieving founders are running on nervous systems that never learned how to feel safe. Their brain never shuts off. Founders often come to me saying: “I can’t stop thinking.” “I’m always scanning.” “I don’t know how to relax without guilt.” They think it’s a personality thing. It’s not. It’s a nervous system stuck in high alert. You don’t need a mindset reset. You need regulation.

If your Mother's Day post says "she did it all," I want you to pause. "She did it all" isn't praise. It's a eulogy for the support she never had. Every May, we clap for mothers who raised kids, ran homes, built careers, and stayed graceful. But we don't ask: At what cost? To her hormones, her identity, her nervous system? Every "supermom" is a human who deserved rest. Not being anointed into sainthood for surviving without it. This Mother's Day, don't celebrate self-sacrifice. Fund care. Create space. Challenge roles. Protect regulation.