Cutting ties with my family was just the beginning of my journey into becoming the person I was always meant to be. Growing up, my life goals and plans were very limited. Simply getting through the day without any major drama felt like an achievement. My home life was full of unpredictability, and the truthContinue reading “From Survival to Success: My Story”
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Choosing Yourself: Overcoming Family Loyalty for Healing
Growing up in a toxic family, you learn to adapt just to survive. You learn what to say, what not to say… how to behave, how to stay small, how to keep the peace. That becomes your normal. It’s the only version of life you know. But then you grow up. You start to seeContinue reading “Choosing Yourself: Overcoming Family Loyalty for Healing”
Breaking Silence: My Journey Through Depression
I have had depression since I was a teenager. This is something I don’t hide anymore. I used to. I was always made to feel like having a mental health problem was something shameful… like I was broken. My depression, in my opinion, stemmed from my toxic family. I might have been prone to depression,Continue reading “Breaking Silence: My Journey Through Depression”
Breaking Away from Toxic Family Ties
It took me a long time to find my voice and to finally cut ties with my side of the family. For years I stayed quiet because I didn’t want to break away from them. I had always been a very family-oriented person. I loved the idea of belonging to a unit, of feeling wanted,Continue reading “Breaking Away from Toxic Family Ties”
Breaking Generational Trauma in Motherhood
The way I’m raising my daughters is very different to the way I was raised. I am consciously breaking the generational trauma I grew up with. I am choosing not to pass it down. But there is still a part of me that feels guilty. Guilty that they have to grow up with a mumContinue reading “Breaking Generational Trauma in Motherhood”
Breaking Free: Overcoming Mental Health Stigma in Indian Culture
Being Indian, many of us grow up with deeply ingrained social norms and expectations — especially around how society perceives us and the pressure to keep up appearances. These social expectations played a huge role in my family. Not so much in the UK, as my dad hardly knew anyone here, but he was intenselyContinue reading “Breaking Free: Overcoming Mental Health Stigma in Indian Culture”
Growing Up in a Toxic Home and Learning How to Break the Cycle
Life at Home Growing Up Life at home growing up wasn’t easy. It was a tough road, but it also became one filled with lessons that shaped my adult life — even though I never planned far enough ahead to imagine I would one day become an adult with a family of my own. ToContinue reading “Growing Up in a Toxic Home and Learning How to Break the Cycle”
Breaking Free from Trauma: My Healing Journey
When I wrote my book Breaking Free, I was at the end of a chapter of my life. I was finally able to write about my past and everything I had been through, because that part of my life had reached a sense of closure. I could look back, reflect, and put it all intoContinue reading “Breaking Free from Trauma: My Healing Journey”
Setting Boundaries in an Indian Family: How I Navigated Cultural Guilt and Chose Self-Preservation
Growing up in an Indian household, I was taught to prioritize respect over self-expression. Here’s how I broke the cycle, set boundaries with my family, and reclaimed my voice
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