Tala Thrive

Some of us grew up with gaps in our own culture. Then got judged for not knowing it.

If that’s been sitting on you for years, it’s worth talking to someone about. Preferably someone who doesn’t need the family history explained before they can help. 🧡

👉🏽 Find a practitioner who gets it. Link in bio.

On an Indian driving licence, there’s a line you won’t find on an Australian one: a space for whose you are. Daughter of, next to your father’s name. Once you marry, it becomes wife of.

It’s a small field, but it says something big. In the rules a lot of us grew up with, a daughter isn’t counted as settled by becoming independent. She’s counted as settled by getting married.

So the worry at home doesn’t ease as you build a career, a home, your own money. It grows, because every good year is another year you’re still unmarried.

That’s why you can run your whole life and still feel like a burden. You’re not behind. You’re being measured against a finish line you never agreed to 🧡

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Be honest.. how many? 👀

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It’s National Wellness Month - and looking after yourself abroad isn’t the same as it was back home. 🧡

The usual advice doesn’t cover the homesickness that hits at 2 am, or the guilt that comes with every dollar you spend.

Swipe through for the reminders worth saving. 👆🏾

None of it is weakness. It’s simply what it looks like to build a life somewhere new, on your own terms.

And when you’re ready for support that already understands all of it - we’re here!

In many POC families, “I love you” wasn’t always said out loud 🧡

For many of us, love was shown through small acts of care: sometimes practical, sometimes hilarious 🤣, and sometimes so familiar that we didn’t realise they were expressions of deep love until much later.

What did we miss? The comments are officially a safe space for every niche brown family experience 🏡 👇🏾

POV: It’s International Self Care Day 🧡

Ever wondered why it’s on 24/7? Because self care isn’t something that should be limited to just one day.

You know the version we all get sold. Face mask, bubble bath, treat yourself, back to the grind by Monday.

Real self-care is quieter than that. Slower. A bit ordinary.

For a lot of us, rest is the thing we save for last - the reward we never quite feel we’ve earned.

Save this post as your reminder to make the time. You don’t have to earn it ⌛️👇🏾