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Lessons from Heartwarming Conversations

Fulfilling, Empowering, Gratifying, and Rewarding.

Purvee Chauhan
ILLUMINATION
4 min readJan 28, 2022

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Over the last few weeks, I got the opportunity to connect with 15 people in my network, 1:1 for 30 minutes, to offer safe sharing spaces. The motive of creating this space was to be 100% present for the people who sign up. I was open to catching up for a coffee chat, collaborating on vision boarding, providing art therapy, expressing gratitude, sharing something I know, or just listening. Mind you, I am not a professional counselor or a therapist. I am just a normal human who wishes to take a step towards building a world where people care about one another. Needless to say, all the conversations were heartwarming and light. I learned a lot and experienced an inner shift. Compiling my lessons with some tips that you can start following today:

Overcoming resistance is challenging, yet supremely relieving

I usually feel vulnerable opening up in front of people, wondering what will they think of me when I do this. This fear of judgment is so strong that often I do not end up expressing what I wish to, letting the thoughts stay with me for days until they become black boxes sifted away somewhere in a part that no one can ever reach. This time, I took a leap of faith in sharing out this offer, letting go of…

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Purvee Chauhan
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Written by Purvee Chauhan

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~ The Little Prince

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