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Raagavi Thavachelvan

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#ThriveInLife by @glowwithindependence

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a year ago

🌱 Steady progress. Real confidence. Lasting calm. 🌱

#switzerlandcoaching #mentalhealth #stress #confidencecoach #tamil #women #workhard #business #mindset #positivity by @glowwithindependence

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a year ago

Therapy heals 🧠 Coaching grows 🚀
Both are powerful — just for different needs.
Save this post for when you’re wondering which one’s right for you ✨

#TherapyVsCoaching #TherapyJourney #CoachingLife #PersonalGrowth #MentalWellness #MindsetShift #SelfDevelopment #HealingJourney #ClarityAndGrowth #CoachingNotTherapy #GoalSetting #EmotionalHealth #InnerWork #LifeCoachingTips #TherapyAwareness by @glowwithindependence

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a year ago

life has been seruppadifying me lately 😭

crashouts, migraines, overthinking… konjam too much ah pochu 💀

but somehow I’m still here, dressing up, posing, smiling like 😌✨

ennada life idhu

I don’t have it all figured out.
I’m not suddenly healed.
I still have my moments.

but I think that’s the thing —
you can be struggling and still have little moments where you feel cute, happy and like yourself again 🤍

and honestly… I’ll take it 😂

#womansuportingwomen #tamilgirl #zürich #becomingme #tamilcommunity by @glowwithindependence

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10 days ago

You can know that a boundary is right for you
and still feel guilty for setting it.

Especially when you grew up learning to keep the peace,
read everyone's emotions,
and make yourself smaller before anyone could be disappointed in you.

So when you finally start choosing yourself,
it can feel wrong.

Not because you're doing something wrong.

Because you're doing something different.

You don't have to keep abandoning yourself
just to make everyone else comfortable. 🤎

If you're learning how to trust yourself, set boundaries,
and stop living for everyone's approval —
you're in the right place.

#tamilcommunity #tamillife #peoplepleasing #womansuportingwomen #zürich by @glowwithindependence

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15 days ago

I grew up thinking being emotional was something I had to fix.

I felt everything deeply.
And in a world where being “strong” meant staying quiet, composed and unaffected, that made me feel weak.

So I learned to hide it.

I learned to swallow my tears.
To think before I spoke.
To question whether I was “overreacting.”
To say “I’m fine” when I wasn’t.

I thought becoming less emotional would make life easier.

Instead, I just became better at abandoning myself.

And slowly, I’m learning something different:

My sensitivity was never the problem.
My emotions were never something to be ashamed of.

They were telling me something.

I don’t want to become a woman who feels less.

I want to become a woman who can feel everything —
without losing herself in it.

Maybe you were never too sensitive either.
Maybe you just grew up somewhere that taught you that feeling deeply was a weakness.

And maybe it’s time to unlearn that. 🤎

#tamilcommunity
#zürich
#woman
#heal
#Peoplepleasing by @glowwithindependence

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16 days ago

Maybe you've gotten so good at saying “I'm fine”
that no one notices when you're not.

You don't have to be the strong one all the time. 🤍

You can care deeply for others
without carrying everything alone.

For the girls who are always there for everyone else —
this is your reminder:

You deserve to have someone there for you, too.

Save this for the days you need to hear it.
#peoplepleasing #tamil #WomenWhoInspire by @glowwithindependence

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17 days ago

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.

I don’t actually think I’m lost.

I think I’m just… somewhere in between.

Between the person I was, the person everyone got used to me being, and the person I’m slowly becoming.

And honestly, it’s confusing sometimes.

Because I’m realizing how much of me was shaped around keeping people happy, doing what was expected, not being “too much”, not making the wrong choice.

So now when someone asks me what I want, sometimes I genuinely don’t know.

I’m still learning the difference between what I want and what I’ve just learned to want.

I’m still learning to trust my own decisions.
To stop looking outside of myself for permission.
To let myself change without feeling guilty about it.

I don’t have some big answer yet.

I’m just trying to get a little closer to myself.

And maybe that’s enough for now.

Maybe I don’t need to have myself figured out.

Maybe I just need to keep meeting her. 🤍

#mindset #tamil #healing by @glowwithindependence

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a month ago

I used to look around and wonder,
“Why am I not there yet?”

Everyone seemed to be moving forward.
Building careers.
Making money.
Figuring out relationships.
Knowing exactly what they wanted.

And I was just… trying to figure out what the hell I was doing with my life.

Some days I felt lost.
Some days I felt like I was wasting time.
And some days I genuinely thought something was wrong with me.

But what people couldn't see was everything I was trying to work through inside.

I was unlearning things I had carried for years.
Trying to understand myself.
Trying to become more independent.
Trying to stop abandoning myself just to keep other people happy.

So no, maybe I wasn't behind.

Maybe I was just on a completely different part of the journey.

And I'm still figuring it out.

But now, I don't feel the same need to rush myself anymore.

I'm becoming.

And for once, I'm letting myself do it at my own pace. 🤍

#healing #tamil #mindset #life by @glowwithindependence

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a month ago

Maybe you spent years making decisions based on what would keep everyone else happy.

What would they think?
Would they be disappointed?
Am I being selfish?
What if I make the wrong choice?

And slowly, you stopped asking yourself what you actually wanted.

Choosing yourself doesn’t mean you stop caring about people.
It means you stop abandoning yourself just to be accepted, loved, or understood.

You’re allowed to have boundaries.
You’re allowed to change your mind.
You’re allowed to want more.
You’re allowed to build a life that actually feels like yours.

And if you’re still learning how to do that, you’re not behind. 🤍

That’s exactly what I’m here to help women with — building confidence, trusting themselves, and becoming emotionally independent.

You don’t need permission to choose yourself.

#healing #tamil #zürich #mentalhealth #woman by @glowwithindependence

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a month ago

You can love someone and still not like the way they treat you.

Being used to something doesn’t mean it’s normal.

You’re allowed to say no without having a “good enough” reason.

Feeling guilty after setting a boundary doesn’t automatically mean the boundary was wrong.

You don’t have to answer immediately just because someone expects you to.

Being quiet when you’re overwhelmed isn’t being rude.

You can change your mind. Even after saying yes.

Someone being upset with your boundary doesn’t mean your boundary is unfair.

You don’t have to keep explaining yourself until someone finally agrees with you.

Not every uncomfortable feeling means you’re doing something wrong.

You’re allowed to take space from people you love.

Being independent doesn’t mean you have to handle everything alone.

You can be grateful for someone and still admit that they hurt you.

You don’t have to be “the understanding one” all the time.

And…

Something being familiar doesn’t automatically make it healthy for you.

Still learning. Still unlearning. Still figuring it out. 🤍

#heal #mindset #selflove #tamil by @glowwithindependence

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a month ago

I didn't get over social anxiety by becoming confident overnight.

I got better by doing things while still feeling anxious.

Going to work.
Talking to people.
Meeting new people.
Teaching.
Saying no.
Setting boundaries.
Showing up for myself.

Social anxiety is still sometimes there. I still overthink. I still get overwhelmed. I still notice everything. I still sometimes wonder what people think of me.

But I no longer believe I have to wait until the anxiety disappears before I can live my life.

Because I learned:

I can feel anxious and still do it.

I can be seen and survive.
I can be awkward and survive.
Someone can misunderstand me, and I will survive.
Not everyone has to like me.
I can say no.
I can leave when I need to.
I can be myself.

Social anxiety may still visit me.

But it doesn't control me the way it used to.

Healing wasn't about becoming the loudest person in the room.

It was about becoming safe enough within myself to show up as me. 🤍

#overthink #mentalhealth #anxiety #mindset by @glowwithindependence

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2 months ago