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From "I Always Thought It Was Two-Way" to "The Communication Has Become Two-Way"
How a psychotherapist-mother and her 14-year-old daughter learned to trust each other differently.
Shruti, Mother
An existential psychotherapist and a firm believer in inner work. She had already watched her elder daughter go through a year-long programme with Aparna. She believed her relationship with her younger daughter was open and two-way.Aadi ( 14 years old/ daughter )
Naturally confident, but prone to holding herself back. The only child at home among three adults. A people-pleaser, "like me," in her mother's words.- Program: Inside Out Labs (90 days), Parallel Parent + Child Track, with two parenting workshops.
THE HEADLINE OUTCOME
The daughter who went along with everyone learned to say what she wanted, and why. The mother who couldn't stop protecting learned to see a child who was growing up. The quiet engine behind it all? Shruti did her own work in parallel.
What Was Happening to Aadi
There was no crisis. Aadi was capable, sociable and well-liked. But a survival pattern was quietly shaping her choices.
Two tracks, in parallel
Aadi did the 90-day Lab while Shruti attended the parenting workshops. Shruti’s own pattern only became visible because she was doing the work alongside her daughter.
A shared language at home
"Because of the parent workshops, the parent also has a similar language to what the child is learning. If Aadi's talking about her learning from the Labs, I'm talking about my learning from the workshops. There's alignment in that, which is quite crucial."
A community without judgement
What Aadi wanted most from the programme was a community, and she found one. "I don't think she ever felt judged by anyone else in the programme."
Built for a teenager's life
At 90 days, requiring just a few hours at a time, the format was: "short and sweet… more punchy."