Saying the Unsaid: The dark side of parenting

After spending over a decade in publishing as the Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan Middle East, HELLO! and MASALA!, Kavita resigned in November 2019. She was suffering from chronic Post Partum Distress that wasn’t abating despite her son being over three years old. It was through Dr Shefali Tsabary – Oprah’s go-to for Parenting – that she discovered what no therapist had been able to help with: her post partum distress was the result of deep childhood trauma and abandonment. Kavita grew up with a mentally unwell mother. Her illness was never diagnosed and she continued to deteriorate.

It is through her pain that Kavita discovered meaning. She studied under Dr Shefali Tsabary to become a ceritified Parenting Coach and is now pursuing her MA and PhD in Holistic Psychology, specialising in Adverse Childhood Experiences, Child Therapy and Trauma, at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Through her weekly columns in the Khaleej Times, Kavita tackles parenting and its challenges so we can raise whole and happy children. It is her deepest intention to help parents the way no one helped hers, so children receive the presence and nurture they truly deserve.

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