The Gift of Emotional Brilliance

📘 Parent Spotlight: Rakhi Chawla

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It was a Sunday afternoon. Rakhi and her teenage son, Shabd, sat across from each other at their favorite café. It had become a weekly ritual they both cherished.

“Secrecy and privacy,” Shabd announced. This time, he chose the topic.

With the poise of someone twice his age, he explained why knocking before entering mattered. Parents entering their children’s bedrooms, he reasoned, were no exception.

“It shows respect,” he said simply.

Rakhi, once certain that good parenting meant staying in charge, paused.

Sometimes we raise our children only to find they’ve been quietly raising us.

Her son wasn’t just growing up. He was helping her grow, too.

Reclaiming Herself Through a Startup

Long before motherhood, Rakhi was a rebel at heart—a free spirit raised in a conservative household, always feeling like she didn’t quite fit in. School, family, even marriage—she played the roles expected of her but rarely felt fully herself.