What happens when the version of you the world approves of is actually just the version of you that felt safe?

That's the question at the heart of this deeply honest conversation with Kaveri Gautam - hypnotherapist, coach, and therapist-in-training at Northwestern University. Kaveri shares the journey that led her from a childhood shaped by cultural conditioning and family dynamics, through a decade-long toxic relationship, a career in advertising, and finally into the work she was always meant to do: helping women find their way back to themselves.

This episode is equal parts personal reckoning and practical wisdom, wrapping up with a powerful guided hypnotherapy session you'll want to come back to again and again.

What to Look Forward To

🌀 How growing up first-generation Indian American and chasing "approved" paths slowly disconnected Kaveri from herself, and what finally gave her the courage to change

🌀 The quiet pattern behind self-abandonment: how fearing being left can cause us to leave ourselves first

🌀 Narcissism unpacked — the grandiose vs. vulnerable spectrum, and why we unconsciously seek out partners who mirror our earliest wounds

🌀 What hypnotherapy actually is, why it works to support methods like talk therapy, and how it rewires beliefs at the subconscious level

🌀 A live guided hypnotherapy session to help you reconnect with your truest self (not one for the car — save this for when you can fully settle in)

Connect with Kaveri

• TikTok & Instagram: @kaverinsession
• YouTube: Kaveri in Session
• Email: hello@kaverigautam.com

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