USE VERBAL PROMPTS AND PRACTICES TO BECOME THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BEWhen wellness star Vasavi Kumar suggests “saying it out loud,” she means it literally. Years of journaling in an attempt to learn about herself and meet her goals hadn’t worked, so she decided to talk to herself instead, out loud and with the compassion of a best friend. She used this technique as she journeyed through the challenges of being the daughter of Indian immigrants, a bipolar diagnosis, ...

Use verbal prompts and practices to become the person you want to beWhen wellness star Vasavi Kumar suggests “saying it out loud,” she means itliterally. Years of journaling in an attempt to learn about herself and meet hergoals hadn’t worked, so she decided to talk to herself instead, out loud and withthe compassion of a best friend. She used this technique as she journeyedthrough the challenges of being the daughter of Indian immigrants, a bipolar...

In this 2023 conversation with Justine Willis Toms, Vasavi Kumar points out that how we talk to ourselves sets the tone for every experience in our life: our voice is a powerful guide in releasing emotions, traumas, and difficult memories, and can be dramatically effective in transforming our lives in meaningful ways. As we start speaking to ourselves out loud with kindness and curiosity, our body will loosen up and speak back to us.Kumar is a first generation Indian American, a li...