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Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/22/25 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/22/25

if we practiced conflict, we wouldn't choose war

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/7/25 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/7/25

from shame to integrity: embracing conflict as a liberatory practice

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 4/29/25 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 4/29/25

how do we hold it all?

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 3/24/25 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 3/24/25

the sacred mundane of care labor

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 3/3/25 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 3/3/25

the conflict prism: a framework for storytelling

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 2/18/25 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 2/18/25

what if conflict were simple?

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 2/4/25 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 2/4/25

this moment

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 12/16/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 12/16/24

nearly everything i know about love

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 12/9/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 12/9/24

what happens when we choose power

a gentle exploration

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 11/4/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 11/4/24

the medicine of conflict

an offering

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 9/30/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 9/30/24

mourning as worldbuilding

who decides the line, and why?

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 9/17/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 9/17/24

alongside and interwoven

a practice of return

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 9/9/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 9/9/24

care labor is sacred work

tending to our scars

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/27/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/27/24

03. learning slowly

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/20/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/20/24

a summer syllabus

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/6/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/6/24

02. tending the revolution

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/3/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 6/3/24

literature as a salve

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 5/16/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 5/16/24

01. what is a practice of intimacy?

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 5/15/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 5/15/24

00. welcome to intimate practice

Shivani Mehta Bhatia 5/13/24 Shivani Mehta Bhatia 5/13/24

the intimacy of voice notes

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intimate practice

Intimate Practice is a newsletter for people who study transformation from the inside — an ongoing research study on tending, thresholding, and what it means to move through transition.