Exiles, negotiations, and ginger garlic paste

Courage: Discipline, transformation, and chili powder

After a quick hiatus, G and Bat are back on Courage, or Veerya. Beginning with a recap and breakdown of Internal Family Systems, along with the last three Rasas (emotional energies) of Disgust, Fear, and Sadness - G explores how our relationship with discipline can dictate what is courageous. What does it mean to be courageous?

Sadness: Waterbodies, compassion, and fenugreek

This week on Office Hours by Dropout Philosopher, Bat and I explore Karuna Rasa—Sadness—as sacred softness, not failure. We look at how sadness is often the exile fear tries to suppress, and how letting it move can open the door to real healing. Through the lenses of Internal Family Systems and Rasa Sadhana, we reframe sadness as door for connection, not collapse. This episode includes practices to gently hold your sorrow, creative prompts for witnessing grief, and breathwork for when the floodgates open. You are not broken for feeling this much. You are soaked rice—transforming, softening, becoming something new.

Fear: Protectors, ruminations, and tamarind

Trigger warning: This episode discusses anxiety, self-harm, and trauma. This week, Bat and G explore the Rasa of Fear, Bhayanaka, through the lens of Internal Family Systems and The Yoga of the Nine Emotions. While the primary drive of fear is to protect, we explore ways it ends up inhibiting us from being who we want to be. Next week, we tackle Sadness, Karuna.

Disgust: Compost, eliminations, and asafoetida

Trigger warning: This episode discusses depression, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. This week, Bat and G explore the Rasa of Disgust, Vibhatsa, through the lens of Internal Family Systems and The Yoga of the Nine Emotions. Disgust often masks pain and shame held by exiled parts of us, while protector parts try to keep that pain hidden. But healing begins when we meet these parts with curiosity and compassion—not judgment. You’ll learn practices to work with disgust, unblend from harsh inner voices, and ultimately the fact that you are not alone, or disgusting. Next week, we turn toward Fear, Bhayanaka—its masks, its roots, and its grip on control.

Exiles, negotiations, and ginger garlic paste

In this intimate opening to Season 2 of office hours, Bat (the cat) and G (dropout philosopher) reflect on the belief that they've always been “too much”—too sensitive, too dramatic, that they're simply prone to neuroticism—and how that shaped their relationship with emotion. Drawing from Internal Family Systems and the practice of Rasa Sadhana, Bat and G explain this season's title: the care and feeding of feral children. This episode sets the stage for a journey through the nine Rasas—emotions not as problems to fix, or depravity to eradicate, but as communicators of the parts of us that deserve understanding, context, and care, that want to protect us in a terrifying world.