Tulika Verma
Welcome to my world.
I’m living into my purpose through a constellation of work—coaching, facilitation, writing, systems change, art, and spiritual practice. Each thread is grounded in a shared intention: to create fertile spaces where individuals and communities can return to their wholeness.
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My professional journey has taken many forms: from innovating in women’s health, to catalyzing education systems change across India, to helping organizations and individuals reimagine culture and leadership. Each phase has deepened my belief that change begins from within, and that we need environments that nourish our becoming.
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I see myself as soil - a generative presence where new possibilities for a more connected and compassionate world can take root.
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I am also the founder of Sahaj Collective, a space dedicated to cultivating the inner capacities that make deep systems change possible.
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I hope you find something here that resonates with your own journey.
Coaching Offering
Coming home to self
This work is for those at a threshold - people who sense they’re meant to live and lead from deeper truth, but feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of how to get there.
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You may be navigating a transition - stepping into greater responsibility, recovering from burnout, or seeking clarity about what’s next.
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You may be holding big questions:
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Can I be successful while being true to myself?
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How do I stay centered when life feels like too much?
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Can I make the impact I dream of - without losing myself along the way?
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In our coaching space, you are not required to have the answers.
You are only invited to arrive as you are.
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Together, we will slow down and listen - deeply.
We will create space for clarity to emerge,
for courage to grow,
and for you to reconnect with the inner compass that’s always been yours.
The Structure
I offer a 6-session journey over 3 months. Each session is 60 minutes long and held virtually.
This space is personalized and spacious. Between sessions, you are welcome to reach out if something stirs. I will also share reflections, practices, or inquiries (only if they feel supportive to you).
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If this resonates
Write me an email at tulikaruchi@gmail.com or simply book a free discovery call
My Coaching Philosophy
Dear one,
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I write this from my home office in Bangalore, watching the sun dip behind the trees. In this moment, I feel connected to something larger than myself - much like I do when I am holding space as a coach, facilitator, or systems practitioner.
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Coaching was a quiet possibility that lived in my heart long before I met it fully. But when I did, it felt less like something I was doing and more like something moving through me.
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I believe the space we create together is not neutral. It holds the power to shape us. Have you ever found yourself expanding simply because of the energy of a space? My coaching spaces are designed for that kind of expansion—where we arrive with questions, and leave with something deeper than answers: clarity, courage, compassion.
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This is a space for inner transformation - for returning to yourself, shedding old skins, listening to what’s true, and growing into who you are being called to become.
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If you join me in this work, I welcome you and honour the step you’re taking. Bring your questions, your stuckness, your longing. Come with curiosity to explore, and the courage to stay with what arises. I will meet you with presence, empathy, and unwavering belief in your inner wisdom.
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My background in systems thinking allows us to look not just within, but around - to explore the relationships, contexts, and cultures you are shaped by. We may bring in writing, art, music, or meditation as doorways—not tools or fixes, but invitations to go deeper.
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Though I will walk alongside you, you will be the guide. The wisdom is already within you. I’m simply here to hold a mirror and a space.
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If this speaks to something in you, I’d love to connect. Reach out through the bookings button to schedule a call or simply write me an email at tulikaruchi@gmail.com.
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With warmth,
Tulika
My writings
My love, you are free
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Today, I hold you in my lap and turn towards the sky. I let our feet fall at right angles, touching the damp soil beneath us. We share our love for the sky, and for the bright new leaves and branches that block our view of it. Love, you are me. The child in me, the adolescent in me, the many many versions of me that have existed through time. You have been a yogi, a tyrant, a revolutionary, a farmer, a doula, an earthen pot. You are also the big bang and the first ocean, the first sun, the first fish that swam to the shore. You are its sliminess and the malleability of its spine and its big round eyes. You are the first bird and its innate desire to fly*. You are the seed that has been growing roots and is beginning to sprout. You are the essence that prevails, that finds its way back to itself even after your journeys of being lost.
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The Enough-ness of Witnessing
"I am enough”, read the poster shared by a community member in a Whatsapp group. "I am enough” - Three simple words, yet they evoke a tangle of emotions. Why? What does ‘enough-ness’ truly mean, and how does it shape not just individuals* but entire systems?
A few years ago, in a therapy session, my therapist pointed out that I was too critical of myself. I protested, “But that’s how I grow! And I value growth”. He calmly inquired, “Do you think growth happens through criticism or through objective seeing and acknowledgement of what is?”. It was a powerful moment of pause for me that challenged many tightly held beliefs. Around the same time, on a Facebook group that I am part of, someone asked, “What is the difference between judgement and discernment?”. Someone had replied, “Judgement has an emotional quality to it. Discernment is more neutral”. Another powerful moment that dropped my awareness straight into the heart.
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Story: When an education system saw itself
A few weeks ago, I was invited by a nonprofit to facilitate for a gathering of school leaders. These were leaders running schools in low income communities in Bangalore. Having facilitated such gatherings before, I had an intuition that it will be more meaningful for there to be other stakeholders in the room. So, we turned it into a gathering of school leaders, teachers, students(Grades 6 and above) and parents from the same communities. My intention was to create conditions for the group to collectively see the system. However, I hadn't met any of these stakeholders before and therefore, didn't know what to expect. That made me both nervous and curious.
In my earlier article, I wrote about the power and the enoughness of witnessing systems. I believe that the quality of witnessing matters. If we are able to witness self, others and systems with the eyes of the heart, actions that are just enough begin to arise and a process of regeneration can be activated in the system.
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Could grief be a portal to systems change?
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The last couple of weeks have been a period of metabolizing multiple experiences and emotions for me. It has been a time of recognizing areas of life where I still need greater acceptance, less pushing away, and more grace. Over and over, the role of grief has emerged as an alive inquiry for me. As often happens when a certain theme presents itself to be observed, in conversations with several people, I am seeing the theme of underlying grief - both individual and collective.
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Many of these stories are not mine to tell. But I am looking back at my own life and periods of profound personal transformation. Usually, these periods were preceded by periods of feeling stuck, in a liminal space. I couldn’t see it then, but now, in hindsight, I see the gift of these liminal spaces.