Proper Madness
Proper Madness™ is a mental wellness podcast hosted by Sabi Dhillon. Our madness becomes the muse for our purpose. Through her own personal journey, Sabi delves into how challenging times can serve as catalysts for personal empowerment and authenticity. By sharing her experiences with depression, anxiety, relationships, and PTSD, Sabi offers practical tools, guidance, and advice to inspire listeners on their own paths to mental wellness. Join Sabi as she interviews everyday individuals, sharing their stories and insights, to demonstrate how we can alchemize adversity into purpose, art and resilience.
Proper Madness
95. Why Hyper-Independence Isn’t Hot Anymore: How to Romanticize Our Lives
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Everyone’s talking about that Vogue article asking if having a boyfriend is embarrassing ...so let’s talk about it.
In this week’s Proper Madness Episode, I share why I both agree and disagree with the article ...and how it ties into the burnout, emotional armor, and performative independence so many of us are stuck in.
This episode is about why hyper-independence isn’t hot anymore, why we’ve glamorized exhaustion, and how to start romanticizing your life again in a way that feels real... not aesthetic.
I unpack the ways “doing it all” became a trauma response, how softness got mistaken for weakness, and why letting yourself be supported is actually the most powerful thing you can do.
Grab your tea... this one’s a little unhinged, a little honest, and very needed.