Anjali Menon's journey from chaos to calm.

Raising twins is everything people say it is, and harder. There were two of them and one of me, and I was running on fumes. Every parenting book felt like it was written for families with one child. I felt invisible, exhausted, and constantly guilty that neither of my babies was getting enough of me.

The Raising Future leaders group was the first place where someone finally understood. Pooja taught me that connection doesn't need equal time — it needs presence, even in small moments. I learned to give one child a minute of full eye contact while the other played safely. I learned that my calm was their anchor, and that taking five minutes for myself wasn't selfish, it was survival.

Today, I don't feel like I'm drowning. I feel like a mother who is learning. And that alone has changed the energy of our whole home.