The Ripple Journal

A quiet corner of the internet. No noise, just small moments and reflections, written with care. This is my version of social media—slowed down and stripped back.

Here, I share fragments of poetry and stories from everyday life. Some tender. Some raw. All real. You’ll find microblogs updated regularly, sometimes multiple times in one day, sometimes not for weeks.

I write to connect, to make meaning, and to notice what often goes unseen.

Thanks for being here.

Mansi Bhatia 11/6/25 Mansi Bhatia 11/6/25

Rebloom: A Talk about Creative Courage

For a year and a half, the ReBloom Podcast kept me company on long walks and rowing workouts—stories of people who rebuilt their lives against the grain. I never imagined I’d be one of them. This week, my episode went live.

Mansi Bhatia 7/14/25 Mansi Bhatia 7/14/25

On Beauty, Currency, and the Strange Liberation of Letting Go

This isn't about finding the "right" way to age or the "correct" relationship with beauty. It's about creating space for the honest conversations we rarely have.

Mansi Bhatia 6/27/25 Mansi Bhatia 6/27/25

On Beauty, Worth, and the Courage to "Just Be You."

This wasn’t a talk about beauty, not really. It was a talk about how we see ourselves and how we see one another.

Mansi Bhatia 6/21/25 Mansi Bhatia 6/21/25

Kindness as Rebellion

In conversation with Sherry Taveras for her podcast The Hundred Acre Pen about kindness as an act of rebellion.

Mansi Bhatia 6/10/25 Mansi Bhatia 6/10/25

There's No One Right Way to Create

A delightful conversation with a fellow maker that started out with the premise about how we are more different than alike…but ended with a completely different takeaway.

Mansi Bhatia 5/2/25 Mansi Bhatia 5/2/25

Kindness is a Necessity

I'm so deeply moved by the way Kel has captured not just what I do, but the why beneath it, weaving it so beautifully into her powerful narrative of chronic pain, loneliness, and radical hope.

Mansi Bhatia 3/25/25 Mansi Bhatia 3/25/25

Rejecting the Hustle

This wasn’t a promotional conversation. It was a real one. About presence. Kindness. And making something that outlives the metrics.

Mansi Bhatia 2/4/25 Mansi Bhatia 2/4/25

The Quiet Power of Paying Attention

If you’ve ever said, “I’m not creative,” or felt stuck in the shoulds of who you’re supposed to be, this episode might offer a gentle nudge back to yourself.

Mansi Bhatia 1/11/25 Mansi Bhatia 1/11/25

The Unspoken Colors of Courage

This is one of the most vulnerable, honest conversations I’ve ever had on a public platform.