Tala Thrive, Melbourne (2026)

21/09/2026

Care that fits shouldn’t be a stroke of luck. 🧡

Yet most people walk into a first session with no idea what’s on offer. That you can ask for a practitioner who shares your language. That you don’t have to spend the hour explaining your family before you get to yourself. That the pace is yours to set.

We’re running a community pilot in Wyndham to change that, one conversation at a time. Three free therapy sessions, five community members, supported by Pola Practice

Nasalifya Namwinga explains the why behind it in this clip.

The evidence base for culturally responsible care is thin. Communities like ours have been described far more often than we’ve been studied, and services get designed around that gap every day.

So what comes out of this pilot becomes evidence.

The kind that shifts what gets built next. 🌍

21/09/2026

Care that fits shouldn’t be a stroke of luck. 🧡

Yet most people walk into a first session with no idea what’s on offer. That you can ask for a practitioner who shares your language. That you don’t have to spend the hour explaining your family before you get to yourself. That the pace is yours to set.

We’re running a community pilot in Wyndham to change that, one conversation at a time. Three free therapy sessions, five community members, supported by Pola Practice

Nasalifya Namwinga explains the why behind it in this clip.

The evidence base for culturally responsible care is thin. Communities like ours have been described far more often than we’ve been studied, and services get designed around that gap every day.

So what comes out of this pilot becomes evidence.

The kind that shifts what gets built next. 🌍

16/09/2026

Our website has had a refresh 💻

New look, easier to navigate, and everything we offer now in one place. Have a browse and see what’s new - corporate offerings, video sessions, our newly launched self-guided program and the affirmation cards.

Swipe through for a look 👉🏽

and....10% off your first session when you sign up to the tribe 🧡

Head to the link in our bio and let us know what you think!

14/09/2026

This is your sign 🌟

We’re covering 3 free therapy/coaching sessions.

You choose a practitioner who shares your culture, language or lived experience, so you can skip the part where you explain your culture and lived experience. Booked through the Tala Thrive app, fully funded.

All we ask is that you tell us how it went. A short survey and a chat with our researchers, kept completely anonymous. Nothing leaves the pilot, nothing shows up in our marketing.

Expressions of interest are open. Link in bio.

Send this to someone who’s been meaning to book something and hasn’t 🧡

10/09/2026

R U OK? 🧡

You’ll feel like you’re making it weird. You’ll get a “why are you being like this.” You’ll probably get an “I’m fine” and have to decide whether to leave it there.

Do it anyway.

In a lot of our families someone has to be the first and awkward silence or responses are a very small price for it.

So let’s ask the question - Are you okay?

10/09/2026

R U OK? 🧡

You’ll feel like you’re making it weird. You’ll get a “why are you being like this.” You’ll probably get an “I’m fine” and have to decide whether to leave it there.

Do it anyway.

In a lot of our families someone has to be the first and awkward silence or responses are a very small price for it.

So let’s ask the question - Are you okay?

06/09/2026

Every family passes something down.

You got the good things. His laugh. The way he showed up when it mattered.

You also got the things you didn’t ask for. The tone you swore you’d never use.

Nobody taught you either one. You just grew up around it.

And the pattern is older than him. He was a kid once too, watching his own father.

Noticing it is where it starts to change.

Happy Father’s Day 🧡

Our first self-guided programme is now live on the Tala Thrive app. Navigating Intergenerational Trauma. 8 sections, 41 minutes, in your own time.

👉🏽 Link in bio

❤️

03/09/2026

Being listened to and being understood are two different things.

One of them costs you a lot of time and explanation 🧡

Culturally competent therapists and coaches, so your session starts with the actual work rather than educating. Link in bio. 👉🏽

01/09/2026

Expressions of interest are now open. 🧡

We’re looking for five people in Wyndham City to take part in a community pilot exploring how culturally responsive care affects mental health outcomes compared with generic support.

If you’re selected, you’ll receive three coaching or therapy sessions at no cost, booked through the Tala Thrive app with a registered practitioner matched to you.

What we ask in return: a short survey before and after, and a 1:1 conversation at the end with our supporting researchers. Around five hours in total, across roughly three months. Everything you submit will be anonymised. Names and personal information will never be releaved publicly.

We’re after a mix of cultural backgrounds, ages and migration journeys, because that’s what the pilot is testing. It’s a step toward building the evidence for larger, sustained programmes that reflect this community.

👉🏾 Not sure if it’s for you? Come to the info session first.

✍🏽 Ready to go? Submit your expression of interest.

Know someone who’d want this? Tag them.

All links and info is in our bio.

01/09/2026

Part 2: why leave a career to build something from scratch? 🧡

“There are days where I question my life decisions.”

That’s the honest answer. Building anything meaningful comes with those days.

But Sonia Kaurah didn’t leave to escape something. She left because she wanted to make an impact, and the platform she kept looking for didn’t exist yet.

So she built it.

Culturally competent care shouldn’t be a nice-to-have. It should already be available.

Tell us in the comments 👇🏽

what’s the thing you’d build because you know it should exist?

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