A little about me
These are some of the questions I ask my clients. Here are my own answers.
Where is home?
I've been asking myself this question most of my life. I was born and raised in Mumbai, but left at 12 for school and again at 17 for college. I've since lived in New York, Paris, San Francisco, Miami and have spent 2 years on the road across 25 cities in North America. What I've been learning, slowly and imperfectly, is that home isn't somewhere you arrive. It's something you cultivate inside yourself. This is something I continue to work on.
Who inspires me?
My 88 year old grandma—I call her nani. She embodies and lives with wholeness, joy and hope. One of my favorite memories is from more than 30 years ago, on a day when we'd normally stay indoors to avoid Mumbai's heavy monsoon showers. She didn't just allow me outside, she grabbed my hand and came with me. I remember jumping in puddles, laughing together, and being completely drenched, without a worry. This is how I aspire to live, with more presence and play.
I'm also inspired by many remarkable humans who have come before me. These include my teachers, mentors and thought leaders. To name a few: Simone de Beauvoir, Mary Oliver, Ken Wilber, Carl Jung, Daniel Schmachtenberger, Zak Stein, Georgia O'Keeffe, Vanessa Andreotti.
What moves me?
Nature, water, clouds, plants, animals.
Music, soulful, rhythmic, oldies.
Color, shades, crayons, watercolors.
Stories, humans, audio books, poems, rom-coms.
What brought me here?
I've always been drawn to helping people. Some of my most meaningful moments in my corporate career were as a people leader and manager, watching team members find their footing and grow. Outside of work, I was volunteering and mentoring on the side, drawn to that 1-1 space in a way I didn't yet have words for. When I received my green card after almost 10 years in brand strategy, I took it as an opportunity to move client side—spending the next 5+ years working for mission-driven companies where I hoped to drive more direct impact.
But eventually, things caught up to me. I found myself in a company that was not a good cultural fit, and that experience pushed me to an edge I had never experienced before—completely depleted and crumbling, physically, mentally, emotionally. I knew I could not keep going like this. There had to be more to life and work.
With the support of my husband and an extremely compassionate coach, I started exploring some of the bigger, deeper questions for the first time: What do I really want to be attending to? How do I want work to fit into my life? How do I really want to make an impact?
Once I had more clarity, it was a matter of taking many small steps. I left my corporate job and completed a year-long training in Integral Coaching® with New Ventures West, a program that took me through my own transformation journey and shaped who I am as a human and as a coach. Since then I've completed additional trainings in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Somatic Awareness Yoga Training (SATYA), and earned my ACC credentials with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). I also continue to learn and invest in my own development—working with an integral coach and psychotherapist, and completing educational trainings along the way.
Today I work with people who are longing for more joy, meaning, and alignment in how they live and work, but feel lost or unsure how to move forward. If that sounds like you, I'd love to connect.
What is this life for?
Ultimately, for me it's about living and leading with:
More intimacy: genuine connection to myself, the people around me, and the world
More immediacy: presence, aliveness, joy, the ability to actually taste what's here
More intention: living and working in a way that feels aligned, meaningful, and mine
Words I return to often:
“May I have the courage today
To live the life that I would love,
To postpone my dream no longer
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more.”
– John O’Donohue