Hi there…
I am an author, an emotional literacy facilitator, and a grief awareness advocate. But before any of those titles, I am someone who understands firsthand how deeply unspoken loss can shape us.
I grew up in Bangalore, India – a vibrant and bustling city. When I was eleven years old, my world shifted completely when I lost my mother. A loss that quietly shaped the way I understood emotions, silence, and survival for many years.
Today, I try to build the exact emotional bridges I needed back then. I write books and step into classrooms to give children the understanding, the safety, and the explicit words they need to express their big feelings with greater safety and understanding.
My Journey
Before stepping into emotional literacy work, I built a structured career in the technology and product space, where systems thinking, communication, and problem-solving shaped my professional foundation.
Life later brought me to France after marriage, a transition I welcomed with openness and curiosity. Over time, I built a new life, became a mother, and eventually pursued my Master’s degree while raising a young child.
Navigating motherhood, academics, cultural shifts, identity changes, and the quiet realities of starting over in a different country deeply reshaped me.
For years, I had become incredibly skilled at functioning, adapting, achieving, managing responsibilities, and continuing forward no matter what life demanded. But beneath that capability was an emotional world I had never truly slowed down enough to understand. It was during these years of transition that everything began to connect.
I started recognising how childhood loss, silence, displacement, resilience, and emotional survival had quietly shaped the way I moved through life. Over time, that awareness became the foundation for the work I do today.
“Functioning well externally does not always mean we have learned to process emotions in healthy ways.”
My Approach
I do not approach emotional literacy from a clinical perspective.
I am not a therapist or counsellor. Instead, I bring:
- lived experience
- reflective storytelling
- structured thinking
- emotional awareness
- build communication
My work focuses on helping children and parents develop the language, emotional safety, and understanding needed to navigate difficult feelings without shame, silence, or isolation.
Alongside lived experience and professional work, I continue to deepen my understanding through ongoing learning in emotional literacy, grief awareness, and child-centered communication.
- SAKSHAM Certification (India)
- Childhood Bereavement Support (UK, Winston’s Wish)