Lohri – A Harvest Celebration With A Dark Side

Lohri – A Harvest Celebration With A Dark Side

In my family, we celebrate Lohri every year, mainly with food!  For me, it brings back memories of eating delicious saag, Makki di roti (mustard leaf curry and corn flatbread) and kheer (rice pudding), traditional winter foods in India.   Looking into...
Five Secrets to Success for South Asian Women

Five Secrets to Success for South Asian Women

We are slowly seeing more women in leadership positions and many more are aiming for them in their careers or starting their own businesses.  The leadership badge can be hard to manage, especially for South Asians when culturally we may feel more pressure to get...
Put Yourself First

Put Yourself First

Today we take a look at four areas of our lives that when we work on them, can help us improve everything else!  In my last blog (Are We Taught To Love Ourselves) I wrote about self-care and recognising your worth as one of my tips because we often get so busy...
Are We Taught to Love Ourselves?

Are We Taught to Love Ourselves?

This thought came to me one Saturday morning when I was helping my two girls get ready, I could see them picking out their clothes, looking in the mirror, making silly faces and I told them how pretty they are and watched their smiles as a little confidence unfolded...
My Fight for South Asian Girls

My Fight for South Asian Girls

We all know it, we see it, hear it, and feel that this world was not made for women to thrive in. The issue of misogyny and sexism has been around for many years but it’s creeping higher into our consciousness as we hear of various accounts where systemic...
How to Develop a Positive Mindset

How to Develop a Positive Mindset

If you feel that you hold onto negative thoughts and they are stopping you from achieving what you want from life, then the good news is that this is in your power to change,  a positive mindset is something you can work on and develop! Research has shown that we...
Career Coaching for Leadership

Career Coaching for Leadership

My focus as a coach is on improving the diversity of leadership. There are many areas in which organisations need to improve, but as individuals, we also need to take control of our career paths and invest in ourselves. In this article, I’ve highlighted how...