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I AM is an empowering book of possibilities with a collection of 35 ordinary women who became extraordinary by their ability to manoeuvre through the challenges of life gracefully.
Ekta Bajaj is an author, visual artist, motivational speaker, columnist and co-founder of the award winning publishing company, Author In Me and the curator of AIM Literary Festival. She is also the author of the empowering book, The Voice of Kali, and
co-author of Book of Affirmations for Children. Her deep passion for storytelling and p
Ekta Bajaj is an author, visual artist, motivational speaker, columnist and co-founder of the award winning publishing company, Author In Me and the curator of AIM Literary Festival. She is also the author of the empowering book, The Voice of Kali, and
co-author of Book of Affirmations for Children. Her deep passion for storytelling and positive
thinking has inspired her to research the ancient knowledge of Vedanta and Sanskrit that provides a holistic approach towards developing mental and emotional strength. A
spiritual seeker by nature, Ekta is constantly expanding her knowledge base and is an enthusiastic student of life. She spends her time writing stories that empower the feminine
dimension within humans.
Monica is the co-founder of the award winning publishing company, Author In Me and the curator of the Annual AIM Literary festival. An avid reader, neuroscience enthusiast and a Mindfulness practitioner, she is the author of
Children’s books. She promotes reading and writing for pleasure and ardently believes creative expression can improv
Monica is the co-founder of the award winning publishing company, Author In Me and the curator of the Annual AIM Literary festival. An avid reader, neuroscience enthusiast and a Mindfulness practitioner, she is the author of
Children’s books. She promotes reading and writing for pleasure and ardently believes creative expression can improve mental health and resilience. Her two books, Shine Like A Star - A Book of Affirmations and Santa
Wants a Makeover, are written to empower young readers. Additionally, she wrote Seven Weeks Seven Techniques- Vocabulary-Enhancing and Well-being Workbook for children. Her research and content development expertise is applied to curating AIM well-being and creative writing
programmes. As a publishing director, she aims to assist emerging writers in navigating through the publishing process confidently and efficiently, fulfilling their dreams.
An English Literature scholar, a voracious reader and an uninhibited writer, Vini is defined by her irrevocable love for words. Her passion for unravelling fascinating stories took her to different creative industries. She began her professional journey as a copywriting intern in an advertising agency where she composed ad-films scripts a
An English Literature scholar, a voracious reader and an uninhibited writer, Vini is defined by her irrevocable love for words. Her passion for unravelling fascinating stories took her to different creative industries. She began her professional journey as a copywriting intern in an advertising agency where she composed ad-films scripts and social media campaigns.
Then, she got an opportunity to collaborate with high-school students as their writing mentor in a flourishing educational startup until she found her calling in publishing. As an Editor and Publishing Professional, she has collaborated with more than 50 debut and bestselling authors and supported them through various stages of editorial, publishing, social media
marketing and branding. Most of the time, she is cooking up imaginary characters and weaving fascinating narratives, often lost and found in them. She may be an introvert at heart
but she can magically transform into a performer when the spotlight is on.
#empowering
VARSHA HATHI
Varsha Hathi is an accredited Divorce Coach and the Founder of All Women's Club. She is a proud mother of two beautiful daughters. Being through divorce herself, she is very passionate about supporting other women who are going through a similar journey. Her financial background helps her clients to get clarity
regarding the financial aspects of a divorce. Her experience helps them to navigate through the chaos until they get what they desire financially, emotionally and spiritually. She helps women process emotions so that they can navigate through the divorce
with effective communication and achieve a good outcome in terms of their financial well-being and their children’s future.
ANA CASTRILLON
Ana Castrillon is a Colombian who grew up part of her life in Spain, has lived in the US, Mexico, and France, and currently lives in London. A hard-working single mom raised Ana and her sister, which has positively affected her life and made her an unapologetic feminist. With over
a decade of experience directing and executing integrated marketing and communications strategies. She has a strong track record of building comprehensive marketing plans and leading cross-functional teams in multi-billion
dollar technology organisations and mission-based startups worldwide. With her global mindset and passion for experiencing new cultures and creating lasting relationships, Ana loves to foster diverse and empathetic cultures that empower women and ensure everyone’s
voice is heard to lift society and organisations.
ANITA GOHIL-THORP
Anita is a former lawyer and talent recruiter, now living her purpose as a professional life, entrepreneur, and executive career coach. She guides busy, working women away from the overwhelm, imposter syndrome, guilt, and stress that life and work can bring toward their desired goals with greater self-care, confidence, motivation, and wellbeing. Having overcome major life challenges (including life-threatening medical trauma), she is highly
spirited and exceptionally passionate that, like her, every woman can achieve peace, happiness and success - with a little effort along the way. She is a proud mum to two
beautiful daughters and calls London “home”.
CAROLINE MUSGROVE
Caroline is the owner of the award-winning Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery in Shefford, Bedfordshire. She is extremely passionate about allowing children to develop their imagination, curiosity and love for learning through the use of natural and authentic resources and a child led curriculum. Caroline believes that every child deserves the best start in life and strives to have her voice heard
to challenge the government on changes to early years and funding to support parents with childcare costs. As a single parent to two beautiful children she has faced these challenges herself but she will never give up.
CHARLENE RICHARDS
Charlene is a Londonder born to Barbadian parents. She is a vibrant fun loving woman who, having overcome many of life’s obstacles, describes herself as FREE. Her deep passion is to support and encourage women to take accountability for their personal growth. Charlene’s upcoming podcast ‘You First Sis’ will discuss real life issues & challenges women face. Emphasising on being uplifting and being solution focused allows us all to become the best versions of ourselves.
CHINTAL KAKAYA
Chintal is an Intuitive and Holistic energy healer, spiritual mentor, wellness Practitioner and therapist. She supports ambitious women who are experiencing overwhelm, anxiety, stress to connect with their inner power and light to reclaim inner calm and lead a healthy, happy and purpose aligned life.Her personal journey of experiencing depression, anxiety,
burnout, stress and chronic Ill health led her onto this path of Healing. She facilitates and empowers deep transformations through releasing energetic blocks, emotional trauma and deprogramming subconscious beliefs and patterns which includes ancestry and past generations. She is a mum to two lovely kids, the elder one is 15 who has Autism, ADHD and development coordination delay and a daughter who is 9, alongside being a wife to her hubby.
#sisterhood #genderequality
CRINA ANCUTA
Crina Ancuta is a Relationships Coach who empowers successful women to create conscious, fulfilling personal lives where love and joy coexist with professional accomplishments. With over 20 years of leadership experience in the corporate world, Crina leverages her expertise in Executive Coaching to help women become authentic and compassionate leaders, making a positive impact on the world today.
DEEPA NAGAR
As a woman, you come to a point in your life you feel you can achieve anything you want. One thing Deepa has learnt is that, it's okay to break down, it's okay to accept a hand for help! The battles we women fight, we can fight together. She has had many moments in my life where she felt she was alone because of the way her life was going. If only she had looked up who was handing her their hand. When she realised and took the hand, she felt that
she could conquer the world!
ELIZABETH FORBES-STOBBE
Meet Elizabeth who is proudly illuminating her world! She believes in not giving up! She is a nurse, multi passionate entrepreneur and the founder of She Makes Candles 2.0. She is also a published author of Lead With Care and has been featured in magazines and newspapers.
JACQUI WELLS
Jacqui believes in moving forward no matter
what happens. She derives strength from her
faith which empowers her deeply. She feels it
is important to ask for help and keep growing.
Attesting the importance of generosity, her
mantra is to keep helping and supporting others.
JAS BAMRA
Jas is here to help you harness the most powerful tool you have access to - your mind. As a Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) Practitioner and Grief Educator, she enables you to find answers to difficult questions, release and express suppressed emotions and to get to the root cause of issues presenting in your life so you can move forward in a more meaningful way. She specialises in guiding you as you navigate grief and its presenting issues in a safe space. She has also published a unique, one-of-its kind keepsake grief journal on Amazon, My Grief Companion, that helps navigate grief after the loss of a loved one in a truly special way.
JATINDER DHANJAL (JAY)
Jay is an Allergy Life coach, an Allergy Advocate and an Allergy Mum. She is a qualified NLP Practitioner & Master Practitioner. She works with allergy mums on a 1.1 basis. She helps and supports them to take back control of their life and live life with confidence whilst navigating life with allergies and transforming their mindset towards allergies.
She strives to share the seriousness of life-threatening food allergies within the South Asian Community so that every child who has life threatening food allergies feels safe and
included in social settings.
#sisterhood #genderequality
JAY RUGHANI
Jay Rughani is the founder of Optimum Wellbeing and a Mindset and Energy Expert, Trained in a number of modalities related to the Mind, Emotions, Energy, Vibrational Field and Soul. Her journey started 18 years ago with overcoming brain injury. Having exhausted the clinical route of recovery she strived to heal through the Alternative Therapies. Her holistic approach with clients is to embrace the Mind, Body, Emotions and the Energies. Her passion to serve humanity, so people can heal and transform in all aspects of their lives. She does 1:1 consultations as well as running regular workshops and events.
KEERA SIRA
Having started out first as a keen young junior, to eventually running a successful hairdressing salon franchise at Toni&Guy Ilford for over 20 years, is only the tip of the iceberg for Keera Sira. Often we hear the common phrase ‘her cup is half empty or half full’, yet when it comes to Keera, the cup would actually tip over and flow with positivity. Her story is one that’s truly relatable and which describes Toni&Guy Ilford as a personal journey of discovery, when life moves the goal post - and literally throws a curveball for you to catch! In this chapter, Keera shares some affirmations which have led to choosing ‘I Am Pride’ as a mantra and shows that being driven by a positive mindset has helped her embrace strength as a superpower, a characteristic which has enabled her to balance all that she has achieved, whilst inspiring others with infectious energy.
KELLY DUFFY
Kelly is a born entrepreneur with three decades of experience in the hospitality sector specialising in purchasing acquisitions and growth of some of London's best bars, clubs and restaurants. As a qualified surveyor with an award winning business she combines her business growth experience with over 20 years of unapologetic passion for personal growth and leadership coaching. Kelly now coaches women entrepreneurs and CEO’s to exponentially grow themselves and in turn their business. She is deemed a “Business Angel” for the select few that get to work with her.
LISA SEAGROATT
Lisa Seagroatt is the Founder of HR Fit for Purpose, a multi award-winning HR consultancy, and a published Author. Her first book, Bandits in the Boardroom, was launched during National Anti-Bullying Week 2021. Lisa’s expertise is around helping business leaders and HR practitioners understand why a healthy workplace culture approach will ‘future proof’ any business. She is an Ambassador for Women in Business, an Ambassador of Conduct Change and an alumnus of JP Morgan Founders Forward Mentoring Hub. CIPD qualified, she is a Regular Contributor to People Management magazine, holds a management qualification in Business Studies and is a qualified Trainer.
MAZILLI RESTREPO
Mazilli is a proud Colombian with Swedish upbringing, who calls London home. She embraces her career in the Luxury Hospitality Industry, as well as extensive knowledge in various cultures. These amongst other qualities, allows Mazilli to build bridges around the world.
MINAKSHI PARMAR
Minakshi is a renowned Yoga & Meditation Teacher/ Therapist, lover of life & founder of YogJiwan. Her passion is to educate and inspire, to share the traditional wisdom and experience that helps you to unlock your hidden limitless potential to thrive in life on the path of Yoga for WellWoman & Ayurveda.
Minakshi’s spiritual journey is enhanced by her deep rooted lineage of fourteen generations, that traces back to India. Minakshi works with Public health, NHS and local council and runs the Neurological Rehabilitation & Yoga sessions, using the traditional knowledge of Vedas to enhance a better quality of life. She changed her life by stepping out of a comfort zone to change for the better.
#express
NAYANA PATEL
Nayana is a Pranic practitioner/ Instructor with the Institute of Pranic Healing U.K. She teaches Pranic Healing at the basic level. She is also running meditation classes and self development seminars. She has 27 years in banking and 12 years of experience in healing.
NEHAL CHOHAN
Nehal Chohan is an entrepreneur who is running two businesses, a mother and a wife. After years of working in the corporate world and wanting a different way of working, she set up her Virtual Assistant business called Tidy Notes VA to help entrepreneurs with their business tasks. Her second business as an Independent Travel Agent was an opportunity she could not resist and it tied in perfectly with her VA business. Both businesses were serendipitous occasions. She felt so grateful for the opportunities presented to her when she thought she had no hope. She is on a path of progression and discovery and loving the journey.
NINA DARMECI
She has failed more than she had succeeded.
She has gone through pain, discrimination
within her family. But the power of her mental
strength and how she has dealt with each
phase of her life is remarkable and inspiring.
This is the story of Nina Darmeci. Today
she has made her name in the choreography
industry in London and people call her the
“Zumba queen” of Northwest London. She
connects with people through dance by
keeping it simple and fun and give people all
that confidence they need.
NISRIN PORBANDARWAL
Nisrin Porbunderwala is the Founder of REPROGRAM, an Internationally renowned and celebrated award winning Life Coach NLP & Accredited EFT Practitioner, and Healer. Since the past 15 years, thousands have benefited from her coaching with NLP, EFT and other techniques as she empowers individuals to achieve self-determined goals related to health and wellness. For the readers of "Perfect Woman" she has been a regular feature in the column "Ask Our Expert". She guides her patrons to attain better emotional, physical and mental health outcomes, so that instead of just Surviving, you're Thriving. Some of her achievements are - Recognized as a Top 10 Life Coaching providers in India 2022, Awarded, Women Leadership Award 2022, India 100 Woman Icon Award, Perfect Achievers Award 2021 for Transformational Life Coach, Bharatiya Youth Face of India award for Life Coach 2021, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar National Contribution Award 2022.
PRITI KOSOMBIA
Originally from India, Preity Kosambia is now settled in London. Working with a law firm as a legal assistant and also as an interpreter for the last 10 years, she overcame all the hurdles without any support. Her story represents that all the women in our society who face challenges every single day with a smile on their face are winners.
ROSE COFFEN
Rose is the director of Soul-centre which is a coaching/ mentoring organisation that works with vulnerable people across the country and United States. She is a qualified coach with a masters in NLP. She is also a youth specialist and works with young people in crisis or local authority care. She sees her past struggles as the making of her strong self. She is determined that her past is not going to create her future. Her deepest desire is to help others get through adversity and realise their own potential. Rose is a big believer in seeing beauty even in the midst of adversity. She sees life as a gift and refuses to send it back unopened. She has overcome so much and become a beacon of light for many.
Soul-centre.co.uk
#newbook
SAIRA HASSAN
Saira Hasan is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist. Stress or anxiety comes out in different ways; Overwhelm, worry, panic attacks, insomnia, anger, strained relationships, or seemingly irrational fears. The body keeps the score, and you might be struggling with various physical ailments that are directly linked with stress. When Saira works with her clients, she helps them to handle the day to day stresses and problems with quick tips and tricks. She works on the vicious cycle of their thoughts affecting emotions which in turn, affects behaviour but also helps them process the trauma to free them from the chains of the past. Remember, 95% of what we think and do is driven by our subconscious mind. Thus, she brings it all together by arranging a meeting with your subconscious mind ( with hypnosis)so that she can embed positive change at a deeper level.
SALINI PATEL
Salini Patel is a make-up artist and educator. Her business names are The Beauty Academy by Salini and The North London Tutors. Salini has been a Make-up Artist for over 35 years, and worked with magazines, magazine models, films and music videos, as well as thousands of brides and other individuals like family members or friends from Proms to Parties. She is also an educator for make-up application and skincare and have ran courses teaching the different techniques. Her passion in life, is to empower an individual through, whatever their needs maybe and ensure that it is continual throughout their life. This not only helps them, but makes me feel like I have provided some good in this world. Salini’s values allow me to see all the good in people, even if they don’t, and so I am able to show them my vision and teach them how to be great in their endeavours.
SAROJ PATEL
Saroj is a Mental Health Ambassador reaching out to the South Asian Community, having her own experience in this field led her to becoming an inspirational speaker. Saroj is also the Head
of Wellbeing for a private care home where she
can express her own ideas that are meaningful
and benefit to the residents and her team.
It makes her feel so important and having
confidence to perform her job well bringing
soul and psychological wellbeing and making a
positive difference.
SASS TETZLAFF
Sass Tetzlaff has learned to navigate some challenging life experiences: abused and neglected by family, a teenage runaway, toxic relationships, homelessness and life threatening health issues to name a few. Through it all she knew deep inside she was destined for and worthy of more. Using energy alignment and channelled messages from her female ancestors she now helps other women overcome the trans generational trauma that we are all born with. She enhances communication between the conscious, subconscious and higher conscious so the subtle anatomy can be aligned and transformed along with the physical, emotional and mental bodies.
SHALLU GUPTA
Shallu is a fitness coach and has been working out for 10 years. During the pandemic, she helped over 300 women kick-start their fitness journey through free classes. In 2021, she founded Fitbelle, a holistic and sustainable fitness program that fits into people’s lifestyles. Through Fitbelle, she is inspiring a tribe of women to achieve their fitness goals and spreading awareness about various health issues. She is constantly striving to be a better coach, and her mission is accomplished when her clients transform their lives and outlook on health. She has won the SHE award in the health and fitness category, the IIW She Inspires award for a remarkable mentor, and is running a fitness program on TV, Sky channel 737. She sees her journey as only just beginning and is always choosing to become a better version of herself, show up for her tribe, and keep learning.
SHARON ROSENBLOOM
Sharon has been a mum and a dad to her two children for many years, which wasn’t out of choice. After the death of her husband, she wasn’t prepared for the life I had to live. 16 years later, she is now a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, specialising in Bereavement, Grief and Loss. Grief is the darkest and most painful experience in life. Everyone is unique and we all grieve so differently. She believes that grief has 3 parts. The first is the loss, the second is the mess in the middle and the third is rebuilding your life in a healthy way. She hasn’t walked your path, or felt your pain, and would be honoured to walk beside you to find healthy ways for you to move forward with your life. If you would like to know more about the programmes, she runs for grief support and/ or sugar addiction.
#diversity
SHEETAL VITHANI
Sheetal is a highly experienced Transformation
Specialist. She provides a holistic approach to transformations in life and business. Leveraging the power of science, spirituality,
intuition, and energy healing; by aligning mindset, passion and ambition to create results, provide clarity and overall wellbeing. Her mission is to normalise and integrate science and spirituality into everyday life and business to achieve desired results. Her story is on of immense gratitude, strength, and resilience, as she challenged cultural stereotypes, defied the norms, pushed boundaries to live her life on her own terms by following her passion.Her mantra is “Leap and the net will appear”
SHEILA CHADHA
Sheila hopes to inspire other women, that no matter how tough things get, you will come through on the other side. Easier said than done, she knows. There are times when you just want to give up, but you have to find that fire in your belly that makes you get up and fight. For most of her life, it was her kids, now it’s more for herself. She enjoys helping people and when she was asked to participate in this book, she wasn’t sure if anyone wanted to hear her story. You can be the judge of that!
SIMONE MIOR
Simone is a psychic coach and sees and hears what others try to drown out. Being an Empath can be exhausting unless you have the right tools. Known as the ‘Inner Terrain Genie’ she invites you to an energising, intimate journey, a powerful self discovery returning you to Your R.E.A.L Self. You know that failing this can lead to a silent disconnect from relationships, support and society. She has coauthored 'The Butterfly Method’ with Patricia Kaine MD which is sowing powerful seeds into homes, schools and communities that grow conversations and understanding. Let’s reduce suicides together!
We CAN catch the first wobbles in and around us with graceful ease.
SONIA GUPTA
Meet Sonia Gupta, an inspiration to women who face a societal stigma attached to divorce. She wanted a happier and peaceful life for her and her boys. Every step, every day, every argument, every tear shed was so that she could be happy! She challenged the society norms by breaking taboos and beating barriers by throwing a divorce party. Her motto is "There is life after divorce!
SONALI SOORMA
Sonali Soorma is creative at heart & spiritual in thought. An artist by profession, her beliefs & dreams manifest on her canvas. A believer in angels & all things magical and a learner for life, Sonali lives in the city of dreams, Mumbai, India. Born into a Bollywood family she has been fascinated by the arts from a very young age. Even though arc lights have always been a part of her life, nature has been her biggest inspiration. Her mantra in life, stay humble stay simple!
#35stories #imbook #defineyouriam
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