My Life…My Love…My Inspiration
Photography By: Melanie-Eva Photography
Hair & Make-Up for Sreshtha: Aneesa Haidarali
My Journey to Mental Freedom…
I never liked the idea that a woman could not be who she wanted. Since I was small, observing matriarchal roles troubled me. I had this undeniable belief that women should not be stifled.
Unbeknownst to me, I was falling into the same trap that I feared. I wanted to please those around me, especially my family. I wanted to get married (deemed to be a major milestone in my culture) and, as archaic as it sounds, I wanted to serve my husband.
I wanted to be his well of emotional safety, I wanted to be the trampoline for his dreams. I wanted to love him with everything within me.
What I did not know, is that my own self-worth was impacting the person I would choose. That self-worth was low due to consistent mental abuse as a child. Mental abuse is common in Caribbean culture.
With that, I settled for what I thought I could get. I loved my husband, but I did not realize that he could not be the trampoline to my dreams.
Then one day, in a reiki session, my path became clear. Driven by a healthy life for my daughter, I faced the illusion of the fairy tale I was chasing. After 13 years of marriage, under extreme emotional turmoil, I filed for divorce. It was difficult and painful. I felt that I had so much love to give, how could this be my destiny?
Divorce lead me to therapy. Therapy is one of the best investments I have made in my life. It helped me understand so much about myself, my behaviours and what I deserve.
Shortly after that, I enrolled in the Art of Being a Woman Masterclass. I realized I had many more limiting beliefs to break. Beliefs about my career and the contribution I was dying to make. I was becoming mentally free and emotionally intelligent.
While I struggled in my personal life, I always succeeded in my career. I had a great track record with difficult clients. Additonally, I had success performing dual roles for which I won annual awards. I was particularly successful as a people manager. In this role I helped successful but demotivated individuals, pave a path to greater happiness and success. I had figured out that the key to reaching people was emotional connection. At that time, I did not have formal training, but used life experiences and my learnings from motivational books. Little did I know that all my life experiences were paving the way for something greater.
Due to wanting to help a friend, I decided to do a series on YouTube to raise awareness on mental and emotional abuse. In promoting the series, I realized women related to my points of view. This opened an opportunity for me to do mental health sessions at work. These sessions were met with success and flattering reviews.
Soon after that, I followed my intuition to do another YouTube series on Emotional Healing. I had this underlying belief that all emotions should be honoured and that they were there to teach us something. (I didn’t know I was going to end up being an Emotional Intelligence Coach at that time. I was being guided.)
Then, I met Eben Pagan and Annie Lalla through a webinar. I immediately fell in love with Annie. I felt I was looking at a much more evolved version of myself. She was teaching all the things I believed in that I thought no one would care to hear. I signed up for their coaching program and after one month of coaching with them, the reason for all of my struggles in love unexpectedly became clear. I decided to weave together all of my knowledge and experiences to serve women like me. That is, intellectual women who are successful in their careers but struggled in their love life.
I am appreciative of every path of my life journey, as all of my experiences lead me to you. I am purposefully passionate about your path to your most epic love story. I am excited to help you break your limiting beliefs, understand your emotions, explore the desires of your heart and magnetize in soul love.