My journey

My journey did have chapters – as an anxious teen with a chronically ill father, navigating financial uncertainty and emotional upheaval. I could move through those years through a steady rhythm of dance and other classes, and academics that taught me the value of focus, perseverance, and hard work, slowly building a sense of stability.

However, these lessons did not prepare me for the challenges that lay ahead when my firstborn faced a fatal congenital heart disease. Neither hard work nor focus – nothing I knew before , could prepare me for that pain. The experience reshaped my understanding of motherhood. After losing my toddler son, prayers and faith helped me find the courage to have two more children. Through stories, I could reframe this loss – not just as a personal tragedy or punishment, but as part of our shared human experience.

Just when I thought the worst was over, life presented another lesson – single parenting, no job, and my father’s passing after a long illness, all at once. It felt like a dark comedy. I had to truly understand grief before I could even begin to process it.

This time, I had to rebuild everything from within. That’s when I began to live consciously through B.A.R.S. – Beauty, Art, Rhythm, and Stories – not as concepts, but as companions:

• Beauty helped me soften and see grace amidst chaos.

• Art became the anchor through which my emotions could breathe.

• Rhythm brought me home to myself, to take that- “one next step”.

• Stories gave meaning to pain, turning fragments into wisdom.

Ultimately, all these lessons converge into a simple truth:
Live fully – not in fear, not in the past, but in the absolute now – one step toward joy at a time.

The journey is never linear nor a fixed path. I have shared my path of B.A.R.S to heal – which continues every day as a lived experience – through Tales of Everyday Joy, a space that honors the beauty of becoming, one story at a time.

And, by the way…
Yes, I hold a Master’s in Computer Science and have worked with Microsoft, Google, Adobe, and IBM and a few more in leadership roles in Engineering. While I am grateful for these roles that gave me financial stability, true fulfilment came from the personal journey. Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn , but know that the real story lies in the life beyond the corporate ladder.