Welcome to my practice,
I'm honored you're here.

Sharing your story can feel like a daunting task.

It’s terrifying to be so vulnerable. So let me put you at ease by sharing first. My parents immigrated to Canada when I was 3 months old. I grew up as a second generation Canadian. Growing up I constantly faced challenges of trying to balance my Punjabi culture and traditions while trying to fit into western society. Growing up in a collectivist culture, I learned not to question the way and rules of the elders. I learned from a young age that the needs of others were always a priority and my voice did not matter. I quickly adopted the role of people pleasing and seeking the approval of others. So began my journey of self-loathing, poor self esteem, and low confidence. Several decades later, after becoming a parent, I hit my breaking point. After years of being told who I was, how I should look, how I should behave, what I should feel… I knew that I didn’t want my son to go through the same thing. I wanted him to have the chance to know who he was, to have a voice, to discover his own path, and that was the day I said, “Enough.”

From that day onward, I embarked on my Masters degree in Counselling Psychology, began attending counselling myself and engaged in personal development work to learn how to set and enforce boundaries. I found my voice and learned how to say “no”, and most importantly, I learned how to put myself first. I won’t pretend that this transformation happened overnight. I had also struggled with my weight and body image since I was a child. My journey to healing was full of guilt, anxiety, and discomfort. To date, facing my past and healing the wounds I had incurred is the hardest thing I have done. The biggest lesson I learned along the way is that in order to truly say “yes” to myself, I needed to learn to say “no” to others. And not only was that ok, but it was necessary.

As a result, I was finally able to shed the extra weight that I had carried with me – both literally and figuratively. I learned to take care of myself, to put myself first and how to meet my own needs. For the first time, I began to feel confident in my own skin. By letting go of carrying the burden of responsibility of caring for others, I felt a huge sense of relief. For the first time in my life, I experienced what it was like to truly love myself and feel worthy. I finally knew that I mattered, that my thoughts and feelings counted for something, and that my wants, needs and desires were important too. Once I let go of the guilt and unworthiness, I was no longer stuck. I was free to make my own choices and create a life that felt authentic to me. The doors of possibility flung wide open and now I am able to enjoy feelings of self-love, self-respect, happiness, hope and a renewed sense of energy. This kind of change is possible for you too, and I’m truly looking forward to supporting you.