Hi, fellow human!

I am Shivani Jobanputra, a multi-passionate person who loves learning and is constantly curious about “the big stuff”.

In my journey to understanding people and their motivations, I graduated in Psychology and went on to get my post-graduate Counselling Diploma. Along the way, I became aware of a desire to work with kids and I studied for a degree in Early Childhood Care and Education.

I moved from India to Sri Lanka in 2012, and took some time off to raise my daughter. Parenting through the lens of Positive Psychology and my background in Counselling really helped me to empathize with both parents and children in the challenges that they face in daily life.

While being a full-time mum, in 2016, I started working with kids aged 0-5. In 2021, I became an internationally-trained Life Coach through the Beautiful You Life Coaching Academy. I started coaching kids (8-18), while simultaneously becoming a certified First Moon Circle and Teen Talking Circles facilitator, and a Shine From Within youth mentor. I am also a trained Menstrual Cycle Coach, as of 2023.

Being a mother gives me insight into the challenges of parenthood, and being a witness to my own child’s journey helps me empathize with the stresses of young people. My drive for working with young people comes from my own history of a deeply isolated and lonely adolescence, traversing the years with negligible self-esteem and poor self-confidence. It took me years to first identify, and then unlearn, various self-beliefs that I had embedded into my system that were keeping me from falling in love with myself.

I believe in preventative care, and I work with young people to be the adult that I would have appreciated in my life when I was younger. All of my training and certifications also help me in my own journey as a parent, which is an added benefit of my work.

I am deeply passionate about creating heart-led programs for young people to help them find connection within themselves. These spaces are formed by using principles of Social Emotional Learning and the various modalities that I have pursued training in. I believe that the best way to truly influence the lives of young people is to help them form deeper, richer connections with their family; which is why I also do coaching and workshops for parents.

I am also passionate about creating spaces for all people who menstruate where they can feel empowered by and proud of their cycle and their bodies. This is something that is very close to my heart, and I love being able to support menstruating people of all ages through their journey of falling in love with their cycle.

All young people have the right to feel empowered.

All young people have a right to knowledge, information, and consent.

It is our duty as grown-ups, to give them access to spaces that will help them build necessary life skills.

A knowledge of menstruality and positive period education is VITAL for everyone - those who have experienced menstrual cycles as well as those who live with menstruators.