Hello and a very warm welcome. This page show cases me in all my guises. I am passionate about developing women leaders and helping women achieve career and financial success. I am also a multidisciplinary artist and performance poet. My brand logo is that of the Indian Goddess Sarasvati – she is the Goddess of knowledge, wisdom, learning and the arts. It is very important to me that we as women own our space and our feminine power. For too long women have been using a male blueprint, trying to fit in like round pegs in square holes. It simply does not work!
I got frustrated seeing coaches unwittingly demoralize and undermine women by using the same development and coaching methods used for men. This led me to develop my Sarasvati Goddess inspired, online programmes and coaching which incorporate issues particular to women. Women who are trying to achieve in a male orientated world, where women are still under-represented and under paid. I am passionate about developing women leaders and help equip them with the skills AND the mindset to successfully navigate the environment and circumstances they find themselves in.
Me as an Artist
You can watch a documentary about my journey to poetry ‘The Art of Oppression’ film directed by Patricia Francis. Premiered March 2021 at the Nottingham Art Exchange.
I am a Performance Poet and Multidisciplinary Artist. I have recently been awarded Arts Council England funding to explore the use of multi-disciplinary art with poetry. My passion is the intersection of Britishness and Asian. Where does one culture start and the other end – when one straddles many cultures and heritages?
My Coaching and Leadership Development Credentials:
Nottingham Trent University Post Graduate Diploma in Training Management
Chartered Management Institute (CMI) qualified coach/mentor
Graduate member of Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD)
Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 7 Executive Coach and Mentor
NLP Practitioner registered with ABNLP.
Qualified Hypnotherapist
Law of Attraction/Assumption (LOA) coach
Learning and Performance Institute – Certified Designer and Facilitator of Online Learning
A bit more about me
I am a media specialist. I host my very own live weekly radio program on Radio Dawn Nottingham 107.6 FM, called ‘Musings of a Pakistani British’ Bringing to the forefront the good and the great of Pakistani and British culture, history, and heritage!
I was the General Manager of a multi-million-pound international TV channel ‘Takbeer TV’ aired on SKY TV. I was also the producer and director of a popular children’s programme, and TV host of a call in live immigration program.
I am former Vice President of the Nottingham wing of the Pakistani Government PTI.
Voluntary work
I am the Vice Chair of Himmah, a well known Nottingham based charity focusing on reducing food poverty.
I am also Steering Group Member of the Award winning Salom Shalom Kitchen (SaSh). The only Jewish and Muslim soup kitchen collaboration in the UK.