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ExpressO: Sharing Real Life Experiences over a cup of coffee!!!

About Me:

I am a ‘People’s Person’

For me, life is all about helping people build a healthy and happy life and also having an amazing relationship with themselves as well as with others. I am a very intuitive person too, which is perhaps God’s Gift. This intuitiveness helps me to connect easily with people and get to the matter of the heart. Being a go-getter, full of life and positivity, I am able to transfer this energy to my clients. At the same time, I am down to earth, having experienced the realities of life closely. I am a forthright person so the idea of having a coaching class is like chatting with an old friend without any judgements, just honest heart to heart talks, so that I can help them with their own solutions.

I bring together 8 years of training, personal and professional experience, presence and heart to help you resolve chronic stress, emotional overwhelm and a lack of clarity about life direction. 

About ExpressO:

In these fast paced times, where time seems to be in short supply, we have forgotten what it is to just sit down for a while and take stock of our own lives. We owe it to ourselves, to stop, to think, to take a deep breath. A little shift in perspective is perhaps all that is needed. To watch it all from a distance. To explore, to let go, to understand your place in this creation. 

ExpressO by People Solutions invites you for an informal conversation once a month over diverse themes over cups of coffee. It would surprise you to know how much in common you have with strangers. It started in June 2014 and we have meet ups once a month over a pre-decided topic at any coffee shop from 6:30pm to 8:30 pm

Topics covered till now: 

Gratitude

Reflections, I, ME, MYSELF

Fear of Rejection

Purpose of my Life

Expectations

Turning Point in your Life

Fear

 

What made me start ExpressO:

It was a painful decision for me to walk out on 13 years of marriage with two young kids in tow. Divorce had taken me to the depths of my sanity, led me to question my very being and forced me to confront the deepest suffering.

Without question, this life event had held me back, kept me down and paralyzed my life. I experienced struggle, heartbreak, loneliness, failure and loss.

I was in pain, mentally and emotionally, many people left, very close ones, and the ones who were supposed to stay with me were the ones who left me when I needed them the most.

The need to share my feelings & thoughts with someone who would not be judgmental was paramount and I began to connect with people online through for my sanity.

That’s when it hit me that there were many people like me who needed the same morale booster to have the confidence to live a life of their choice. I realized that in this tech-mad world with people abusing more than using the social media & Internet, there was a space for connecting right and use the infinite power of the Internet.

I don’t think it would be wrong to say that all of us at some point in our lives, find ourselves overcome by sorrow, depression, self-pity, anxiety, lack of motivation, helplessness and what not. We are but humans after all, and we live in times and a society that could overwhelm us with expectations of who we ought to be. We are made to feel that we have to prove ourselves. That it is not good enough to be yourself, you have to be better. It is plain stupidity.

ExpressO Experience:

A lady from Abu Dhabi trapped in a bad marriage, connected online. She was on the verge of committing suicide when she got in touch with me. She poured her heart out and after talking to her for about an hour she changed her mind that she will fight it out and not give up. ExpressO changed her life completely and today she is full of confidence and ready to take life head on.

So in this complex world with complex realities surrounding people and their relationships an idea connecting with people online is so simple yet so powerful, it creates a huge impact on people across the world and give them a new meaning to life and be an anchor against drifting into a gloomy realm and probably make this world a much better place to live.

 There is an untold story of pain and suffering, but also of unyielding faith and perseverance in almost every inspirational life I have come across. To climb out of this abyss of despair, sometimes all we need is a voice shouting out words of encouragement and hope, or an outstretched hand waiting to pull you back from the brink of insanity.

The Internet (Online forums) with all its negatives has a whole lot of positivity and potential to transform lives. There are times when you need a friend and there aren’t any, and somehow, miles apart in some place you have never been, a stranger sitting behind a computer screen just like you, understands your grief, gives you hope, and you smile, and get back on your feet to live another day with a renewed sense of hope. This support system is very much needed in our times. Life should not be just thrown away, it must be lived, and lived to the fullest. And it is possible. There is a warrior in all of us, sometimes it just takes someone else to point that out.

As Richard Bach wrote in his book Illusions, “what the caterpillar calls the end, the Master calls the Butterfly.”

I find my peace in following my passion and mission to raise consciousness and therefore see happiness ripple from each individual I have contact with. As a life coach and spearheading the online & offline forum I want to help people think themselves into happiness and find joy with what they have, eliminate self doubt, make peace with their past, enjoy their present and look forward to a happier tomorrow.

Need help to scale:

At present I have an ExpressO Facebook Group where people get updates about the monthly meetings. I also have my sister running ExpressO Chennai as she is based there. Im trying to create awareness through twitter & FB.

I would now like to take ExpressO to level 2, create more awareness & visibility, scale it…but need ideas how I can take it forward. This isn’t a commercial venture, just something close to my heart. Want to reach out to as many as possible, start ExpressO meet ups globally, how do I do it?

 

www.expressotalks.com

Twitter: @KhetanShivani

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 10th September- UPDATE!!