CHHAYA’S HEALING JOURNEY:Chhaya’s journey into healing and change did not begin in textbooks or classrooms—but in a silent ache. She lost her mother at a young age, and with her, she lost a sense of anchoring. She felt like a tree without any roots—upright and growing but disconnected from the soil of love and safety.

Throughout her teenage years, she floated between surfaces—doing well on the outside, but inside, carrying a quiet loneliness. That changed when, by chance, she met a counsellor who invited her into a space she didn’t know she needed—a space to be heard, understood and validated.

That conversation was a lifeline. It cracked open the possibility that healing wasn’t just about coping—it was about being witnessed. It was the first time she understood that language could be medicine, and presence could be transformative.

It should come as no surprise that her family knew nothing about her therapy. In the 1990s, mental health wasn’t a conversation— Therapy was still seen as taboo. But she felt called to challenge that silence. So she stepped into the world of psychology—not just to study, but to serve those that were brave enough to seek help. Why were people silently carrying pain that therapy could ease in a short time? It need not take years. That realisation lit the fire she still carries.

Life, however, has its own curriculum. She moved to Japan, started a family, and for a while, had placed her own ambitions on a shelf.. But over time, the quiet tug returned. Even with a loving family and a full life, there was a hollow space inside—a whisper asking, “Is this it?”

She was living a narrative that was socially acceptable as a “good wife and mother” but was not fulfilling. This pulled me back onto my own growth path.

Then came coaching—and something clicked.

Discovering Coaching felt like stumbling upon the exact key she had been searching for. Coaching is a powerful change process. We live in inner narratives and we can shift these systems of belief to ones more aligned with ourselves. In essence, these conversations were very powerful.

But, she had a longing for even more. Many clients were focusing on surface change. She was not going to settle for behaviour change or habit change, she was seeking mindset change.

From her experience, she knew that some wounds lived deeper—below the mind, below logic. So she expanded her training. She dove into the world of Inner Child Therapy, ancestral healing, NLP, emotional intelligence, trauma work, and somatic awareness.

Today, she blends these worlds together—psychology and coaching because she has lived the truth that healing is never one-dimensional. True change must touch the heart, the mind, and the soul. We are not just thoughts to reframe—we are lives to be honoured.

That’s why she started The Balance Beam. To guide the ambitious and self-aware toward a life that is not only successful—but soul-aligned. To help people reconnect to their original blueprint, to rewrite their internal narratives, and to live with both power and peace.