[Replay] She Lost Her Mom at 6: Healing Grief & Spiritual Awakening | Rima Desai, Part 1

Women of Color An Intimate Conversation · Sep 10, 2026 · 36m

What happens when a child grows up carrying grief she has no language for — and discovers at age 12 that she can read minds? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Rima Desai — transformational life coach, spiritual healer, and Masters-trained counseling psychologist — to trace her story back to its beginning. Born in Mumbai, India, Rima lost her mother at age 6, growing up in a home heavy with silence and a culture where grief and emotion had no framework for being spoken aloud.

Rima shares how she spent years functioning alongside her pain rather than…