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

Women of Color An Intimate Conversation · May 15, 2026 · 35m

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, Rima Desai — transformational life coach, spiritual healer, and Masters-trained counseling psychologist — takes us all the way back. Born in Mumbai, India, Rima lost her mother at age 6 in a moment that shattered her entire world. She grew up in a home heavy with silence, in a culture where grief was never spoken aloud — and where emotions had no name. She spent years functioning alongside that pain, not through it.

And yet…