About me
Hi, I am Priyanka - thank you for visiting my space.
I am a work in progress and this is my story.
“If fighting 17 tumours, healing a divorce, raising a child alone, restarting your life in a different country from scratch and almost building your new identity – doesn’t change you to see what the world needs – then what else will?”
Sometimes you choose a career, and sometimes a career path chooses you; the same is the story of becoming me – a mental health advocate on a mission to help individuals prioritise their mental health. I am a single parent to a lovely daughter and I live an intentional life striving to be better every day.
I have an MBA and MSc with 10 years of work experience which includes corporate, administration and digital marketing. I loved writing poems and had a journal with me every time. I discovered my calling as a medium to spread mental health awareness and being from a completely non-psychological background, I decided to educate myself in this field and did a few certification courses. I am an NFNLP-certified NLP Practitioner and mental health first-aider. I have been working in the field of mental health for the last five years and have been promoting mental health awareness through my blogs, videos, Instagram page and podcasts.
I started my journey as a personal blogger with my first blog Virtual Siyahi when I was diagnosed with Lymph Node Tubercular and dealt with mental health issues for the first time. I had 15 tumours in my body and then followed my divorce, a non-cancerous brain tumour and a foot tumour. I dealt with poor health, low immunity, lower self-esteem, and questioned my self-worth. The more I connected with myself I discovered the only way is inwards. Writing became my escape and refuge.
I wrote consistently and have over 1200 blog posts under my credit. With the popularity of my personal blog in two years, I came up with a dedicated mental health space – Sanity Daily, where I created content with the aim to help every woman out there forge her own path and make mental health a priority in life.
Mentions and Features:
Sanity Daily is listed as one of the top 10 mental health blogs in the UK and quoted among the best mental health blog in various mental health directories. In 2020, I was featured among 200 Compelling Female bloggers worldwide and have been a finalist in 40 under 40 UK under wellness category.
My podcast Sanity Daily was quoted as the Best Podcasts UK 2024 and have won the best best podcast of the year 2024 award.
I am a published author, SHEROES champion, Amazon-approved influencer, and mentor at platforms like MCR Pathways, JustBaat, Sheroes and other women-centric communities.
My work has been featured on esteemed platforms like SHEROES, YourStory, Women’s Web, Elle Foundation, Different Truths, Eat My News, Sharing Stories, Humans of Community, People of India, Desh Ka Gourav, Humans of Community, Health Heroes of Bombay, Youth ki Awaaz, Official Humans of Bombay, Mood Space and Plusher.
Awards and Accolades
- Best Debut Author Award – 2019
- Humanitarian Award by I Can Foundation in 2020
- Women Achiever’s Award – Arya College – 2021
- Mental health blogger of the year award – 2021
- Youth Icon of India 2021 – Bhartiya Youth Icon
- Venture Competition Winner 2023
- Finalist for Outstanding Student Support University of Dundee – 2023
- Best mental health blogger 2023 – Bharat Dialogues
- Finalist for Forty under 40 UK – Wellness Category
- Best Mental Health Blogger and Podcaster 2024
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