Shaheen Abbas: Redefining self-leadership with style and substance

Morning ritual you swear by?

Pray and rest. I allow myself a restful morning with coffee, gratitude, and thoughts of the people and things I love.

Most powerful NLP technique in your toolkit?

Anchoring. It’s simple but so powerful to bring someone back to a resourceful state.

Ikigai in a hashtag?

#Sukoon (peace of mind)

Choker or hoops?

Hoops, always! Hoops are flirtation in gold and diamonds — bold, sexy, and unapologetically feminine.

Two celebs who wear your designs best?

Sonam Kapoor and Malaika Arora.

Most surprising thing about being a mindset mentor?

The most beautiful surprise in my 1:1 sessions is that people don’t need “fixing” — they need remembering. Remembering their worth, their power, and what is already true within them beneath all the noise.

Gold stack or diamond stack?

Why choose? Mix them up all the way!

Where do you feel most calm, studio or stage?

Calm must be cultivated within. That inner space aligns you wherever you are.

A book you recommend to everyone?

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind.

Mantra you repeat before a talk?

• I trust myself.

• I trust the message.

• I speak with purpose and love.

• I am enough because

• I am the light,

• You are the light,

• We are the light.

Biggest mindset shift you’ve made personally?

I turned fear into faith, pain into power, wounds into wisdom — and I found myself fully in the becoming of this.

Current jewellery trend you love?

My forever favourite is a trend I created back in 2011: stackable jewellery! Give me a stacked ear and a stacked hand with bracelets, bangles, and cuffs — all day, every day. #Obsessed

One thing people don’t know about you?

They’ll have to wait for my book to find out.

Favourite way to clear mental clutter?

1. Centre and anchor myself through faith, prayer, and gratitude to shift perspective.

2. Self-talk through a written exercise to separate facts from emotional fiction.

3. Movement and working out.

4. And when needed, a full release, a great crying session to regulate my nervous system.

Next big dream you’re chasing?

I’m welcoming and calling in a life of meaning, guided by purpose, filled with sukoon (peace of mind), and rich in pyaar (love), joy, and laughter. That’s the dream I’m tuning into more and more each day.