Client Spotlight

Shweta Bhatt

is a storyteller, writer, and community gatherer.

Interview Date: 06/16/2022

What are the mediums you create in?

Storytelling, spoken word, writing, plant-based cooking, community, belonging

What are some words that come to mind when you think about your creative style?

Colorful, playful, magic-seeking, easy, experienced

What are you currently working on?

Creating spaces and cultivating communities where the question of “do I belong here?” is replaced with the affirmation “if I am here, there is nowhere else I need to belong”.

What is a piece of advice around creative work that you call to mind often?

Creativity does not work on the agenda of a “production”-focused society. Give yourself the freedom and grace to understand the dimensions of how you create.

How long have you been working with Melissa?

5 months

What did you come to coaching for?

People were constantly telling me what I “should” do with who I am and what I love. Their ideas for me felt heavy and I didn’t know how to parse out my own ideas from the whole lot. I needed a container for me to spill out every dream and every idea I knew to be truly mine. I needed someone to hold and acknowledge that those ideas could be possible, that I had what it took to make them possible.

What are some ways that coaching has impacted you? 

Melissa served more than just a container; she constantly held a mirror for me to see how much I had already done, was already doing, and am strong enough to try and do. She served as an echo for the many affirmations I was making to and for myself, without actually hearing myself do so. Melissa’s grace helped cultivate the grace I began to practice on myself and my journey.

What are some ‘wins’ that you would attribute to being supported by Melissa?

Launching my supper club, identifying the avenues I wanted to share myself, and giving structure to self-affirming strategies around my own abilities.

What are you currently learning about yourself?

If I focus too much on trying to be exceptional, I forget how extraordinary and magical I already find life as it is. 

Is there anything else you want to share? 

If you want to harness your voice, if you want to feel confident in your expression, and if you want to no longer judge your story, let’s talk.

Where can we find you online?:  

@beadsofshwet