VIVARA
Reclaim your Life, Rewrite your Story.
I'm Priyanka Yadav, a behaviour change coach and trainer in Mumbai. I help people and teams close the gap between knowing and doing, through burnout, career change and setbacks to confidence. In person and online, in English and Hindi.
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Who this is for
A job, a role or a relationship has ended, and the next chapter hasn't begun. You're capable and accomplished, but right now you feel stuck, your confidence is shaken, and you're quietly asking:
“Who am I now?”
I help professionals, leaders and young adults through burnout, career and life transitions, and setbacks to confidence. I work on three areas: emotional intelligence, habits and wellbeing, and goal and career clarity. No quick fixes or toxic positivity: we steady you first, then rebuild.
Your strength isn't gone. It's resting.The idea behind Vivara
The Vivara method
When you're overloaded, advice doesn't land. So we work in three stages, in this order.
Settle the body and the stress.
So you can think clearly again, without rushing to a fake “positive” fix.
See the pattern clearly.
Quieten the inner saboteurs, like the Judge, the Avoider or the Controller, that get loud in hard times.
Rebuild, one small step at a time.
Bring structure to your next chapter, with clear boundaries and daily habits you can keep on your worst day.
The method, one small step a day. Tick each one as you go. It starts fresh every morning.
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Work with me
For you
For professionals, leaders and young adults in a transition: burnout, a career change, a life change, or confidence that took a hit. In person or online, in English or Hindi.
For teams
Workshops, group coaching and one-to-one coaching for managers and teams, especially in fast-growing companies where people are promoted before anyone shows them how to lead: emotional intelligence, collaboration, delegation and staying calm under pressure.
For schools and colleges
Workshops and sessions on handling pressure and exam stress, so students can steady themselves before a paper, an interview or a bad result, and teachers have tools to help. Alongside your counsellor, never instead of them.
In clients' words
4.8/ 5
Average rating from 15 clients, from the feedback forms they fill in after their sessions. 7 of the 8 clients who answered would recommend Vivara.
What they mention most: leaving motivated, new insight about themselves and feeling heard.
You saw what I could not see, what my family and friends could not see. I will be forever grateful to you.
“She praised me, questioned me and gave a lot of time to understand what I'm actually feeling. She was honestly a mirror I needed.”
“It's because of you that I am able to stand up for me once again.”
“The 6 coaching sessions were incredibly helpful. I always felt heard and walked away with practical insights that still serve me every day.”
“Each conversation added something important, helping me evolve in ways that feel both noticeable and lasting. I feel deeply grateful for your time, guidance and wisdom. Your support made a real difference.”
“Thank you so much, Ma'am, for giving me clarity and confidence.”
“She took the time to understand my current situation, asked thoughtful questions, and helped me gain clarity on my challenges and possible next steps. … This creates a sense of accountability and ensures that each step is backed by actual progress rather than just advice.”
Names are kept private.
Mentoring reviews
What professionals I mentor on ADPList say.
Results
Growth-stage startup
2 → 4delegation, out of 5
Senior leader · Operations
80–90%fewer vendor revisits
Still in progress: sharing that data with the team every day.
Future leader · MBA
1–2 → 5–6class-participation marks, out of 10
Class 12 student
20 min → 2 hrsof focused study at a stretch
Class 11 student
On stageanchoring the school assembly
Names and identifying details are kept private. Numbers are clients' own ratings and records, not independent measurements.
My story
For ten years my job was finding out why things go wrong. I worked in corporate operations, audit and quality across e-commerce, retail, logistics and aviation, tracing problems back to their root cause.
Then an accident stopped me for months. Recovering taught me what no job had: when the body and mind are steadied, people can rebuild almost anything. When corporate roles came my way again, I chose to build Vivara instead.
Now I do root-cause analysis on people: why we know what to do, and still don't do it. The answer is almost never a lack of effort.
That's what Vivara is built on: Logic + Heart. The discipline to find the real cause and track real progress, with the care it takes to rebuild.
“Try harder” is never a root cause.
Why Vivara exists
When people learn to pause and ask, “Will this help me five years from now?”, they respond instead of react. And that can be taught.
A world where people come through every transition stronger and brighter.
We help people who are burnt out, stuck or starting over to steady themselves and rebuild, using simple, body-first tools, one small step at a time, so they reclaim their lives and rewrite their stories.
How we work: Steady first, then rebuild·Root causes, not blame·Small steps you can keep on your worst day
Vivara joins vivid, bright and strong, with vara, Sanskrit for excellence. Our logo is a ginkgo leaf above a DNA spiral. Ginkgo trees survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, and they still grow there today. The spiral is a reminder that your strength is already within you. We help you find it again.
Training and trust
I'm a Certified Life Coach (IISDT), a Certified Trauma-Informed Coach (TCOH) and a certified Positive Intelligence (PQ) Coach, trained in somatic awareness and applied neuroscience. I've completed Psychological First Aid training through Johns Hopkins University and psychological safety training with UNICEF. I'm train-the-trainer certified in emotional intelligence, POSH and child protection (POCSO), and I'm working towards the ICF PCC credential.
I'm also an engineer with an MBA in lean operations and systems, so I bring structure as well as warmth. As a volunteer, I mentor women entrepreneurs with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, young people with Claylab Education Foundation, and professionals on ADPList. I also facilitate a monthly Lean In Circle.
Resources
Free, and yours to keep. Start with the guide: swipe through it right here.
Free guide
A field guide to the in-between: four science-backed tools to settle your body, clear your mind and rebuild, visibly.
For professionals, students and parents. By Priyanka Yadav.
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Start here
You know what you should do. You've made the list, maybe even the timetable. And still, the day slips away.
Nothing is wrong with you. You are in the in-between: the stretch after one chapter has ended and before the next has begun.
“Nobody is lazy. Somebody is overloaded.”
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The science of stuck
Calm the body first, and the mind follows.
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Tool 1 of 4
Settle your body in about a minute.
In a 2023 Stanford study, five minutes a day of this “cyclic sighing” for a month improved mood more than mindfulness meditation. If it makes you dizzy, stop and breathe normally.
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Tool 2 of 4
Turn down the alarm by putting it into words.
UCLA researchers found that putting a feeling into words reduced activity in the brain's alarm centre.
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Tool 3 of 4
Put things down before you pick new things up.
Students who wrote about their worries for ten minutes before an exam scored better (Science, 2011).
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Tool 4 of 4
Build the decision in advance, so willpower isn't needed.
When (my anchor), I will (my action).
“When I close my laptop for lunch, I will walk for five minutes without my phone.”
A new daily habit typically took about 66 days to feel automatic, in a University College London study.
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One sentence to change
GuiltMaine galti ki. I made a mistake.
ShameMain hi galat hoon. I am the mistake.
“People who hear ‘you made a mistake’ learn to fix things. People who hear ‘you are a mistake’ learn to hide them.”
In kintsugi, a broken bowl's cracks are filled with gold. Not going back to who you were, but rebuilding, visibly.
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Your next step
“Your strengths aren't gone. They're resting.”
If this put words to something you've been carrying, you don't have to carry the next part alone.
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Questions
Behaviour change coaching helps you close the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it, especially under pressure. We work on the habits and reactions that keep you stuck, starting with the body, then the mind, and every session ends with one small, real-world action.
No. I'm a coach, not a therapist or counsellor, so I don't diagnose or treat. Coaching is for people who are coping but stuck. If you need clinical support, I'll gladly help you find the right professional. In a crisis, call Tele-MANAS on 14416, free and open 24 hours.
Professionals, leaders and young adults going through burnout, a career change or a setback to confidence; managers and teams in fast-growing companies; and schools and colleges, with students, teachers and parents.
Both. I work in person and online, so I can support people and teams across India and abroad, in English or Hindi.
Book a free 60-minute session on Calendly, or message me on WhatsApp. We talk about where you are and what you want, and see together whether coaching is the right fit. Everything you share stays confidential.
Yes. For schools, I run sessions on exam stress and handling pressure, alongside your counsellor, never instead of them; the first step is a free 40-minute session for your teachers. For companies, I run workshops on leading under pressure, emotional intelligence and delegation; the first step is a free 60-minute session for your team.
I'm a Certified Life Coach (IISDT), a Certified Trauma-Informed Coach (TCOH) and a certified Positive Intelligence (PQ) Coach, and I'm working towards the ICF PCC credential. I'm also train-the-trainer certified in emotional intelligence, POSH and child protection (POCSO).
Let's talk
Book a free 60-minute session at a time that suits you, or message me on WhatsApp. Tell me a little about where you are, and we'll see if coaching is the right fit. Everything you share stays confidential.
Coaching, not therapy. I'm a coach, not a therapist or counsellor, so I don't diagnose or treat. If you need that kind of support, I'll gladly help you find the right professional. In a crisis, call Tele-MANAS on 14416, free and open 24 hours.