As a Graduate Peer Coach, I help fellow students navigate the ups and downs of higher education, primarily by exploring ways that they can connect with their inner creativity and wisdom. I believe that every human being is creative and, given the right conditions, can access their inner wisdom and lead a happy and fulfilling life. In higher education, students often experience a variety of stressors that reduce their ability to be in flow and feel fully alive. Some common examples are feelings of impostor, anxiety, tiredness, procrastination, and perfectionism. While these may seem like permanent states of being, when emotions are tended to and explored in a non-judgmental environment, the sometimes wrong “automatic beliefs” that lie behind these stressors come to the fore. 

As a coach, I aspire to build trusting relationships by asking you open-ended questions and practicing unconditional positive regard. Together we discover how to reframe the negative thinking that we all experience from time to time. In addition to exploring your emotions, I support you to develop the necessary interpersonal skills and (tiny!) habits that are key to your success. I also aspire to help you overcome detrimental “all-or-nothing beliefs” and self-advocate for your well-being and progress. By practicing thought awareness and identifying habits that motivate and values that give meaning to your life, my goal is to support you to stand up for yourself, experience flow, and embrace a heightened sense of vitality, creativity, and connection. 

Beyond my academic life at Princeton, where I’m pursuing a PhD in modern Islamic intellectual history, I love to practice yoga, take long walks in nature, and travel to visit family and friends.