Shefali Khokhar

Personal Leadership & Mental Well-being Coach

Shefali Khokhar is a Personal Leadership & Mental Well-Being Coach, accredited at the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) level by the International Coaching Federation. She is also a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach. She has coached 150+ diverse clients across a wide variety of topics, including skill development for professional success, navigating organizational complexity, dealing with leadership challenges, managing life and career transitions, intentional relationships and effective communication, and finding mental balance and well-being in uncertain and stressful times.

Prior to Coaching, Shefali has a decade of international HR experience in chemicals and pharmaceutical multi-national corporations, with her last corporate role being HR Head Global Quality Functions at Novartis in Basel, Switzerland.

Oct. 1, 2026

How to Move From Survival Mode to Calm: Three Mental Fitness Skills That Can Help

When everyday stress keeps stacking up, even a single email can trigger anger, anxiety, or a reaction you later regret. In this guest-hosted episode, personal leadership and mental well-being coach Shefali Khokhar explains how these repeated stress responses can become chronic and contribute to burnout. Shefali introduces a practical mental fitness framework for shifting from the reactive “survival mind” into the calmer, clearer “sage mind.” You’ll learn three skills you can practice in daily...

Guest: Shefali Khokhar

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