India, March 7 -- You begin your book by sharing the pain of losing a loved one. How did the loss change the way you see yourself and your journey?

Loss rearranges the furniture of the soul. It doesn't just take someone away; it alters the acoustics of your inner life. When you lose a parent, a partner, a pillar, you don't merely grieve a person - you grieve a version of yourself that existed in their gaze.

In my case, grief stripped me of urgency and replaced it with attentiveness. I stopped racing toward outcomes and began listening to pauses. I became less interested in achievement as spectacle and more invested in presence as practice. Loss taught me that love is not proven by longevity alone, but by how deeply it changes the way yo...