About Yash Pal Sharma

A Journey of Understanding and Acceptance

What I enjoy most is lovingly nudging people in the direction of acceptance. I have a knack for quickly getting to the heart of the matter, and my desire to help people connect head and heart comes naturally to me. I adopt an encouraging and insightful approach with my clients.

It has been my experience that uncovering, why we do what we do can be scary and beautiful. I can say this because I have set with a couple of truly shattering heartbreaks, the loss of my father, early in life loss of two younger brothers, abandonment, a high-conflict separation of a kid from parents, self-immolation, and stabbing incidents in close family circles. I have emerged successfully from various messy situations and I have learned to see the beautiful in everyone.

This perspective is all, thanks to my hunger for meaning and curiosity for anything and everything that helps me understand WHY? Understanding my ‘whys’ helps me better navigate the bumpy terrains.  And getting through the bumps, no matter how big or small (who are we to measure) teaches us that we can.  

So, I find myself here. Helping people understand themselves a little more gently and intently so we can start to appreciate that we are who we are. And that compassion and acceptance are tools to have and hold. And if we don’t like something, we can, without question, train our brains to see a new way and believe in it. Or we can choose to love that thing that makes us, us.

All of the above skills are unquestionably learnable.

Life Coaching Credentials

My Education/Career

I am a Postgraduate in English Literature from Panjab University, Chandigarh (India).

I have been a Corporate Affairs Professional for four decades in the Indian Cement Industry before superannuating in 2010.
Instead of a sedentary retired life, I opted for a ‘less traveled road through unchartered territories of Writing, Life Coaching, Training, and Fitness.

My Training

1. I am a Certified Life Coach trained and certified through Arfeen Khan University

2. Neuro-linguistic programming Practitioner.

My Interests

Published two books

  1. “शतायु बने वृद्ध नहीं – सहज जीवन संध्या” (deals with aging gracefully)
  2. “Leadership Through Spirituality – a Win-win proposition for corporate leadership”
  3. “The Incredible You – Unleash Your True Potential” 
  4. “Let the Caterpillar Fly – Habits That Unfold Your Hidden Wings”  (coming soon)

An active Marathon Runner Finished 18 marathons in a 10-K category and 2 marathons in a 21-K category.