Writing

Mehrnaz’s writing has been published in the Huffington Post, Drishti Magazine, the Bombay Review, amongst others. She is the author of the memoir Approaching Midnight and a first book of poetry, My Solitude, My Secluded Wilderness.

Mehrnaz’s professional writing about overcoming obstacles and achieving success through proven strategies relies on evidence-based research and her 13 years as an educator to individuals and organizations. It also draws on her own successful application of that research.

Mehrnaz’s personal writing and poetry is an outcome of the most fundamental lesson from her unusually rich professional and personal life experience: that our life stories are the source of everything we are and the explanation for how we show up in the world at any given moment. As a result, doing the work to truly understand our own life story is essential if we are to achieve our fullest potential and be fulfilled.

As a trained scientist and successful entrepreneur, Mehrnaz understands the necessary emphasis we place on factual language and straightforward narratives to achieve desired outcomes—so that we can get from point A to point B. But Mehrnaz also encourages her students and her wider audience to apply a strategy of small wins towards achieving soft skills and pursuing creative endeavors. She believes that we cannot see the world in its entirety if we are looking purely through the lens of facts and science while ignoring arts, emotions, and creativity.