Global Speaker and Mental Health Educator

Sahaj Kaur Kohli is an internationally recognized speaker and therapist helping people, organizations, and institutions integrate cultural intelligence, emotional wellness, and belonging into their work and relationships.

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Drawing from years of clinical experience and research in cross-cultural psychology, Sahaj’s programs blend storytelling, psychological insight, and self-reflection to help audiences move from awareness to meaningful action. Her keynotes and guided workshops invite participants to explore how culture, identity, and lived experience shape the way we lead, communicate, and care for one another.

Whether speaking to corporate leaders, clinicians, educators, or community advocates, Sahaj’s facilitation style is interactive, insightful, and grounded in empathy and cross-cultural bridge building. Each session leaves participants with language, frameworks, and tools they can use to foster more inclusive environments and emotionally intelligent teams.'

Trusted by organizations, universities, and clinical settings around the world, Sahaj’s talks empower audiences to translate reflection into real, sustainable change – within themselves and the systems they inhabit.

Speaking + Workshop Testimonials

Sahaj offers a varied and dynamic range of services including:

  • Mental Health, Identity, and Culture in the Workplace or Classroom
  • Inclusive Leadership and Cross-Cultural Bridge Building
  • Embracing Biculturalism In The Workplace – And the Benefits of Doing So
  • Cross-Cultural Communication and Emotional Wellness
  • Understanding, Managing, and Preventing Microaggressions in Academia or Workplaces
  • Addressing Imposter Syndrome, Self-Doubt, and Perfectionism
  • Unpacking the Model Minority Myth
  • Culturally Enough: Navigating Bicultural Identity and Mental Health
  • Self-Care Isn’t Selfish: Reclaiming Wellness Through a Cultural Lens
  • Unpacking Intergenerational Inheritance and Mental Health in Immigrant Families
  • Therapy 101: How to Find a Therapist — and Talk About It!
  • And more!
  • Workshops: Interactive sessions that combine reflection, education, and skill-building to deepen cultural and emotional intelligence.
  • Keynotes: Engaging, story-driven talks that blend research and lived experience to inspire awareness and action.
  • Clinical Trainings: Specialized education for therapists, professors, educators, and mental health professionals focused on culturally responsive care and supervision.

  • Book Talks: Thoughtful conversations expanding on But What Will People Say? – exploring identity, belonging, and bicultural mental health.
  • Fireside Chats: Intimate, moderated discussions that invite vulnerability, connection, and shared storytelling across diverse audiences.
  • Guided Curriculum Series: Multi-session learning journeys designed to help organizations move from understanding to integration through reflection and practice over several months and events.

Sample topics of previous
programs include:

  • Learn about bicultural identity development, racial development, and/or intersectionality 
  • Explore unique challenges with mental health in immigrant, Asian diaspora, and/or BIPOC communities
  • Explore how different cultures impact our productivity and and success narratives
  • Reflect on specific family, community, and cultural beliefs and narratives that impact how this population shows up and interacts at work or school

Mental health, identity, and culture in the workplace or classroom

Unpacking the model minority myth

Therapy 101

Self-care for community advocates and activists

Boundaries 101

And more! Sahaj offers many more workshops on various themes and concepts, including shame, guilt, mental health support seeking behaviors, imposter syndrome, intergenerational trauma, and racial trauma. Sahaj has also worked with companies to offer ongoing curricula inclusive of workshops, guided reflections, and small-group discussions for ongoing learning.
Please reach out to learn more about tailoring a workshop or keynote or to set up a call to bring me to your event!

Mental health, identity, and culture in the workplace or classroom

Unpacking the model minority myth

Therapy 101

Self-care for community advocates and activists

Boundaries 101

  • Discuss the history of the model minority myth and why it’s important to talk about this
  • Explore the impact of the model minority myth – who is harmed by it, who benefits from it, and how it reinforces narratives we may have been taught
  • Learn tangible tools for addressing the model minority myth – personally and in the workplace

And more! Sahaj offers many more workshops on various themes and concepts, including shame, guilt, mental health support seeking behaviors, imposter syndrome, intergenerational trauma, and racial trauma. Sahaj has also worked with companies to offer ongoing curricula inclusive of workshops, guided reflections, and small-group discussions for ongoing learning.
Please reach out to learn more about tailoring a workshop or keynote or to set up a call to bring me to your event!

Mental health, identity, and culture in the workplace or classroom

Unpacking the model minority myth

Therapy 101

Self-care for community advocates and activists

Boundaries 101

  • Learn how your intersectional identity and different cultural values impacts your mental health care narratives
  • Identify barriers to seeking care and support seeking behaviors in the community
  • Explore cultural methods of care beyond therapy to incorporate into your own self-care routine 
  • Learn tangible tips to find a therapist, do therapy, and talk about therapy at work and with your family

And more! Sahaj offers many more workshops on various themes and concepts, including shame, guilt, mental health support seeking behaviors, imposter syndrome, intergenerational trauma, and racial trauma. Sahaj has also worked with companies to offer ongoing curricula inclusive of workshops, guided reflections, and small-group discussions for ongoing learning.
Please reach out to learn more about tailoring a workshop or keynote or to set up a call to bring me to your event!

Mental health, identity, and culture in the workplace or classroom

Unpacking the model minority myth

Therapy 101

Self-care for community advocates and activists

Boundaries 101

  • Explore how different cultural values and beliefs impact our self-care narratives
  • Identify burnout and productivity narratives that may be harming you
  • Learn about the stress cycle and consider cultural and ancestral techniques that can strengthen our self-care behaviors

And more! Sahaj offers many more workshops on various themes and concepts, including shame, guilt, mental health support seeking behaviors, imposter syndrome, intergenerational trauma, and racial trauma. Sahaj has also worked with companies to offer ongoing curricula inclusive of workshops, guided reflections, and small-group discussions for ongoing learning.
Please reach out to learn more about tailoring a workshop or keynote or to set up a call to bring me to your event!

Mental health, identity, and culture in the workplace or classroom

Unpacking the model minority myth

Therapy 101

Self-care for community advocates and activists

Boundaries 101

  • Gain an understanding of the different types of boundaries
  • Identify and reflect on how culture and family have impacted your relationship with boundary setting
  • Learn skills and tools for practicing boundary setting

And more! Sahaj offers many more workshops on various themes and concepts, including shame, guilt, mental health support seeking behaviors, imposter syndrome, intergenerational trauma, and racial trauma. Sahaj has also worked with companies to offer ongoing curricula inclusive of workshops, guided reflections, and small-group discussions for ongoing learning.
Please reach out to learn more about tailoring a workshop or keynote or to set up a call to bring me to your event!

Clinical Workshop Testimonials

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