PARUL SOMANI

speaker. thriver. inspirer.

With the heart of a survivor and the mind of a thriver, Parul empowers people to thrive from change. As an MIT and Harvard graduate with ~20 years of corporate leadership experience, Parul is a gifted storyteller and advisor. She shares actionable, science-backed insights drawn from her life experiences, and empowers audiences with the mindsets, frameworks, and tools needed to live and lead with intention. 

Ways to Engage

Parul inspires audiences on topics ranging from leadership to mental wellbeing and healthcare

Parul hosts personal leadership development workshops for teams and organizations

Parul's writings span personal insights to interviews with thought leaders and storytellers

Parul channels her corporate experience to advise mission-driven organizations

Personal Leadership

Parul empowers people with the leadership skills required to thrive in their life and career. Speaking topics include living with intention, managing stress and burnout, navigating change, and building resilience, a growth mindset, and mental strength. 

Patient Empowerment

As a cancer survivor, caregiver, and former genomics executive, Parul offers a professional and personal voice in healthcare keynotes, panels, and workshops. She is an award-winning leader on patient empowerment, cancer, and genomics. Her "New Job. New Baby. New Cancer." blog has been read across ~85 countries and she has been featured in films, books, and podcasts.

Parul was in her early 30s, raising two young children, recovering from cancer, and quarterbacking her parents’ medical care, when she got laid off from her dream job. She felt knocked down, lost, and burnt out. After months of introspection, however, she had an “aha” moment. She realized the power of her story didn’t lie in the dark clouds, but in the silver linings she created from them. Choosing action over hope had helped her thrive from a variety of life’s curveballs. She felt like she had stumbled upon life’s secret - that we shouldn’t be looking for silver linings, but we should be creating them. Recognizing the beneficial powers of leadership, resilience, and intention in her life, it became her mission to spread the word. Channeling the insights she developed over ~20 years across MIT and Harvard Business School, and in leadership roles in management consulting and Silicon Valley, she dedicated herself to wellbeing and leadership development, empowering people to create their own fulfilling life.

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