Vaishali Patel TEDx (2026)

01/03/2024

FEELING GRATEFUL FOR MY RADIO DEBUT

Grateful for the incredible chat on Sheetal Jethwa’s show! 🎙️✨

I shared my passion for empowering people, especially women, to break free from past conditionings through and

From my .explorers book to the and it was a joy! 🤩

Loved grooving to soca and Caribbean beats in between – such a vibe! 💃🏾

Big thanks to powerhouse Sheetal for the invite and for sharing her inspiring journey with me.

09/09/2022

RIP to a graceful and long standing leader and mother, Queen Elizabeth. 70 years of service through a lot of change in the world and within the royal family. Having delivered many speeches, the one during Covid was most memorable.

23/08/2022

GOING OVER THE EDGE

“Is it selfish when we don’t speak up?” asked the Director of the speakers group that my client was attending.

This question reminded me of something my TEDx Speaker Coach used to say when we ran TEDx group coaching programmes. “It’s selfish to keep an idea to yourself that could change the world”.

Bringing it to our daily life.

You’re sitting in a meeting, and you have an idea that could save the company money or help to resolve a problem. And you don’t share it because you’re concerned about how you might occur.

You’re at a bar and you see a gorgeous person who you would love to date, and you don’t speak to them. You’re concerned about being rejected and that takes away the opportunity for the other person to have a wonderful person like you in their life.

You’re having a difficult conversation and you would really like to share how you have been feeling but you don’t. You’re afraid of confrontation or being vulnerable and you take away the contribution of growth for the other person.

These are just some ways we can be selfish in communication when we don’t speak up. A few ways to breakthrough this and go over the edge of our fear and concerns are:

1. Having the right mindset. Know that you matter and your stories or ideas make a difference.
2. Having a bigger purpose. Perhaps your purpose is to make a difference wherever you go, to create harmony, to innovate, to live your best life.
3. Having goals. Perhaps you have a goal to breakthrough your fear of public speaking, to do a TEDx talk, to perform or to live a fully self-expressed life.

Contact me today if you’d like a breakthrough in your mindset, purpose or goal setting in your communication. You can work with me one-on-one or join my 10 week group coaching programme starting in soon.

Here's me having gone over the edge of my fear and concerns to abseil in Australia. The scariest part was that first step over the edge and I survived to tell the story. Thank god for the rope and the team.

11/05/2022

ACCORDING TO SCIENCE, LONELINESS AND CREATIVITY ARE LINKED

A study published in the December 2020 issue of Nature Communications found while people thrive on being social, they also have neural circuits that increase their imagination when they’re lonely to fill that social void.

Essentially, the study is saying when you get super lonely, that’s when you become incredibly creative.

This can be creative in:

1) Your imagination where you can make up things, which give you certain feelings and emotions – these can be negative or positive. I remember as a child, running away into my imagination and daydreaming to feel good in environments where I didn’t feel good.

2) Your imagination and channelling your feelings and emotions in paint, sculpture, written word, song, dance, etc.

During the pandemic, I was living by myself and dealing with covid. I was alone and sometimes felt lonely. I enjoyed the solitude to some degree as I spent alot of time doing things for others (some to be helpful and some to avoid dealing with myself). When the hamster wheel stopped, I had to face myself, the feelings and emotions I had hidden behind being active and busy. During this time, I found myself channeling my feelings into creativity - sharing poems that I had written when I was a kid, dancing as part of my exercise routine again, creating TEDx workshops and I even held one suppression to self expression event online - my creative streak really came out.

Shrein Bahrami, a therapist and author of The Loneliness Companion Says "the experience of feeling lonely can often trigger a host of other emotions. When we are connected to our emotions, allowing ourselves to feel them and express them through creativity can be quite healing and meaningful.”

08/05/2022

Mental Health Awareness Week is happening between 9 to 15 May 2022.

The official theme is loneliness.

Loneliness is a human emotion that people most often associate to have negative consequences on mental health.

Loneliness is considered a state of mind that causes people to feel empty, alone and unwanted.

People can feel isolated and want social connections and can experience it as involuntary separation, rejection or abandonment by other people.

It can be caused by:

- Physical isolation
- Moving to a new location
- Divorce
- Death
- Depression - which causes people to withdraw socially leading to isolation
- Low self esteem. People who lack confidence in themselves often believe that they are unworthy of the attention or regard of other people
- Personality factor such as being an introvert

The risks associated with loneliness can include:

- Substance misuse
- Anti-social behaviours
- Depression and su***de
- Increased stress levels
- Poor decision-making
- Brain numbing and disassociating through distractions

There are many resources you can find if you:

1. Want to talk to someone if you are feeling lonely and it’s impacting your mental health
2. You want practical steps on how to address it.

Check out www.mental health-uk.org for resources.

Over the coming week I’ll be sharing how loneliness and creativity are linked and how you can channel your feelings into something positive. Stay tuned…

18/04/2022

On Saturday 16th April I held my first From Suppression to Self Expression: Express Yourself Retreat

Participants meditated, drew, danced and acted and walked out unleashed and happy.

Thank you to everyone that attended, it was truly lovely to see your transformation.

If you’d like to find out about the next retreat, please DM me.

14/04/2022

MY PERSONAL INVITATION TO A PLAYFUL AND FUN RETREAT TAKEN FROM MY PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH

On Saturday 16th April
2-5pm
Bhuti Richmond
Only 2 spaces left!!!
Link in bio to register :)

12/04/2022

ART: REFLECTION - IT'S A PERSONAL INNER JOURNEY

Creative self expression through the use of art enables reflection, growth and personal transformation.

Art speaks its own language and is able to say things that words sometimes can't. That’s why it can be so healing and help to decrease stress levels.

Art can reflect back one's subconscious mind, to tap into inner thoughts, feelings and experiences that we're not aware of and make it conscious.

Drawing on paper whatever comes to mind, and asking questions of the images is the first step to begin to look within for meanings and insight.

And that's what you'll do at my From Suppression to Self-Expression Retreat on Saturay 16th April from 2-5pm at bhutilondon
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Here I am with the naked man again. We're not on a beach in Liverpool this time. We're at 350 Regents Place in the heart of London. This piece is called Reflection and has been sculpted by Anthony Gormley. These are actually two sculptures - one inside and one outside. As for me - there’s only one :)

11/04/2022

The same techniques that help us get out of our comfort zone in improv can help us manage our anxiety about the uncertainty in the world around us.

Whether that’s interviewing for a new job, presenting your new business / product ideas, public speaking, going on a first date or speaking up about something you want or dislike.

Applying improvisation to real-life situations can improve our confidence to interact in a world that has always been uncertain.

10/04/2022

MUSIC AND SELF EXPRESSION

Can you think of a song that, no matter what, makes you happy?
How about a song that helped you through the tough times?
Is there a piece of music that coincides with a special memory you have?

Chances are you said yes to at least one, if not all of these questions.

Music is powerful, it has the ability to empower self expression.

In the moment, it has the ability to influence our moods, inspire energy, and remind us of cherished memories. While over time, music has an even greater impact as it shapes our identity and allows us to express our true selves.

Here are 10 songs that focus on empowerment and being your true self that I like.

“Express Yourself” by Madonna
"This is me" The Greatest Showman
“My Way” by Frank Sinatra
"I'm coming out" Diana Ross
“Roar” by Katy Perry
“Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield
"It's my life" by Bon Jovi
"What a feeling" Irene Cara
"Man in the mirror" Micheal Jackson
"You gotta be" Des'ree

Songs are extremely subjective and therefore I’d love to know which songs empower your self expression and being your authentic self in the comments below 👇

08/04/2022

“THE BEST SURFER IS THE ONE HAVING FUN”

I like this phrase because it reminds me that success is measured by what feels good, what brings you the most alive and what’s opening up possibilities. Not one where success is defined by an external measure.

It reminds me of the time I said yes to learn to surf in Brazil and I was afraid. I was not a strong swimmer and I thought I was lousy at balancing. I chose to just go for it and have fun. The first day I fell off the surfboard 10 times (my surfing teacher pushed me off the board once so I could face my fear of falling in the water and let go of control) and I surfed 3 waves. The next day, I gave up trying to get it right and I surfed 10 waves and fell off 3 times.

I reconnected with myself and explored the unknown. I think 3 years of doing improvisation theatre helped me alot.

Improvisation can help you:
- Reconnect with your free, spontaneous side
- Commit to the moment
- Listen and engage deeply with others
- Let go of control and surrender to what’s really happening, not what you thought would happen or should happen
- Explore what it’s like to follow the fun rather than trying to get it right

And that’s what you’ll do at the Suppression to Self-Expression: Express Your True Self retreat on Saturday 16th April 2-5pm at

26/03/2022

We’ve all had the feeling of holding ourselves back and not truly being ourselves

Here’s a video of a three hour retreat I’m running in the heart of Richmond to help us be our truly expressed selves.

Come and discover through an afternoon of fun, play and creativity…

Details:
bhuti, Richmond
Saturday 16th April
2-5pm

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-suppression-to-self-expression-express-your-true-self-tickets-302737585267

With special thanks to for his amazing videography and .lad for sound editing (it was really windy…)

Vaishali Patel TEDx