We recently had the chance to connect with Coach Nami (Prakash) and have shared our conversation below.
Coach Nami, it’s always a pleasure to learn from you and your journey. Let’s start with a bit of a warmup: What are you being called to do now, that you may have been afraid of before?
I’m being called to step fully into my creative power and share my story in a way I never have before. For a long time, I was afraid of being seen and judged — but the thought of how many people my story could help gave me the courage to move forward and write my first book, Healing With Courage.
When I couldn’t find the right publisher that truly aligned with me, I realized I may not be alone. I decided to fill the gap by paving my own way. That’s how The MQ Press was born — a new imprint of my company, The Mind Quotient™, created to give writers, healers, and visionaries a home to share stories that elevate the human experience.
With Healing With Courage, my first book under The MQ Press, I’ve turned pain into purpose — shifting from healing to creating, and from reflection to building a brighter future for others who are ready to do the same.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Coach Nami (Nameeta Prakash), a leadership development coach, motivational speaker, and founder of The Mind Quotient™, a movement helping people master their minds and show up as their best selves. After more than two decades in the advertising and communications industry, I realized that real transformation doesn’t start in the boardroom — it starts in the mind.
At The Mind Quotient™, we believe that just as we have IQ and EQ, we also have MQ, our Mind Quotient, which is the balance of self-awareness and self-management. Our MQ shapes how we think, feel, and lead, and is the foundation for resilience, healing, and empowered living.
From that mission, I launched The MQ Press, the publishing imprint of The Mind Quotient™, created to amplify soulful, healing, and empowering voices. Our first release, my debut book Healing with Courage, is a poetry and reflection collection that traces my journey through pain, growth, and self-discovery — written for anyone who has ever felt unseen and is ready to reclaim their voice and power.
Right now, my focus is on expanding the MQ ecosystem by integrating coaching, publishing, and personal development into a platform that helps people heal, create, and thrive.
Okay, so here’s a deep one: Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
Before the world told me who I had to be, I was a dreamer, a girl who loved connecting with people and believed she could change the world. Even through early challenges and trauma, I found strength in my imagination and resilience. I believed deeply in the good in people and the possibility of something greater.
But as I grew older, I learned to quiet those big dreams. I stopped speaking up as boldly as I once did, trying instead to fit into what was expected of me. For years, I searched for approval, permission, and love in all the places outside myself.
The turning point came when I started giving myself what I’d been seeking externally. That shift — learning to validate, love, and trust myself — reconnected me to the girl I used to be. In many ways, Healing With Courage is about her: the process of finding her again and allowing her voice, hope, and power to lead the way forward.
When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?
I stopped hiding my pain when it no longer defined me. It was when I realized it could fuel me instead. My pain became the catalyst to heal, to inspire, to create, and to grow.
My book was born from that realization. It’s my story: a journey that turned pain into purpose and taught me that pain can be our greatest teacher if we’re willing to listen. Through writing, I learned to see my struggles not as something to overcome, but as something to understand, integrate, and ultimately share.
Today, pain doesn’t hold me down; it propels me forward. It became the springboard to serve, to create, and to connect people through shared humanity. My wounds gave me my wisdom, and I’ve learned to appreciate them in ways I never could have imagined when I was in the middle of the storm.
I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. What’s a belief or project you’re committed to, no matter how long it takes?
I’m committed to inspiring people to go on the healing journey within themselves — no matter how long it takes. My greatest belief is that when we heal ourselves, we change the world around us. My way of contributing to that change is through storytelling: by healing out loud, so others can too.
That’s what my book Healing With Courage represents. It’s not just my story; it’s a mirror for anyone who’s ever felt unseen, silenced, or disconnected from themselves. Sharing my journey is my way of showing that vulnerability can be strength, and that there’s power in owning every part of your story, even the painful ones.
Whether through my writing, speaking, or the projects that stem from The Mind Quotient™, my mission will always be the same: to help people remember who they are beneath the conditioning, to turn their pain into wisdom, and to walk toward their own wholeness with courage.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. What false labels are you still carrying?
Some of the labels I feel like I still carry are “too much,” “hard to love,” “intimidating,” and “the woman with a failed marriage.” They’re heavy words that once made me question my worth. Even now, I know those labels are resurfacing when I feel fear and quiet self-doubt that whispers I still have something to prove or hide.
When that happens, I practice reframing those thoughts and reminding myself that everything comes back to intention: to serve, to heal, and to create. Those labels don’t define who I am; they reveal where I still have space to grow in compassion for myself.
I’ve learned that the labels we cling to are simply clues that show us where the unraveling needs to happen. Beneath them is our truest self, waiting to be brought into the light. That’s the version of ourselves we need to keep choosing, again and again.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.coach-nami.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachnami
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nameeta-prakash-5a9393/
- Twitter: https://x.com/CoachNami
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoachNami/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@coachnami6764
Image Credits
For the photos in my home office (white backgrounds, photo credits go to Rachel Lauren. For the photos with the darker/black backgrounds, photo credit goes to Rashmi Gill. Their names are also in the file names.
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