At BrilliantRead Media, we always strive to bring meaningful and powerful stories from India and around the world to empower and motivate our growing community. As part of this endeavour, we invited Parinita Maheshwari for an exclusive interview with us.
For nearly a decade, Parinita Maheshwari has been helping people reconnect with themselves through holistic healing. Certified by globally recognised institutions and deeply inspired by her father’s healing abilities, she has dedicated her life to understanding the mind-body-soul connection.
Through her women-focused healing studio, “Feel To Heal,” she creates safe spaces where healing begins with one powerful truth: you cannot heal what you refuse to feel. In this deeply insightful conversation, Parinita opens up about her spiritual awakening, healing philosophy, client transformations, and how holistic wellness can become a mainstream part of everyday life.
Excerpts from our exclusive interview with Parinita:
Your journey into holistic healing began very early in life. Tell us about the experiences that shaped this path for you.
My journey into holistic healing started at a very young age. My father was my first and biggest inspiration. He was a firm believer in holistic healing and had incredible emotional and mental healing abilities. Growing up, I witnessed people finding relief and transformation through his presence and guidance, and honestly, it felt magical.
As a teenager, I became deeply curious about understanding this “magic.” I was always an avid reader, and one of the first books that profoundly impacted me was Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss. That book opened my mind to the idea that our lives are deeply interconnected not just through the present, but through emotional imprints, karmic patterns, and soul contracts we may carry forward.
The real turning point came during my Class 12 boards when I had a deeply spiritual experience involving my great-grandmother’s presence during a difficult period in my family. Around the same time, I realised I was highly empathic, deeply absorbing others’ emotions, pain, and energy without understanding how to process it.
Over time, I understood that my purpose wasn’t just to listen to people but to help them heal. That realisation changed everything. Once I acknowledged my gifts and understood my soul’s purpose, there was no looking back.
You work with diverse healing modalities like Reiki, aura-chakra cleansing, EFT, PLRT, and energy healing. How do you decide what a client truly needs?
Honestly, I don’t “decide” for them.
Healing begins with listening, truly listening, not just to words, but to emotions, patterns, and what lies beneath the surface. I observe what the client may not even realise they are carrying: anxiety, emotional overwhelm, trauma, or deeply stored emotional imprints.
The first thing I do is create a safe, judgment-free space where the client feels heard and emotionally safe. We begin where they are comfortable. Sometimes a client may come seeking relief for stress, but over time we uncover deeper layers connected to unresolved emotions, childhood wounds, or repeated life patterns.
Healing should never feel imposed. It is co-created. Trust builds slowly, and as it deepens, so does the healing journey.
Many people are sceptical about holistic healing. How do you explain your work to someone who finds it hard to believe in energy healing or spiritual modalities?
I completely respect scepticism.
In fact, I never try to convince anyone or force them to “believe.” My first invitation is always to be open and observe.
Holistic healing isn’t separate from science. Today, fields like neuroscience, meditation research, psycho-neuroimmunology, trauma healing, and nervous system regulation all support the idea that emotional stress and unresolved trauma deeply impact our physical and mental health.
We often suppress emotions, childhood wounds, fears, grief, or trauma, believing that if we avoid them, they disappear. But emotions don’t vanish; they get stored. Eventually, these unprocessed experiences begin affecting relationships, emotional well-being, and even physical health.
I tell people to treat healing like an experiment. Try one session. Observe your sleep, emotional clarity, stress levels, body sensations, and relationships afterwards. Healing is not about blind belief; it is about awareness and experience.
Can you share a transformation story that deeply moved you?
There have been many, but one story remains very close to my heart.
A 35-year-old man approached me carrying deep emotional pain. Outwardly, he seemed confident, but internally he was struggling with anger, rage, relationship issues, fear, depression, and profound self-doubt.
As we built trust, it became clear that much of his pain stemmed from childhood trauma, bullying, emotional neglect, body shaming, and unresolved parental wounds. These experiences had left deep emotional imprints that shaped every relationship and emotional reaction in his adult life.
We began inner child healing work.
Slowly, through consistent sessions, he started acknowledging emotions he had buried for years. Instead of suppressing pain, he learned to process it. Over time, he stopped judging himself, became less reactive, emotionally stable, and eventually began forgiving both himself and his parents.
What touched me most was watching him reconnect with the wounded parts of himself and become the loving, nurturing parent he had always needed. Witnessing that transformation was incredibly powerful and humbling.
In today’s world, what are the biggest emotional and energetic struggles people face?
The biggest struggle I see today is disconnection from self.
People are disconnected from their emotions, inner peace, nervous system, and even their own identity. We are constantly “doing” and surviving rather than simply “being.”
I see suppressed emotions, unhealed childhood wounds, fear of rejection, emotional burnout, chronic stress, anxiety, loneliness, and people constantly seeking external validation because they feel they are “not enough.”
Many people appear successful and happy on the outside, but internally they carry unresolved grief, trauma, guilt, and emotional exhaustion.
One question I often ask clients is:
“Instead of asking what is wrong with me, ask what inside me feels unseen, unheard, unloved, or unhealed?”
That question alone can begin transformation.
With healing becoming a trend today, how can someone identify a genuine healer?
A genuine healer empowers; they do not create dependency.
Real healing is not about fear, quick fixes, or dramatic promises. Authentic healing is layered, gradual, and deeply personal.
A true healer listens without judgment, respects boundaries, honours consent, maintains confidentiality, and creates emotional safety. They don’t position themselves as someone who “fixes” people.
If someone leaves a healing session feeling more empowered, emotionally lighter, and more connected to themselves rather than emotionally dependent on the healer, that is usually a sign of authentic healing.
Healing should help people reclaim their power, not give it away.
Emotional safety seems central to your work. What does ethical healing mean to you?
For me, emotional safety and ethical boundaries are non-negotiable.
The emotional pain, trauma, and stories clients carry are sacred territories. Healing should never overwhelm or emotionally pressure someone.
Ethical healing means moving at the client’s pace, seeking consent, maintaining confidentiality, and creating a compassionate, non-judgmental space where the client feels respected and safe.
Healing is not about fixing someone. It is about helping them reconnect with their own emotional strength.
As an empath and healer, how do you protect and recharge your own energy?
I firmly believe you cannot pour from an exhausted or ungrounded space.
Protecting my energy is both personal care and professional responsibility. I stay deeply committed to my own healing practices: meditation, grounding rituals, silence, self-awareness, and energetic cleansing.
After every session, I consciously cleanse my space and energy body. I also practice cord-cutting rituals to ensure I do not carry emotional or energetic burdens that belong to someone else.
The quality of healing I can offer others is directly connected to the emotional and energetic state I maintain within myself.
You founded “Feel To Heal,” a healing space for women. What inspired that vision?
The philosophy behind Feel To Heal is very simple yet deeply powerful:
“You cannot heal what you refuse to feel.”
Women often suppress emotions while holding space for everyone else, family, work, relationships, and responsibilities. I wanted to create a safe healing sanctuary where women could feel seen, heard, accepted, and emotionally safe enough to reconnect with themselves.
Healing begins the moment someone feels safe enough to truly feel.
Finally, what will it take for holistic wellness to become mainstream?
I genuinely believe holistic wellness can become mainstream when emotional and energetic well-being is given the same importance as physical health.
The biggest gaps today are awareness, accessibility, and trust.
We need education around emotional health, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, self-awareness, and the mind-body connection beginning in schools, colleges, and workplaces.
Holistic healing should not feel intimidating or “woo-woo.” It should feel practical, relatable, and integrated into everyday life through simple tools like breathwork, grounding, meditation, journaling, and emotional awareness.
Most importantly, I believe modern medicine, psychology, and holistic healing should collaborate rather than compete. Human well-being is multidimensional, and different healing systems can beautifully complement one another.
At the end of the day, healing is not an alternative; it is a way of returning home to yourself.
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