About Us

I am Sunita Samanta and this is my passion project.

I studied Production Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering and MBA from IIM Calcutta.

After having worked in various Companies like BEHR, Indian Oil Corporation, Glaxo SmithKline and VIBGYOR etc for approx. 15 years; I too reached the proverbial crossroads in life where I was constantly asking myself what is it that I really wanted to pursue as a career.

The concept of “mental health” was as vague and alien to me as it is to any average person, who has not encountered severe mental health disorder either personally or witnesses anyone close struggle with it.  Sadly, for me the later happened.

I’ve been a problem solver through education and training; hence I started studying about it to be able to support them better. Also, I reached out to various Mental Health Professionals for help. I felt that the Our Health Care system is not best equipped to support either the patient or the Caregiver. In fact, there is quick labelling and dismissal as “incurable”. I struggled to find empathetic doctors and nurses even after spending enormous amounts of money.

Another turning point was the COVID 19 lockdown, wherein everyone was isolated and daily lives became a struggle for everyone. The society witnessed loss of lives due to the pandemic, I too had many close friends and family succumb to the Virus. There was an overall atmosphere of illness, suffering, fear and grief. Not to mention isolation and desperation. Job losses and financial instability further added to people committing suicide and crimes. If this is not a cry for help then what is??!!!

I have already worked as a Counsellor and Mentor to younger professionals on and off for almost 9 years since 2016. The above mentioned all the life situations have convinced me to take a deeper dive into the concept of “Positive Mental Health” and eventually “My Life My Journey’ was born.