PARUL SOMANI
Parul Somani is an acclaimed keynote speaker and mindset coach, and soon-to-be published author, reputed for her thought leadership on navigating change and hard decisions with intention and resilience.
A graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School, Parul built her career at Bain & Company, a leading management consulting firm. She rose to Senior Manager, overseeing teams advising private equity firms, before transitioning to leadership roles in Silicon Valley startups. Transformed by a life-altering cancer diagnosis as a young mother, Parul sought to combine her personal insights with her professional expertise to empower people to thrive in life and leadership.
Now, through compelling keynotes and one-on-one coaching, Parul inspires professionals around the world to make more intentional decisions in career and business, health and wellbeing, and parenting and other relationships. Leading organizations, including Fortune 100 companies, invite Parul to empower their teams with her proprietary Path of Least Regret® framework and other actionable insights grounded in strategic thinking, behavioral science, and lived experience. Traditionally successful high-achievers, including C-suite executives and founders, seeking greater fulfillment, purpose, and meaning in their lives, turn to Parul for executive and life coaching. Her first book, The Path of Least Regret: Decide with Clarity. Move Forward with Confidence, a guide to navigating change with resilience and making life’s toughest decisions with clarity and peace of mind, will be published by Forbes Books on March 31, 2026.
Parul's work has been featured in Forbes, MIT Technology Review, Thrive Global, and podcasts on personal and professional growth. Also a powerful cancer care and patient advocate, Parul documented her cancer journey real-time in a blog titled “New Job. New Baby. New Cancer.” (cancerat31.wordpress.com), which now has readers in ~85 countries. She has since spoken about survivorship, mindset, and resilience for the World Economic Forum, Stanford Health Care, American Cancer Society, MIT Koch Institute, and other leading healthcare organizations.
Parul resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two daughters, and carries a lifelong love for Indian dancing, which she performed for over thirty-five years. To learn more about Parul’s keynote topics and coaching services, download free resources, or sign-up for her mailing list, visit parulsomani.com. Follow Parul on LinkedIn and Instagram (@pdsomani) for regular insights on living and leading with intention.
In this fast-paced and uncertain world, navigating change can be paralyzing. We're continuously faced with unwanted change, or unable to create the change we desire. The misalignment between the life we want and the reality we're living takes a toll on our mental wellbeing, our performance, and our fulfillment. Whether as individuals or as organizations, transforming our approach to change can shape whether we simply survive, or truly thrive.
In this powerful talk, speaker, coach, and author, Parul Somani, translates her 20+ years of experience guiding individuals, teams, and organizations through transitions and reinventions, into inspiring stories, actionable insights, and evidence-based practical tools for navigating change with resilience. Audience members will:
Learn about the various phases we traverse when navigating wanted and unwanted change and its impact on morale and performance
Explore proven strategies for navigating each phase, learning to overcome mental roadblocks and move forward with intention
See these insights come to life through inspiring case studies and stories, including Parul's own personal journey
Begin applying these learnings to their own life through an introspective journey of self-reflection questions
The decisions we make shape our success and fulfillment, but we were never actually taught how to decide. Often times, we end up taking action without clarity of intention, or dreaming of a future without taking the actions needed to achieve it. What if we could learn to operate at this intersection of intentional action for the areas of our life, or business, that matter the most?
In this powerful talk, speaker, coach, and author, Parul Somani, channels 20+ years of experience guiding individuals, teams, and organizations through change and challenges, into
inspiring stories, actionable insights, and evidence-based practical tools for making decisions with intention. Audience members will:
Be introduced to the Emotional Journey of Decision-Making™, including the phases we traverse around a decision point and its impact on morale and performance
Explore proven strategies for navigating each phase, learning to overcome mental roadblocks and move forward with intention
Learn the Path of Least Regret® framework for making decisions anchored in present values and priorities, minimizing regret and maximizing peace of mind
See these insights come to life through inspiring case studies and stories, including Parul's own personal journey
Begin applying these learnings to their own life through an introspective journey of self-reflection questions
In the face of setback, we're often told to "look for the silver lining." But what if silver linings weren't meant to be passively found, but actively created? What if, with intention and openness to opportunity, we could create meaning from the very experiences we wished never happened?
In this powerful talk, speaker, coach, and author, Parul Somani, channels 20+ years of experience guiding individuals, teams, and organizations through periods of setback and hardship, into inspiring stories, actionable insights, and evidence-based practical tools for turning setbacks into opportunities. Audience members will:
Learn the psychology and neuroscience behind unwanted change and setbacks
Explore mindsets and frameworks for navigating challenging times and creating meaning from them
See these insights come to life through inspiring case studies and stories, including Parul's own personal journey
Begin applying these learnings to their own life through an introspective journey of self-reflection questions
Generations of research prove that the key driver to healthy aging is the strength of our relationships, people to turn to when life gets hard. But in a society facing a loneliness epidemic, we are losing the power of community. As individuals, families, teams, and organizations, strengthening our sense of community is a critical factor in improving our well-being, performance, and fulfillment.
In this powerful talk, speaker, coach, and author, Parul Somani, channels 20+ years of experience leading teams, advising executives, and nurturing communities, into inspiring stories, actionable insights, and evidence-based practical tools for creating community. Audience members will:
Learn the psychology and neuroscience behind the important role relationships play in our health and success
Explore proven mindsets and strategies for creating communities and strengthening relationships
See these insights come to life through inspiring case studies and stories, including Parul's own personal journey
Begin applying these learnings to their own life through an introspective journey of self-reflection questions
The Path of Least Regret: Decide with Clarity. Move Forward with Confidence.
COMING SOON from Forbes Books on March 31, 2026. It is a guide to navigating change with resilience and making life’s toughest decisions with clarity and peace of mind.