Pinkiey D. Kansara - Founder, Dineessha Emotional Healing Foundation
FEEL. HEAL. TRANSFORM.

Making Emotional Wellbeing
Accessible, Understandable & Stigma-Free

Emotional wellbeing deserves attention long before emotional struggles become a crisis.

Dineessha Emotional Healing Foundation (DEHF) is a Public Charity Trust and not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating greater awareness, understanding and accessibility around emotional and mental wellbeing. We believe that emotional health is an essential part of how we live, work, relate, learn and grow.

Our work is centred around awareness, prevention, emotional regulation, emotional intelligence and compassionate community support.

"Because sometimes, awareness can be the first step towards prevention."

Why DEHF Exists

For generations, conversations around emotions and mental health have often happened only when things reach a crisis point. We want to change that.

  • People need to understand their emotions before they become overwhelmed by them.
  • They need to recognise early signs of emotional distress.
  • They need to know that asking for help is not a weakness.
  • Communities need to learn how to respond with understanding rather than judgement.

"To bring emotional wellbeing into everyday conversations — at home, in schools, workplaces and communities."

Our Vision

A world where emotional wellbeing is understood, valued and accessible to everyone. Our vision is to make emotional wellbeing:

  • Accessible — So people can find knowledge, support and meaningful resources.
  • Understandable — So individuals can better recognise, understand and communicate their emotional experiences.
  • Stigma-Free — So seeking help and speaking about emotional struggles are not matters of shame.

"This vision reflects our commitment to building healthier and more emotionally aware communities."

Our Mission

Awareness. Prevention. Understanding. Empowerment.

  • Emotional Health Awareness — Helping people understand emotional health, recognise distress and become comfortable talking about feelings.
  • Preventive Mental Health — Moving beyond crisis-driven approaches through early warning signs, healthy coping and early intervention.
  • Emotional Regulation — Helping individuals learn practical ways to understand, express and regulate emotions.
  • Emotional Intelligence — Developing self-awareness, empathy, resilience and healthier relationships.
Our Mission

Awareness. Prevention. Understanding. Empowerment.

Our work is centred around creating emotionally healthier communities through awareness, prevention, emotional regulation and emotional intelligence.

01

Emotional Health Awareness

Helping people understand the difference between emotional health and mental health, recognise emotional distress and become more comfortable talking about what they feel.

"Our emotions deserve acknowledgement long before they become illness."

02

Preventive Mental Health

Moving beyond a crisis-driven approach by creating awareness around early warning signs, vulnerability factors, protective factors, healthy coping, emotional wellbeing practices and early intervention.

Our aim: To encourage people to recognise concerns earlier and seek appropriate support when needed.

03

Emotional Regulation

Helping individuals learn practical ways to understand, express and regulate emotions while developing healthier coping mechanisms and sustainable emotional wellbeing practices.

04

Emotional Intelligence

Helping people develop:

  • Self-awareness
  • Emotional awareness
  • Empathy
  • Resilience
  • Healthier relationships
  • Healthy emotional expression
  • Respond rather than react
Why This Matters

Emotional Wellbeing Deserves Attention Before Crisis

We are witnessing a growing emotional burden across communities — from the increasing concern around suicide and young people struggling with self-worth, comparison and constant social media validation, to individuals silently carrying the impact of trauma, emotional abuse, failure, setbacks, loss and difficult life experiences.

Conversations Happen Too Late

For generations, conversations around emotions and mental health have often happened only when things reach a crisis point.

Fear of Judgement

Too many people bottle up their pain, often because they fear judgement, misunderstanding or being told to simply "move on."

Lack of Emotional Education

Many have never been given the emotional education or a safe space to understand what they are feeling, express it openly, or seek support.

No One Should Suffer in Silence

We believe emotional wellbeing education must begin before pain becomes a crisis. Because no one should have to suffer in silence.

"To bring emotional wellbeing into everyday conversations — at home, in schools, workplaces and communities."

What We Work Towards

Emotional Wellbeing Touches Every Stage of Life

Emotional education, bullying awareness, social media and external validation, self-worth, resilience and healthy emotional development.

Emotional wellbeing, self-worth, confidence, life transitions and menopause-related emotional wellbeing.

Grief, loss, caregiver support, emotional awareness and healthier family conversations.

Emotional resilience, wellbeing education, bullying awareness and creating healthier emotional environments within educational institutions.

Emotional wellbeing, compassion, resilience and support for doctors and healthcare professionals navigating demanding professional environments.

Emotional intelligence, leadership, workplace wellbeing, resilience, team emotions and healthier workplace relationships.

Emotional wellbeing, life transitions, connection and identity after major changes in life.

Creating spaces where people can talk openly about emotional wellbeing without fear of judgement.

Who We Serve

Emotional Wellbeing For Everyone

Our work is intended to reach diverse communities. We believe emotional wellbeing should not be limited by age, profession, background or circumstance.

Students

Young minds navigating education, self-discovery and emotional growth.

Parents & Teachers

Caregivers and educators shaping the next generation with emotional awareness.

Women

Supporting women through life transitions, self-worth and emotional wellbeing.

Corporates & HR

Creating emotionally intelligent workplaces and healthier professional environments.

Healthcare Professionals

Supporting doctors and healthcare professionals in demanding environments.

NGOs & Community Groups

Collaborating with organizations to bring emotional wellbeing to communities.

Senior Citizens

Supporting emotional wellbeing, life transitions and connection in later years.

All Communities

Creating spaces where people can talk openly about emotional wellbeing.

Students • Parents • Teachers • Women • Corporates • HR Professionals • Healthcare Professionals • NGOs • Community Groups • Senior Citizens

From Awareness To Action

We Don't Believe Awareness Should End When a Workshop Ends

Workshops & Awareness Programmes
Workshops & Awareness
Interactive Programmes

Making Emotional Wellbeing Easier to Understand

Interactive programmes designed to make emotional wellbeing easier to understand and discuss.

Educational Initiatives
Educational Initiatives
Resources & Conversations

Developing Greater Emotional Awareness

Resources and conversations that help people recognise emotional challenges and develop greater emotional awareness.

Community Engagement
Community Engagement
Creating Safe Spaces

Meaningful Conversations Around Emotional Wellbeing

Creating spaces where people can learn, connect and have meaningful conversations around emotional wellbeing.

Building Emotionally Healthier Communities

Where Conversations About Emotional Wellbeing Become Natural

We envision a future where conversations about emotional wellbeing become as natural as conversations about physical health. Where seeking help is met with compassion rather than judgement.

Student

"A student can talk about emotional distress."

Creating safe spaces for young people to express their emotions without fear.

Parent

"A parent understands that behaviour can communicate an emotion."

Helping parents recognize emotional cues behind children's behavior.

Teacher

"A teacher knows how to recognise signs of emotional struggle."

Equipping educators to identify and respond to emotional distress in students.

Caregiver

"Where a caregiver has a space to be supported."

Ensuring those who care for others also receive the support they need.

Leader

"A leader understands the emotions within their team."

Building emotionally intelligent leadership for healthier workplaces.

Older Person

"An older person can speak about loneliness, identity and life transitions."

Creating space for elders to express their emotional experiences and challenges.

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And where seeking help is met with
compassion rather than judgement.

This is the community we want to help build.

Join Us in Building Healthier Communities
Our Collaboration Network

Meaningful Change Requires Collaboration

DEHF welcomes partnerships with organizations and institutions committed to emotional wellbeing.

Schools & Colleges

Schools & Colleges

Bringing emotional wellbeing education to educational institutions for students and educators.

Hospitals & Healthcare

Hospitals & Healthcare Institutions

Supporting healthcare professionals with emotional wellbeing, compassion and resilience programs.

NGOs & Community

NGOs & Community Organisations

Collaborating to bring emotional wellbeing conversations to the people and communities that need them.

Corporates & HR

Corporates & HR Communities

Building emotionally intelligent workplaces through leadership development and workplace wellbeing.

Mental Health Communities

Mental Health Communities

Collaborating with mental health professionals and communities to expand reach and impact.

Defence Establishments

Defence Establishments

Supporting the emotional wellbeing of defence personnel and their families.

Together, we can take emotional wellbeing conversations to the people and communities that need them.

Pinkiey D. Kansara - Founder

Pinkiey D. Kansara

Founder | Dineessha Emotional Healing Foundation

The Founder

Pinkiey D. Kansara

Pinkiey D. Kansara is an Integrative Emotional & Mental Health Practitioner, Modern Breathwork Teacher, Educator, Author and former senior HR leader, with nearly three decades of professional experience in human resources, leadership and people development.

But behind the professional journey is a woman who has navigated her own share of repeated trauma, loss and difficult life experiences — experiences that profoundly shaped her understanding of emotional wellbeing, resilience and the human capacity to rebuild.

She chose to turn those experiences not into a limitation, but into a deeper purpose.

Her journey has never been defined by the conventional expectations of what a woman should be, should have, or should do. She has consciously chosen to live life on her own terms, dedicating herself to her work, learning, people development and creating meaningful change in the lives of others.

Professional Foundation

Her professional foundation brings together an internationally recognised Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling (PGDIC), certification in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and Transactional Analysis, along with internationally recognised training in Pranayama and Modern Breathwork.

She has also written and contributed to conversations around mental and emotional wellbeing through reputed platforms including Mid-Day, Hauterrfly, SugarMint and XP Times, along with interviews and features across other media platforms.

But for Ms. Kansara, knowledge alone is not enough.

"She believes knowledge must reach people.
Conversations must create awareness.
And awareness must create change."

This belief became the foundation for Dineessha Emotional Healing Foundation.

A Purpose Larger Than One Life

Ms. Kansara believes that the work of emotional wellbeing should not end with one practitioner, one career or one lifetime.

What began through her own professional journey and lived experiences has grown into a larger vision — to create something that can continue to serve people beyond her individual existence.

DEHF is therefore not simply an extension of her work.

It is a purpose intended to be carried forward. A Trust created to continue building awareness, encouraging prevention, reducing stigma and making emotional wellbeing conversations more accessible to communities.

"What one person begins, a community can carry forward."

And that is the spirit behind DEHF:

  • To take the conversation further.
  • To reach further.
  • To serve beyond one individual.
  • And to leave behind something that continues to make a difference.
Our Commitment

Building With a Long-Term Perspective

DEHF is being built with a long-term perspective. As a growing Foundation, our focus is not on visibility for the sake of visibility.

Our focus is on creating meaningful work, credible partnerships, sustainable programmes and genuine community impact.

We believe lasting change is built through consistent conversations, education and human connection. We maintain complete confidentiality and no social media sharings of most of the work conducted to respect the sensitivity of this area of work, handling collaborations with grace and compassion.

Confidentiality First

No social media sharing of most work to respect sensitivity

Grace & Compassion

Handling all collaborations with grace and compassion

A Message From DEHF

Don't Wait For a Breaking Point

We don't have to wait for people to reach a breaking point before we start talking about emotional wellbeing.

Let's start earlier.

Let's listen earlier.

Let's understand earlier.

Let's support earlier.

FEEL. HEAL. TRANSFORM.

Dineessha Emotional Healing Foundation

Creating awareness. Encouraging prevention. Building emotionally healthier communities.

How You Can Be Part of the Journey

Support Emotional Wellbeing in Our Communities

There are many ways to support emotional wellbeing in our communities.

Partner With Us
Partner With Us
Collaborate

Bring Programs to Your Organisation

Bring an emotional wellbeing programme to your organisation or institution.

Collaborate
Collaborate With Us
Work Together

Community Initiatives & Awareness Campaigns

Work with DEHF on community initiatives, awareness campaigns and educational programmes.

Support Our Work
Support Our Work
Make a Difference

Help Communities in Need

Help us take emotional wellbeing education and resources to communities that need greater access.

Articles & Insights

Knowledge Must Reach People. Conversations Must Create Awareness.

Insights and perspectives from Pinkiey D. Kansara on emotional wellbeing, mental health, and self-empowerment.

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World Mental Health Day: Expert Shares 8 Tips To Avoid Overthinking

Say toodles to overthinking! Expert REBT practitioner shares practical tips to master your thoughts and channel them constructively.

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Belong to Yourself - Book Launch
Oct 7, 2023 Book Launch

REBT Practitioner Launches Debut Guide "Belong to Yourself"

A powerful exploration into self-discovery, self-empowerment, and self-love. Available on Amazon India and Flipkart.

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Emotional Satisfaction in Work Life
2023 Work Life

Tips & Tricks to Achieve Emotional Satisfaction in Your Work Life

Expert insights on finding emotional fulfilment at work, maintaining work-life balance, and building a thriving career.

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How to Manage Negative Emotions
2023 Emotional Wellbeing

How to Manage Negative Emotions Effectively

Practical strategies to understand, process, and transform negative emotions into opportunities for growth and healing.

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Pinkiey D. Kansara - Sugermint Feature
2023 Featured

Pinkiey D. Kansara - Featured on Sugermint

An inspiring feature on the founder's journey, her work in emotional wellbeing, and the mission behind DEHF.

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Pinkiey D. Kansara - Sugermint Feature
April 9 2025 The Silent Strength

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The Silent Strength: How Quiet Leaders Create Extraordinary Impact

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