I fondly call Mr. Sumit Sehtya as Bhai as that is exactly the role he played in my life. I had known him for longer, but 3 years back I reached him for counseling and help when I was severely vulnerable and anxious. From marriage to career to every significant aspect and otherwise, I had simply lost control over everything around me. I had completely stopped believing in each and every decision I ever took. I had no strength and absolutely no will to get up and sort things out. And then I met bhai. I always say that more than a life coach, he has been a guardian angel to me who more than fixing things for me, focused more on fixing my self esteem. He believed in me when I wasn’t sure of myself at all. He never advised anything nor gave an opinion; he simply said out loud what I was scared to speak to myself. It sometimes came out harsh, but I believe that I needed that reality check the most at that time. Most people we meet are those who are either too scared of being honest or too indifferent to do so. But bhai belongs to none of these lots. He exactly knew what I “needed” to hear more than what I “wanted” to. From the journey of a forever-cribbing girl to a confident grown-up woman, I walked through it because of his belief in me. “tu kar legi”: these are three magical words he says to me whenever I go running towards him, even today. Had he given me a shoulder to cry on that time and saved me from pain, I wouldn’t have become what I am today. I know how pain feels and I know how not get crippled in front of it. Thanks to bhai. He never takes credit for it, but I can never get tired of thanking him. He exactly did what a life coach should do: he taught me that’s it’s my life and it’s only me who can make it worthwhile.