Confidence Researcher | Author | Mentor | Coach
One who strives to achieve her utmost best
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About Homaira
I’ve spent over a decade studying human flourishing, and what gets in the way of us experiencing joy, success, and meaning in life.
It’s not for lack of trying. In fact, we often try too hard.
The #1 thing that keeps brilliant and conscientious individuals from experiencing the life that is possible is being disconnected from the most authentic parts of themselves.
Everything on this website is to help you stand in your power and grow the skills and capacities that close the gap between where you are and where you want to be. I describe my work as ‘science with a soul’—it’s fully backed by research, yet deeply influenced by what it is to be human and how to be drawn by the heartbeat of our own why.
We must reconnect with the most authentic parts of ourselves to live the life that is possible for us. Because that is the seat of true power that transforms opportunity into possibility.
I finally went back to college to pursue a master’s degree in positive psychology (the science of flourishing) and coaching psychology.
And I learned that what is true of our bodies is also true of our lives.
I was fourteen when I suffered an aggressive eating disorder that nearly took my life more than once. Recovery took many years and many tears. But it did not bring the freedom I longed for.
My world offered a lot more opportunities. But I was still trapped in a life of control. And I knew this wasn’t the life I had fought so hard for.
Today, I’m proud to have created a brand that allows me to be of service to thousands of women around the world.
My work is built on a bedrock of commitment to your authentic expression, because I know that when women are free to live in alignment with who they are and what they want, they touch the truth in the most profound way possible.
In a world weary of performance and visibility based models of power, we need a new path forward. One that connects you to the life inside you, so you are not only free from what is not yours to carry. But also free to fiercely commit to what is.
Official Bio
Homaira Kabir is an author, coach, and researcher. Her seminal research on confidence identified the missing gap in our approach to flourishing and leadership development which she shares in her book Goodbye, Perfect, named among the top business and psychology books of 2023. Her upcoming book Powerful is a practical guide to creating our best possible life despite the one we’ve been given.
Her articles have appeared in publications around the world from Forbes and Inc Magazine to the Huffington Post and Psychology Today where her column is called Powerful. She shares her writing on Substack and her newsletter reaches thousands of women around the world.
She is on a mission to redefine power to what it was always meant to be: the capacity to meet life in all it’s mess and magic, and to show up with a whole-hearted yes! to what the moment calls for.
