Shalini Damodaran is passionate about writing and coaching others to write. She was a teacher educator, specialised in the teaching of writing at the English Language Institute of Singapore.
Shalini is married to a supportive and loving gentleman who has always encouraged her to grow and discover her potential. Manmindar is an economist, and is the head of corporate and regulatory affairs in an MNC in Singapore. They have two adult children. Their daughter, Sandhya, is married to a Japanese national and lives in Tokyo. Sandhya runs her own social media business, and manages the accounts of some prominent clients. Her son, Preshin having completed his Masters in law in the UK, is currently doing his legal training at her brother's law firm in Singapore. Her mother who is her pillar of strength has been a loving presence, raising her children.
Shalini is currently a writer, writing coach and teacher educator. She was a Teacher Educator at the English Language Institute of Singapore (ELIS), Ministry of Education. She specialised in the teaching of writing. She conducted Professional Learning Programmes for English Language teachers in several primary and secondary schools, and coached and mentored teacher leaders.
Her core training was at ELIS, the National Writing Project (US) and Research for Better Teaching (US). She was part of a pioneer team that designed, organised and facilitated three-week Writing Retreats for English Language Teacher Leaders. She has also designed and led 'Writing Marathons'.
She has published poems and a research paper in SWIRL (A publication of the Singapore Writing Institute) and ELIS Research Digest respectively. This year, she published two articles on Medium: "Meditate and Write: They are great bedfellows" and "Mindful Writing"
In Feb 2019, Shalini co-facilitated a weekend Mindful Writing Retreat in Singapore with Amy Spies, a Mindful Writing teacher in Los Angeles. They also facilitated Mindful Writing Sessions for The Singapore Book Council and Club 1880.
Shalini continues to enjoy learning. She is currently enrolled in two courses: 'Teach Mindfulness Online' and 'Impact Selling with Neuro Linguistic Programming'.
In June 2019, Shalini volunteered to train English Language teachers in schools in Livingstone, Zambia.
Besides travelling, writing and Yoga, Shalini loves oil painting. She paints landscapes and portraits and has recently started figure drawing.
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Dear subscribers,
As 'Dad and I' is being dressed for the launch and book party in 2020, I would like to acknowledge my deepest gratitude to you for your kindness.
As a first time author, the experience of writing ‘Dad and I’ posed several challenges but reaching out to friends to pre-order my book that was still at the manuscript stage was even more daunting. I wasn’t quite sure how my family and friends, and former students and colleagues would respond. The fear of rejection was real! I was, however, pleasantly surprised by the number of people who rose to the occasion in a gesture of goodwill to give me the encouragement and support I needed. The interest many expressed in my book was heart-warming and rewarding in itself. I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every subscriber who helped make my campaign to pre-sell ‘Dad and I’ successful. We pre-sold 500 books, thanks to you. I wish I could name each and every one of you here but rest assured I will always be indebted to you, and I want you to know that you have made the world a better place by giving an unknown writer like me a chance to find an excellent publisher.
My special thanks also to:
· My corporate sponsors who pre-ordered more than 25 copies of ‘Dad and I’:
- Ms Antoinette Biehlmeier…Founder of TheraSmart and Owner of InnerDynamics Map
- Mr. Suresh Damodara…Managing Director of Damodara Ong LLC
· My subscribers for their pre-orders of more than 10 copies of ‘Dad and I’:
- Desmond Chia, Fiona Lee, Nikhil Ming Damodara, Sukhmohinder Singh, Vincent Lee, Margaret Tan, Sandhya and Timmy Chie, and Padmini Panicker
· My subscribers for 5 pre-orders of ‘Dad and I’:
- Alan Cheok, Yeo Boon Hong, Chandri Gunawardhana, Jennifer Lui, Lynette Ng, Lisa Tan, Rita Danani, Rita Fernandez, Sanjay Kuttan, Sunu Sivadasan, S. Chandrasegaran and Shanavas Vijayan
So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Wishing you a meaningful and fulfilling new year! I look forward to sharing and conducting some of the mindfulness programmes for you...don't forget to express your interest at lovingmybreath.com
Lots of love
Shalini