About Heena Modi

My name’s Heena Modi. I was a primary school teacher for eighteen years. Now, I coach people to help them go vegan, stay vegan or shift from following a vegan diet to living a vegan lifestyle.

On this site, I write about topics which I am passionate about. Previous posts include content about amazing holidays, money saving tips, education, spirituality and making actions, such as, recycling effortless.

If there’s anything that I’ve not written about, which you think will serve those who visit this site, please do get in touch and share your ideas with me.

How I got into blogging

So how did I get into blogging? Funnily enough, my hubby, Suraj Shah gave me this website for my birthday a couple of years ago. I didn’t really know about blogging then, so I didn’t know what it was for or what I needed to do with it! One night, we got talking about something that I was feeling passionate about and he said “You know you can write about that on your website.” That was it! I started and haven’t stopped since! 🙂

What else can I tell you about me?

My journey

What can I tell you? I guess they can be summed up in these posts:

The loss of my father

My father passed away soon after we sold the family business and moved home. I wrote a poem exploring my feelings around my father’s death and how life changed afterwards. I did a lot of that then. Writing poems helped me understand myself better, clarify my thoughts and gain a sense of closure, which enabled me to move on.

As ten years since my father passed away was approached, I wrote a post about how the last decade had been. This made me realise how ‘full’ those years had been!

Inspired by how well mum coped

My immediate family was composed of my mum, dad and myself. Death can be difficult in any circumstance. However, I think it was particularly hard on my mum for a number of reasons; one of them being that my dad managed the money in every way! He signed cheques, went to the bank, managed the accounts, savings etc.

Mum had never done any of that stuff and she had to learn all these things, as well as, manage everything else that went with losing your partner, becoming a single parent and more. Even though she had the support of multiple family members, I’m proud of her for managing so well. 🙂

Taking steps to start the professional training that I discussed with my dad before he passed away.

My career in Education began at the Sybil Elgar School where I was a learning assistant for children and young adults with Autism. After a couple of years I decided to sign up for a PGCE and become a teacher.

Dad and I spoke about it but he passed away before I began the course. I was determined to start it as soon as possible. I did the PGCE at the University of East London.

Getting married

I got married a year after my father passed away. It didn’t work out for a number of reasons but I can gladly say that I have no regrets. We didn’t bring out the best in each other and deciding to lead separate lives was the best option for both of us.

Meeting Suraj

Meeting Suraj was unplanned and unexpected but positive. We met by chance when I went out with some friends from work. We clicked and ended up spending most of the evening together. Naturally, we got talking about anything and everything. It was great! More about us later! 🙂

My love for animals

I have always loved animals. I adopted my first pet, Brutus, when I was about 26 years old. He was a ‘wild’ cat.

There’s a huge void in rescuing ‘older’ cats. They often get left behind!

After Brutus passed away I was devastated but after a year or so I rescued a pair of cats. They were mother and daughter. Unfortunately Small, (the mother), became unwell and we had to have her put down. I cherished the daughter, Biggie. However, I re-homed her just before we took a long holiday and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

I still think of her and I do miss her. However, I know that she was happy with us and better still, she was looked after in a way we couldn’t have managed during her final days. 🙂

Going vegan

Suraj and I went to an event called Mahavir Janma Kalyanak in April 2008. At this event we saw a video about the inhumane treatment of cows in the dairy industry. This was a huge turning point for us. We went dairy free overnight and I’ve not looked back! I feel physically healthier and it’s had a positive effect on my mind and conscience, which that is hugely important to me. 🙂

Marrying Suraj

When Suraj and I got married we had a very unusual wedding. We wanted it to be minimalist and we wanted to put the money, which could have gone into our wedding into our future instead. It all worked out in the end. 🙂

Work life balance

I began to question whether working full time, which was the culture I’d been brought up with, was something that I wanted to continue! For many reasons, including a few whiplash injuries, I started working 4 days a week. In this post I discuss my thoughts about working part-time. My quality of life is better. I feel less stressed and the sick leave that I was taking due to my back health has reduced dramatically.

On the path to quenching my thirst for spirituality

For some years I had craved going to events in which I could receive spiritual guidance to make daily living smoother, more harmonious & more peaceful. During the early part of 2009 I saw the key to my spiritual progress and I accepted it! Here are some details about what followed.

Previous extra curricular activities! 🙂

I’ve been a committee member of some sort every year for the last 10 years or so. Here are some of the committees that I’ve been involved with:

How to get in touch

To contact me, please fill out the form below, email me at heena [at] heenamodi [dot] com or tweet me @heenamodi.

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