Ideas, experiences and questions — put into words.

Some things are best understood through a conversation.
Some through experience.
And some stay with us long enough to become a book.

My books emerge from years of working with people, observing life, asking questions, and occasionally walking away from the familiar to discover something within.

They are different in subject, but share a common thread:

Can we pause, look again, and perhaps see ourselves — and life — a little differently?

The 1% Shift

7 Small Steps to Parent the Crucial Years, Ages 13–23

Parenting teenagers and young adults is less about finding the perfect answer and more about knowing when to hold on, when to step back, and when to simply be there.

The 1% Shift offers seven small shifts that can change the way parents approach the crucial years between 13 and 23 — from protection to preparation, from control to trust, and eventually from parenting to letting go.

Build Trust. Build Strength. Let Go.

[ Buy the book ]

Narmada Parikrama

An Unfolding Within

A 93-day, 3,000+ kilometre walk around the Narmada.

What began as a physical journey gradually became something else — a journey through silence, uncertainty, people, places, questions and the self.

This is not a travel guide or a spiritual prescription. It is simply one person's experience of walking — and of discovering that sometimes the outer journey changes the way we see the journey within.

The river kept flowing. The questions kept changing.

[ Buy the book ]

More to come

Some journeys are still becoming words.

This page will grow as new books, ideas and experiences find their way onto paper.

​​

For the journey within

Some books and writings emerge from a quieter, more contemplative space.
Explore ShunyaMarg →

​

Haresh Patel

Curious about people. Curious about life. Still learning.