When I started Sanity DailyI just wanted to heal through words and make my readers feel less alone. What started as a mental health blog gradually became a place for women, especially single mothers, to find hope, comfort and validation. As the community grew, I began to notice a recurring theme in their stories: emotional exhaustion closely tied to economic instability and lack of opportunity. No words could ease the pain and calm the chaos in the mind. This observation eventually evolved into my current research on University of Strathclydewhere I research it socio-economic development of single mothers in marginalized communities through entrepreneurship as a pathway to empowerment.
How a personal mission became academic progress?
Writing is my first form of therapy. Every post I write about Sanity Daily it is a reflection of my lived experiences and emotional truths. But as I began to connect with women from different backgrounds, I realized something deeper, women in distress are not looking for charity or sympathy. they want opportunities, skills and confidence to rebuild their lives. I have always believed that we all have something ordinary about ourselves, we just have to recognize it. Having worked hard to establish Sanity Daily as a trusted mental health blog, I knew that when you choose to be consistent with your cause, it rewards you in ways you couldn’t even imagine. I wanted to explore how entrepreneurship could become that bridge between emotional well-being and economic empowerment for women.
That’s when my personal mission became academic. I decided to study how Entrepreneurship can be a transformative tool for single mothershelping them gain not only financial stability but also self-esteem and social inclusion. That confidence of showing up for yourself. Through research, I am now looking at how access to digital skills, resources and community support can open doors for women who are often excluded from mainstream economic systems. Living this reality as both a single mother and a researcher has given me a deeper understanding of the emotional and socioeconomic struggles that shape women’s empowerment journeys.
Bridging passion and purpose
Changing from blogger to researcher didn’t change my mission. strengthened it. As a mental health and wellness blogger, I worked with my core values and realized the need to actually get into the field and provide a solution. As a researcher, I now combine this empathy with evidence, and the two worlds feed off each other beautifully.
Building Sanity Daily piece by piece taught me that storytelling can raise awareness and convey information. Research teaches me that structured research can lead change. My goal is to combine both, to translate academic knowledge into practical, accessible tools that can help women develop entrepreneurial skills, build digital literacy, and maintain mental well-being while managing single motherhood and financial independence.
Why this research matters?
For single mothers, empowerment often begins with surviving to find stability in an uncertain world. But entrepreneurship offers more than income. offers representation. It empowers women to use their creativity, resilience and lived experiences to shape their future.
Through my research, I aim to explore how Entrepreneurship can help single mothers in marginalized communities achieve socioeconomic independencewhile improving their mental health and sense of belonging. This dual lens — emotional well-being and economic activity is essential to creating lasting empowerment. It also has a ripple effect, as if a mother is emotionally healthy and feels confident about herself, she transmits a positive nurturing to the child that can help create a healthy bond of love and respect for each other.
Empowerment cannot be measured by income alone. It’s about trust, connection and control of one’s narrative. And that’s where my work hopes to make a difference by showing how entrepreneurship can transform not just livelihoods, but lives.
Walking the TALK
Balancing motherhood, research and relocating from India to the UK was a test of endurance. But it has also been a mirror that shows me the strength and determination that so many women silently carry.
This journey from blogger to researcher confirmed that healing and knowledge are intertwined. The blog remains my space for reflection and empathy. Research is my backbone, the framework that can influence policy and create opportunities. Together, they form a focused path towards empowering single mothers to lead with confidence and create meaningful change through entrepreneurship.
A question for my readers – What might empowerment look like if women were supported to forge their own paths through creativity and courage?
