Empowering Teens.
Supporting Parents.
Transforming Futures.
The Self Academy helps teenagers build confidence, Emotional Intelligence, resilience, and leadership — while guiding parents to create stronger, healthier relationships at home.
"Parenting is a relationship,
not a strategy."
Today's young people face pressure, stress, and uncertainty. Parents often feel stuck between concern, conflict, and confusion.
The Self Academy provides coaching and learning experiences that help teenagers and parents navigate these challenges with greater awareness, connection, and confidence — together.
Three pathways. One outcome — Lasting Change.
Teen One-to-One Coaching
Personalised coaching to help teenagers build confidence, manage emotions, strengthen resilience, and move forward with clarity.
Conscious Parenting Coaching
Support for parents who want better communication, deeper connection, and practical tools to guide their teenager with confidence.
Workshops & Learning
Interactive programs for students, parents, and schools focused on Emotional Intelligence, communication, resilience, and leadership.
We don't just help families feel better. We help them live better.
The outcomes families notice
Real change shows up in small, daily moments — easier conversations, calmer transitions, a teenager who comes back to the table.
Dhanalakshmi
Founder · Certified Emotional Intelligence Facilitator · Parent Coach
Dhanalakshmi's journey began in the courtroom as an advocate — where she saw, every day, what happens to people when emotional skills are never taught. Drawing from a cross-disciplinary background, she now helps teenagers and parents build the inner resources they were never given a roadmap for.
What clients are saying
"My daughter started speaking to me again. Not about everything — but enough. That alone has changed our home."
"I learned that I'm not broken — I just hadn't been taught these things. The coaching gave me language for what I was feeling."
"I came in wanting to fix my son. I left understanding that I was the one who needed to grow first."
Keys to Understanding Your Teenager
A practical, no-fluff guide to what's really happening in your teenager's mind — and how to stay connected through the changes.
- Decode the silent treatment, withdrawal, and shutdowns
- Five conversation starters that don't feel like interrogations
- Boundaries that build trust, not resentment
Start the next chapter with a conversation.
A 30-minute discovery call to understand your family's needs and whether our coaching is the right fit.
Book a Discovery Call