Light your inner fire!

I believe everything happens for a reason, and that our experiences in life shape us into who we are today. Hardships and struggles define us, and they can become a source of strength in our journey toward a better life.

Coming from a family who has suffered a long history, fraught with alcohol addiction, and emotional imbalances, Parveen had a troubled upbringing and adolescence. With an alcoholic father and a difficult home life, during his teenage years, he became increasingly vocal, which resulted in beatings – and at one point his own uncle tried to run him over.

Growing up Parveen was always confused and had trouble focusing on tasks (now that he looks back he’s sure it was ADHD, but in India, at that time no one got tested, plus no parent wanted a label on their child. “You just needed to concentrate, work hard and focus more” my elders would suggest). It was really hard to excel forward when he didn’t have a clear path. It’s like he wanted everything but he was not actually sure what he really wanted to do or what would make me happy. Parveen would do naughty terrible things to get attention and get beaten up by family members, it was a small price to pay to get attention.

But luckily, Parveen was blessed with a wonderful mother and grandparents, who kept him spiritually motivated as his father descended deeper into addiction. He went through various mood swings, gut health issues, addiction, stress, depression, sleep disorder, failures, confusion, and negativity. Everything together started to take a toll on his mental and physical health. He remembers coming back from a week-long school trip where he took too many sleeping pills and ended up in the hospital. After that incident no one wanted their kids to hang out with Parveen, he was an outcast and in turn felt completely alone. He had anxiety over little things and stressed over nothing, now that he has the opportunity to look back and reflect. He suffered from a variety of conditions including anxiety disorder and personality disorders. Plus he had severe mood swings, brain fog, and lacked confidence.

Growing into adulthood, Parveen was still an angry, anxious, stressed, unfocused, and confused young man. Driven by the desire to do something great and make a name for himself, he tried to excel in life – but he never had a clear path to follow.

Parveen’s family chose engineering for him, and before he knew it he found himself thrust into a new world in a country, hundreds of miles away from his family in India. Lacking a support system and surrounded by new people and cultures, Parveen managed to persevere and create a life for himself while he completed his studies.

The five P.A.P.E.R principles – Positivity, Authenticity, Passion, Empathy and Resilience, built the foundation for the Activated philosophy.  As the fellow entrepreneurs started adopting aspects of the Activated system, Parveen realized this is a system that can impact not only his life but also others and he needs to depend on and further develop the system so that it can impact others on a deep transformational level, and for that, he realized that it needs to be developed into a lifestyle system, one that he himself had been living and continued to depend.

During this long journey, he found the true meaning of Activated, and the power to change both himself – and the world. After two arduous years of reflection, self-discovery, hard work and persistence, Mr Activated was born. Parveen discovered how to reshape his mindset, uncover his inner motivation, and create a life of meaning, purpose, and success.

This is Parveen’s story – one of addiction, stress, depression, anxiety, failures, confusion, negativity, lack of purpose, resilience, and finally connecting with his true self. Parveen reinvented himself, and he is now dedicated to helping others activate their own hidden inner powers and live the lives that they want.

Our world is under attack from stress, anxiety, depression and negativity, which form the foundation of many chronic diseases and physical ailments. Parveen wants to use his knowledge, experience and inner voice to help awaken others to live happier, healthier, and more meaningful lives, and spread hope and love in this world!