Meet Dr. Samantha Madhosingh

My Story

People often assume that I have had an easy or “perfect life” and do everything right all the time but nothing could be further from the truth.

Although I am a psychologist and professional coach, I have had many, many struggles in my life – all of which taught me the lessons I needed for the growth & expansion into the person I am today.

In 1997, in the middle of my doctoral psychology training program, I realized I was seriously depressed. The depression had probably been coming on for a while, but I hadn’t paid too much attention to it until I had become paralyzed with sadness.

The next 18 months were probably the darkest and ugliest of my life. I felt desperately alone, as though no one could possibly understand what I was going through.

I felt embarrassed and ashamed. How could I be working so hard to help others when I was doing so poorly myself!? For years after, even after recovering fully from the depression, I struggled with Imposter Syndrome. I was convinced I was a fraud because no self-respecting psychologist could possibly need help! OMG I was SO wrong!

I am not sure exactly when it was, but one of the most important things I started to accept was that:

“I had to change… because if I wanted my life to be different, I had to be different.”

I was unhappy because I was riddled with catastrophic thinking. Because of my social & cultural conditioning, I always expected bad things to happen. My mind was my worst enemy & I kept it filled with negative thinking. I had so much to unlearn but I was living unconsciously from my default programming & conditioning & it was making me miserable. But then I finally realized that I was the key person in charge of my mind, my life, and my choices. I was determined to cultivate more fulfillment, love, & joy in my life.

More than 2 decades ago, I became engrossed in neuroscience because, as a psychologist, I wanted to understand the impact trauma had on brain development in children. Along the way, I developed a much deeper understanding of how exactly the brain works, how it is conditioned, & why that conditioning causes people to behave the way they do. Truly understanding how the brain functions, & how it takes in and interprets information to create a narrative, explains everything you need to know about human biases, behavior, performance, & relationships. From this lens, I developed the skills and techniques I needed to live with intention & consciously rewire my brain to shift my thoughts & be more positive. I have used this information for my own continued growth & expansion & have been speaking & consulting on these topics ever since.

My Bio

Dr. Samantha Madhosingh is an International Speaker, Leadership Consultant, Executive Coach and Psychologist who has dedicated her career over the past two decades to assisting leaders and teams with discovering their full potential and optimizing their productivity, performance, and progress without burning out. She is committed to helping leaders and teams work together better because healthy work cultures require exceptional leaders and happy, engaged employees.

Dr. Samantha is passionate about assisting corporations with attracting, training, and retaining an innovative and dynamic workforce. She provides customized leadership training & executive coaching for organizations ready to breakdown cultural, gender, and other unconscious barriers to transform their leaders, teams, and staff into an inclusive, high performing, and engaged workforce. She also coaches entrepreneurs & leaders on how to drastically change and enhance their communication & self-talk, and improve their emotional intelligence, creating an environment for unlimited success.

Dr. Samantha is a professional certified coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation and customizes her coaching approach and interventions to her clients’ unique situations, goals, and preferences. She is highly skilled at creating a safe and supportive environment designed for their personal and professional growth.

Emotional intelligence, effective communication skills, conflict resolution, building trust and developing high performance teams, problem solving, strategic thinking, selfcare, organizational effectiveness, leadership effectiveness, accountability, and avoiding burnout are just some of the key areas in which Dr. Samantha assists her clients.

Dr. Samantha is a dynamic and powerful speaker sharing her insightful, no-nonsense straight-talk on life, mindset, & emotional intelligence. Her audiences are inspired to break through their own obstacles and discover their limitless potential. She is a frequent media contributor and sought-after expert for both local and national media, having published many articles and book chapters on emotional intelligence, leadership, and personal development topics. Her work has been featured in prominent publications like Entrepreneur Magazine, CEO World Magazine, LifeHack, BlackEnterprise, Forbes, and The Daily Telegraph. Dr. Samantha has also appeared on tv media outlets, including CW, FOX, NBC, CBS, Emotional MoJo, Daytime, and Heart&Soul.

In addition to her bestselling book, Strike it Happy! 101 Reflections to Revolutionize Your Life, she also authored Magnify Your Brilliance: 5 Keys to a Powerful Life & co-authored Motherhood Dreams & Success and You Are Whole, Perfect, and Complete… Just as You Are.

Dr. Samantha received her doctorate in professional psychology from The George Washington University (GWU) and has previously worked in a variety of mental health care settings – providing mental health and crisis services at a men’s correctional facility; providing prevention, early intervention and treatment services to inner city middle/high school youth; managing a clinical program to oversee the mental health care of youth in residential treatment around the US; and directing multiple programs at a residential treatment center for adolescents. Dr. Samantha has also served as an adjunct faculty member at GWU. She has presented at local and national conferences on issues related to parenting, bullying, and the impact of violence and trauma on children and youth. Dr. Samantha was the coordinating expert in school-based crises in the Washington, D.C. public and charter schools, as well as national and international disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Dr. Samantha has been based in London, England since 2019 and continues to speak, train, coach, and consult internationally. Contact her today.