Maya is a published poet, experienced broadcaster, mystic and intuitive astrologer. She is also the co-host of The Decolonial Podcast.  ​Born in multicultural London to an Indian Gujarati family and raised in the northern town of Barnsley, Maya sadly lost her mother to Leukaemia at the age of nine. This life event had a profound impact on her future path and she has since devoted much of her life to helping people make sense of grief. She speaks powerfully and eloquently about racism and the colonial trauma that she experienced as a result of her early life circumstances, as well as the mysticism her life became steeped in through these life-altering experiences. A lifelong poet and writer with a BA Hons in English and Creative Writing, Maya’s debut book of poetry, Half Woman Half Grief, speaks from a place of truth, trauma and healing for anyone who has experienced grief of any kind; personal, collective, environmental and colonial. She vulnerably explores the desperate sadness, fury, and shame she experienced on her healing journey, and shares the deep mystical symbolism which helped her through the darkness.