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In an extractive world,
lead like a matriarch.

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Patriarchy, capitalism and colonialism built leadership on taking. From our bodies, our communities and the land.

I help women in impact, rise into real power, rooted enough to hold it for a lifetime.

Leadership coaching, programs and retreats for women leading impact work, and the organizations they lead.

Three paths

START HERE | Join the Community

Free weekly letters and monthly founder chats with a global sisterhood of women choosing matriarchal leadership.

GO DEEPER | Inner wORK for 12 weeks

Root to Rise, my leadership program for your inner, relational and public power. Next cohorts begin 1 March and 6 September 2027.

STAY ROOTED | 1:1 PArtnership for a year

The Mycelium, my 12-month 1:1 leadership partnership, growing from your own roots into your team.

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It’s the time of

the feminine

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When women lead, the ripples travel. They reach families, communities, economies and the land itself.

Yet too few women reach the places where decisions get made.
And too many of those who do burn out trying to stay there.

That's not because women aren't ready to lead. It's because the leadership we inherited was built on “divide and rule”.

Colonizers used it to conquer.
Patriarchy and extractive capitalism still run the same playbook.

It divides women from our bodies, until we lead like output machines.
It divides us from each other, until we compete for the few seats at the table.
It divides us from the earth, until we forget where our power comes from.

So we either hold back from power, or burn out holding it.

I'm here to rewild

leadership.

To root back into ourselves,
weave back to each other,
and lead back in rhythm

with the planet.

You were never meant to lead ALONE

You're doing work that matters. You might lead a nonprofit, a purpose-led business, a team or a movement, or you're about to.

You want influence, resources, and a seat at the tables where decisions get made. You want to be financially powerful, unapologetically, and to use that power the way a Mother Tree does: redistributing it, not hoarding it.

But you're done leading in a way that extracts from you, from your people, and from the planet.

You don't want to win the extractive game faster.
You want to change the game.

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What changes when you rewild your leadership

Your inner power.
From overthinking, proving and running on empty, to trusting your own knowing.

You stay steady under pressure and make decisions from clarity, not exhaustion or fear. Your regeneration becomes your leadership strategy.

Your relational power.
From carrying the mission alone, to being held by an ecosystem.

You build the partnerships that multiply your impact, hold the boundaries that protect it, and define success on your own terms, as a collaborator, not a martyr.

Your public power
From doubting your voice is worth sharing, to being heard where it matters.

You know what you stand for, what to seed and when to speak, so your thought leadership shapes the systems around you without draining you.

Hi! I’m Pukhraj

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For 15+ years I've been building leaders, communities and partnerships across education and social impact. I mentored teachers with Teach For India. I stewarded a global network of 700+ education ambassadors at HundrED. I founded an impact marketplace that partnered with women-led maker organizations, reaching 500+ artisans and bringing 10 South-Asian artisan brands into the Nordic market.

Then I ran my own business into burnout, because I believed sacrifice was proof of how much I cared. Rebuilding taught me what no leadership training ever had: a woman's power only lasts when it's rooted.

The Mother Tree Way™ is what I built from that.

I’m on a mission to restore feminine leadership intelligence in the world.

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Ways to root with me

Wherever you're leading from, there's a way in.

Start where you are, and go as deep as you're ready to.

For you

Regenerative Women | The Community

Start here. A global sisterhood of women choosing matriarchal leadership. Free members get weekly letters and monthly Unfiltered Founder Chats. Paid members also join monthly Circle Talks and Circle Walks.
Join Regenerative Women

Root to Rise | The 12-Week Leadership Program

Go deeper. Three phases, three powers: GROUND builds your inner power, NOURISH your relational power, SEED your public power. Join a group cohort, or begin self-paced today. 2027 cohorts begin 1 March (Spring) and 6 September (Autumn).
Explore Root to Rise

The Mycelium | 12-Month 1:1 Leadership Partnership

Stay rooted for a year. My most personal way of working together: twice-monthly 1:1 coaching for a woman leading an organization, extending into your leadership team and your wider ecosystem of partners.
Explore The Mycelium

For your organization

Wintering | Team Retreat

One or two days for your team to reconnect within, with each other, and with the mission that brought them together.
Reach out to discuss

Speak & Facilitate

Keynotes and workshops on matriarchal and regenerative leadership, for rooms of up to 500+.
Download My Speaker Sheet

Not sure where to start?

Book a 30-minute Discovery Call. We'll look at where you are and where you're headed, and I'll point you to the right next step, even if it isn't with me.
Book a Discovery Call

What women say

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The Mother Tree Way™

The leadership philosophy at the root of everything I teach.

In old-growth forests, the Mother Trees are the most powerful beings in the ecosystem. Their power doesn't come from winning the fight for light. It comes from their connection to hundreds of other trees through an underground network. Through it they share resources, send warnings, and keep the whole forest resilient. Their power is real, and it is regenerative.

That's the power I help women build.

ROOTED WHOLENESS

Your relationship with yourself. This is your inner power.

RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIPS

Your relationship with others and your community. This is your relational power.

Rhythmic Wisdom

Your relationship with the systems and seasons around you. This is your public power.

A seed I'm tending

MATRIKOULU

The future needs leadership education that allows us to protect the vulnerable, care for each other and lead systemic change, without being burnt by the system.

Matrikoulu is my vision for a School for Feminine Leadership, drawn from matriarchal philosophies, leadership structures and societies that led this way long before it needed a name.

I'm looking for funders, advisors and partners to help it grow.