Helping parents raise confident, resilient teens with clarity — a parenting coach and bestselling author whose working life has been spent on the lives of children and women, in classrooms, in refugee camps and now on the page.
Parenting Coach · Bestselling Author · Former UNICEF Education Specialist · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hema Vinod is an International Education Specialist with over thirty years of experience, including fifteen years as an Education Specialist with UNICEF. Her humanitarian work took her to conflict-affected countries — Uganda, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Somalia and Iraq — designing and delivering education programmes for disadvantaged children alongside governments and civil society.
After completing her international assignments she returned to India in 2020 and became a Certified Professional Coach through the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). During the pandemic she discovered her passion for writing, focused squarely on empowering parents and teenagers.
In 2021 she published her first book, Parenteening Made Simple, offering practical strategies for modern parenting; a Hindi translation is available on Kindle. In 2022 came Girl, Empower Yourself, a guide to help young girls grow into confident, happy women, also available in Hindi. In 2023 she published ABC of Parenting on the mental and emotional health of adolescents, introducing practical parenting pillars alongside real-life stories from ten parents. And in 2024 she launched Success Guide for Teens, a comprehensive resource for young people navigating their journey to adulthood.
All of her books are available on Kindle, with paperback editions on Amazon.
Hema hosts a WhatsApp community where girls can ask questions and find encouragement.
Education, leadership & youth development
Working across education and humanitarian programmes
Practical guidance for teens and parents
Supporting children, teens, parents and educators
Practical guidance to help teens build confidence, resilience and self-awareness.
Thoughtful, practical support to help parents navigate the teenage years with greater understanding.
Ideas and tools to help young people develop positive habits, emotional strength and life skills.
Interactive sessions for teens, parents, schools and organisations on topics that matter.
The teenage years can be exciting, challenging and full of change. Teens Gen brings together experience, practical guidance and real-life insights to help young people and their parents navigate these years with greater confidence.
Simple, useful ideas that can be applied in everyday life.
Content created around the real challenges, questions and opportunities of growing up.
Helping parents understand, communicate with and support their teenagers.
Backed by decades of experience in education, humanitarian work, coaching and youth development.
