Nimir Raval
MSW, RSW, MA (Leadership), ACC (ICF)
Trauma-Informed Practitioner · Mediator · Leadership Coach
Helping individuals, families, and leaders reconnect to clarity, stability, and their own life force - one grounded conversation at a time.
I didn't choose this work.
This work chose me.
Long before I had the language for it. I grew up navigating childhood trauma, anger, and emotional complexity. But I also grew up with deep love — from my parents and my grandmother — who taught me that resilience isn't loud. It's quiet. It's breath. It's presence. It's Prana.
My life has been a series of reinventions: fashion, sales, humanitarian response, community development, human resources, social work, leadership, coaching, mediation.
Immigrating to Canada meant rebuilding my life from scratch — flipping burgers, working at the YMCA, and slowly rising into leadership roles. By 2019, I became a Director of Community-Based Services, stewarding a $20M+ portfolio supporting thousands of families across Edmonton.
Coming out as queer deepened my commitment to culturally grounded, identity-affirming practice.
People bend.
And with the right support, people rise.
PranaCare is the natural expression of that journey.
Every person carries a story.
Every family carries a system.
Every leader carries a weight.
My work exists because clarity is possible.
Stability is possible.
Healing is possible.
Leadership is possible.
Not through pressure.
Through presence. Through breath. Through Prana.
The principles that guide my practice
Trauma-Informed
Safety, pacing, nervous-system awareness.
Cultural Intelligence
Identity, migration, belonging.
Justice Awareness
Anti-racism, equity, power dynamics.
Neutrality
Especially in mediation and child voice work.
Somatic Grounding
Healing is physiological.
Values-Aligned Leadership
Leadership is emotional work.
Warm-Minimalist
No clutter. No overwhelm.
Human First
You will be met as a whole person.
An integrated practice, not a single method.
My approach integrates trauma-informed care, somatic awareness, cultural intelligence, justice-aware practice, leadership psychology, neutral mediation, and non-diagnostic child voice work.
This is not coaching as usual.
This is not mediation as usual.
This is PranaCare.
A practice built for whole people, whole systems.
Warm, culturally-grounded support across life's most complex chapters.
A room that feels safe from the moment you arrive.
However you come in — as a leader, a parent, a partner, or a person carrying something heavy — you will be met with the same steadiness.
Book a ConversationPrana means life force.
The breath that moves through the body, the energy that carries us through trauma, identity, culture, conflict, and leadership.
Where identity meets safety.
Where conflict meets neutrality.
Where leadership meets values.
Where people meet themselves again.
Two decades of practice across disciplines.
20+ years across counselling, mediation, leadership coaching, organizational consulting, and humanitarian response.
Trusted by government partners, Indigenous leaders, ethnocultural communities, nonprofits, families, and leaders across Canada.
You don't need perfect words to begin.
You only need a place that feels safe enough to start.
