TEDx Presenter, Author, International Speaker, and Psychologist
Dr. Shreya Hessler is the owner and director of The MINDset Center in Bel Air, Maryland. In her clinical practice, she serves pediatric and adult populations in the areas of Anxiety, ADHD, Sport psychology, and Learning Disorders. She is the author of Bianca Finds Her Bounce, a children’s book on anxiety. She has held faculty positions at Loyola University in Maryland and Towson University, teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Dr. Hessler is the former President of the Maryland Psychological Association and served as the organization’s youngest and first woman of color to hold that role. In 2022, she was awarded Loyola University’s Distinguished Alumni Award for her dedication and advocacy of pediatric mental health in the region. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Hessler has spoken at the local, state, and national levels, discussing the impact of anxiety across the lifespan.
A champion of proactive mental wellness skill-building, Dr. Hessler also frequently presents on arming our young population, their parents, companies, and educators with resilience skills to manage the big feelings in these changing times.
Additionally, her collegiate course on digital detox last year garnered national attention. She is currently developing coursework for this class, including writing a textbook and supplemental materials.
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A Story About Feelings, Friendship, and Finding Your Way Back
Bianca Finds Her Bounce is Dr. Shreya Hessler’s debut children’s book about emotional resilience — written for kids but loved by adults, too.
Through Bianca’s journey of losing and rediscovering her “bounce,” the story gently introduces children to the language of emotions, self-compassion, and courage to walk through worry.
Rooted in the same principles that guide Dr. Hessler’s clinical and educational work, Bianca Finds Her Bounce helps families and classrooms talk about big feelings in small, meaningful ways.
It’s a story of self-awareness, connection, and the everyday bravery it takes to cope with worries.
How to Stumble Proudly in a Perfection-Obsessed World
In her TEDx talk, Dr. Shreya Hessler explores what happens when we stop hiding our stumbles and start learning from them.
Drawing from her work as a psychologist, professor, mother, and lifelong observer of human resilience, she offers a simple but powerful idea: our mistakes are not evidence of weakness — they’re proof of courage.
This talk is a compassionate invitation to rethink resilience in a culture obsessed with performance. It reminds us that stumbling isn’t the opposite of success — it’s part of becoming.