Where Creativity, Deep Listening, and Storytelling Spark Change

Creative Pathways to Social Impact

I’m Dr. Shumaila Hemani, an award-winning artist-scholar, trauma-informed coach, and founder of The Deep Listening Path. Through music, memoir, and podcasting, I explore how #trauma, #mentalhealth, and systemic inequities shape our lives — and how deep listening and creative storytelling can help us heal and spark change.

Listen to the Podcast: Listening to the Wound

Pre-Order the Memoir: Writing in the Wound

Book Dr. Hemani to Speak and/or Perform Music

Stories & Sounds for Change

Every song is a prayer for resilience — from climate justice to collective healing. By supporting this album, you help amplify voices of change.

Buy the Debut Album: Mannat

Pre-Order the Memoir: Writing in the Wound

Book Dr. Hemani to Speak and/or Perform Music

“Climate change impacts us all — but never equally. Those at the social margins carry the heaviest burden. To respond with justice, we must center equity and diversity at every step.” — Dr. Shumaila Hemani

Music Declares Emergency – First-Ever Music-Climate Summit. Toronto (2022)

Testimonials

Shumaila is an excellent facilitator. She guides participants to tap into new ways of experiencing their surroundings through sound and listening, helping them come away with a new perspectives.

Stefanie Drozda, Alberta Ecotrust

I was amazed at the series of workshops by Shumaila Hemani. In my 22 years of experience in the climate field, I never have never had the opportunity to combine my background in film/photography/art with climate change. The work Shumaila is doing is incredibly innovative, and I think it touched a deep yearning among the participants to seek equity and justice in this world in which we are immersed.

Helen Corbett, CEO: All One Sky International

Shumaila's approach addresses the critical issue of burnout with empathy and insight. Her points about the uniqueness of each individual's experience with burnout and its systemic nature are particularly poignant."

Alister Martin, Former Physician, Harvard University's Kennedy School; Former White House Fellow

The Deep Listening Path is a registered social enterprise in the Treaty 7 territory known by its colonial name as the City of Calgary. These are traditional lands of Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Iyarhe Nakoda and Tsuut'ina nations. In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge Moh'kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Iyarhe Nakoda and Tsuut'ina nations.