Our story
Why North Within
Every person who has felt stuck in a role, a decision, or a version of themselves they have outgrown deserves a space built for exactly that: not therapy, not generic training, but something in between: clear-eyed, practical, and genuinely theirs.
North Within exists because that space was missing. Priyanka spent years inside organisations, first in HR and people development, then designing and delivering learning experiences at scale, and kept seeing the same gap: people given information, frameworks and feedback, but rarely the kind of attention that helps something actually change.
North Within is where coaching, training and facilitation come together as one practice rather than three separate services. The aim is the same whichever form it takes: help someone understand themselves better, build what they need next, and move forward with greater clarity, whether that someone is an individual working through a decision, or a team trying to work better together.
New Delhi · working online and in person
- Organisational Psychologist
- ICF Associate Certified Coach
- Trainer & Facilitator
- 10+ years across L&D, facilitation and behavioural interventions
Meet Priyanka
The person behind North Within
Priyanka Manchanda is an Organisational Psychologist, ICF Associate Certified Coach and Trainer-Facilitator with experience across coaching, learning and development, facilitation and behavioural interventions.
She brings together psychological insight, practical tools, and a deeply human approach to learning and change, working with organisations across technology, BFSI, manufacturing and others, as well as institutions such as the IITs and IIMs.
North Within is her space to bring these threads together: helping people understand themselves better, develop what they need next, and move forward with greater clarity.
Approach
Pillars of the work
Feel Safe
Because learning begins when we feel safe enough to be imperfect.
Do, Not Just Know
Because we learn by doing, trying, and reflecting.
Start With What's There
Because we build on what already works, not just what's broken.
Take It With You
Because we should leave with something we can actually use.
Impact
600+
sessions delivered
40,000+
people reached
9.5/10
satisfaction rating
- 600+ sessions across one-to-one coaching, group workshops and organisational programmes.
- 40,000+ people reached through university and workplace experiences, online and in person.
- A 9.5/10 average satisfaction rating, gathered from participant feedback after each session.
What we believe
The work is only as good as its foundations.
Every session, one-to-one, in a workshop, or across a longer programme, is built on the same four pillars above. They are not slogans; they are the test any exercise, any conversation, and any piece of feedback has to pass.