Do I have a shape?” The questions looms on our mind, as we prepare for a session with psychologist, coach and founder of ISRA, Sneha Shah. The knowledge of your “shape”, Mumbai-based Shah believes, will help you become an “effective communicator, forge deeper connections, heal relationships, and also understand your own motivations, insecurities, passions, and triggers better”. Her own interest in this subject stems from the work of US-based Dr Susan Dellinger, creator of psycho-geometrics, a communication system identifying the science of behaviour. “In 2012, I wrote to her, mentioning my interest in her area of study. Three weeks later, she sent me a box full of literature on it.” Shah never looked back—that same year, she became a licensed psycho-geometrics facilitator. 

Her new book, What Shape Are You? (Westland Books), is guided by years of research in the area of psycho-geometrics, and hopes to offer fresh insight to readers, not just about their own personality, but that of others, and why we are attracted to certain kinds of people, or why we aren’t. Shah’s work piqued our curiosity, compelling us to learn a little more about the shapes that guide. Before our session, Shah made us take a short multiple-choice based online test—the words and phrases we chose while answering, would give her a window into our traits and habits, thinking style and how we communicate with others. When we met over a video call later in the day, Shah had our scores for us on a slide show.