2026 ABLE Launching Author
Keshav Pillai
AUTHOR
Every belief you carry once belonged to someone else first, a parent's caution, a teacher's disappointment, hardened over time into character you mistook for your own.
But underneath it, something has only ever watched. It wrote none of the rules. It was simply there, present for every voice that passed through.
That part is not waiting to be fixed. It is waiting to be recognised.
- Keshav Pillai
About Keshav Pillai
Keshav Pillai is a PACFA Registered Clinical Counsellor, Workplace Rehabilitation Clinician, and Author, supporting individuals and organisations to navigate the human side of change, recovery and uncertainty. He brings a background in education and academic leadership, as a former high school teacher and Head of Faculty for Mathematics, into how he communicates and educates today. He works with injured workers and individuals facing persistent pain, stress and major life transitions, helping them understand the link between thoughts, emotions and behaviour, and rebuild confidence to engage fully at work and in life. He also delivers practical training in workplace change, psychosocial safety and recovery, helping organisations build safer, more resilient teams.
The Book Showcase
Who Told You That? Questioning the Voice, the Beliefs, and the Story You've Been Living
By Keshav Pillai
You probably have a voice in your head that tells you what you should do, who you should be, and what your life is supposed to look like.
But have you ever wondered where that voice came from?
Who Told You That? is a conversation about the beliefs we pick up from our families, our culture, our relationships, our work, and the world around us and how easily they can become part of the way we see ourselves.
Drawing on his experience as a PACFA Registered Clinical Counsellor, Workplace Rehabilitation Clinician, Author and Educator, Keshav Pillai explores the everyday ideas we rarely stop to question.
What if success isn't what you were told it was?
What if the person you think you have to become isn't who you really want to be?
What if some of the things you believe about yourself were never yours to begin with?
This is not a book about fixing yourself or finding all the answers. It is an invitation to become curious about the things you've always assumed were true. Because sometimes the most interesting question isn't what do I believe?
It's something much closer to home.
Why do I believe it?
