Everyday Encounters: A musician leaves tech to help others build connections

Tiburon resident Kedar Shashidar, pictured Nov. 18 at The Boardwalk shopping center, has left the technology sector to focus on becoming a life and relationship coach through his The Relational Accelerator business. (Francisco Martinez / The Ark)

The melodic sounds of the Hanuman Chalisa, a Hindu devotional hymn, fills The Boardwalk shopping center Nov. 18. The chant, singer Kedar Shashidhar says, praises Hanuman, the Hindu deity depicted as a monkey, and his “strength, vitality and courage.”

“I’m in a moment in the chapter where I’m like, ‘OK, yeah, I’m calling in that kind of strength, a brightness, as I meet the world,” Shashidhar says.

The 32-year-old Tiburon resident previously worked in social media, virtual reality and artificial intelligence but recently left tech to become a life coach as The Relational Accelerator. His goal, he says, is to “help people build meaningful relationships both professionally and in their deeper world.”

He made the career switch after realizing the technology he was developing “was actually pulling people apart rather than bringing people together, despite it saying that it was bringing people together.”

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