Sumaya makes her living in stories — as an actor, writer and producer. But the work she's quietly done for years is the other kind: sitting with people who are stuck, and helping them find the thread again. She isn't a clinician, and she doesn't pretend to be. What she brings is a storyteller's ear for what someone actually means underneath what they're saying, and the willingness to go all the way down into a person's beliefs — the ones they inherited, the ones they've outgrown, the ones they're afraid to say out loud — because that's usually where the direction is hiding. She gives honest feedback. Kindly, but honestly. If you want someone who will only agree with you, she isn't the right fit. If you want someone who will tell you the truth and stay in the room afterwards, she is.