Life Coaching Helps | Overcome Issues With Ease | Interview with Life Coach & Author Anjana Baliga

Anjana Baliga is a Life Coach, Mental Health Counsellor, and an Author. She is an expert coach who teaches about dealing with problems of weak memory, anger management, stress management, anxiety, depression, addiction, etc.

The greatest challenge in today's world is lack of sleep, frustration, and financial crises.

Anjana Baliga guides us with love and inspiration. She explains how to deal with these problems with ease and live a peaceful & respectable life.

Anjana Baliga is also an NLP practitioner, clinical hypnotherapist, and a certified Past Life Regressionist (Vipassana) Meditator who believes that there is so much to live than just what we see from our normal eyes and mundane mind. She believes one should understand human behavior & human psychology to be a better person.

 

1. Anjana, tell us about yourself, your professional background, and the journey till here?

 

A voracious reader, memory trainer, life coach, NLP practitioner hypnotherapist from the past 15 years, I consider myself a learner by the attitude. I don’t want to lead a hypocritical life, having said that, I want to be open and crystal clear from both personal and professional aspects.

I'm always in gratitude mode, thanking the universe for creating me as beautiful as I am from within and outside.

I started my journey seeking truth and balance in life. In the beginning, I did ‘Art of living and Shambhavi Kriya’ and some other courses. As time passed by, I noticed that Life is beautiful but not easy to realize that. It is because we don’t quite understand our inner world. If we sort this out, life appears to be beautiful, the way it is actually.

I lost my brother when I was just 21. It was a tough time. My beloved mother passed away recently in 2019. My life is no different from others, facing a lot of hardships like anyone else in the same boat with all ups and downs in life.

All these hard times strengthened me. Now, I want to empower people as a Life Coach and a Counsellor.  I want to help people get out of this vicious cycle of negativity which is mostly self-created. I want to teach, how we can come out of this with self-love, meditation, and positivity.    

 

 

2. Why did you choose your profession as a Life Coach?

 

I always wanted to enrich the lives of others. I think being a life coach gives me great satisfaction professionally. A life coach is a type of wellness professional who helps people progress in their lives to attain greater fulfillment. Life coaches to aid their clients in improving their relationships, careers, and day-to-day lives.

Life coaches can help you clarify your goals, identify the obstacles holding you back, and then come up with strategies for overcoming each obstacle. In creating these strategies, life coaches target your unique skills and gifts. By helping to make the most of your strengths, life coaches provide the support you need to achieve long-lasting change.

 

 

3. What do you mean by, when you say you are a Hypnotherapist. What is past life regression?

 

Hypnotherapy is a technique that utilizes hypnosis to aid in the treatment of specific symptoms or health conditions. Hypnotherapy works by inducing a hypnotic state marked by waking awareness that allows people to experience detached external attention. It helps to focus on inner experiences.

It is sometimes used as part of a treatment for phobias and other anxiety disorders.  It is also sometimes used for pain management, weight loss, smoking cessation, and a variety of other applications. Modern researchers have further explored how hypnosis can be used, which conditions it can treat, and how effective it may be compared to other treatments.

Any standard Hypnotherapy utilizes techniques like Relaxation, Suggestion, Coping skills & Exploration of past experiences. Hypnotherapy may also be used by licensed physicians and psychologists in the treatment of conditions like anxiety disorders, depression eating disorders, etc.

Past Life Regression

Past Life Regression is a gentle form of hypnotherapy that takes an individual back through time to their previous lives or incarnations by accessing memories and experiences that are normally hidden in their subconscious mind. Life today is so busy and so ‘noisy’ that these memories are usually concealed beneath the noise of everyday thoughts. A PLR session guides you through to dive into a deeply quiet and peaceful state where it’s far easier to locate the memories held in your subconscious mind.

 

 

4. What do you feel is the difference between a person who practices meditation & the healing process to the one who does not?

 

There is a lot of difference in how you approach things. Many research studies have shown that meditation helps in improving one's mental and physical health, increases our empathy or kindness levels, boosts our problem solving and decision-making skills, reduces stress levels, and increases focus.

Let me share my personal experience. In 2014 I disciplined my life by doing Shambhavi Kriya (inner engineering from ISHA Foundation). This helped me discover more healing modalities and helped me to explore the hidden truths about the universe like the energy centers, sound therapy, life coaching, and hypnotherapy.

After meditating, I found my creative energy flowed easily. I could write all day, sometimes into the night without feeling tired or sleepy.

What really changed was how I worked during the day. Before, I’d find myself distracted between different things, and feeling drained out if I spent a few hours working in the kitchen. After meditating, I found my creative energy flowed easily and I could work all day, without feeling tired or sleepy. It is a fact, I finished my book ‘10X Brain Power Can Be Yours Too’ during this time.

I also began noticing how if I set goals, then things happened along the way to help me get there. This might sound a bit weird, but I put it down to developing a single-minded focus and directing energy to the right tasks. My brain became better at cutting through the noise and life clutter.

Good ideas became more frequent and I started implementing them in my business, which also changed. I was more productive and proactive when faced with situations, and I managed my emotions better too.

 

 

5. Currently in the world, people are under too much stress and anxiety - what according to you Anjana is the solution to these problems?

 

Stay healthy and manage stress

I would say, exercise is the best way to stay healthy and manage stress. For the biggest benefits of exercise, it is recommended to do at least two and half hours of moderate-intensity physical activity (example brisk walking) each week, 1 hour and 15 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity (such as jogging/jumping jacks or swimming laps), or a combination of the two.

It is generally advised, whenever you are feeling anxious or stressed

Try to identify, what triggers your anxiety

Is it work, family, school, or something else you can identify? Write in a diary or a personal notebook when you’re feeling stressed or anxious, and look for a pattern. This helps.

Take a time-out for yourself

Practice yoga, listen to music, meditate, get a massage, or learn relaxation techniques. Stepping back from the problem helps clear your head.

Eat well-balanced meals

Do not skip any meals. Do keep healthful, energy-boosting snacks on hand.

Don’t deprive yourself of sleep

When stressed, your body needs additional sleep and rest.

Exercise daily

We must exercise daily to feel good and maintain our health.

Do your best

Instead of aiming for perfection, be proud of however close you get.

 

Try this one out - talk to someone

Tell friends and family you’re feeling overwhelmed, and let them know how they can help you. You must let yourself out even if that means seeking professional help from a physician, therapist, or life coach. 

 

 

6. Why do you think, in the times of Corona, your professional services are required more than ever before?

 

Help understanding anxiety

If you ask me – in these times of Corona, I help my clients identify and understand their underlying anxiety. We all know, it’s a frightening time. We are amid a worldwide pandemic. Many places are partially shut down, others struggling to reopen safely. Some of us are in the areas where coronavirus infection rates are getting worse. Others are bracing for what may come next. And all of us are watching the headlines and wondering, “When is this going to end?”

For many, the uncertain situation of coronavirus is very hard to handle. We don’t know how we’ll be impacted. How long this will last, or how bad things might get. But there are many things you can do—even in the face of this unique crisis—to manage your anxiety and fears.

There’s a lot of misinformation that feeds fear. It’s important to be discerning about what you read and watch. For this:

Stick to trustworthy sources 

Limit how often you check for updates.

We’re in a time of massive upheaval. There are so many things outside our control, including how long the pandemic lasts. All this just makes us feel drained, anxious and overwhelmed.

When anyone gets fearful of what might happen, that's the time they need a life coach. They need a mentor to sail them through these tough times. So our need is more in these times. 

I give options to my client to stay with me online and whenever they need my services.

 

 

7. Any Professional milestone you have achieved that has made a difference in your career growth?

 

In my career, I have learned hands-on working with mentors and got trained. At the same time, I have spent time doing personal-level certifications.

Here are some of the certifications I completed in my career. These have helped me to evolve my career and mark very important professional milestones.

 

NLP Subconscious Reimprinting

Memory and Student NLP coach

Certified Public Speaker

Certified Past Life Regression Hypnotist

Certified Basic Eriksonian Hypnotist

 

 

8. Any suggestions you want to give to the new entrants in your field of the profession?

 

The new entrants should know, to be a good life coach we have to fundamentally be a good person. The profession requires a caring attitude and a listening capability foremost.

As I suggested about certifications, please take proper training and certifications as it may benefit them a lot. Don’t go behind money. Go behind genuine help to others. Rest all falls in place.

 

 

 9. Where do you want to see yourself in the next 5 years now?

 

In the next 5 years from now, I would continue to be a Life Coach, Author, and Mental Health Counsellor. I would continue extending my selfless and genuine services towards many more needy people and make difference in their lives.

 

You can connect with Anjana on Consultancy Bazaar

 

- Interviewed and posted by CB Admin

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