At BrilliantRead Media, it is our constant endeavour to bring meaningful and powerful stories from India and around the world to empower and motivate our growing community. As part of this, we invited Dr Trisha Baidya for an exclusive interview with us. She is a Leader, Influencer, Coach, Mentor and Change Enabler. Let’s learn more about her incredible journey, background, and valuable advice for our growing community!
Excerpts from our exclusive interview with Dr Trisha:
We are aware of your contributions to the ecosystem; talk us through your background and your journey, please;
After my MBBS from North Bengal Medical college, I continued working as a junior resident in anaesthesia following which I came back to Kolkata and started working in a corporate hospital in the critical care department.
While continuing my job I also got into a network marketing business where I learnt a lot about presentations, speaking skills and saw a bigger picture of being able to set higher goals for myself.
As I already had found a passion in the field of psychology and mental health, I did not follow the regular journey of doing an MD in medicine.
So now I have embarked on the journey of being a coach and counsellor working on emotional well-being and self-acceptance.
How did you discover your passion in ‘Coaching’?
Finding passion in coaching came through my personal struggle of being diagnosed with depression, panic attacks, conversion syndrome.
My past traumas of mental and sexual assault made me always question myself, how people react/respond to trauma, how trauma actually shapes how we live our life.”
I understood, how we look at our traumas can define how we see relationships, not only with people, but also our relationships with our finances, health, passion, career, and with life in general. And as I delved deeper I realised it is through broadening perspectives that healing becomes easier.
Our mind expands to look outside of just what we are feeling, we become far more accepting of ourselves and the world.”
How do you manage to keep going despite the challenges? What drives you?
I think my parents, especially my father is a source of the thought that never give up, its never too late and he is an example to me that even if my paths change, there is nothing too late about starting afresh.
Also, I am someone who wants to be known as a responsible, sensitive and coexistent person, and I need to be always on the go to become that kind of a person.
Taking up coaching as a career is rewarding in that sense that it brings me in touch with so many inspiring people, as in my clients and my co-coaches – they are a big source of inspiration for me, their stories of struggle, growth, change, courage to take that step to work on helping themselves just makes me realise that life has infinite opportunities, it unfolds as we keep moving through it.”
And some also just make me realise how truly blessed I am, I do have a lot of things to be grateful for, which many people don’t – and that only means I have been blessed because that god/energy/universe is helping me.
Who do you believe has been the biggest source of motivation in your daily life?
My parents – their energy to keep doing for us just amazes me every single time. My quest to have success and being financially independent had started from the thought of being able to take care of them, making them proud and giving them the best I can give always.
Charity does begin from home – I wanted to work to give back to them and now it is escalating to the thought of giving back to the world which is supporting me.
What are some of the strategies that you believe have helped you grow as a person?
Listing a few:
(1) Being intentional about whatever I do – even if it is just sitting and relaxing, I want to be very aligned and know the intent. I want to be in alignment with why I am how I am – my reactions, my feelings, my choices, people around me.
(2) Taking time to pause – I stopped myself from rushing things just for results, and gave myself permission to take a pause at times when I feel overwhelmed – which helped me re-align my intentions, and focus on enjoying the process.
(3) Taking ownership of my choices, actions and feelings – understanding that nobody else, and that include our closest people is responsible for my happiness or success. (not just pain, hurt and disappointments)
(4) Learning to (I am still just at the starting point on this) – manage my disappointments. Despite all efforts life doesn’t always bring what we were wanting – and becoming okay, accepting with that uncertainty.
You are always positive and motivated, what keeps you going?
The feeling that life is to learn, observe and evolve – at my own pace, with my own intuitions and not to chase or run behind preconceived notions of achievement or success. I now chose joy, peace with myself, alignment with my choices as a person over just putting a tick mark on a goal.
Please share with us, how do you motivate your clients?
By helping them be accepting of themselves, focussing on their strengths, finding their courageous moments, helping them to see different perspectives of the same situation or event.
In your opinion what are the keys to success?
I believe the first step is to understand what success means to me because different person have different priorities and goals in life.
It is important to first be able to accept that if for someone success comes from career, it is equally okay to feel successful in even being a homemaker – whatever gives you joy.
What it meant to me were:
– Being able to appreciate myself on a daily basis, it helps build confidence.
– Being able to learn, unlearn and re-learn, and looking forward to keep evolving.
– Not being in competition with others, but putting my best self to whatever I choose to do.
– Courage to keep taking steps, despite all the fear, confusion, doubt.
– Managing disappointments and changing them into learnings.
– taking responsibility of my responses.
– Having the right mentor/coach/role model who you align with.
What advice would you give students and young professionals who want to have a successful career?
– Ask questions to yourself – and learn to have appreciating, empowering conversations with yourself.
– Start where you are, the answers and solutions will unfold as you move. We don’t start by having answers and solutions, but we always start because we have some challenge/problem.
– Stop blaming and complaining, it shuts our minds from finding solutions and makes us overlook the resources we already have in our hands.
– Find and associate things that give you joy with your work/career.
– Break big goals into smaller action steps to overcome overwhelm.
– Look at your career as a loving relationship and it will become easier to make choices.
– Be comfortable with not knowing everything and saying no, wherever required.
There is so much to be shared, but this conversation limits how much I can communicate on this platform. Students and young professionals regularly reach out to me on LinkedIn with their specific queries.
Last but not least, what about your journey makes it satisfying/exciting?
That by helping others heal and evolve, I heal and evolve more.
Each person I meet is a beautiful new relationship of trust and support.
BrilliantRead is committed to bringing stories from the startup ecosystem, stories that reshape our perspective, add value to our community and be a constant source of motivation not just for our community but also for the whole ecosystem of entrepreneurs and aspiring individuals.
Note: If you have a similar story to share with our audience and would like to be featured on our online magazine, then please write to us at [email protected], we will review your story and extend an invitation to feature if it is worth publishing.
