As part of our relentless pursuit to identify and share with our community some of the unique and compelling stories from the ecosystem, this week we spoke to another passionate women entrepreneur Shilpa Aswani to understand more about her journey, her vision and the way forward. Shilpa is an Entrepreneur, Leader, Coach, Psychologist, Counselor, Consultant, Influencer and Change Enabler. She is the Founder of The Comfort Couch. Let’s learn more about her incredible journey so far!
Excerpts from our exclusive interview with Shilpa:
Could you please talk us through your background and your journey?
With a Master’s in Psychology and an Intensive REBT Therapist, I work as a Professional Psychologist specialising in Child Psychology, Marriage Counselling, Life Coach, NLP Coach and Mind Coach.
Understanding behavioural patterns and pursuing my clients to live a life of mindfulness and peace is my forte and I have an enormous client base in Pune and around the country and abroad who find the Comfort Couch the zone to open up, talk, discuss and go back to positive living with good vibes.
My venture The Comfort Couch is a space where an individual can imbibe positivity, open up the mind to more hope and possibilities as I give them the comfort and support to get their mind a makeover with the mind empowered and healed.
My dream venture has given wings to lot of people to infuse positivity and embark on the beautiful journey of life with love hope happiness and compassion.”
My spirited interpersonal skills ticks off as the welcome note for her clients who find the Comfort and approachable virtue in my welcoming and they only move towards their healing nonchalantly.
Guiding and Strengthening your mental mind body and soul in unison as the perfect amalgamation for enriching the mind, I make them work on their positives, tackle life oddities, power pack their belief and confidence and the result is a strong individual well equipped to face life with et all. An empathetic and understanding approach with customised solutions and my own amazing toolkit to handle the clients is what my success story is all about.
How did you discover your passion?
My passion was something to do meaningful in life, bring change in society, heal people who are going through a lot in their life physically and mentally and emotionally.
I know this zest of spark of me communicating with people, understanding them and through my strength of kindness, being empathetic and motto to make their life simple and happy
My journey of life started by completing my diploma in food and nutrition and day by day my passion lead me to complete master’s in psychology and then a fellowship in Counselling and then become a life Coach with Modalities in positive psychology and NLP Coaching and now I have healed lot of clients with integrated approach of counselling and life Coaching.
How do you manage despite all challenges? What drives you?
Challenges have given me a lot of energy to achieve my goal and during the course of my learning journey in being a counsellor and life coach my speciality of being like a child who is enthusiastic and energetic and who is ready to learn new knowledge and skills to make your wings stronger to fly high in sky.
Challenges comes in every sphere of life and it is during this challenges you have to keep yourself saying that it is good and you will keep on growing.”
Who do you believe has been the biggest source of inspiration in your life?
The biggest source of inspiration for me is God who always says that you keep on flying and I am back there to support you and then are my parents who brought me into this beautiful world and nurtured me with everything.
A special source of motivation is my mom who loves me and what special gift that she has given me is her willpower so that I can achieve my goals with hard work and dedication.
Also the values of kindness and honesty that help me to keep motivated and then my dear husband who inspired me to continue my education and his trust on me has always kept me motivated and happy and gifted me two wonderful kids who always gives me the pleasure of being their mom”
What are some of the strategies that you believe have helped you grow as a person?
Being honest
Being mindful
Being compassionate
Every client is a new journey for you with the aim of healing and making them keep on growing
Integrated approach of using individual self values and strengths to help them discover their journey of healing and growing
What are the three most important lessons you have learned in your life?
1) Be honest and passionate towards yourself and others
2) Have a growth mindset approach in your personal and professional life and be ready to accept your failures and make your willpower so strong that no one can let you down and live your life happily
3) In the race of life always take care and love yourself first and take ownership of acceptance and take care of your parents, family and friends as this are the people who will be always with you in your ups and downs.
In your opinion, what are the keys to success?
– Discipline
– Honest and passionate
– Empathetic
– Growth and positive Mindset
What advice would you give students and young professionals who want to have a successful career?
> Always keep alive a small child inside you with the hope of making efforts to achieve your goals and be honest and passionate in whatever you are doing
> Never compromise with your happiness and make your inner self so beautiful that the outer world is a happy world to live in
> Having the values of honesty, kindness is very important that will automatically lead to success
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