At BrilliantRead Media, it is our constant endeavour to identify and share some of the unique and compelling stories from the startup ecosystem. As part of this, we invited Sonali Srivastava aka Soul Healer Sonali for an interview with BrilliantRead Media. She is an Author, Philanthropist, Certified Life and Mental Wellness Coach, NLP Master Practitioner, Motivational Speaker, Crystal Healer, Tarot and Oracle Reader. Let’s learn more about her background, her inspiring journey so far and her advice for our growing community!
Excerpts from our exclusive interview with Sonali:
Could you please talk us through your background and your journey?
As far as my Academic background is concerned I did Bachelor’s of Technology in Computer Science initially. Following that I started working as a Software Developer in a London based company for three years. During that phase, I gradually realised about my passion for Psychology so I developed an inclination towards learning about neuro-linguistic programming and educating myself about the psychology of persisting psychological pain of different traumas in life.
This is how I eventually discovered my Ikigai in helping people overcome their Anxiety, Stress and Traumas in Life and I became a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Coach.
How did you discover your passion as a ‘Coach’?
I am a Student of Life forever. According to me, Earth is my School, Life is my Classroom and Experience is my Teacher.
Since my childhood, I had this habit of understanding things well in class and then teaching my friends those concepts in simple ways. With this innate nature, I have always been helping people with their emotional concerns for around 10+ years.
As an NLP Coach, I integrate Neuroscience and Spirituality together to bring forth holistic healing for deeper wounds in a simple and scientific approach. My experience and wisdom gained through my multiple childhood Sexual Abuse wounds helps me in easily understanding people’s concerns and giving them tried and tested solutions for their situation.
I consider myself as a Trauma Warrior and hence found my passion as a Coach helping the masses in overcoming their Traumas and Anxieties, pulling them up from being a Victim of Life to becoming a Warrior of Life.
How do you manage to keep going despite the challenges? What drives you?
Passion for my Vision is the constant fuel that drives me. I believe that Everything in this Universe happens for a Reason and once we understand that Life really becomes like a flowing river at ease.
My encouraging psychological beliefs and my optimistic perception towards Life always shape my Reality beautifully in my favour enabling me to make my way through all the odds.
The universe never leaves me alone, even before I worry about a concern they brings forth the resolution for that situation in front of me.
Who do you believe has been the biggest source of motivation in your daily life?
My Gratitude Ritual is the biggest motivation for me in my daily life.
It has been scientifically proven that whatever energy vibrations we send out, we tend to gradually receive the same frequency vibes bearing situations in our life. In simple words, we as an individual behave as both the Transmitter and the Receiver.
Hence, when I focus my attention towards what I currently have in my life for which I feel grateful for and hence express my gratitude for it, I actually send out one of the highest vibrations into the Universe.
Thus eventually the life events occur in such a way that I keep on feeling grateful for them and this chain thereby continues making me feel so blessed throughout my life.
What are some of the strategies that you believe have helped you grow as a person?
1) Taking Responsibility for my life, understanding that I am the Creator of my life.
2) When I acknowledged that the mess in my life was created by me then I realised that I could make my life a heaven as well with ease.
3) Being conscious of my Thoughts and Emotions always helped me to gradually and consciously Co-Create my Life with the Universe.
4) Having a Growth Mindset, I always look for ways to keep improving myself and by constantly learning I forever remain a Student of Life.
5) Being open to change and taking calculated risks helped me grow immensely as a person by becoming fearless in life.
6) I love to take complete Accountability and Ownership of the consequences for my actions and decisions in life. Hence I always thoroughly ponder over them looking and preparing myself for all the possible outcomes before deciding to opt for a particular decision in life.
7) No doubt there is a possibility of unexpected situations happening in life but I always keep myself mentally prepared for it too. Hence, once I make up my mind for some major decision of life then no adverse situation could tremble me from taking my aligned actions for it.
In your opinion what are the keys to success?
According to me in order to become successful in life, one must first define what is Success for them.
“Success” is a very subjective concept hence unless we don’t define it for ourselves we can never achieve it. I did this exercise long back and I am very successful today because for me, I count my success on the basis of the number of lives of people whom I have enriched through my journey of the Soul.
Don’t keep running in a race, following the same patterns set by all others since ages. Look for yourself, “What is Success for me?”.
Having said that I do believe that Discipline and Commitment along with firm Faith in Oneself and Divine/Universe is the key secret of anyone’s success in Life.
What advice would you give to our readers?
> I would advise everyone that never let your Passion diminish within you.
> Always live your life in alignment with your values, this way you could always live a life full of inner satisfaction.
> Make Gratitude a part of your daily ritual.
> Have Faith in the Universe/Divine, you will always be shown the way.
> Always keep your Inner Child alive within you.
Last but not least, what about your journey makes it satisfying/exciting?
The beauty of Life resides in its Unpredictability. The sooner we come at ease with the Uncertainties in Life events, the more peaceful life we live.
My life is similar to the Flow of River, always afresh and anew.
The next turn could completely be a new chapter but I know I will always make my way just like water and write a beautiful story in every chapter of my life.
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