At BrilliantRead Media, we always strive to bring meaningful and powerful stories from India and around the world to empower and motivate our growing community. As part of this endeavour, we invited Neelu Goyal for an exclusive interview with us. Neelu is a Life Coach, NLP Expert, Motivational Speaker and an Influencer. Let’s learn more about her incredible journey, her background, and her advice for our growing community!
Excerpts from our exclusive interview with Neelu:
Could you please talk us through your background and your journey?
I started my journey as a computer science professor with an MCA and M.Phil under my belt, I had spent over eight years shaping young minds in the realms of technology and academia.
However, life took a transformative turn when I embraced motherhood. My maternity leave became a profound period of introspection, leading me to question the true essence of life and my purpose within it. Delving deeper into spirituality during this sabbatical, I have realized my calling lay beyond the realms of binary code and algorithms; it resided in te realm of human connection and empowerment.
With a heart brimming with compassion and a mind enriched by academic prowess, I embarked on a new journey as a Life Coach and NLP Expert. My mission was clear to ‘Ignite Hope’ in people’s lives, helping them discover happiness, purpose, and resilience. I believe fervently that every individual possesses the power to transcend their circumstances and turn challenges into opportunities for growth.
My coaching style is unique and different while working with clients I work at 3 levels MIND, BODY AND ENERGY. With gentle yet profound guidance, I helped my clients unravel the layers of limiting beliefs, fears and self-doubt that held them back. Drawing from my background in computer science, I approached life as a beautiful complex algorithm waiting to be deciphered, understood and optimized for optimal performance.
I organize Workshops and Seminars to create immersive experiences where individuals can delve into their inner worlds, connect with their higher selves, and emerge stronger, wiser and more aligned with their true essence.
How did you discover your passion as a ‘Coach’?
I worked as a computer science professor for nearly a decade. When I took a break during my second childbirth I delved into spirituality and started practising ‘Nichiren Buddhism’, this brought a huge shift in my attitude towards life. The teachings resonated deeply with me awakening my passion for empowering others. Realizing my true purpose, I transitioned into a Life Coach, guiding individuals to unlock their potential and find inner peace.
Each client I helped, I felt a deep sense of contentment. As I continued on my journey realizing that true fulfilment comes from living in alignment with one’s heart and purpose.
How do you manage to keep going despite the challenges? What drives you?
My mentor Josei Toda said “Becoming happy yourself is no big deal but the essence of Buddhism lies in making others happy”.
I always knew that I had a bigger purpose as I delved deeper into life coaching I understood that growth and contribution are my primary needs.
My commitment to my growth and my purpose to make this world a better place by helping people transform their life state helps me overcome all the challenges that come my way. My passion is rekindled when I hear the life-transforming stories of my clients.
What are some of the strategies that you believe have helped you grow as a person?
On a day-to-day basis, there are many strategies but to list a few:
1) Practicing gratitude and deep breathing
2) Chanting
3) Spending time with nature
4) Reparenting my inner child
5) Conscious body posture and taking charge of my self-talk
6) Practising EFT and Ho’oponopono prayer
7) Self-reflection & journalling
In your opinion what are the keys to success?
The key to success I believe lies in knowing your why. Once you know your why, your reason behind doing anything, you might get disappointed but you will never leave. Once your why is clear your how becomes easy. People leave because they don’t know their why.
Secondly, it is important that you connect your why with a bigger goal. A goal bigger than your family, a goal which serves humanity.
Thirdly, you need to work on yourself to make your why stronger.
Fourthly, you need to do inner work which will help you transform your inner world, which will transform your outer world.
Lastly, you need to know how to encourage yourself especially when things are not working in your favour.
What advice would you give to our readers?
I would suggest that you get rid of the victim mentality take charge of your life and always work on your inner transformation. Only when you transform yourself from your core you will be able to feel true fulfilment in your life.
So I will suggest readers to invest in themselves as the best gift they can give to themselves is not that job, degree, package or life partner it is themselves. More they are aligned with themselves, they will never have to chase things they will then become a magnet which will attract the things
Last but not least, what about your journey makes it satisfying/exciting?
The most rewarding part of my work are testimonials that I receive from my clients. It gives me immense pleasure when I see my client’s overcoming their issues, becoming mindful and living a happy life. As a life coach it’s my great good fortune that my work helps in changing someone’s life.
Through my coaching sessions/programs, I amp up my energy to deliver more value to them. Seeing shifts in them and in their journey makes it satisfying because I see their success as my success and their breakthroughs as mine.
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