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In a world obsessed with advice from social media, Dubai-based motivational speaker, life and karma coach Tamanna Chandok stands out.
The coach started counselling people at a young age and earned a doctorate in Metaphysical Sciences. She is also certified in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). Her practice is now in its 17th year.
Chandok counts among her clients Bollywood stars, politicians, diplomats, and people from around the world. Each person she meets has a different kind of energy, she says, and she uses various modern antidotes to help them fix their issues, be it journaling, practising gratitude, connecting with clay, doing yoga, grounding work, spending time with nature, charity work, etc.
After a successful career in Mumbai, Chandok moved to London and then to Dubai with her husband and two-year-old daughter. She is the author of two books and was last seen on the popular podcast The Ranveer Show.
The human thread is the same across the world, she says. Most of their problems, insecurities, fears, loneliness are the same. But the most common question she comes across in Dubai is, whether the person in question will be in the country for a long time.
“The city attracts people from all over the world and many of them come with the intention of staying for a couple of years but end up making Dubai their home,” she says in an interview with City Times. Here, she tells us about the six kinds of people who she meets regularly across nationalities:
“Engulfed in their own problems, they are going through a lot and come to me to deal with a particular incident. When I speak to them, I sense a pattern in the problems they are facing and tell them that there is a deeper message and that they should get to the root of the issue so that they don’t attract the same kind of problems again and again. I don’t sugarcoat my responses,” she says.
“People like to talk about their problems. This is a group that has everything going well with their lives but are extra curious. They are actually in a happy space but are unsure of it. Never take happy situations for granted. We never learn when we are happy, we learn when we are in tough situations. Since many of them haven’t learnt skills, the curious people often come back to me as victims,” she says.
“This group is already on the path of enlightenment and wants to know more about the inner journey. Their questions are more about how they can enhance their skills to face the humdrum of daily life and spiritually elevate themselves. They are hungry for knowledge and I have had some of the best conversations with this group of people,” she recalls.
“These include people in high pressure jobs such as politicians, industrialists, actors, and real estate moguls. They have to make quick decisions day in and day out, whether it is hiring people, making a huge buy, transacting money amounting to millions of dollars. They want to know the nature of the people they are working with. I do a personality match with them and advise accordingly. It is almost like a marriage match,” she laughs.
“Human suffering is immense and sometimes when you listen to stories of trauma-stricken people, your heart goes out to them. I am talking about a group that goes through repeated traumas in their life and this could also include terminally ill people, those who have lost several of their spouses or had multiple divorces. Through counselling, you can equip them with tools to deal with their grief and give them solace,” she says.
“A very common find today is those who see problems as larger than they actually are. And most of the time these are self-created problems. These people don't have a real-life problem. They have good partners but they complain the tiniest of issues. Sometimes, I lead them to realise that a lot of issues are due to an emotional void they have within themselves and bring to their notice, their need for constant approval,” she says.
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