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Asian Voice - Saturday 3rd April 2010
Kapil’s
Face to Face with Mamta Bhatia, Psychologist By Priyal Sanghavi
this thinking overcoming barriers to achieve personal and professional success. I have helped people get out of their comfort zone and speak in front or Through the one to one coaching and group sessions people feel better balanced due to the support, tools and techniques. People have become motivated towards achieving
AV: How did you decide to enter this profession? My grandmother had a heavy influence on me. At 83, she has seen a lot in her life, from being aa refuge and young widow from the Indo-Pak split in 1947. She always possessed was a positive attitude and an abundance of wisdom. This rubbed off on me and encouraged me to explore psychology. AV: Tell us some more about your background. I have a Masters in Occupational Psychology. I continued learning and became qualified in assessing personality through the Myers Briggs personality questionnaire and Level A and B testing. This combined with my Indian upbringing and wisdom helped to create a unique approach which I now adopt. I have worked for large companies where I have spent a lot of time in Asia and Europe developing people and supporting them in achieving personal and professional success. In 2007 I founded www.thinkspalondon .com. This lead to developing the consultancy arm as people were asking for face to face sessions and were inviting me to run sessions at their organisation.
their goals. They go away with a new realisation of their inner potential and capability hand-in-hand with the techniques to hold their head up high and face challenges. Additionally, they have learnt how to deal with various situations and different types of people with confidence and strength. They feel they have accomplished more then what they thought off. Ultimately people feel amazing by banishing negative thoughts and adopting positive thoughts through self discovery. They can stand tall and count their blessings. People go away motivated knowing nothing is impossible.
AV: What improvements have you seen in people after they have come to you? The reason why I love helping people grow on a daily basis is because of the inner satisfaction I get when I see people go above and beyond their goals and expectations that they set for themselves in order to achieve happiness and success. The improvements I have seen are- individuals seeing a willingness to believe things are within their grasp and through
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AV: What does it comprise of? I believe in ‘organic learning’ this is something I have developed and comprises of Reflection, self discovery, coaching, visualisation and discussion. I don’t believe in ‘telling’ people the answers, I do share knowledge and give tips, and ultimately I guide people to reach a healthy level of awareness themselves in order for them to make choices that enable progress. AV: Who should be attending it? Anyone, everyone, kids, adults and teenagers, men or women, my sessions are open to all. AV: Will you be holding more sessions? I am looking at running sessions in Leicester, Birmingham and Manchester. Should there be a desire to have a Think Spa Session anywhere I would encourage readers to get in touch with me and I would be more than happy to organise and run a workshop. I also conduct group sessions and provide one to one coaching and corporate coaching. Whatever the behavioural need or gap I can guarantee that I will be able to unlock potential, break personal barriers and support all to go above and beyond goals that they set for themselves.
by Kapil Dudakia - email: kapil@abplgroup.com Promises Galore I attended a unique ‘Question Time’ event organised by the NCGO that was held at the Kadwa Patidar Samaj Hall in Kenton on Sunday. In the Chair was our own Alpesh Patel who did a great job of keeping the politicians on task. He used wit and guile to disarm them, followed by incisive questioning based on his command of the political landscape and the astuteness to play the politicians at their own game. All I can say is that if the powers to be are looking for outstanding individuals from our community, Alpesh is their man – and I know we have so many more. In KK I had posed five questions to all the parties. Of course it seems they have been rather nervous to write back to me thus far, but in a public forum like NCGO Question Time, there is no hiding. I asked each representative that without giving any excuses, using old rhetoric or churning our platitudes, ‘If elected, could they confirm that we will have a Hindu Secondary School in North West London within the term of one parliament?’ I am sorry to say but first off the mark was Sarah Teather, and what a mess she made of the answer. A simple question and I ended up getting a long list of ifs and buts, and I have to admit that I was rather undiplomatic in my response to her. I know she works hard, but her answers will have to be better, and more to the point in addressing our requirements. I assume the Tory representative; Dominic Grieve (Shadow Justice Secretary) understood the gravity of the question and was quick to confirm that having a Hindu Secondary School in the area was mandatory and his party would ensure that it happened. Great stuff, after a slow start we were off with one party supporting the contention. Next it was
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our own Keith Vaz representing the Labour Party. Keith was clear – yes, we must have a Hindu Secondary School in NW London. He then pointed out that in the audience was Tony McNulty, the sitting MP was Harrow East and that we should ask the question directly to him. Tony came forward and gave his total commitment that should his party get in power than a Hindu Secondary School in the area within the first term was assured. So there you have it, what I now want to see from each of these parties is a formal assurance in all their publicity materials that we get through our letterbox.
Who’s a Tory? The discussions proved to be interesting, though I suspect it would have been even better had the candidates articulated their responses to make real practical commitments relevant for the audience who were mainly from Harrow, Brent and Barnet. Keith brought a lot of humour to the debate, though not intentionally I suspect, with some of his responses to the questions. The audience was rightly confused as to whether he was Labour, or was he a closet Tory. Dominic Grieve the official Tory representative was often left with shock and surprise on his face as his thunder was taken away by Keith who put the knife into the NHS before he could. There is no doubt that huge amounts of money have rightly gone into the NHS, and for this the Labour Government deserves a commendation. However, how the money has been used, and in particular, some managers and PCT boards all came in for a firing for their laziness and sheer incompetence. The bottom line being that even in areas where we have a high concentration of ethnic minorities – the people who are appointed to represent us on these PCT boards still
tend to be wholly ‘white’. How is that possible? And this has happened with a Labour Government in power for more than a decade.
Hindu Crematorium? Amrish Patel asked, ‘In light of the positive court ruling on open pyre cremations, why is it that with a population of 100 000 Hindus in Harrow, Brent and Barnet that the community still does not have access to a dedicated and culturally sensitive crematorium?’ Dominic saw no reason why there should be any delays in this happening and wants it to happen as soon as possible. Keith could not understand why with such a large community nothing had happened to date. He went on to remind the audience that in Leicester they have even got a site designated but because the communities are not united sufficiently, nothing has happened to take this forward. If the people and the various organisations in Harrow, Brent and Barnet came together and demanded with one voice, surely no council would be so fool hardy and say no!
Votes count Your vote counts. When any candidate comes to your door for your support, ask them what they will do for our community. Demand that they put that promises in writing and in clear language. The ‘Honourable’ element for MPs has rightly come under scrutiny and it is now for those who want our vote to prove their worthiness. Turning up to our functions, accepting our hospitality and being able to speak a few words of Hindu or Gujarati are not sufficient grounds for a vote. Don’t sell your vote cheaply, demand for your rights and those for your community. Use it for the candidate in your area who will deliver what you want.
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