By Bryan Bao
"The journey of an entrepreneur is going to be filled with moments of doubt, but success comes from what you do with that doubt" -- an inspiring statement from Rajni Aggarwal, who has found the city of West Lake to be a wonderful home for her and her family.
Rajni is an entrepreneur, life coach, motivational speaker, program host, and expat from India living in Hangzhou for the past decade. Starting off as a textile engineer turned CEO of Ruishi Far East Limited, a textile trading company, and in 2016 co- founded Hangzhou's favorite Indian restaurant, Pita's & Tika's, Rajni is a multi- dimensional super-woman.
Having also received her qualifications as a certified NLP & ICF life coach, it led her to starting her most recent project, Reshape Awareness (RA) in 2021. As a vision for RA, Rajni hopes to empower and inspire people, by prioritizing self-awareness, assisting them with finding motivation and gaining clar
ity while promoting good life habits.
"The reason that I started this journey is because I myself struggled with knowing who I was for a very, very long time. I didn't know what my passions were, I didn't know what I was interested in, what I was good at. I was mostly anxious, worried, stressed and I wasn't the happiest that I could be. I knew that there was more and that there was something missing. So the best thing that I could think of to solve this problem was to engage in constant personal growth and now, I know the power of RELENTLESS self discovery, soul searching, and really just anything to get to know yourself on a deeper level. RA is really centered on a few things,"says Rajni,"Guiding someone to understand themselves on a deep essential level, discover strengths, hidden talents, desires, passions, personality type, as well as weaknesses and dislikes. I am your unbiased brainstorming partner."
We all need a little help sometimes, especially when it comes to journeys of self- discovery. Whether your goal is to be more confident or to find fulfillment in a passion project, it can be pretty tough to figure out how to get from point A (identifying a goal) to point B (actually going after and achieving that goal). That's where a life coach comes in. We already know what a sports coach does: They help an individual or team identify a goal (i.e. winning) and then they develop a plan for that person or group. It's pretty straightforward—and the same holds true for life coaching.
Either through actual sessions, or even by using certain tools (such as the RA Mindful Journal or the 30-days self awareness challenge), we can all take action towards building an overall improved well-being for ourselves.
Rajni's 2023 mantra, "believe, learn, create & grow", is based on the same principle: infusing our daily life with positive habits, claiming our inner-power, finding clarity, direction and fulfillment.