Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Anita Bangale. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Anita, appreciate you joining us today. What’s the best advice you ever gave to a client? How did they benefit / what was the result? (Please note this response is for education/entertainment purposes only and shouldn’t be construed as advice for the reader)

Be intentional. This means that first off, we have to know what our intentions are. If we don’t, we find ourselves acting in accordance with other people’s intentions or society’s intentions, which can leave us feeling unfulfilled or lost. But if we take time to find our core values and live in alignment with them, then we’re able to stay more focused and grounded.

I do think this is much easier said than done and that’s why I think coaching can be quite powerful. It’s a way to bring your deeper intentions and values to the surface—so it’s abundantly clear who you want to be and how you want to live. Coaching and being intentional has helped me make more deliberate, sometimes uncomfortable choices, but through that process, I’ve learned that we can stay more focused and committed to becoming version 2.0 of ourselves.

When I look at my own life and my clients’ lives, I realize that everyone pretty much wants the same thing: balance and connection. I used to feel that people crave joy, but I realize that it’s actually balance and connection that pave the road to joy. So if we can create the infrastructure in our lives to establish balance and form deep connections within our communities, joy will naturally follow. I think when life becomes imbalanced, our relationships become stressed, we lose homeostasis, and that’s when we struggle. So the key is to dig deep into hobbies and people – social prescription, essentially.

Putting training and knowledge aside, what else do you think really matters in terms of succeeding in your field?

Curiosity and the ability to ask for help. I used to feel that in order to be successful, or be perceived as successful, I had to do the work myself and acquire knowledge independently. I found that collaborating with other leaders and other people across different fields that share the same vision and purpose, allows us to multiply our impact. Most people who are growth-minded reflect inward to create an outward impact—and I try to surround myself with people who want to make a difference.
I’ve learned that asking questions of other people who are successful in their fields helps both of us. And that’s really because most people are happy to share personal insights and experiences in order to help others.

Have you ever had to pivot?

During the peak of the Covid pandemic, I could tell that I was struggling with symptoms of burnout. On one hand, I took tremendous pride in being able to care for anyone at everyone in the emergency department, day or night. On the other hand, the stress and strain of working overnights impacted my ability to serve my family in the way I wanted to. I knew that I still loved caring for patients and I still loved the adrenaline rush of working in the emergency department, but I knew that some thing had to change in order for me to sustain my career as an emergency physician. So I got curious and ask myself, why I continue to practice in the hospital and then trauma centers. My answer was that I loved working in teams and I love being able to think on my feet so I asked myself another level of why. And I kept asking myself why almost like a toddler, and at the core of it, I realize that I was staying at the hospital to satisfy my ego, and to satisfy what I thought other people expected of me I had trained for so many years and trained so hard to serve in this capacity and it took me a lot of thinking try understand that I had trained to serve patients not to serve in a certain role to satisfy my ego. And once I realized that the pattern I was setting myself up for is actually more harmful than beneficial, that gave me solid permission to create a shift and start my coaching practice. I’m still able to continue taking care of patients in the emergency department and work with teams of incredible nurses, but I’m able to do it in a way that sustainable in a way that multiplies my energy to want to do more.

Contact Info:

• Website: Www.anitaBangale.com
• Instagram: @anita_bangale_

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CHRISTA ELYCE