Renee-France LeBlanc was my guest May 28, 2019. She is the Creative Director and owner of Greenlight Design. Renee-France and I were joined by her dog Ziggy in her home. There is a story to Ziggy and how she arrived in Renee-France’s life. Intuitively lead and meant to be I would say. Renee-France and I discuss how she got into her business and how intuition supports everything she does in her role as Creative Director. We have worked together for roughly 13 years and I have to say I’m not surprised by how she works after she explained her process to me. She makes it so easy to work together because it is like she knows what I want without me being able to describe it. 

Renee-France also speaks to how making career choices can be a difficult process but if we just go where it feels like home, we will always be in the right place. 

Renee-France “I have for a long time felt things so vibrations that bring me into my areas of where I create and how I create so if I meet someone I bring that feeling with me when I go to work. It is difficult to understand in that sense because you know you can be a designer and you can learn to be a designer and you can go to school to do that and some people have incredible talent. But it is another thing to make sure that the business reflects exactly what the message needs to say…. I just let it happen. It’s something that is within me I can’t really explain. You know people have told me that they like my work and I don’t really know why I have that talent or where it comes from but I just let it happen I guess is what I want to say.”

Heather “Has there been a time when you haven’t listened.

Renee-France "Yes and it’s not been good. It has kicked me in the butt when I don’t listen to what I need to listen to. There’s been a few times where I’ve made decisions that in my gut knew was wrong even though people were telling me it was right and it wasn’t.”

Renee-France “So I suddenly decided that I needed a pet and I for some reason went on Kijiji. And Someone had mentioned to me that there was a cat rescue place here in town and I couldn’t find the cat rescue place. I just google it real quick. But I did stumble upon Kijiji. So I thought I will find a cat on Kijiji. And I start googling cats and this little one for whatever reason pops into the search. 

Heather- OH my gosh if that’s not divine.

Renee-France “So I didn’t really think about getting a dog. I knew what dogs were I knew they were a huge responsibility. I’m not the type of person that would have ever thought about getting a dog in my life But I for whatever reason clicked on this ad and as ridiculous as it sounds I fell in love.”

Renee-France’s favourite books these days are Built to Sell by John Warillow
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You can find Renee-France LeBlanc and her team at Greenlight Design at

https://www.greenlightdesign.ca/

Renee-France's Bio:
Renée became the CFO and Creative Director forming Greenlight Design, an emerging design agency taking raw talent and showcasing potential. Serving business, corporate and associations, her award-winning designs build new audiences for her customers and create award-winning marketing initiatives.
 
 Renée has built a solid portfolio of clients ranging from national organizations, large corporations, small business start-ups and special events. Renée is able to serve a vast spectrum of industries and sectors. She is thrilled to share her knowledge with new entrepreneurs. She is also a proud member of the esteemed Graphic Designers of Canada (she takes her business very seriously).
 

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Kari Stultz was my guest on April 14, 2019 and during our time together we talk about how returning to her roots through an intuitive nudge about foraging brings her joy. She also shares how she has to negotiate with her critical brain to follow her intuition recently when she took 2 years away from her role in the local school division. She also makes the connection how much the energy of others or her environment impact her intuition. Is energy intuition? I think in the context she is speaking about it, absolutely. I believe many people can learn about tools she has incorporates to support her as energy gives her her intuition. 

Kari “It’s always been that way. And for the longest time I had no idea that that was happening so I would be inundated with this information that I didn’t realize other people weren’t necessarily processing. Once you figure out that that is actually happening to you, it takes a little time to adjust but I think that everything has an energy signature so ya I’m getting an energy signature from people but I’m curious if I’m getting the same information from people as well. If that’s why I have noticed those pieces. I’m not sure. I think I need a little more time to let my critical brain wrap its mind around those things because well you know what I’m like. There’s my intuition piece and my critical brain and they often like fight it out. “

Kari “It really comes in as just a knowing. I just have information that I’m not sure how it got there and a lot of the times I even question whether I’ve made it up or if it’s actual information. Now through trial and error I found out a lot of the times it is very accurate. When it just happens I find myself I can be really logical and I find myself fighting with it. That doesn’t make sense. Why do you think you know that? Why is that happening? Why are you responding to that because of something you feel? I’m doing it less now though.”

Kari  “I think I deal a lot with energy and sometimes it gives me an insight into something whether you want to call that intuition. Some people I guess would. But I think for me it’s pretty energy based. “

Kari’s favourite book on her wall of books is A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
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Here is the link to her foraging and herbal medicine courses through The Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine

https://chestnutherbs.com/

Plant that helps with PTSD and trauma – Ghost pipe even sitting with helps. 

Kari's Bio:
Kari Stultz is an Artist, Educator, Adventure-seeker and Nature-Lover but feels these are best summed up as a Learner. She is a Teacher by trade and has recently started a journey back to her roots. She also enjoys spending time creating, with her recent focus being on salves, tinctures and tonics. These medicines are created in her kitchen with plants from her garden and from her foraging adventures. Combining these loves with her intuition has been amazing. She lights up just talking about it.

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Natalie Lockhart was my guest Jan 17, 2019 and we talked about the inner battle between intuition and the reality of what is good on paper or good for the real world responsibilities. Natalie is just like so many on the planet who has done this battle and lived to tell the tale. We talk about tools she uses to cope in her busy life like the “practice” of meditation. We also speak about her company Heads Up Society and how the world needs her message of less technology to be more present and potentially more productive. 

Here are some quotes from today’s podcast. 

Natalie “Yep When I listen to my intuition regarding anything It does my life is just simpler.”

Natalie “My body was saying I needed some kind of a release. In my mind I always wanted to go to a shooting range to a firing range. That’s how my body reacted to me not listening to my intuition was I need to do something to release this rage. This whatever was happening and it is sits in my belly and it sat there for years and I was never really sure what that actually meant. That’s what it looked like for me. “

Heather “The Heads Up Society is filling your intuition.

Natalie “Exactly So now I have an out because I have found something that doesn’t feel like work and that’s really cool. And that’s for the first time ever. That I have spent my 20 plus years as an adult just kind of searching figuring out my way and my journey and it’s lead me to this moment. AHH”

I love learning what people are reading because it tells me a little bit more about them. Natalie’s favourite book these days is War of Art by Steven Pressfield because it explains the journey and the struggle of doing any kind of creative work. 
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For more information about Natalie’s company Heads Up Society you can find her at 

https://www.facebook.com/headsupsociety/  look up her tech truths and more

Or you can find her under 

https://natandmarks.com/

Natalie's Bio:
A full time job, a part-time business, a mom of two girls and wife to an amazing man,  this lady has it together! 

Creator of the GYST Formula, Nat & Marks help women (and men) get their shit together in 7 specific areas of their lives.  From morning routines, to eating healthy, to goal setting and creating healthy technology boundaries, this Daily Routine has a little something for us all.  

Her key belief is that mediocrity is running rampant in our society, and with a few tweaks we can all achieve the greatness that lives inside us.  

Why settle for average when GREATNESS is within your reach!  

www.natandmarks.com

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Why a podcast about intuition? I want to have more people realize that we all have this tool.  Why is intuition so important? What are ways we can connect to our own intuition? What are different ways of seeing intuition? These are questions I want to help you answer.

This podcast was recorded 6 months into this process of birthing See’rs, Be-ers, Knowers and Doers. It is with a bit of hindsight and intuition about the why I’m doing this podcast. Here are some quotes from today’s podcast. 

“My nephew asked me the other day ‘What is intuition?’ He’s 21.  When I was talking to him about my podcast he was like ‘what is intuition’? And my definition to him was a feeling, knowing or sense of things when you don’t have proof or you can’t explain why. I think we have all had that before. In fact, I know we have all had that before.”   

“It’s always interesting to me to hear other people’s stories about their intuition because they’re so diverse and in some ways so profound and in other ways so simplistic on how they come about and what they have brought that person to in the end.”

“It is to tap into this early warning system, this GPS, this system that is innately given to us, divinely lead that is helping us reach our ultimate goals, our purpose in life, to stay as healthy as we can and keep us in line with the people and tribe that we are supposed to be working with on this planet called earth.”

There is no guest on today’s podcast but with each podcast I want to give you a bit more insight into the person who is just like you and me. I find the books we spend time with or that are our favourites can give us a peek inside what makes a person tick. 

My favourite childhood book is The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
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My favourite book as an adult a difficult one in pick. Here's one that left a big impression
Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan 
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I’ve come and gone and come again with my own intuition but life is definitely better in all ways now that I’m back on track. 

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Heather's Bio:
Heather Drummond of Healing Vitality lives on the east coast and is from the west coast. Heather is a naturopath with training in natural nutrition, acupuncture, orthomolecular medicine, various energy work techniques and Bach Flower Remedies. She is also a student of this thing called LIFE. After 14 years in the corporate world, she shifted gears based on a intuitive nudge and has been working in the holistic industry ever since. Heather enjoys helping others 'fix themselves'. She also loves being in the woods or at the beach with a camera in hand or simply enjoying time with family and friends.

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