Hello and welcome back to another episode of Let It Flow. I am so happy to be back on the mic because quite honestly, you guys, I think it's been about a month since I've actually recorded because I skipped last week for reasons that we will dive into in this episode and the couple before that I had prepped. So it's been a long time since I've just yapped with you. And for those of you that are new here and don't know who I am, my name is Alexis.
I am a podcaster, content creator, human design reader, and yeah, 28 year old girly living in Minneapolis figuring out life as we go. So I'm here to just share my learnings around mindset, personal growth, self discovery and everything in between. I'm into all sorts of different
topics. So I love that this is a platform that I can just converge all of them and bring on people that inspire me and have expertise in different areas because OK, you guys, I'm a Taurus sun, Libra moon, Aquarius rising Taurus. I'm like, I love beauty, I love fashion. I went to school for fashion. I I love all of that and I love mindset spirituality, but I also have an Aquarius rising. So I'm into kind of the goofy things and I love tech. I love AII love like anything
that's a little bit out there. So it's just a mix of all sorts of different things. And so this platform brings me so much joy that I get to just do whatever the heck I want over here. And you're all along for the ride and you seem to love it. So I appreciate you so much for being here. And this episode is really special to me. I've been looking forward to recording this for days now, but I've been waiting for the emotions and energy to settle a little bit because there's been
a lot of change. I don't know if your life and emotions have been like rocked lately. I don't know what's going on in the astrology world that's happening. Or maybe it's just, you know, Earth getting the best of us, that there's just been so much going on and just a lot of energy moving through. So if you've been feeling it, I've been feeling it, I'm going through it with you and we will survive this episode. Today I wanted to focus on your passion is your talent.
And this actually came inspiration from Anna Sattar. She's my favorite content creator. If you don't know who she is, I feel like you have to live under a rock because I feel like she's everywhere. But also our algorithms are different. But if you are a mid to late 20s girly and like happy content, I feel like she's just the star of the show. I love every single video she puts out. And this one was kind of a longer one, just her talking to
the camera. And she doesn't do it very often, but I know anytime she does, it's something good. And she was just talking about your passion is your talent. And so many people say, and maybe you're guilty of this. I know I've been guilty of this of Oh yeah. Like I enjoy that, but I'm not good at it. Like, like there's so many people. I feel like when it comes to artistic things in particular, people will say, oh, I love painting, but like I suck at it.
Or I took a pottery class and it was so much fun, but like, I'm so bad at it. Like no one cares if you're bad at it. Also, that's subjective, especially in art. But I think that our passions are downplayed a lot in society because we're told that we need to have a degree. We need to have that piece of paper. We need to have someone else's stamp of approval on what we're good at and what we're qualified to do and what we're not qualified to do.
And she just talked about and gave a story from her life of she went to school for engineering and then went to school for her masters in film, which just didn't make any logical sense on paper. But now for what she's doing, it all led to the right place. But she was kind of talking about that like going through high school and she was praised for being good at science and math. And so she was like, OK, sure, I'll do engineering. But it like wasn't where her passion was.
It was just what she was good at. And then she got through that and felt like something was missing. So then she decided to go into film. And she had a professor that complimented her writing when in high school, her English literature teachers were like, Oh my gosh, you're, you kind of suck at this. She got to her master's program and she had one professor that believed in her and said that she was good at that. And it just really hit home because that was where her passion lied.
But everybody in the past had said that she wasn't really good at it. So she kind of discounted it and was like, oh, I guess I won't write films or anything. And I know that now she's passionate about that and she's kind of showing her journey of doing it. And it's so fun to watch because she is learning as she goes. And I think more of us need to lean into that and do that.
Because your passion can totally lead you to where you need to be. And you don't need anyone else's stamp of approval on it, as long as you have the passion behind it to keep going and just always push through. This really hit home for me because in the last week I have gotten a job offer, a full time job offer. They weren't even hiring for full time. I interviewed kind of on a whim and I got in my head a little bit about I don't have a degree for this.
I don't have any proof that I would be good at this, even though that's so not true. I do have proof, it's just not the proof that my mind is telling me I need to have, if that makes sense. So for context, the position is basically marketing coordinator, Marketing director for a startup. And I, I read the job description and was like, Oh my God, was this literally written for me? Because it's every part of the
creation process that I enjoy. And I'm passionate about the company and what they stand for and what they're teaching and doing. And I was so lit up by it. And OK, I feel like I need to, I need to rewind a little bit to how this even came about, but I just decided, you know what? I've hit two years at my current position at Lifetime at the gym, and I just can't do it anymore. I need a change.
I need a new chapter. I need something that is going to put me in the direction of the life I want to create. And I just told my manager, you know what? I'm cutting back my hours. It didn't make sense. I freaked out about it because I was like, logically this doesn't make sense. Do I have the money to spare to cut back hours? I'm like, logically, no, like, I don't know. I also feel like a lot of times
our minds will never. I feel like it's a human trait to think that you never have enough money. Like financially, I don't know. So there's that. But I was like, you know what? I need to cut back hours because nothing is going to come in if I don't have the space on my plate to let anything else in. So I made that decision before I had the opportunity, which is really scary.
And that's another way that you can leap before you're ready is just making the space for something else to come in. And the minute I did that, then all of a sudden I went to this crystal store opening with my roommate and some other people that I knew, which happened to end up being now the person that offered me the job. And I just opened myself up and said, hey, I am making space in my calendar this summer.
If you have any projects that you think my talents would be useful for, just throw me on them. Throw it my way. I'm open. Wasn't asking for money, wasn't asking for a job. I was just like, I need an outlet. I need something new to pivot. And she just said, hey, I think my marketing girl is hiring an assistant or another position. I'll send something your way. And she sent it to me. I read the description was like home. What like did they did she go home and like secretly write
this about me for me? I'm so confused because it was just very, very aligned with a mix of things that I know how to do and a perfect mix of things that I don't know how to do and that I can learn. And I think that's really important in looking for a position that you can step into confidently, but also grow into and expand yourself.
So credentials are great, but your passion behind something and your obsession and dedication to stepping down a path even though you might not have everything together is so much more important and can create like such better results because you actually have that passion behind it.
Just because there's not a degree doesn't mean that you don't know how to do it. Just think of how many things you've consumed over the years, whether that's books or podcasts and hobby is just things that you find interesting that have maybe nothing to do with the job that you're doing. And you're looking for a life pivot.
But you're like, Oh no, like that's not what I'm qualified to do. I think fucked up for, sorry for language, but you have put so much energy into learning how to do this one thing or consuming content around this thing that really lights you up and inspires you. And we cannot discount our passions and our obsessions. You have an honorary degree in the thing that you're obsessed with. OK. I do not have a degree in social media, in marketing, in management, in sales. I don't know.
I don't know anything from structured education about any of those things. I've just put myself in a position for the last two years to be selling a luxury gym membership. I've gotten really good at it. That has taught me speaking skills, it's taught me people skills, it's taught me sales skills that I did not learn from an institution. I've also just been obsessed with social media. I've followed content creators, content managers. I interned for social media
manager for a little bit. I helped somebody with their content even though I had no idea what I was doing. I've all self-taught on all of those things, but it's an obsession and I have more practice and expertise in that than I probably would have if I even went for a degree in in
something like that. So even though you don't have the piece of paper that you can wave and say, hey, I showed up at this desk or in this auditorium for four years straight, your practice and your obsession means so much more than that. I just want to get that across.
I love drawing the line between everything that I've gone through and where it's led me. And I'm sure that you can do the same thing with your life of where you're currently at and all the things that led you there and all the things and detours that you you thought you were taking. But the detour was actually the thing you needed to do to get you to XYZI. Love connecting the dots.
And I for the last few years have felt so confused and have had conversations with the universe, with God, angels. I'm just like, why am I learning all these things that seem to have no relation to anything like why did I go to school for fashion if I wasn't going to end up going into the fashion industry? Why am I interested in human design? Why do I love mindset? Why do I like sales now? Why do I like?
Why do I feel like my path is so curvy topsy turvy and looking around me, it seems like other people just kind of know what they want to do, which is so not true That's that's false fake news. If you feel like everybody else knows what they want because everyone is on that topsy turvy path, whether you can see it or not. I just didn't understand why all of these seemingly random things
were coming together. I was like, how does human design reader go with social media management, go with sales, go with AI, go with I just don't get it. And now in this role, you guys, I'm shook to my core by how aligned this position is. And I'm just so excited to see where it leads. And I'm sure give me 10 years from now, I'm going to look back to this moment when I said yes to this thing that seems crazy and it's going to lead me down. Like it all leads you exactly where you need to be.
But basically this position is all about kind of getting my eyes on their social media content plan. It's about helping them get active on LinkedIn. It's about using one piece of content and maximizing it into multiples so that we can get the creator founder visible on socials. I'm like easy done. I know how to do that. And it's also an AI company. So we are leveraging AI to do that.
And we have a an AI version of her that will create the content so I don't have to kill myself over writing out these captions for somebody and putting my energetic self into their voice. That is what drains me. I would prefer to just critique and get the post out, and that's essentially what I need to do. We also have e-mail lists and funnels and sequences and things to work on, which I've all learned through.
I can't even tell you guys I should go back and count how many different coaching programs I've been a part of. But I've conceptually learned a lot about all of this, the marketing, the funnels and everything. But I've never actually gotten to implement it because my business hasn't been at a point where I wanted to do all of that
yet. But I'm so excited to see it on the back end and help this company thrive and see what level we can take it to. Because she is going for the moon and I'm so excited to be on the team beside them. And I am definitely somebody that has discounted my skills.
Any friends listening are probably like, yes, you're yes, my friends come at me. They're like, you know, so much more than you think you do. And in my acceptance call this week, it was so validating to have my new boss basically talk to me about I I just asked what's on your plate that is stressing you out right now? Like what's the next step? What vision do you see that you think that I could help with?
And she's like, well, I want to get your eyes on XYZ and da da, da, da and have her having her say we want your expertise on this and it and just validating that my expertise is something that I have just been obsessed with. It has not been a structured training. It has not been a certificate. It has not been anything quote official, but it is so damn official. It is official inside me, inside how I see things, in how I put my judgment on a structure, on a system, on how I organize
things, on how I design things. It has been a gradual, gradual practice every day of even consuming like one piece of content, learning from people that inspire me and I have pieced together the skills that I need that make me so uniquely perfect for this role and even cooler. So we got the social media, we got marketing, we got, I mean, they're they're selling something. So there's some sales in there with how we need to structure the content and the launches and it's AI based.
And she is also very passionate about spirituality. So the woo woo part of me is so obsessed and every person on the team has had a human design reading and they're obsessed with personality tests and all sorts of other things. It's all about just making you the best, most optimized version of yourself that you can be. That's like her ideal goal. And so she wants to make people better while while using tech. The whole thing, I'm just, I feel like I'm making this up.
I feel like I'm describing some fake job that doesn't exist, but I get to do it now. But I'm so freaking pumped and just to see where it goes and like maybe this last three months, maybe it lasts 3 years, maybe 3 decades, maybe this is like a long term thing, who knows. Like I have no idea where this is leading and you can't know.
So it's just about taking the leap and trusting that this is going to connect me with the right people with the right opportunities, and the path will start to reveal itself. All of this is to say that your natural curiosity can lead to so many opportunities if you just open yourself up and talk about it. Don't discount your interests and think that other people don't want to hear about them. What if you just assumed that everyone wanted to hear what
you're passionate about? That would change so many conversations. You would get deeper faster. Like just ask people, have you ever heard of XYZ or what are your thoughts on this thing? Like maybe it's somebody that you would never think ever, ever would be interested in the thing that you're bringing up. You would be so surprised. They're like, Oh my gosh, you're into that too. Yes, that opens the door. That's so exciting. So notice what lights you up and that's usually your greatest
asset. And then share your obsessions. Don't be afraid to say it to people when I bring up human design. Some people I just kind of playoff their energy. If somebody else brings it up, they're like, I hear you're a human design reader, like what's that all about? And they're genuinely interested. I'll go deep into it. We could talk about it for 30 minutes. If somebody is like, what? And their energy is clearly detached, I'm not going to try to force it on them.
That's fine. But what's important is that I've finally grown the confidence to talk about it and be like, yeah, this is me. This is a part of me and this is something I'm interested in. You can like it or you don't have to, but I'm not forcing you to talk to me about it. But the people that I do share it with, I've made so many connections through it where people are like, Oh my gosh, I've seen this on TikTok and I'm so curious, what can you tell me? What am I?
And it just sparks conversations. And then that gives you the opportunity to ask for the door to open. Don't be afraid to ask for what you want. I think that's a huge lesson that so many of us need to learn, that you can ask for opportunities. You don't have to sit there and be like, why is this happening to me? When are things going to change? You have permission to take action on that too. And if you don't, you could sit
there forever. You can stay exactly where you're at. Your subconscious knows that you are fed, you are getting some source of income. You are relatively safe because you're alive. Your mind will keep you exactly where you are unless you decide, hey, this is not for me anymore. And something that has really helped me in these situations because right now, I'm not going to lie, I had a little freak out the other day. I was on a run and I got lost. So part of it was because I got
lost. Part of it was because I was in my head thinking, Oh my gosh, what am I doing? I'm accepting a position that I don't know if I'm qualified for and this is going to change things. And I don't know where I'm going. Like, I don't know what the security is going to look like, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. My mind was going crazy. But what if we pivoted? And instead of saying this decision to take this new position is risky, how risky is it for you to stay exactly where you are?
If you were exactly where you are a year from now, how would that make you feel? That one question can give you all the answers you need. I know you just felt something. Either you felt ecstatic, like, yes, I would love to be exactly where I am. This is great. Like we're going to keep growing or thriving. Or maybe like me, you're in a spot where the idea of being exactly where you are a year from now fires you up and you're like, no, I'm not doing this anymore.
I can't do this anymore. It is bad for me. It is unhealthy for me. It is not helping me. It is not helping me thrive to stay exactly where I am for another year. And you're not going to do it. And once you realize that, it shifts something in your mind where your mind is saying staying exactly where you are is safe to in what ways is staying exactly where you are unsafe? How is it holding you back? How is it blocking you and getting really clear on both sides of the coin?
And just considering that can unlock an entire part of your brain that you didn't even know existed, where it's like, Oh my gosh, I was, I've been blind this whole time. Why have I not considered this? It's funny how society makes you feel like sticking with the status quo is safe. And I think that if there's one thing that 2020 taught us is that everything has some level of risk to it.
The people that thought they were so secure in their corporate jobs that were giving them that financial security and all of that, that just suddenly lost it because there were no jobs to be had. Everything involves risk. So people that say one thing is safer than the other, you need to just pause for a second and say what is safest for me? What is right for me? How much risk do you want to take? What feels aligned and not not
pay attention to anybody else? Take their opinions with a grain of salt and people that you trust. But honestly, you need to know who are your board of directors? Who in your life are you inspired by that are going to support you and you know, cut the shit and just give it to you straight. Who are you going to for advice and whose advice do you not care about? Like, why are we taking advice from people that are not living
lives that we want to live? Why are we taking advice from people that are not qualified in the field that we're going into? Why are we asking for advice from people who we already know what they're going to say? Don't go to those people that are not thinking big like you are. Don't go to those people that you know are going to shit on your idea and you know how it's going to go.
Like stop going to them. Come up with the people that you know you go to for developing your life, the people that stretch you, the people that are living the life that you want to live. Make that board of directors and
go to them. Don't let society's traditional path hold you back from embracing your true strengths, even if it doesn't seem like your strengths go together, that it just doesn't seem to make sense because they don't all line up on paper and make a perfect description of where you should go and who you should be. It is so uniquely you and you are so uniquely qualified for exactly what you're here to do.
It is very difficult, I will admit, to see that when you are living it, when you are the person in the vessel. That is all of these things. It's so hard to see, but I know that you can resonate with you. Look at your friend and you're like, obviously that makes so much sense. Or maybe your friends look at you. I know mine look at me and they think obviously, duh, like that. That's exactly what you're supposed to do.
Like we can see all the skills you have and it's so obvious to see the skills and other people and and their passions and how it perfectly lines up for them. But it's really hard to see in yourself. And that is why who you surround yourself with is so freaking important. And having those people that call you out and say this is this is not the best that you can do. I have a little side comment story.
Love my roommate so much. She called me out the other day and I was manifesting something just kind of writing down the dream vision and I was writing down some monetary goals. And I told her I read it to her as we do. And she's like, Alexis, that should be your basement. What are you even talking about? And like what I wrote, I was like, oh, yeah, like that's kind of expansive. She goes, no, absolutely not. She's like, make that so much bigger. That is your basement.
And I was like, oh, my God, you're, you're so right. I was called out. I was playing safe in my vision because your subconscious loves to just keep you in that one spot that knows that you're safe. OK so I got that job offer last week and This is why I skipped
posting an episode last week. I was supposed to record 1 and I was absolutely emotionally wrecked because on the same day I got the job offer, but then also was talking to the guy that I've been talking to and we decided to kind of cut things, which was conflicting because I was in a text chain feeling so sad. And then in an e-mail chain being like, yeah, I can't wait to start so exciting.
And I can't even tell you how weird and conflicting that was of I couldn't tell if I was crying because I was happy, because I was sad. It was both. It was waves of both. And I just didn't even know what to do with myself. I was a complete mess. And so this is where I'm saying if you've been feeling crazy lately or you've had a lot of different things going on, you are totally not alone. And I don't think we talked about holding dual emotions very much.
I feel like we say, oh, we're having like a good day or a bad day, but I don't even have the words for how to describe the complexity of being excited and sad all at once.
It's just weird for the entire nervous system because you're celebrating on one end that like something I've been manifesting forever is dropping in. And then at the same time, I think there's also something to be said of stepping into the power of, hey, this is an isn't what I want or will accept in a relationship and stepping into a new version.
I feel like I was stepping into the version of myself that I know myself to be. And then I'm moving toward and stepping into in two different areas of my life at the same time. And it was a lot to be completely honest and being able to sit there and hold space for both emotions was I, I don't even know, like I was going to say aggressive. It was like aggressive on the nervous system. I'm not going to lie.
I got home and I just felt so almost numb because I would go through waves of happy, sad, happy, sad. And just knowing that it's OK to be sad when something good has happened and, and happy when something bad is happening and just let it be and not try to explain yourself if that's happening. And on the job side of things, I love where I work right now. I love my Co workers. I love the life I've built for myself.
And at the same time, I know that there's a new chapter starting for me that needs to happen to keep moving toward my highest potential. And that is OK. And I think I've talked about it a million times on this podcast, but it's such a blessing to leave something when it's so good. I think it's easier to leave when something's bad, obviously, because you have reasons to leave. You're like, I'm not doing this anymore. And you can be kind of that angry, slam the door type of leaving.
But it is so difficult to leave something when your heart is still there and know that it is still for the best. It's kind of that bittersweet transition. And knowing when it's time to do that is really hard because we're not taught that. We're not taught when to leave a good thing. We're taught when to leave a bad thing all the time. I mean, we're told that all the
time on social media, in person. Just like if it doesn't serve you, let it go. But what if it has been serving you and you're just calling in something new? That is a completely different experience. So just know that we're in it together and it is completely OK to make peace with. Hey, I am so happy and blessed and grateful for where I've been, what's happened for me, But at the same time, I'm calling in the next level, the next chapter. I'm calling in more because you
do deserve more. Even though you have so much right now, you do deserve more always. You have permission to ask for more. You have permission to call in more, manifest more. You do not have to limit yourself because things are good enough for you. OK, you can always expand. You have permission to do that. Few final questions surrounding your passion and talents. What do you constantly think about or obsess over? And it doesn't have to make sense. It doesn't have to be something
that is school related. Like I feel like we always think, OK in the realm of science, math, history, English literature. No, it can literally be like you obsessed over. I don't even know why. I'm just coming up. I have a friend who's obsessed with Pokémon cards. I don't know, he's obsessed with Pokémon. I don't know, that's his obsession. I'm obsessed with AI and social media and some people are obsessed with makeup and you can
be obsessed with anything. What is the thing that you could watch content on day and night? Maybe it's a certain genre of music, maybe it's playing an instrument, maybe it's art, maybe it's cars, maybe it's, I don't even know. It could be literally anything. But what do you constantly think about or obsess over? And I want you to reflect on how long have you had that obsession? Because I bet you've learned a ton about it.
And I bet you people come to you for advice on it and ask you questions and you are so much more qualified to do something with that then you think you are. Question #2 if you trusted yourself fully, what leap would you take? Disregard everything else. What leap would you take if you just knew it was going to work out? If you knew that you were going to make this decision and the right people, places, and things would come into your life because of it, what would you do
right now? How are you letting external voices influence decisions you know are right for you? How are you letting external voices influence your decisions even when you know that the decision is right for you? Are you going to those people that you know don't serve you? Are you going to those people that aren't going to understand what you want out of life? Because that is not the level that they're living at. Be honest with yourself.
Be honest with yourself. Be so for real with yourself. The last thing I want to leave you with is that you are your own compass. Your passions are your compass. You're more talented than you think. Your obsession is your internal GPS. Don't discount the little pings that you get day-to-day to Google something, to watch the YouTube video, to go to the
place to talk to that person. Those are the little whispers from the universe, from God leading you exactly where you need to be. And all of the feelings and the uncertainty and complexity that you feel when you think you're going to make this decision and make a change means that you're on the edge of something so expansive that is going to take you to the next level. I promise you that, and you are so brave. I want to leave you with that.
You're so brave for staying in the job that you know provides security for you and your family. You're so brave for staying there. You're so brave for doing your passion on the side. You're so brave for pursuing your passion full time. You're so brave for taking the lesson, for learning the skill, for practicing. You are so brave in everything that you do, and you are so capable of changing things if they need to be changed. You're also so capable of
pushing through. If you know that you need to stay exactly where you are right now, that is OK too. I want to give you that permission. I know that I talk a lot about making change and moving forward and manifesting something new. But at the same time, one of my mantras this year is allowing stability to expand me, which
has been such a lesson. And it's been so true to just let myself be here and not think about leaving, not think about moving, not think about, you know, who, where can I escape to And just see how deeply can I nourish the friendships that I have here and the network that I have here. And look what happened. Look what happened. I am so freaking grateful. So stability is also very expansive. This feels so good.
I loved a good chat. There is a lot to catch up on and I know I'll have more details soon and share more soon. There's just T's that need to be crossed and i's that need to be dotted on the other side of things. But I'm excited to get into this role, see what I can do, and I just am excited to challenge myself in a new way. So you'll be the first to hear how that all goes. But with that, I will end this
episode. And I just wanted to throw it out there that my human design readings are discounted at the moment because I've been talking to a lot of you, a lot of friends, a lot of family acquaintances that want a human design reading because I'm going through a transition. A lot of you are going through transitions. There's been a lot of energy around relationships and around career and just pivotal moments. I don't know what it is about this summer astrology. Ashley will know a ton more.
Also, if you haven't popped into the astrology episodes that we do each season, please do. Ashley lays out the Astro forecast every season for us so we know exactly how to move forward. We have some prompts in there. Celebrity archetypes also just like kind of helps you learn more about astrology if you're interested in it, but there's just a lot of energy going on right now.
So if you want a human design reading to understand how your energy works, how your intuition works, and where your opportunities are going to come from and be magnetized to you, I would love to give you a reading. They're an hour long. We talk about whatever it is
that you want to talk about. I give you kind of high level overview of definitions of things and like what your chart is made-up of. But then also, I love talking to people in the readings about what's going on in your life and how can human design actually help you move through that thing so customized to you. That link will be in the show notes. Of course, you can always find me over on Instagram to Destination X Alexis. But I will see you in the next episode.
I have a lot of fun guests coming up. There's a lot of recordings going on this week and I'm so excited for you to hear from them. But I hope you have the best week ever. Summer is finally here. Go lay in the sun for me. Love you so much. Bye as always, I just want to say a huge thank you for being here and being a part of the Letiflo community. If you feel called to leave a rating or review, I would love to hear your thoughts. I read every note. Come hang out with me on
socials. You can find me over on Instagram at Destination X Alexis. I will link all current offers in the show notes below, including the booking link to book your human design reading with me. And with that I will catch you in the next one. Bye.