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So I'm super excited today, cuz I'm going to be connecting you with somebody I just met probably in the last month. Maybe Paul, do we meet in the last month? Yeah. So I'm gonna connect you guys with somebody I just met in the last month and I'm super excited to share him with you all because it was a very intuitive process that we were involved in. So it'll be neat to see what comes about today. So thanks so much, Paul, for joining me.
Thank you for the invite.
Yeah. So Paul, so wa is, I'm not even gonna to say like, I'm gonna let you tell the world about, about yourself if you don't mind.
Uh , right now kind of balancing the, I would say the corporate world and the , uh , the energy energy world . So this is kind of where, where I'm at right now. Been kind of practicing, I guess, or tapping into , uh , the spirituality, the energy fee .
And then also with the more physical side of things for a few years now, it hasn't always been that way, but definitely it's been a , um , you know, like staged process , um , moving forward, getting to, you know, being curious about, about different things. So it's definitely been a , been a gradual process for me, topic into more than just, you know, this physical world.
Yeah. There's a lot to it for sure. Yes . Yeah . So on the physical world side, you're doing the daily corporate job thing just to give people some background. Um , cuz lots of people I know in my world I'm , I'm famous in my podcast world knows that I'm a recovering quit your job person. mm-hmm , , I'm recovering from that. Um , inspired action motivation place. And you work in HR actually.
Yes.
You generally would like me telling people to quit their jobs .
No, not at all. It's it's so , uh , to the , to the opposite really it's um , I think that's kind of why I went into , um , HR and I continued because it was, you know, meeting people and being able to work with them. Obviously there are some sides to HR that are always, you know, the fun part, but in the way that I've always talked about or presented myself as an HR professional, always, you know, open door policy let's, you know, come in, have a chat, there's no judgment.
And the big thing is just to kind of just , just to be open and, and , and honest with , uh , you know, the staff or whatnot . So I find that a lot of my coaching practice is kind of filtered into the, into the corporate world as well. So it's, it's not, you know, exactly where I want to be and working towards, you know, letting that go that part of my life go, but it's been, it hasn't been like during the day, this is what I do. And then at five o'clock it's a completely different person.
There is, you know, a little bit of pairing that kind of happens throughout the day. And then, you know, with, with , uh , the practice that we have, you know , with the energy healing and the life coaching and stuff like that. But I also do on the side
Totally well. And I giggle cuz I was the type of manager who would have the bottle of vitamin C at the front desk and say, poor, don't dig here. You need to fix yourselves. I can't have a six staff like come on. So I get the pairing that goes on. And the, and the just natural coaching that occurs. Did you always work in HR?
I'd say probably close to, let me just do a quick calculation here. I'd say probably at least 15, 15, 16 years. Yeah. Okay. So I guess they to give a little bit of background , um , for me and kind of how I, I ended up, you know, where I am today, you know, like I always felt, and I'm , I'm gonna tap in a little bit into the , the energy side of things and then kind of my experience as , you know, growing up as a child and stuff like that. Sure .
So, you know , I always felt that I didn't necessarily fit in and we, we put those that pressure on, on ourselves. I , it is very, very typical. You're you start off, you know, when you're born into this world, you're like a blank slate. And then you , you know, as you start experiencing things, you're quickly told, you know, no , you can't do that. Or, and then you just try to adjust.
So I , I really felt that , um , growing up where I constantly just trying to fit in and I just wanted to, to feel that I was normal. So I , I , I can remember feeling that way for a long, long time. And, and really, I just kind of started to push myself to be outside of, you know, my comfort zone. I would say probably my mid twenties . And I did it with, you know, in different areas of, of my life. So career wise , I was pushing the comfort zone, physical activity.
So, you know, just being more open-minded about trying different things , uh , from an education perspective as well. You know, I went back to school, I was 28, I think, went to university to complete my degree. And then after that I started, you know, kind of tapping more into the education on the life coaching side of things and more spiritual side of things. I've always, I guess, enjoyed pushing myself a little bit more, but I really kind of tapped into that.
I would say my mid to mid twenties . And then, you know, you just continuously evolve . As I said in the beginning, like of me was really a gradual process. It started more on the physical side of things. So definitely, you know, being more active, I started off with more on kickboxing side of things. And so that was my intro to being more , uh , active. And then after that I went, you know, kind of full spectrum, you know, over to even doing fitness competitions.
So I, I really went from not being active at all to, you know, the pendulum , the other direction completely. Yeah. And really monitoring everything and then realized that, you know, at that level, that's not where I am and it's not sustainable. Right . So then you kind of reshift again and try to find that middle ground that kind of works for you.
So that's been, you know, basically what I've been working on and trying to really have that nice and gentle flow between the , the different components of , uh , of my life.
Yeah. Cuz it is true how often we will do the pendulum swing. Like it's all or not of and uh , and, and neither are this sustainable, but sometimes it's just delight the fire underneath us to get us to change. Like you say, so.
Yeah. Yeah. And you know, growing up, I think it was just that's and I , I feel that a lot of people, and I hear that from a lot of as well, is that, you know, you , you tried something and then it was, no, you can't do that. That's not acceptable. And then you completely switch and sometimes yeah, like you said, that pendulum really goes all the way over and then you're trying that, and then that doesn't work.
So then you , it's just, again, the other side and it's kind of like a constant , uh , battle. I , I find , um , when you're, when you're young and then you're vulnerable and you're just trying to, to , to fit in. That's how I felt.
Did you grow up around Moncton or where is home for you?
No home for me is , uh , Fredericton, Fred, Fred new Brunswick.
Okay . Yeah.
Yeah. So I mean to add a little bit of context there too is my , my first language is my primary language. And at the time, you know, Fredericton is more of an Anglophone community. It's definitely there's . I would say it's probably more now , uh , more , uh , there's more French , uh , speaking , uh , individuals in , in Fredericton now, but at the time it was really , uh , mostly angle phone .
Uh , the only time they really spoke French was, you know, in a household or , uh , at school, other than that, you really had to basically fend for yourself. So there was that, and then there was also, you know, kind of struggling with , uh , my sexuality. So , um , I knew at a very young age that I was D and that , you know, I wasn't , uh , I didn't feel comfortable acknowledging it, but I am gay , anxious, I'm gay.
And it , uh , it took me a while to kind of acknowledge that and to say it out loud . So, yeah.
Well, when you're talking about societal quote , unquote norms and trying to fit in and realizing that you , you're not the Cunningham cookie cutter scenario, there's a lot of people that resonate in some way shape or form that they don't fit in. And you know, it doesn't have to have the same labels. It's just a matter of the uniqueness doesn't fit in the cookie cutter that society says.
And mm-hmm , I think that that journey is more prevalent, more prevalent as authenticity becomes a currency almost mm-hmm , , it's a buzzword right now, but as it becomes kind of the new cool, it's interesting to watch the patterns evolve in terms of how happiness correlates with authenticity and being able to feel comfortable in your skin. So good on you. There's lots there.
Yeah, definitely. And that , I mean, my philosophy is just basically everything happens for a reason. We , I went through what I went through to be able to, you know, something like this, to be able to share my story and to maybe help other people like to your point, not necessarily the exact same thing, but maybe similar feelings, similar emotions, similar thought process, et cetera . So
For sure. So on the evolution of kind of your spiritual path mm-hmm , did you have, when you were a kid, were you aware of energy?
I would say not necessarily. Like, I'm still trying to figure out like when would've been the first spark, I guess of it, but I definitely know that when I took my , um , life coaching certification, there was a lot of focus on energy. So I believe that's, mm-hmm , , that's where I would say there's a lot more stuff kind of clicked. Okay . It made sense. Yeah . So yeah, that would've been in my mid to late twenties.
I did that, but yeah , I , I , I am kind of working on that right now, as far as like, and asking questions, you know, like when was that first spark or light of, of just feeling energy or something and that's still a work in progress for me right now.
Yeah . Cool . Okay . What made you take a life coaching course?
It's kind of funny because I was actually about midway through my university degree and it just something shifted. And I was like, do I really want do this ? Do I want to continue, you know, with it? But then I was like, no, you know what? I started, I'm gonna finish it. Education is never a bad thing. So I kind of had taught myself to complete my degree. So my degree is very specific to a coaching environment.
So yes, it's a university, but there is a certificate in adult education , uh , when an HR leadership and, and business admin . So I was fortunate to be able to really tailor my degree towards a, more of a coaching , uh , training and development aspect. But like I said about, I'd say probably about halfway through my degree. I was like, I'm not sure that, you know , this is what I really am passionate about, but to go up the corporate ladder , uh , it definitely helps out.
So I started doing my , some research on what , what are different types of , um , coaching programs that I could kind of enroll in am across the , uh , Institute of integrative nutrition and what really drawn me to that is that there was different layers to the nutritionists, not just, you know, eat this, eat that, then you're gonna feel good. They really focused on the energy side of things. And this is where it kind of got into even more or like deeper and deeper about it.
You know, this is, I learned about energy than how we are surrounded and continuously giving and receiving energy. So whether you're aware of it or not, there's energy, that's surrounding us and we're either we're giving it, we're receiving it. And that's kind of why, you know, you've got that, that shift or whatnot maybe in , in your mood shift , uh , or so wings.
And, you know, that's sometimes too is just kind of like how your body's responding to all of these energies that are surrounding us. Uh , and energy is everywhere. It's in your food, it's in their relationships, it's in your career. It's like, it's just, it was very, very interesting to, to kind of go to learn about that. Um , and to really think kind of, and I'm gonna say outside the box, but I don't, it's not outside the box. It's just, it makes sense.
Right? It's the original box
Exactly. And what I liked about this course too, is that they talked about your primary foods as the energy that we either, that we are, or that we are kind of we're giving out. Uh , so those were your primary foods, as opposed to just, you know, an actual food that you eat,
People, people, people, did, you just hear what he said? , we are literally what we eat, but taking it to the energetic level, you are the happiest that you can be. If you're eating happy food, mm-hmm right. People do not take into, I do. I really do. I'm like happy eggs, eat, happy eggs. Did your chicken two major eggs eat bugs?
We're the outside, but there's, there's so much like that's a whole nother podcast, Paul, but I really wanna underline and highlight that, cuz nobody said this on the podcast. And when you talk about using intuition and food, I don't think people shop intuitively always and tune in to how happy is this? If I want happiness, how happy is the food I'm eating? Like mm-hmm and that is just something so simple when people let the penny drop.
So I'm super excited that you brought it up because I could bang on tables for a while on this, but it's huge. It's huge. And with the mental health world, and when we think about you , you really do not wanna think about what food goes through before it gets on your table, or you will be depressed, but really connecting intuitively pausing before you pick up and put it in your basket and say , how does this feel?
Or what does this let imagine what it felt like to be this living, plant, being whatever
Mm-hmm . And it's also how, you know, how do you create a, the base of it as well is just, how do you create a relationship that, that works for you? You know? So how do you create that relationship with food? How do you create, create relationship with your career with your family and friends? Um , so the core of it was really about how do you create that relationship? How do you nurture it? How does it work for you? Because a lot of times we just kind of mold ourself to the situation
Mm-hmm I don't know anything about what you're talking about.
This is a current learning. This is into the inside of my treatment with Paul. This was the learning it's it's it's real. It's mm-hmm so yeah, I , I won't get too much further into that. So making the leap into, you know, your night and morning job, talk about two feathers, if you can.
Yeah . So I'd say it's a little over a year ago now decided to, cause I was always, I was told and I felt it as well. You know, that there's, there's more that I could do than the life coaching cuz the life coaching, I was focusing more on the physical side of things, but also kind of just tapping slightly on the energy side out of things. But I knew that there was that , that I could do more.
I just didn't know how so anyways, I, I enrolled in a , uh , energy healing course and that's actually where I met my partner and yeah, so basically it's, it's, it's the person that was providing this course. Uh , she calls it basically her toolbox of, of uh , healing is that she's kind of experienced throughout the world , uh , and things that she's used. And then after that you kind of tailor towards , uh , towards yourself.
So we definitely, what we did is we, we took the , the base of that and then we developed our own. Um, and now it's to the point where, yeah, there's some base , uh , knowledge that we're using there, but it's definitely, it's all about , uh , intuition and what messages I'm hearing or feeling of what that person needs. And you know, there's a little bit of coaching that happens at the beginning.
If somebody wants to put in an intention to the healing or whatnot , then at that point, the person who's receiving the treatment is, you know, is also adding the, an intention to, to the healing. So it's kind of, it , it , it helps with the flow of energy, you know, and you don't necessarily have to be aware of it.
You can just come for healing and then kind of not really know what to, what you wanna work on and you'll , you would still get, you know, an effect , uh , on it to kind of release what no longer is, is , uh , serving you and whatever you're ready to, to let go. Mm-hmm yeah. So I mean, for two feathers we use different modalities. So a little bit with , uh , smells, sound healing. We use a lot of our , um , stones. So we use a lot of that.
We use a lot of things that you can find just in nature. So branches flowers, basically, as I said, the beginning here, a lot of everything has energy. So anything that we feel could amplify the healing, we will , uh , we use
Very cool because you know, nature knows outta you . Yes . Awesome. So I'm gonna shift gears a little bit and ask you, how does intuition come to you?
So for me, it's , um , I'm a little bit more on the physical side of things I would say. And I can just, I can usually just have a conversation with the person and I'm let them feel comfortable enough to speak out. So sometimes I'll ask questions that I'm like, where did that come from? Like if I, and I just allow myself to go there and ask and you know, somehow the right questions are asked mm-hmm .
Um , and the right questions are asked where the , my client , uh , feels comfortable, you know, opening up and then you just kind of, you keep going that way. And I mean, the universe is , is always going to at , at as much as I'm providing, you know, my clients , some support or some guidance. I truly believe that there's also an , an opportunity for me also. So to kind of, you know, practice what you preach and there's something maybe there for me to learn as well.
So, so I'm receiving the message and I'm communicating it to the client and it's more , it's like a twofold, so it's going, it's initially for the client, but then at the same time, there's, there's something there that probably that I also need to, to work on. It might not be a parent just yet, but you know, it's , it's , that's how I look at it. So it's not just a one way street.
Yeah . if I'm saying something more than twice, I'm like, oh gee. Yeah . What's the pattern.
Yeah. Yeah, exactly, exactly.
Cool. Any other stories that you'd like to share about how intuition has shown up in your life or, or when you haven't listened? Because sometimes that people perceive as not listening to our intuition as bad, but sometimes it just leads us on a teaching journey. I know I've, I've beaten people up for not listening to their intuition and again, like quit your job or whatever the case may be. And really it is about them just needing lessons. So I stop now doing that.
Yeah. Is there anything there that you would like to, or anything else you'd like to add?
I mean, definitely for me, it's important that I always, I need to connect with nature regularly. So typically we try at least, you know , once a week to get out and to , you know, to either go for a hike or just, just be outdoors. Uh , cuz I do live in the city and you know, sometimes it's as simple as, you know , hugging a tree or just, you know, sitting down in the middle of, of the forest and just , just the stillness to , to happen.
I feel that's where I get a lot of my , uh , messages that kind of come there and I do also try to meditate, you know, regularly, it doesn't necessarily happen every day , but I do try to meditate regularly and then just kind of put the intention, okay, what is it that I need to what's the focus today? Or, you know, what kind of, what are my next steps?
So from, from an intuition part of things, there's that, and then I also do some kind of mini readings , uh , myself , uh , fairly regularly as well. So what's my message today. So I've got these different Oracle cards that I use and then I'll just kind of write about, okay, what do I feel about these cards? And then usually it's just kind of, you know, the flow of what I'm feeling, what my soul is feeling.
Uh , so it's, it's just, it's kind of that's that's I guess how I would describe my, my feelings around intuition and how I receive and give messages and stuff like that. So
I love that you integrate your soul into it because that's that that's a big piece these days that's on some people's radar and not on other people's radar. So would you feel comfortable sharing a little bit more about that?
Yes. Yep . So, and actually this is just, it's a more recent focus I would say , uh , with my meditations is just to kind of open up that line of communication between my soul and my physical body. Um , and that it's not , uh , budding heads, but it's actually working together. So that has been, I would say probably the past, maybe, maybe the past month that I've really been focusing my meditation on that. So, and acknowledging that, you know, I , I want to increase my vibration.
I want to , uh , increase the presence of my , my soul and acknowledging it. And then also, you know, using my physical body as , as a vessel to kind of experience different things in life, but really the core is , uh , is , is soul.
Yeah. I think that there's a bit of a soul crisis going on mm-hmm and so I I'm really I'm glad you brought it up. I think the soul is craving acknowledgement in every person since world's mm-hmm . And so the fact that you've tapped in and started doing this in the last month is intriguing to me because there's, there's definitely a, it's almost , I see it the same as nature also needing acknowledgement more mm-hmm these days. Yes .
And I think probably two years ago when everybody was locked in their houses and they started gardening and realized how beautiful that was. And not everybody that , like, there was a pattern of a percentage of people that did that. And then this year it's like some of that has been lost. I mm-hmm with the busyness of life.
And I think that initial learning that occurred was the lesson in my humble opinion, was to slow down and get back to connected to both your soul and do , and the earth and nature. And I think right now we're like, there's a loss that's craving attention on both aspects. So I'm really glad you brought this up. So thank you. I don't know . Are you sensing the same from nature?
Yes, definitely. There's been okay . You know, like I think in the beginning, you know, like you said, two years ago, we were, it was kind of like a hard pause mm-hmm where, you know, the , the , the lockdowns and , and it was the whole world was affected by this. And I mean, it's , it still is, but you can see that there's a lot more it's everybody's not necessarily following the same beat . Let's just say so. Yeah . Uh , some places are a little bit more, a lot more relaxed.
Some are still a lot more, you know, conservative. And so to your point, yes. I , I definitely feel that , that there is a shift happening because now you're starting to get a little bit more freedom with, if you want to travel, you can, and there's less restrictions and stuff like that. So, but the , the people that really absorbed or enjoyed that downtime or , or that time to connect back to nature, I think are still on that wave and are kind of expanding on that level.
Yeah. That's good. I think there were a lot of blessings and yeah, I'm just cool . Cool, cool. Yes. Nature. The soul intuition we've covered a lot today.
Yes. Yeah , we did.
Thank you so much for sharing. I really appreciate your time today, Paul.
Oh , I guess I sent you . Thank you for having me. And it's a it's topics, I guess, that I'm very, that I'm passionate about and that I enjoy talking about. So I really appreciate this opportunity.
Yeah. Well, I imagine we'll be doing it again sometime , cuz I think there's more to talk about. Yeah,
for sure.
Perfect. Okay. Well until the next time .
Awesome. Thank you.
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