We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Amanda Mcgreer. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Amanda below.

Amanda, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Was there an experience or lesson you learned at a previous job that’s benefited your career afterwards?

When I called to tell my mother that I’d accepted a lending trainee position at a family-owned bank, she immediately started crying. Puzzled, as these were not tears of joy, I asked her why that upset her. She replied, “Because women cannot move up in banking.” I assured her that was outdated thinking. I temporarily retained my confidence but the seed took root.

As a child growing up in the rural Midwest, I heard unspeakable stories from my mom regarding her own experience in a male-dominated workforce. She bottled up her grief and powerlessness and kept trudging forward as our family could not afford to miss a paycheck, and the opportunities for a woman without a college education were very limited. Therefore, the seed was planted years before I started working at the bank.

My first few years reflected my tenacity, confidence, and fearlessness that grew alongside that seed. My skewed perception led me to believe that work had to come first if I was to advance my career. Shortly thereafter, I got pregnant. I took a 6-week maternity leave for not only financial reasons but to ensure that I continued to get career opportunities. My son’s daycare provider often closed, and he was colicky, regularly sick, and so was I. No one worked remotely back in those days, and I constantly felt the stressful dichotomy of needing and wanting to care for my son and not wanting my motherly side to interfere with work opportunities.

I recall countless examples of how this seed and other limiting beliefs continued to grow and overshadow my confidence in subsequent years. Overtime, I found myself “getting by” versus thriving in what seemed like all areas of my life. My confidence shrunk to the point that I tried to avoid the heavy hitters such as the bank’s Chief Credit Officer at all costs. Anytime I spoke to him, I felt belittled and disrespected. When speaking to customers or anyone else for that matter, I spoke confidently with a quick wit, but with the CCO, I froze, my brain scrambled, and my voice stuttered.

During an especially grueling loan approval, which required a tremendous amount of communication with the CCO, I felt debilitatingly anxious anytime I spoke to him. In tears over lunch one day, I journaled about the situation. I reflected on my body’s automatic reaction to a relatively harmless conversation. It dawned on me that no one makes me feel some way – I allow myself to feel a certain way. I asked myself why – why do I feel this way? This was on me to answer not on him. He was simply responding to my energy, and if that wasn’t the case and he was truly belittling me for his own egoic prowess, then, I would need to stand in my power.

I wiped my tears and went back to work with determination and a plan. At the end of the day, my phone rang, and it was the CCO calling to discuss the latest loan proposal changes. I took a deep breath and reached for the phone. As I did, a brilliant set of sparkling lights appeared to the right of the phone like a miniature fireworks display. I didn’t have time to marvel at the mystical experience, but I smiled slightly as a nod to the irony. His tone started out in his usual manner, but my response was anything but what he knew as my typical tone. I was confident and clear – the way I normally speak to anyone else. He immediately responded to my energy in a positive manner. We had a long, productive discussion, and when I hung up the phone, I felt at peace and authentic. From that point on, we had a fantastic relationship. He often called me for personal and professional discussions. Dare I say – I liked the guy, and I looked forward to our conversations from that point forward.

People mirror our energy back to us. When I changed that reflection, he reflected respect and support back to me immediately. I needed to value and believe in myself before anyone else could. His job was to not only evaluate the loan but to evaluate the lender to ensure they could handle managing the loan. If I sound uncomfortable and meek, he loses confidence in me, but in that moment, I led with my confidence that resided deep within me, which changed the trajectory of the conversation and our working relationship.

Later, I read the book “You are the Placebo,” by Dr. Joe Dispenza. In the book, he notes a study where a test was administered, and the facilitators told the women within the first test group that men always score higher than women on the test. That group of women did in fact collectively score lower than the men. The second set of men and women were not told that statement, and the women scored at or higher than the men. He points out that people often subconsciously self-sabotage as a result of limited beliefs expressed to them or by themselves.

I came to realize how I self-sabotaged my experience. It all came full circle within my own understanding, and I could not blame my mother, CCO, or anyone else for that matter. I needed to bring awareness to the weed I’d been unknowingly watering and begin to nurture a more life-giving, productive energy within me.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I am a problem solver by nature, and lucky for me, my health challenges certainly gave me plenty of opportunities to exercise this trait. Starting in my teenage years, I experienced numerous and compounding health issues even though I regularly exercised and ate “healthy.” I found myself in and out of doctors’ offices and given prescriptions and surgery in an attempt to alleviate these issues.

I had endometriosis and a number of seemingly unrelated symptoms that developed over time such as difficulty swallowing, acid reflux, bloating, chronic fatigue, brain fog, acne, lymphedema, allergies, eczema, weakened immune system, inflammation, etc. I felt at the mercy of my body’s expression and my doctor’s limited ability to help me.

Eventually, I threw out everything I thought I knew about nutrition, and I started to scrutinize what I consumed. I began learning about how different foods impact my body. I pulled food groups from my diet and increased the beneficial ones along with herbs and supplements, which, at the time, was fairly radical. Immediately, my health rebounded. I felt better than I had in years! For the first time, I felt empowered when it came to my health. However, as life continued and stress ran rampant as a busy working mom, new symptoms emerged, and I felt exhausted, unfocused, and anxious.

I was a mother of three boys, a banker, CrossFit athlete and trainer, hobby herbalist, and a nutrition fanatic, and yet, my body struggled to properly function from day to day.

The cross section between parts of my life eventually intersected. Years earlier, I started studying metaphysics, subtle energy, and intuition as a result of several mystical experiences that I’d experienced up to that point, and I started a daily journaling and meditation practice. Eventually, I had a quantum biofeedback session with a local practitioner. Quantum biofeedback assesses the stressors indicated within one’s biofield and sends harmonizing frequencies back to neutralize the stressor(s) and connect the mind and body to begin healing. Once again, I was blown away by the immediate impact of the treatment.

Our family relocated to the Kansas City area for my husband’s job, and I knew that I would never again refer to myself as a banker. I earned my functional nutritionist certification through The Health Institute, which is rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and I received a biofeedback practitioner certification and formed In Fine Feather, LLC.

As soon as I started working with clients, I noticed a strange phenomenon. Inevitably, I would feel a pain, block, irritation in some part of my body when in the presence of my client (virtual or in-person). I started asking the clients questions that correlated to the sensations such as “Do you grind your teeth?” “Do you have right shoulder pain?” “Do you have an issue with your thyroid?” The answer was nearly always “yes.” While this information gave me a roadmap for their biofeedback session, I noticed that the feeling wouldn’t leave me for several days. I started to employ energy healing methods using my hands that seemed to buzz with energy to move the client’s energy out of my field. Quickly, I was using this technique on clients in conjunction with biofeedback with incredible results.

With all my experience, I learned how cells become dysfunctional and disease arises. Healing is not linear – while we do need to address the physical body and toxic load of our physical environments, we must also remember we are an energetic body and a soul. When we align to our soul’s highest path, unblock our energy, and give our body the proper support, amazing results occur.

Currently, my business consists of utilizing quantum biofeedback by way of the L.I.F.E Systems biofeedback system, energy healing techniques, nutritional strategies, and coaching clients to help them evolve their soul, align to their highest path, and release limiting beliefs. All of my services can be done virtually and in-person.

In addition, I also help functional medicine doctors create educational material for their patients, and I plan to expand my services to implement corporate and executive health and wellness programs.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

Money is hard to come by, and once you get it, you will likely never see it again. The only way to get it is by working really, really hard. There certainly isn’t enough to go around. If you over give of yourself, people will find you valuable but not otherwise.

Those statements sum up a pile of lessons that I needed to unlearn when I started my business.

I saw my parents struggle to make ends meet my entire upbringing. There seemed to never be enough to relax, dream, and expand their physical experience beyond any measure. The scarcity of money became glaringly obvious when my older sister experienced her first of many seizures. The seizures ultimately led to mental illness diagnoses, which insurance did not cover in the 1990’s. My working class parents became buried under medical bills and an even larger mountain of stress from the deteriorating health condition of their eldest daughter. My parents picked up extra jobs and clamped down harder on an already tight budget.

In addition, we grow up competing for attention, playing time, and other accolades. We are rarely told that just being your authentic self will attract the perfect situation and opportunity for you.

As a banker, I often heard that the community was “saturated” with financial institutions. Many residents believed there wasn’t enough of a population to sustain that many banks. I felt the pressure to over give of myself and the bank to “earn” the business of a prospective customer.

We base our entire economic system off of bigger is better versus better is better. With over 330 million people in the United States alone, and we still believe that there isn’t enough business and money to go around. When in reality, I need a microscopic sliver of the population to chose my services to thrive and create financial overflow.

When I started my business, we cut our household income in half as I no longer worked a W-2 job. I started confident and strong but fear and insecurities came at me in waves. I noticed that clients seemed to flow in and out with these waves.

Eventually, I learned that money is energy, and my relationship to it mattered more than anything. Fear of scarcity or obsessing over it would create blocks in its flow to me. I examined the learned beliefs I’d mentioned earlier one by one to unravel and heal.

In addition, I needed to learn not to over give and that I was worth the amount I charged for my services. Starting out, I spent way more than the allotted time with my client. My clients seemed to love talking with me, but I found myself exhausted with trouble recovering after these sessions. As I became more and more energetically sensitive, the recovery from these session became more difficult. I wasn’t honoring the energy exchange nor the boundaries I set. The money paid by the client and the stated time of the session equals a balanced energetic scale, but when I go over that allotted time, the client overtakes, and I neglect to charge for the extra time, my boundaries are loose and the energy exchange is out of balance. I am also telling the universe that I am not valuable. Oof! This was a hard one! I love my clients, and I love spending time with them. However, I was not operating in a sustainable manner and in a way that reflected my true value.

If you could go back in time, do you think you would have chosen a different profession or specialty?

I obviously had a wayward path to where I am at today, but I wouldn’t change a thing. I think back to my business and finance professors that gave me opportunities and truly special treatment while in college. I loved my bank colleagues, managers, and customers. I still seek conversations around economics, finance, and business at every opportunity.

I find it ironic and fascinating to see the correlation between one’s career and their health – and health and their business’s success. I enjoy unpacking that with clients to improve their health and business or aspire to a more aligned company/profession. I remember being in a bank management meeting, and I looked around and saw a room full of obviously unhealthy people. Yet, these people were the bank’s top management. I thought about what that meant for the health and success of the bank, the bank’s culture, and the energetic field of the bank. I reflected on the bank being limited by the body, mind, and soul health of its human resources. My bank customers were also limited in their success by their overall health.

I wouldn’t have that and many other perspectives had I not have chosen finance first. I am deeply thankful to have had to unravel my heart’s desires in this way. In addition, so much of what I teach was and still is on the fringe of healthcare. I am now riding on the coattails of trailblazers like Joe Dispenza, Deepak Chopra, Candace Pert, and many others. The timing and path was perfectly imperfect.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.infinefeatherllc.com
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• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-mcgreer-b132a8b1/
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Image Credits

Kelley Chance, Kelley Photography