We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Angela Atkinson a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Angela, appreciate you joining us today. Risk taking is a huge part of most people’s story but too often society overlooks those risks and only focuses on where you are today. Can you talk to us about a risk you’ve taken – it could be a big risk or a small one – but walk us through the backstory.
My career in nonprofit leadership was a safe choice for me. With an MBA from a top business school, I had a career that was mainstream, culturally acceptable and successful by societal standards.
However, when I turned 50, I grew increasingly unhappy and restless in my work. I knew my current path was not right for me, but I didn’t have that “calling” that others seem to have.
I knew that I loved teaching, helping people, spiritual development, and exploration of the psyche. I had been studying metaphysics since I was young, yet I’d always considered it too personal and risky as a career choice.
And yet, when I looked back at how I spent my time, it was reading spiritual books, going on vision quests and meditation retreats, taking countless courses, and doing my own personal growth work. I was driven to learn everything I could about our spiritual natures.
After years of internal struggle, I finally surrendered to my inner voice and committed to starting and building a business in intuitive psychic work, dream interpretation, and remote viewing (the mental skill of identifying objects and people hidden from ordinary perception).
I am drawn to this work because the subconscious is a treasure chest of information, inspiration, and wisdom inside all of us! And yet most of us dismiss this wisdom if we even acknowledge it at all.
I knew that my calling is to help people cultivate their intuitive natures, to bring together the realms of the rational/analytical mind and the subconscious that lies below the surface of everyday awareness.
My hope is that my work will help to destigmatize the practice of accessing our intuitive, psychic natures so that it occupies its natural place of prominence in our lives.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your background and context?
At The Intuitive Life, I offer services of intuitive psychic readings, dreamwork, shamanic journeying, and remote viewing (the mental skill of identifying objects and people hidden from ordinary perception). I also teach these skills as they are innate within all of us, and accessing our intuitive selves enriches our lives immensely.
My business is unique in that I come from a business/analytical background. I bring a grounded, rational perspective to my intuitive services and teaching. I want people to experience for themselves the magic and wonder of their intuitive natures, and to learn how to direct and apply these skills to their everyday lives.
Accessing our intuitive wisdom can help us make better decisions in career, relationships, purpose, health, and overall well-being.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
I had to unlearn the belief that I need to have permission to start my own business. Running in the background has been the belief that I need just one more degree, credential, endorsement to be “qualified” to practice my craft.
I realized that this belief served to keep me from being my own authority, and to delay the vulnerable step of launching my business. I was under the delusion that more letters after my name meant I would feel more safe and invulnerable to fears of failure. I came to understand that I was the final authority, and that the day would never come when I felt 100% free of risk or anxiety.
What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?
I lead with a service orientation . . . my mindset is one of “how can I help?” There is no substitute for a client feeling seen and heard, and this connection is an authentic source of joy for me. When I work with a client on a deep, spiritual level, it’s a sacred act that I take seriously. Money is important, but it doesn’t drive me. I have built a reputation on providing a level of service and commitment to my clients that multiplies because it’s based on joy and love.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.theintuitivelife.net
- Instagram: intuitive_angela_atkinson
- Facebook: The Intuitive Life https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079100792371
Image Credits
No credits, all photos taken by Angela Atkinson