Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Brittany Leigh . We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alright, Brittany thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Owning a business isn’t always glamorous and so most business owners we’ve connected with have shared that on tough days they sometimes wonder what it would have been like to have just had a regular job instead of all the responsibility of running a business. Have you ever felt that way?

I wouldn’t trade being a business owner for working for anyone else ever. I enjoy working for myself and I only answer to my incredible clients that have more compassion than any boss I’ve ever had. I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit, when I was 13 I made fliers for my babysitter business and posted them around the neighborhood. I gained business pretty quickly and one of the families I babysat for owned a Chick-Fil-A that I ended up working at from 14-16 years old, I had multiple jobs at our local mall, at one point I was working at Chick-Fil-A & Sanrio at the same time. So, yeah, I’ve worked for other people for a long, long time (20+ years in the work force now) and I saw how disposable I was to these corporations. I truly didn’t feel human and knew during my last “real” job in retail that I was done and when I’m done I never look back.
Tbh, it’s a nightmare that fuels me now to do better, be better, and keep pushing for my business especially during slow times. I don’t have the thought often of working for a corporation but if I do I break out in hives and immediately do something that helps my business flourish, even if it’s a small step. A small step is better than no steps and being a cog in the machine of corporate hell.
On a more positive note, I will say these experiences gave me discipline and a great work ethic. I got to see how other businesses ran and were operated. I took note of effective management and also not so great management. It taught me a lot, I learned many lessons, and my customer service skills come from all of that experience. So, it wasn’t all bad but I can never go back, I will never look back, it’s only forward for me.

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 back background and context?

For those that don’t know I am a professional tarot reader and evidential psychic medium with celebrity clientele. I’ve done over a thousand readings and have clients all over the world. My small business has been in operation for six years now. I offer various services such as tarot readings, mediumship readings, psychic readings, & mentorship consultations. I help guide those back to their own intuition, well, that’s my goal with giving them helpful insight and tools to navigate their journey. And I channel their passed loved ones to give them comfort, not closure. Being an oracle, a conduit for messages from spirit and the spirit realm is sacred and I take it very seriously. I’m also very good at predicting events and dates said events take place. I do this in each session and I believe this sets me apart from a lot of my colleagues. Not many in the LA spiritual community can do this (even if they claim to) and it’s taken me years to hone in on. It didn’t just come to me, as I’ve been doing this since I was a child. I’ve always seen spirits and it’s some of my first memories of my life. I had parents that tested my psychic abilities and allowed me to be me without suppressing my intuition, I am forever grateful to them for this bc I hear many stories of people’s parents telling them they didn’t see that spirit or have that psychic premonition. I suppose religious indoctrination will do that, eh?

I’m Native American, a tribal member of the Beaver Creek tribe where my family has had held positions on the tribal council. This is in my DNA, this is in my blood, my ancestors have been doing this since the beginning of time. And I’m doing it now for my ancestors up until the 1970s in this country my ancestors couldn’t practice their traditions & ceremonies. They couldn’t even burn white sage without fear of imprisonment. This is not to say every Native American believes in tarot, psychic & mediumship abilities as we are not a monolith and I never speak for all Natives nor my tribe. But, I do believe it plays a big role into my intuitive gifts and I’m proud of my accomplishments in this field. One of my most recent and favorite accomplishments is doing readings for Paramount Pictures and the new Scream movie. It was a fun event hosted at Mystic Museum where I’ve been a resident reader since 2018. I love what I do bc it helps people, it heals and I’ve found myself in positions where I’m helping others my whole life. More than once someone has told me I saved their life. This is all I need to keep going 

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

I feel I have more than one story that encapsulates my resilience and the amount of strength & discipline I have in this line of work. When people see you becoming successful they will try anything to take you down. I am no stranger to online bullying and slander, at one point I had to hire a lawyer bc the slander of my business got so bad. There was a group of women that tried to “cancel” me for no just reason with zero evidence to back up their false claims. It went on for years, spread a bit, and still to this day ppl go around regurgitating some of the slanderous false accusations. It took a toll on my mental health, but I still had/have a thriving business to run. Through this experience I’ve learned about laws about online bullying and slander. And what they were doing was and is illegal. The internet is not the lawless Wild West, we are in 2023 and laws have been made about this especially in the state of California where I live.

Another thing I have to deal with is the onslaught of scammers that impersonate me on IG and that’s a whole other headache. It’s definitely effected my business and I know I’m not alone. I never thought I’d live in a world where multiple ppl can steal my identity and scam some of my clients out of hard earned money and there’s a platform that not only does anything about it but have been proven that some of their workers are behind it. Yes, look it up. It’s vile.

I say all of this to say I’m still in business and won’t let the haters into my heart or throw off my spirit. A lot of my clients see right through it and most ppl with discernment and critical thinking skills won’t fall for the trickster bullies and scummy scammers. I will say I strongly detest the notion that “you’ve made it” if you have folx trying to take you down. I think as a society we need to let this go already, we’ve normalized this for far too long. This isn’t normal. This is abuse. This is illegal.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

A big lesson I had to unlearn was the hustle & grind culture that capitalism has perpetuated for far too long. I grew up in the girl boss era and fell victim to this mentality. I used to take pride in being called a “hustler” but I never really rested and still to this day I feel guilt when I rest. I have felt for far too long that if I’m not productive I’m not worthy. And honestly, my Native ancestors were not like this, colonial settlers brought capitalism here. Not to say my ancestors weren’t hard workers but not in a capitalistic way. We live in a country that looks down on disabled people and it’s deeply troubling. Your worth does not equate to how much work you can produce. You are whole and worthy with every breath you take. And lately I’m no stranger to down time as I had a freak accident in Dec 2022 that I’m still healing from. I’ve seen with my own eyes how some have treated me differently and I know it’s nothing compared to what truly disabled people go through. Even the little bit I’ve seen with the most injured body I’ve ever had is so so sad. This has been and still is a really hard lesson in my life. I think it will take a long time if not forever to unlearn this as we constantly have the boot of capitalism on our neck.

Contact Info:

• Website: Currently under construction
• Instagram: BrittanyLeighTarot
• Facebook: Brittany Leigh

Image Credits
Kym Ghee (the colorful tarot card photo) A. Lynne Photography (pink fur photo)