Ep351: Psychic Entrepreneur - Alana Fairchild
Alana Fairchild is a spiritual teacher, psychic, and author of the best-selling Kuan Yin Oracle Deck.
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Alana recalls her spiritual apprenticeship, initial failed attempts to work as a psychic, and what it takes to make it as a new age entrepreneur.
Alana describes the tension between following one’s intuition and getting things done, why even spiritual teachers need to work when they don’t feel like it, and how she deals with negative feedback.
Alana also discusses her love of myth, a return to matriarchy, and her deep connection with Kālī Mā and the Dark Feminine.
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Apprenticeship under a psychic
03:00 - Initial work as a psychic
04:21 - Early challenges
05:31 - Spiritual intuition vs getting things done
09:06 - Business success in spirituality sector
09:36 - Alana’s creative and business process
13:04 - Intuition vs whim when getting things done
17:41 - Working even when you don’t feel like it
19:37 - Trope of the ”full body yes”
20:06 - Divine masculine and feminine
25:27 - Dealing with negative feedback
26:09 - Triggered by masculine energy
27:06 - Polarised by Mother Mary
30:51 - Myth and anthropology
31:45 - Return to matriarchy
33:48 - Which myths resonate with Alana?
35:33 - Alana’s mother complex
38:05 - Alana’s masculine energy
39:38 - Failed attempts to become a professional psychic
42:08 - Overcoming the fear of financial insecurity
44:!4 - Career success as a psychic, spiritual teacher, and author
46:05 - Commodification of spirituality
50:35 - Connection with Kālī Mā and the Dark Feminine
01:02:55 - How Alana communicates with Kālī Mā
01:07:18 - Concluding remarks
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