251 | Discovering Your True Potential: How Human Design & Gene Keys Can Transform Your Life with Diamond Drip

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  Have you ever felt like you were living a life that wasn't truly yours? Weighted down by expectations and fears? What if there was a way to uncover your unique and energetic blueprint and break free from those limitations to live a life of abundance and freedom? Authenticity. Well, today we're going to be deep diving into how human design and Gene Keys can help you to do just that.

Welcome back. If you're new here, I am Jen Vazquez. I help hyper busy female service providers use Pinterest to book more clients, boost their income, and make a bigger impact. On this podcast, I also host expert interviews on all things marketing to help you grow your business. Smartly and efficiently. If marketing is something that you want to deep dive into for your business, make sure to subscribe to our podcast or check out our YouTube channel for more valuable insights.

Today, I am thrilled, thrilled to be chatting with  Diamond Drip. Oh my goodness.  Diamond is an award winning speaker whose journey has been featured on KQED Radio News on stage plus television, New York Weekly, and loads of podcasts. With a background in visual communications and business strategy, and a passion for personal growth, Diamond brings a unique blend of creativity,  expertise, and energy to every conversation.

Her mission? Helping women break free from fear and self doubt and step boldly into their power. Using tools like human design and gene keys, she guides folks to trust their intuition, embrace authenticity and unlock their full potential as she likes to say, the limit does not exist, but fear will make you think it does.

Welcome Diamond. First of all, great intro. Bravo.

Thank you for sharing your story with us, and we hope that you will continue to do so.

Can you share a little bit about what led you to focus on human design and Gene Keys? Tell us a little bit about that and how these tools have really shaped your lives.  

For sure. So the thing that I always like to say was the catalyst for this path that I'm on now was my participation in a clinical trial that used psilocybin, which is the active component in magic mushrooms, to actually help heal my depression. And once I was in this Awakened state. And I was trying to figure out like, how do I make life make sense? Cause at the time of the trial, I had a product based business. I had a side, uh, like a side hustle service based business. I was pursuing my visual communications degree and I'm a mom and my daughter was like three or four at the time. And. It just felt like I didn't have control over my life. It felt like I was on the verge of burnout and I was like, how did this happen?

I'm an entrepreneur. Like I'm supposed to have control over my life.  

We all would love that, by the way. 

right.

It doesn't happen, but we'd love that.  

So the trial was really like a wake up call because it was like, you got to do something different. You have to figure out a way to go with the flow more. You have to figure out a way to bring joy back into your life because you, it was starting to feel like I was a slave to my businesses and I wasn't running them, they were running me.  I looked at both businesses and I was like, what is the thing that I like doing in both? And so in the product based business, I was kind of like a low life coach, but I didn't get paid, especially for like one of my clients, we would, we would like have these hour long discussions about like his life and things like that.

But he would only actually like,  And so, like, it was in an effort to get to know what they were going through so that I could make the best product recommendations. And then, in my service based business, it was a side hustle, like I said, so it was graphic design based. And, like, Yeah, I was making logos and like helping them with social media content, but in order to get to those places, we had to flush out all their ideas, all of the things that they wanted to do, and I was doing that coaching for free and then turning around and doing the work. And I was like, I really enjoy  the aspects where I help them get clarity. And after the trial, the thing that I most wanted to do was help. People feel better. Um, after the trial looked at the efficacy of individuals with treatment resistant depression

and  that trial did wonders for me. And I say that it healed my depression.

And so what I really wanted to do was help people heal these parts of themselves. However, I didn't know how to market that because as a sufferer of depression for over a decade, I was like, it's not some. Like, I can't guarantee you at the end of six months, you're going to feel better, especially if they don't do the work themselves. 

I mean, that's the key, right? Is actually doing the work. You 

We can meet all we want for an hour, whatever. But if you don't actually take insights and start the integration process of what we talk about, like, I'm going to get bad reviews. People are going to say I'm a terrible life  coach. And I was like, I was so scared that I was like, okay, well, Why don't I just do business coaching?

Cause that seems safe. That seems, you know, like a very, like a tangible thing. Like you come to me, you don't know how to build a website. You don't know anything about like building funnels. You'll have a funnel. You'll have a website, you'll have a logo, you'll have

social 

that tangible thing. Yeah. Yeah. I

Right. And so in the business coaching program that I was in, they talk about niche for now, which like basically meant even if it didn't necessarily fit, just pick it. And stick with it and just see if it worked. And so the niche that I picked, um, because I was trying to get away from the product based model was service based businesses. And that catapulted me into our favorite thing, imposter syndrome, because I had built a successful service, uh, product based business. Um, I had built a successful product based business. I had not built a successful service based business. That was my side hustle. And so trying to help women entrepreneurs build these successful service based businesses when I hadn't done it myself, it was like, but the one saving grace that I had was I was in a program where they were teaching women how to build successful service based businesses.

And so I'm in, I'm in these communities where I'm seeing all of these women that are with their coaches and they're hitting like. Five figures and six figures. I was like, I'm learning the right stuff. So I'll just teach the stuff that I'm learning, even if it's not working for me. And so that was a whole different thing, 

there is that thing. Fake it till you make it. So 

And so,

And you're getting educated. It's not like you were You know, like some business out there, they open up their business, but they've never done that thing ever. You've done it and you're learning it. Right. 

yeah, I'm just learning how to do it in a different way. Right. And that's the thing with imposter syndrome.  It's not that you, you're not. Or you're not like worthy of the things. It's just, you're a beginner at this one particular thing. And, and so, um, I was, you know, branding myself as this business and mindset coach and  the online business and mindset coaching space is pretty saturated.

And so  it was like, well, how do I stand out? And so at first I thought it was going to be like AI tips and tools, but obviously AI was like the hottest thing and still is like the hottest thing. So everyone's trying to get a foothold on the AI. space.  So I was like, I don't think it's AI necessarily.  And I was on this like stumbling journey for months.

Like I would have like these one off successes that would only contribute to my imposter syndrome. When I would get a client, I was like, well, I just got lucky, you know, it like I'm still trying to figure it out. And so 

I was,  Exactly. Um, we don't do that.

It's unfortunate,  but, um, it was through that trying to figure out what my, my superpower was that the one thing that I really started to notice people say was like, your energy is contagious.

Your energy is, is awesome. I was like, that's great. 

I make money that way?

No, it was, as a matter of fact, it was the opposite. It started to frustrate me. Cause I was like, I can't bottle my energy up and sell it. I

can't

teach people how to have my 

Yeah.  

Yeah. Yeah. Cause like, I would have taught my partner how to have my energy a long time ago, if that was the case.

Yeah.  For sure.  

Right. So it was actually beginning to be this thing that.  It was like, okay, people love this energy thing,  whatever that is. But like, what's my superpower? Cause obviously it can't be that. And I met someone who had made the pivot, um, or was in the business that I was kind of too scared to do. When I met her, she was going by the title of intuitive life coach.

And she had had. 20 years of business coaching and consulting experience. And I was like, how'd you do it? How'd you, how'd you

go from doing business stuff? Yeah. Tell me, the ways, please, so that I could make this pivot. Um, she did not, um, but, um,  but what she did do was ask me this really critical question of, do you know your energy type? And I was like, no, I don't know what you're talking about really. And she 

Tell me more.  

right. She was like talking about how like our auras, you know, exude these different energies and there are these different types of energies and she was like, it's, it's, it's, yeah.  It's funny because I think back on that conversation sometimes and like, she's like, it's kind of hard to explain.

You just kind of got to pull it for yourself. And she sends me this calculator, uh, and it was the Jovian Archive calculator, which is like the official international  design and things. And, um, as you may know, if, if you are, our listeners are familiar with that camp, when you pull your chart on that site, their whole business model is trying to get you to buy the report that's at the bottom.

So they give you as

little information as possible. 

No sneak peeks enough to make you want to give your wallet because you want to know more.  

Right? And I was like, while I would value a 50 page report about me, I don't know anything about this. So I'm gonna go to YouTube university and I'm gonna see what this Right?  And I'm going to see what this whole human design thing is about. And the very first thing that I Googled was, what does it mean to be a generator in human design?

And the video talks about like, when we're doing work that we love, when we're really in our zone, we generate so much energy that it just builds. spills out of us into the things

that, yeah, into the things we're doing, to the people who are around us. And I was like, that's what people were saying I do.  

exactly. You're all, they described me.  

Right.  And every single video that I watched after that, like, what does it mean to have emotional authority? What does it mean to be a 5'1 Like, it was like, it,  And while everything that I had discovered about me rang true, what really solidified it was when I looked up my daughter's energy and my partner's energy, because then

I 

like, dang this. These people know what they're talking about.

Right?

Yes. And 

thing. I was like, it's why he does this. Okay. That's why they  and I have four, four adult children, so I was like looking everyone up at that point. 

Right? And everything just made so much sense. And I was, and then I, of course, I was stuck because I was like, I don't know what this is. And I don't necessarily know how it relates to business coaching,  but gosh, garnet, I'm gonna find out. Figure out a way.

inspired. You're excited by something. You feel like this is part of the answer for sure. 

so that's kind of how I discovered it. It was like this long stumbling path and now the rabbit hole that is human design is my life. So,

I asked that question, you know, how, how did you get here for like, where did you, how did you get here basically in your business to everyone? And if you listen to the podcast or watch the YouTube videos, like every single, I have not interviewed one person that this is like the job that they've had. 

Since the beginning of time. It's just not. We all start somewhere. Okay. Well, how can our audience identify and understand their unique human design chart or energy blueprint? And like, what would be the first step? 

I highly recommend, and I am not biased at all, but I have a calculator on my website, DiamondDripConsulting. com that allows them to pull their free chart like I did on Jovian Archive. However,  I'm not trying to drive them to buy the report. So when they pull their chart, they're going to see In all its glory, all of the arrows, all of the numbers, all of the planets, the different shapes with the colors and things.

And then if they scroll down a little bit more, they'll have the descriptions of what some of the things that they're looking at mean. and so that's kind of like the first step. If they really want to take it a bit further, there is this, 

what are some common limiting beliefs that people have? That you see women struggle with, and how can they understand their human design?

How can understanding their human design really help them to break those barriers down? 

Yeah, so I love that question because so many women, they feel like, especially in the, the patriarchal culture that we live in,  like, I have to remind women to take up space. Like, they'll, like, someone will ask them a question. They'll give an answer. And because they're so passionate about whatever the answer they're giving is, they may talk a little bit more than they normally would.

And then at the end, they're like, I'm sorry, I just talked for like, right? And I'm like, take up space. Like I asked you a question. 

I  totally agree.  

, another, another one is, so, That's one for sure, but another one, and human design has helped me open my mind up to this because, like I say, this trial was like a catalyst for my awakening, but it was human design that helped me understand finally what people would say when they say, we're a mind, we're a body, and we're a spirit. And so as a woman in this body, there are certain things that come with that. As a matter of fact, we have these cycles. And so every single phase of our, of our womenly cycles has a different personality. It has different productivity, like limitations, different workout limitations, different moods. And so  understanding how to work with those ebbs and flows.

And this is where human design comes in. Getting out of the shoulds, there were so many times that  because I was, I was able to energize or bunny it the last week, and then I would enter my luteal phase not necessarily knowing that that was what was happening. And I'd be like so hard on myself, like, what are you doing?

What do

you  

your problem? Like, where's your

energy? Yeah, like, literally dissing yourself. 

for not being able to do the things that you did like last week because it was just not that long ago that you had all this energy and being able to be okay with that being able to shed the societal  Conditioning around like, you should just be able to suck it up and you should just be able to just do it anyway.

And like, no, like each, each of these different phases needs different things. 

So, let's go a little deeper. Because I know this is a passion of yours. And I truly believe that this is a way that you can  change the way you feel about owning your business by being able to schedule around your different phases. So let's go a little nerdy on this. Um, talk about the four stages of your menstrual cycle.

I mean, this is a podcast for women by women. So let's go there, right? Tell me a little bit about the four stages and Maybe how people can utilize those to plan their calendar. Cause

Yeah.

sometimes we don't want to do like, how many times have we said yes to something was total excitement. And then a week goes by and it's time.

And you're like, why the heck did I schedule that? What was I thinking? Right. So go

dive deep.

I love that because that happens with the women's cycles, but it also happens with people with emotional authority because they don't wait out their wave and

I cannot do that. I've tried really hard, but when, but when I do do that, yeah. I'm always so grateful that next week when I don't have that meeting, because I thought about it over, like it's that overnight situation. Some people think you have to wait till you fully get an answer. Well, oftentimes our gut will tell us, you just have to give it a little bit of time. 

yeah, and then check in and make sure it's still there. So, um, but yeah, so the four phases you have the menstrual,  Which everyone knows, everyone talks about, and that's really the time for like internal reflection. It's really the time for stretching, yoga. We know these things. We don't feel like doing these things, but we know these things  to be true. Um, and it's really meant to kind of like restock and restore. And it's, this is said a lot of times in like shaman culture that this is the most intuitive  time. Um,

crystal clear. I don't have to tap in real hard. It comes at me  how I'm feeling about something. 

Exactly. And so that is actually a part of the follicular phase. So the menstrual phase kind of overlaps with the follicular phase, which is the first 14 days or so. And so this is known, obviously, once you're done bleeding and

you get through all of that stuff, but this is known as like your spleen.  This is when, like, this is why we feel so much more energized when we come out of the menstrual period. Cause it's like, yeah, the estrogens on the rise and the progesterone, like all the things are thinking and there it's like time to like start, you know, getting heavier with the weights, doing a little bit of, you know, weightlifting and out of the yoga, maybe riding a bike, maybe doing some swimming. And really this is where we're starting to feel. are most extroverted. So, doing networking during this time, really like scheduling those meetings, um, doing like launches because you have the energy to actually  do these things.  And you've just reflected for whatever amount of time. So, like you're, you, in theory, you're really clear on like what you should be doing.  And then you have ovulation, which  some books will say, like, it's like five days. Uh, really the actual ovulation part is two days, but you do feel like those, like the LH rises, um, all of the other hormones rise. And so this is where you might feel a little more frisky because the testosterone is on the rise too. So, um, you might be a little bit more cuddly and that's 

or a little bit more aggressive in your, like, that's the time to negotiate. 

Yeah.

I'm just saying.

Yes. Also, for, so like 50 percent of the population has an undefined or open heart center, heart ego center in human design. So, um,  Every like five or six days we go through these different transits. And so different gates are activated when the planets move up there. So also the time to be aggressive with negotiations and to really plan your pricing is when you're defined based on whatever the transit is, because then you have like that willpower, that self worth, that self esteem, that you can be like, no, I'm charging what I'm worth.

Like, I'm not.

I know I'll hate myself next month if I start working with this person without getting paid what I should be paid for it. Yes. 

exactly. So yes, it also can be a time to negotiate. And it's really the time that we have like the most energy, we feel like we're on top of the world, everything like we it's actually said that we can do like heavy weightlifting and things like that. Because we just have like, just like this earth.

Yes, let's go. Let's do it.

I wish we had that all the time, but that's okay. Babe, we gotta, we gotta have phases. 

Right? Yes. There's balance in all things. Um, and so, um, not too long after, and this is where one of the modalities that I use personally, the fertility awareness comes in with tracking your temperature, tracking your cervical mucus, tracking where your cervic, your cervical positioning is, comes in. Because after you've ovulated, your temperature spikes,  that kind of starts. the luteal phase of things, where that's when we start getting into the tender boobies, and we start getting into the irritability, and we're more sensitive, and all of the things that then start the PMS cycle. And these are times actually It's been interesting to follow this, but we should not be doing big launches during this time.

Like surprise, surprise. Um, 

Yeah, it won't go over real well. 

yeah, exactly. 

And you'll be hating yourself for doing it during this time. Yes.

Yes. Especially because you're way more critical during this time. Like

Not just to yourself, but others. It

Which causes some of that irritability. And so, Like, launch is terrible time because you will be so critical of yourself. Like, oh, maybe people just didn't do it because this was just a dumb idea.

And like, you're just,  you're just basically like knocking yourself when like, and I've, and I've caught myself doing this, especially because the luteal phase takes me back to some of my,  like, reminiscent of the depression days of like being really hard on myself, being tired, not

takes you literally back to that time. Yeah. I 

Yeah. And so like having the awareness and being in my awareness enough to know like, Hey, no, like you're actually just critical right now. You're actually just more sensitive right now. You're fine. Like it's okay. Um, it can be really, and so in my household, actually, we have little white boards on the fridge. And so every time that I'm about to step into a new phase, I will actually update the whiteboard so that my partner knows like, hey, I'm going to be more sensitive this time. I update it with things like, for me too, like the different types of foods that you should be

eating. Um, veggies, green veggies, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, like things like that.

Um, but I also put it up there for him. So

I'm 

I'm sorry, but like that is really a thoughtful thing to do. Some people are like, Oh my God, my husband would love it. I'm telling you your husband or your partner would love it because then they are It's just like saying, I wish my husband got me this, but not telling them him and then being upset when he doesn't get you what you mind, what you knew in your mind and didn't happen to share.

I think that's very helpful. That is 

Um, the fertility awareness method has made communication between me and my partner so much better  because he's like, we share this app. It's called Stardust.  And Like I can send, I can cast, like cast spells on him. And so I can tell him if I need chocolate, if I'm in need of more cuddles, and it'll like send him a notification.

Like our algorithms detect that Diamond might need X. So he has that plus what's on the board. Yeah. Yes.

like an owner's manual.

on demand tool for us. It's

owner's manual. That, that  gives me all these thoughts in my head, but you know what I'm saying.

It's an owner's, it's an owner's manual for us.

For us.

right, yeah, 

Yes. Okay. So I'm going to switch it up a little bit because you have so much to talk about. Like I, I want to hear everything. Um, how do you envision human design and Gene Keys? And tell me a little bit, because I hadn't heard of Gene Keys.  So tell me a little bit about that first, but how can they contribute to your mission of empowering 1 million souls within the next five years?

That's a mission. That is a great mission. Go ahead.

appreciate that. Yes. I have my speaking coach to thank for that. He had us all write vision statements, um, back in April. And I was like, well, if you shoot for the moon, you'll land amongst the stars at the very least.

so good. 

so to answer the first question, human design is a synthesis of a bunch of different sciences, the Chinese I Ching, the Kabbalah tree of life, the chakra model, astrology, astronomy, and some other ones.

I've, I've, I've released my open agenous me to be certain about all of the sciences that are involved in that. Because I learned that people don't care necessarily, unless they're a one line, they don't care about all of the sciences. They just want to

know how 

me the detail. Just tell 

it's right. So it's a synthesis.

And so Gene Keys actually takes a look. a closer look at two of those sciences. So it takes a closer look at the Chinese I Ching and quantum physics in that every single one of our gates, it has like a theme to it. So there's like the gate of ambition. There's the gate of, of doubt, which actually is in our earth right now.

And the gate of confusion is in our sun.  But each one has It's theme. And every single one of those has a different frequency. So there's a shadow frequency, there's a gift, and then there's like the highest expression when you're really in alignment and you're really like when you really raised your vibration. And so Gene Keys takes a look at how you have lived in the shadows over your life. And how you can actually start to transform those shadows into the gift and spend more of your time in those higher frequencies and less of your time in those lower frequencies. So it's, it's basically shadow

work,  

cool. 

essentially.

I'm like, cause I love when I get excited about something, I like want to nerd out. And so  I will be looking into that. Cause I, I think we all want to live in our higher self. I mean, if, if we ask everyone, everyone's going to want to just  be better where everything's feeling in alignment. And that might not happen all the time, but it should be a goal to strive to do that.

Like to strive to get there as much as possible.  so wild. 

Um, so those are the two, that's the difference between the two of them. And the one thing that I will note is that human design is very much like an owner's manual for this vessel in this lifetime. It's very, like, practical. It's like, if you have emotional authority, listen to your sacral and then wait, sleep on it, wait out your, your waves. It's very clear. Um, Gene Keys is very much a contemplative, um, situation, which is why it actually frustrated me when I first,

That's exactly what I was thinking. What? I'm not good at contemplating.  

So when I 

my decision though. 

so my conscious son in human design is 53, which is the gate of beginnings. And so in gene keys, it is, um, when you break it down into the shadows, it's the shadow of immaturity.

So moving from this place of external fixation.  Into a place of internal groundedness. So that's the shadow. And you're transforming that into the gift of expansion, because obviously when we're able to validate ourselves and to be okay with that validation, we can expand into so much more. And at the highest frequency is super abundance. And when I saw that. I wasn't feeling very abundant. I was, however, feeling very much in need of external fixation, like external validation. And so I was like, well, how do I go from here to here?

real far.

Right. And they're like, just contemplate. And I'm like,  those aren't steps though. 

What instructions? A, B, C, 1, 2, 3. You mean I just have to sit here and think? I

on that path.

know it's super helpful, but it sounds, 

I mean, obviously if you want to really work on yourself, that sounds like something smart to do. 

Yeah.

Um, and so as I, as I continue, I put, right, I discovered Gene Keys. I was like, I don't, I don't know about this contemplation thing. And I just continued on with human design. But as I started to do more shadow work and listen to the contemplations of Richard Rudd and things like that, I was like, Oh, I see this has merit now. But I was very much like practical solutions at first. And I was like, I need the steps. I need this. Um, but yeah, so those two things.  Cause I always say like, you can start with Gene Keys. Um, I don't recommend it unless you've already been like doing work and things like that. Um, I always say start with human design because it is a great gateway into the, the thinking and the awareness that you need to be in for Gene Keys. And so how,  Dang. Okay. So what was,

So basically how, how are you like?  Contributing to your mission of empowering people. 

So using these tools to help people wake up. So many of us are sleepwalking through life and

So many 

yes. And we're, we're holding on to things that like, We never took the time to challenge the beliefs and figure out what we believe. Like, even with something as simple as you go to school, you get good grades, you go to a good university, you get a good job, and then, you know, you, you get married, you have the kid, white picket fence, and then after that you retire and you live your life.  No, actually, like, those are beliefs that were passed down from our parents. And that was because their parents didn't know any better, especially from the generation that was raised by the, the people who went through the Great Depression.

They're like, yeah, they're like, you need to get a stable job with benefits and the things and etc. And like, what? You can't do that. That's too risky. Like you gotta, and it's like, no.  You don't actually believe those things. If you really sit down and, and interestingly enough, contemplate those beliefs and where they came from,  you don't. And so it's being able to take back sovereignty over your life by challenging those beliefs.

Because from the moment that we're born, we're in our parents energetic field. And so the things that they believe, because they're consistent in those beliefs, we take them on. And then we go out into the world and we're around our friends and then we take in their beliefs. And all the while this is happening, society is, you know, marketing messages and telling us these isms that. 

media. Yeah.

Right. All of the things. And it's contributing to these beliefs that don't actually serve us. And so if my mission is to wake people up to who they truly are at soul level, 'cause it starts there, it starts in that awareness and helping them challenge these beliefs that don't serve them so that they can step into their full potential. 

I think that's brilliant. Brilliantly said. Um, because I feel like you can run a totally successful business, but that doesn't mean that you're happy. Right. And I think that sometimes people are scared to go inside because they, they already have enough out here to deal with. So I joke and I don't like contemplation, but I'm constantly thinking like whenever I'm feeling now, I know at 56 years old.

Now I know that when something makes me nervous in business, I need to lean in. It's not that nervousness is the work that's coming and the learning I have to do where I think like I shouldn't have to learn at this point, but that's not the case. Um, and when I know it's a bad decision, I feel it in my core.

Like I feel it. I know when it's a bad decision. So I'm trying to avoid being nervous because I know that that's money on the table, bottom line. For me anyway. So it helps when you start to know yourself better, you can control how you react and how you fix it. And that is life changing. I think  

1000%. Like what you said, there's money on the table. I had, I'm currently getting certified to be able to read the Akashic Records through soul realignment practitioner work. And so I'm, I'm a little bit impatient because in 

the  

you and I are like the same people. I swear.  

So in the course, she talks about like getting five practice clients so that you can gain objectivity and confidence in your psychic gifts. And then you can do your family and then you can do yourself. And I was like, okay, but it's 10 lessons in this course. And there's like six videos in each lesson.

And those videos are like 20 plus minutes long. So that's a long time before I get to like being able to read me. So I have my. Akashic records read.  And the person that did my reading, he doesn't use the modality that I do. And so he kind of just like opened him up and opened himself up and just like whatever came through, like came through. And he encouraged me to bring questions. And so one of the questions that I had, I was like, why is it that like, every time I feel like I'm about to do something that's going to bring me success. I procrastinate. And while I do thrive under pressure, I would rather not be under pressure every single time I'm about to do something that's going to bring me success. And the way he explained it to me, it made so much sense. And that's why these perspective shifts can be so powerful. He based, and it's crazy because as a  business and mindset coach, Because I knew the science of fear, I would say stuff like feel the fear and do it anyway. But he basically told me, he was like, whenever you're going through these like different steps, you're like walking up these stairs, that last step is taller and you can't see over it. And so what happens is energetically, you're about to take this quantum leap, you're about to jump timelines and like fast forward it. And energetically speaking, you can. feel like the pressure and the uncertainty and all of the things. 

And you'll talk yourself out of it.

nah, maybe I don't need to take that next

step. 

it. I'll be right here.

yeah, right. I'm happy on this step. And so that perspective shift of like, I'm only feeling this way because I'm about to jump timelines. I'm about to speed up whatever is about to happen. Um, do I still struggle with it? Of course I'm human.

But 

a little bit more knowledge to get you from that, that nervousness and procrastination into taking action faster and faster and faster. That's how I'm feeling. Yeah,

Exactly. I'm about to jump timelines.

it's fine. It should feel nerve wracking. 

Exactly.

Oh my gosh. Okay. For somebody who is new to these concepts, new to these ideas, what are some practical steps that they can take today right now as they're listening to start sort of living more in alignment with their human design or just with being a little bit better with ourselves?  

Yeah. So it, the first step is, is really the awareness. Um, being aware, right. Even if before you pull your chart, cause that's always what I recommend first, just so you can know what your type is, even before doing that, being in awareness of your thoughts. It wasn't until I really like stopped and took a moment to  listen to the inner critic. Because the inner critic can be so loud sometimes, and it can be so, right, it's a critic, it's critical. And so, it wasn't until I really started to listen in and to start to unpack, like, why, like, the, the question that I was told to ask the inner critic when it starts presenting me with things that just, I know, it's just trying to feed me stuff, is like, how is that helpful?  And,  

I'm sorry, but that just hit me. That's so perfectly said. 

right?

is brilliant. 

Yes, it hit me the same way because our brains, they love to analyze and to pick things apart. And what you'll notice is when it brings you a critical thought and you say, how is that helpful?  may try to start coming up with reasons. Well, like, if you did this, then it would be this. And if you did this, then it would be this. And to really listen to the reasons that it gives you, because if it's rooted in a place of fear, like, you should do this, because if you don't, then blah, blah, blah. If it's rated, rooted in a place of scarcity, like, ah, you, you, 

like, 

don't have the money for this. 

right? Yeah. If it starts bringing you those things, actually start to take notice of that because we know that fear and scarcity are things that hold us back. So when your critic can only bring you, like, how that is helpful and things that we know on an analytical level will only hurt us, then you can really start to take back power and be like,  I don't think so, actually.  And then

it, it falls away.  

Oh my gosh. That's so, that is so good. Okay. We're in the homestretch now. What are three things? that have helped you to grow your business. It could be tools. It could be advice, literally anything. What three things do you think have most helped? 

I would say the three things that have most helped  would obviously be human design is one, cause it helps me understand my gifts and step into my authenticity. Cause I didn't always have the confidence to do that.  And so here was this thing that was validating out, validating me back by science. And I was like, this makes sense.  Um, the other one would be like these little mantras that I have. And so one of them came from my, my mentor. And she basically says just, especially as generators. Because we have the power, the energizer bunny, like, go, go, go, we can do it all. Especially as moms,

right? We're super, 

we're super 

can handle 

Yeah, yeah, like, I don't, I don't know that I did that, but okay.

I didn't even know that this does, this is not zoom. So I don't know how it did that, but cool.

it's Mac reactions, but I didn't think that I held it for that long to do it. Anyway, um, so she has this saying of like, just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

No, I hate that. I hate that statement because it's so fricking  true. 

like there are so many things that we could be doing. Um, like example, my degree is in visual communications and concentration in graphic design. And I have wanted to rebrand for so long to incorporate these different pieces of myself. I love cats. I love psychedelic colors. I love mushrooms, but I would gather all the pieces and then I would get two in my head. about actually creating whatever the brand was. And I would, what, what, what would take me months, weeks and months. Someone is now, we're having a reveal party on Friday. She did it in like two weeks.

You know why? That's because I always feel like we're in a jar. And on the label is all the answers and things and we're inside the jar so other people can see the jar and go, I mean, duh, right? But for us, it's so hard. Like I can help anybody out there all the time, but to help myself sometimes is not as easy.

So you're so smart. You're no, you're so smart to do that because you'll analyze everything to death because it's like important for your business. 

So just because you can doesn't mean you should, uh, has been really helpful. And then another mantra that it really stems from even like the, the pivot that I made, but it really stuck with me. Comfort and growth can't coexist.

Oh, 

Yeah. 

good.  Oh, I haven't heard that one. That's really good. That's a bummer, but it is a really good one. 

So I just remind myself in those really uncomfortable moments and those really, really challenging times. It's like, I'm growing in some way right now. I can't,

I'll be able to embrace it later. Don't complain about it now. Cool.

that's where gratitude can be super helpful of like, okay, I know this looks really hard right now, but how can I shift my perspective to see the good and then get through it?

And then it's like, Oh,  Yeah, no, that was actually growth. Okay, that was nice. 

Cool. Love it.  We shouldn't have to go through it, but actually I'm better because of it. So

exactly. 

we'll let that go. All right. And the third piece of tools advice. 

Yeah, you want to, that was, that was three. It was the human design, it was the, um,  the just because you can doesn't mean you should, and comfort and

Got it. Got it. I thought you were saying mantras was your second and then another one. No, that's perfect.

I mean, I

Nope. Nope. Nope. 

feel it. 

That's perfect. That's perfect. This podcast is going to be awesome. Um, I'm just saying before we get, well, I was going to say, we don't have to say this because we already get it.

So this is the time that I normally talk about a gift, um, that you're giving, but we've already mentioned it. So make sure that you go check out those show notes And then in case anyone has been listening to our conversation and thinks I really need Diamond's help. How, like, what are your services? How can someone work with you? 

Absolutely. So the thing that I always recommend first is to do just a 90 minute reading. Just do the understand and master your energy one. In that reading, we talk about Who you are energetically. We talk about what you're here to do, what you're here to learn, what deeply fulfills you and your purpose.

And from there we decide towards the end of that session, like, do we want to go further? Do you want to explore plant medicine? Do you want to talk more about spiritual development? Do you want to talk more about business? Because I have different avenues.

So understanding and mastering your energy is always the first place that I say start.

that's perfect. And your first, first place is going to be getting that chart. That's your freebie. And then getting your taste. And then for sure, connecting. I love it. Love this conversation. If you guys have found some ideas and tips and things that you can do to implement in your business, we would love for you to leave a review because for podcasts, that's the lifeblood of our thing.

Um, now go out there and do something good for your business, like snagging Diamond's gift. And then taking action, whether that's you working on yourself from the chart that you get from her or doing that 90 minutes, which sounds incredible to me. Um, but take action, write it down on your calendar,  assess, learn, and go from there.

Thank you so much for your time today. And you're, Oh, see,  thank you for your time today. And I really appreciate you coming on and sharing with all of us. Have

Thank you.

great day. Bye! 

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