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The Miles to Zen Podcast with Shannon Miles Halliday
Conversations through curiosity, creativity & connection.
Welcome to Miles to Zen, a podcast that celebrates life's delightful twists and turns, no matter where you are on your journey. I'm your host, Shannon Miles Halliday, a follower of curiosity, a mom, a wife, a former corporate executive, a creator and a connector. This show is your companion for navigating the beautifully messy adventure of life. Each episode invites you into heartfelt, inspiring, and expansive conversations, diving into topics like self trust, big moments and big decisions, navigating day jobs and finding purpose, and how can we thrive. You’ll feel uplifted and even enlightened each week as we share stories, and insights that spark your own ideas as well as conversations that offer completely new perspectives.
The Miles to Zen Podcast with Shannon Miles Halliday
Intuitive Strategy & Creative Magic with Chris‑Anne Donnelly (Light Seer’s Tarot)
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On the Miles to Zen podcast, host Shannon Miles Halliday talks with Chris-Anne Donnelly—creator of The Light Seer’s Tarot—about weaving mysticism and strategy, creativity, and intuition into real-world work. Chris-Anne shares how she used oracle cards in brand strategy sessions with corporations, municipalities, and a major Canadian bank to help teams speak more honestly and flatten hierarchy, how that work led her to create The Sacred Creator’s Oracle, and her path from running a design agency to focusing on personal creative projects. They discuss early intuition, religious and mystical family influences, living in Chile and meeting her husband, working with Hay House after successful Kickstarters, designing a tarot deck that feels less scary, practices like hypnagogia and dream journaling, and the idea that “strange” creative impulses may be your assignment. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro & who Chris-Anne is 02:10 From design agency to personal projects 05:10 Oracle cards in corporate strategy sessions 08:25 Creating The Sacred Creator’s Oracle 11:15 Intuition, childhood, and family mysticism 16:10 Chile, bucket lists, and meeting her husband 21:05 Hay House, Kickstarter success, and creator angst 26:10 Quieting life to hear intuition (dreams, hypnagogia, journaling) 33:10 Designing The Light Seer’s Tarot (shadow & sunshine) 39:30 Advice for creators: act on the luminescent idea + her magical letters project
00:00 Never Assume Intro
00:34 Meet Chrisanne Donnelly
03:00 From Design Agency to Sparkles
05:28 Oracle Cards in Boardrooms
09:29 Creating the First Deck
12:13 Early Intuition and Creativity
16:35 Mystical Family Roots
21:02 Listening to Intuition Practices
25:32 Chile Adventures and Love Story
29:02 Returning to Canada and Identity
31:47 Coffee Date Vibe
33:04 From Client Work to Own Decks
37:12 Kickstarter to Hay House
38:20 Manifestation Pitch Letter
41:07 Big Publisher Growing Pains
43:01 Creativity and Authentic Work
48:53 Light Seers Tarot Origins
52:00 Favorite Cards and Archetypes
56:31 Do the Luminescent Idea
59:35 Magical Letters Project
01:02:10 Key Takeaways and Farewell
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https://www.instagram.com/pixiecurio/
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Created by Shannon Miles Halliday
Original music by Anna Wawrzyniak: www.annawritesmusic.com
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