Leanne Hunt-Glazier Talks: Tapping into a Purposeful Life Part 1

Do you ever feel like you're constantly trying to fit society's expectations to gain acceptance and approval? What if I told you that embracing your uniqueness is possible while feeling connected to those around you? Join us in this week's podcast, where we explore the world of Human Design and EFT Tapping in our 2 PART conversation with Leanna Glazier-Hunt. Learn how to break free from societal norms and discover your authentic self. It's time to stop conforming and start thriving! 

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[00:00:00] Monica: Hi everyone! Welcome to the Kindling Project podcast. I am Monica Inestroza Curtis, also known as Mick, and I'm joined today by my very beautiful and talented partner in crime, Amy Drummond. Hey Amy. How you doing?  

[00:00:14] Amy: I am doing really well. I'm excited because I get to meet a new friend today and I'm just really excited to be here. 

[00:00:22] Monica: Are you feeling a little lopsided because we're missing our third wheel, Mel, I feel a little guilty because she's doing some real work and we're getting to do the fun part of our job.  

[00:00:33] Amy: That's true. I know. Well, we'll all have to just take turns, but yeah, I'm excited to, to see how the three of us do. she knows that we're all gonna take care of it, so that's a good thing, knowing that your colleagues take care of things when you're not around, you know?  

[00:00:47] Monica: That is the benefit I think, of having a partnership that it feels like, hey, when we're either having a bad day or a bad moment, we can all carry each other. 

[00:00:55] Amy: Definitely, and we need that. I think even on good days, because we're really ramping up things here at the Kindling Project and I feel like we're all running around , like, oh my goodness. Just like keeping it together. But we're all putting in a lot of work right now and it feels good because I think, gosh, if they're doing this work and I'm doing it, we're gpnna be making a difference soon enough.  

[00:01:19] Monica: Definitely. How is your morning? Have you been crazy this morning as well? It's like freezing outside. 

[00:01:25] Amy: I know. 

[00:01:25] Monica: This weather is driving me crazy.  

[00:01:27] Amy: The good thing is the sun has been out. So to me that makes a difference. Although I'm in the catacombs of my basement. Luckily I didn't have to get up and get out, but I got up and I started working early and it felt good to be able to do that in my jammies for a little bit. Okay. So I came downstairs and I'm just setting everything up and my oldest son who's almost 21, he's upstairs. He came home early from work cuz he works outside and it's bitter cold. And I just start hearing this bell sounding like a clock. And I'm like, what is that noise? Well, I go upstairs, we've had a clock. I mean this is literally been in our family for probably about 60 years, maybe even longer. I don't even know. And this clock is turning so fast making these chime sounds. I'm like, Rocco, what is going on? I'm old. Okay. I've never heard this clock ever make any sounds. I mean, I didn't think there were any insides into the clock. 

[00:02:22] Monica: Someone's trying to communicate with you.  

[00:02:25] Amy: That's what I thought! I said, Rocco, we're not alone! Like we both were just looking at each other. Not out of fear, but I'm like, oh, this is so great. I'm hoping it's, my sister, my mom, my grandma. Oh, I'm like, oh!  

[00:02:36] Monica: All of them! 

[00:02:37] Amy: This is so exciting!  

[00:02:37] Monica: They're all making some noise for you! They're like, woohoo.  

[00:02:40] Amy: This is why, believing in a higher power and a God, it's like there's no way that just happened. 

[00:02:46] Monica: No, absolutely. And how interesting that today our guest, we are talking to a really incredible person who I met through social media. Truthfully, I love her story so much because she really epitomizes the whole pivoting to a purposeful life. And she really does it with this sense of energy and it really drives her every being. So I would love for you to introduce her so we can get talking to her because she's so cool.  

[00:03:16] Amy: I love that. Leanna, welcome. So nice to have you here. Your name is Leanna Hunt and you were born and raised in sunny Southern California, and you now live in Utah with your husband David, and your four children. Bless your heart. Let me just say this. Leanna and David were college sweethearts and both went to undergrad in Utah and moved back when their kids were little so David could open his own physical therapy practice. Leanna is passionate about helping teenagers and women recognize their potential and live a life aligned with their energy, their values, goals, and dreams. Leanna has been an entrepreneur before she even had children, was a wedding harpist all over San Diego. No matter what she has done, she loves people and loves helping others see the best in themselves and live a life they feel is worthy of being loved and being. Leanna is a certified life and performance coach, certified in various types of E F T, tapping, a certified N L P timeline therapy techniques practitioner, and a Quantum Human Design and alignment specialist. Wow, those all sound so impressive. Leanna, welcome. Welcome to the Kindling Project.  

[00:04:28] Leanna: Hi guys. Thank you. I'm so excited to be here.  

[00:04:32] Monica: That's a pretty fancy title, girl. I mean, that's a lot. That's a mouthful. You've got four kids, very busy. And aren't you also working on your master's?  

[00:04:41] Leanna: Oh yeah. We didn't add that in there. I am a current graduate student working on my master's to become a clinical mental health counselor and therapist so that I can take what I do into a clinical setting and share it with more people in the world.  

[00:04:54] Monica: Which Is incredible. But you know, before we dive into what you do now and how you help so many people, can we just take it back a bit and give us a little bit of history? if I rewind the clock and we go back five years ago who do we meet? Is it the same person that's in front of us? This moment?  

[00:05:12] Leanna: That is such a good question , and I think you would've still seen me. You just would've seen a lot more frantic, burnt out, tired, exhausted version of myself kind of stuck in that, has anybody ever felt like they were stuck in a loop? Like one of those terrible rides at a carnival that you cannot get off of? That's what it would've looked like five years ago. If you saw me, it would've been like, at a carnival that was like your nightmare .  

[00:05:40] Amy: Was that loop, Leanna, was that in your head or was it in every aspect of your life? How would you describe that?  

[00:05:48] Leanna: It was in every aspect of my life. We moved here so my husband could open his own physical therapy practice and at this time he was just getting his business off the ground. So he was working like three or four jobs. I spent a lot of time doing direct sales. So, as a young mom, it really appeals to, I think, young moms to be able to sell a product from home. So I had worked my way up the ranks in a couple different companies and trying to balance a lot. My health was struggling, trying to get my hormones balanced. I had the first time in my life in my thirties, experienced a panic attack, several actually, and was struggling with my relationship with food. So it was a very vicious cycle with addictive patterns and just really wasn't happy and my health was showing. I had all my blood work done. They thought maybe I was developing arthritis and luckily those came back inconclusive. But really when I look back at it, it was an imbalance of stress. If we could put it all of what that nightmare Carnival was. Not being able to get off of that ride.  

[00:06:53] Amy: Yeah. And stress will catch up. It does. was this after your fourth child?  

[00:06:59] Leanna: Yeah, he was born in 2013. That was a really hard time in our life because my husband had recently lost actually right after my baby was born, he lost both his parents 20 days apart from each other. And I was in a car accident with all my kids. This all happened boom, like lineup. And with a young mom with my fourth baby and a husband trying to start a business and grieving the loss of his parents and so many other things. I can look back and see how the health things and the addictive patterns and the burnout and the stress just built upon each other for several years. And you finally get to a point, I'm sure so many of you are listening, might even be at the spot where you get to a point and you're like, I cannot do this anymore. I have to make a change. 

[00:07:43] Monica: What was your rock bottom? Do you remember that day, like that moment where you're like, okay, this is it. No more. Can you take us back to that moment?  

[00:07:51] Leanna: I think it was when I had that panic attack and I was home alone with a baby and still trying to recover from a really bad concussion from this car accident. Like I said, we just had lost both my husband's parents. It was really awful summer, and I remember not being able, sorry, it gets me emotional, not being able to breathe and that was really scary and I just remember, thinking, this can't happen again. There's a lot of people counting on me right now. This cannot happen again. And I'm sure for those of you that deal with panic attacks or you deal with anxiety at such extreme levels, my heart goes out to you because it is really scary the first time it happens. 

[00:08:27] Monica: What goes through your mind? And how do you start building from that moment?  

[00:08:32] Leanna: That was kind of when I reached out to other people. I started to use social media as a tool, I was home alone with little kids. And I needed some friends and support. I think that's why a lot of people probably tune into podcasts, right? And they read people's Instagram posts and get on other social media platforms because they are longing for connection. We'll just kind of fast forward because all those next couple years were critical. I met a lot of people. That's where I started doing business online. I sold makeup. I did it internationally. It was really cool. I got to go to Europe a few times and help launch a market there and that was really incredible. And then that kind of led into my health journey because I was feeling better, like having friends and being in front of people and selling products and making some money from home. And my health was still really struggling. So then I found a company that really helped me get my health back in check and my hormones and I had incredible success with my stress and my anxiety, and I really liked to do things that are all natural. So that felt really good to me. Was able to get off my prescription medications for my thyroid. My anxiety, this is everything all at once, which don't do without your doctor ever . had a lot of people in my corner helping me. I'm just giving you the fast forwarded version. It was through health coaching and sharing these health products that I started to see more patterns of people like me that would reach their health goals and lose 50 pounds or 40 pounds or even 10 pounds, and they couldn't keep it off. It wasn't sustainable and I wanted to know why. I wanted to know why we were sabotaging ourselves, me included. I wanted to know why we would reach a big goal, and then we would like almost, in a sense, take it back and say, no, I don't. I don't deserve this. I'm not worthy of this. And so it was at that point that I remember thinking, you guys mentioned God in your intro. I'm very religious and spiritual and have a really strong connection with my guardian angels and totally believe God is my higher power. And I do remember exactly where I was in prayer when it was like just this freight train came and hit me and it was says, you need to learn. This is your time to learn. and this was three months before the world shut down with Covid. At that point, I had already enrolled in a life coaching school and I think if I would've waited that three months with all my kids home and the world stopping, basically I think I wouldn't have done it because we were home. Everyone was homeschooling. And so I lept at that moment when I felt that inspiration and that has changed the trajectory of my life the last several years and led me to where I am now.  

[00:10:58] Amy: Wow. It's interesting because so many of us have to crumble down into ashes in order to rise up and your story leanna I've heard this, where a woman is so high functioning, so to speak, where she's got it all together. You had your fourth kid, you had moved and your husband's parents, and I can't imagine everything else. And then the body dysmorphia all the food issues. I mean all of these things. And then you realize one day I can't do anything else . And it's scary because it comes to you in a way that you've never experienced before because you've been managing quote unquote, for so long. It's really inspiring to hear your story because I think that a lot of women don't realize that even though it's a really scary time, that is a time of transformation because especially as women, when we're in those spaces, we're open, we're teachable, and we're willing, and that's something I talk a lot about, being open and teachable. 

[00:11:53] Monica: What I hear too is just listening to the whispers and through you, the whisper, from the man upstairs, whoever, the inside of you, just speaking to you so loudly, knowing that this was the time. It's scary to listen to whispers when your whole life is comfortable in another way. So I applaud you for that as well. And that's something Amy and I and Melissa are always encouraging women to do.  

[00:12:15] Leanna: Yeah. And we'll talk about that when we get into more details about what I do now. But how we listen, there's a lot of different types of listening and based on our unique energetic blueprint, We have different ways that we get to respond and we get to show up to those whispers, quote unquote and so I'm excited, as we kind of get into this to be able to share some more about that.  

[00:12:36] Monica: Is it something that when you now meet women profession aside and in your expertise in going to grad school, What is words of wisdom for women listening who are feeling that rock bottom that you fell like it's just all coming down crashing really hard. 

[00:12:53] Leanna: So what I know now, and I say this, like what I would've told my younger self, and I say that like I have two daughters. They're at the current time that we're recording, they're 18 and 20, but what I want them to know is that they already are good enough right now. They don't need to wait for anything to feel like that validation has to come from themselves. You could tell me I'm amazing, and I could tell you're amazing. But until we actually feel it ourselves, are we gonna feel like we can actually do something about it? So it's just sitting right here and taking a deep breath, maybe pulling your car over if you're driving or if you're on a walk, just allowing yourself to be present for a minute and to just see how that feels when you tell yourself, I'm good enough. And when we tell ourself I'm good enough, there's gonna probably be part of us inside that's like, Nope. And if you can actually find where that is in your body, we can work on it and we can let it go.  

[00:13:45] Amy: Yeah. And one thing that I do Leanna, is I work on teaching people that we have to act as if. We have to act as if we're okay. Even if we don't feel it. We have to work on telling ourselves that we are loved, that we are enough, that we are okay. Because if we have that negative narrative going on all the time, which it's usually been there probably decades for a lot of people. And your daughters are so lucky that your experiences now can teach them. And I always say one of the goals as a mom is for our kids to be a better version of ourselves. And it's tough because we're in a society that says, well, when you have the degree, when you have the house, when you have the husband, when you pay off this, it's always about tomorrow. But like we say, this is what we have, is right now.  

[00:14:32] Leanna: It is right now. And I love what you said, Amy, about that. The one thing, like if we're gonna bring in, why I use the modalities I do as far as eft tapping, when we're actually tapping on pressure points that are specific for releasing energy, it actually helps us be able to believe the affirmations that we say. Like I'm a real proponent of not just saying affirmations without something accompanied with it. So a lot of times when we say the affirmations, there's gonna be part of us inside. And you might feel it right now if you try telling yourself an affirmation. Part of you might say, oh, that's not true, or, we don't believe that, and that's your unconscious brain, that's your subconscious that's trying to tell you that because of this and this, that's not true, or we're not gonna believe it. And so that's why I use the modalities that I do. So it actually helps us integrate those things that we wanna believe. And when we do that, it's like we're changing our reticular activating system in our brain. It's the filter system that we've set up, and it's really hard to believe, but all of us, everyone that's listening, all of us here today, me, Monica, Amy, every person, we set up the filters by which we view the world, and so we can change that filter. It's like being able to put on a different shade of glasses and our brain is constantly, in this place of validating the filters that we've set up. It's like the thought of, I'm gonna go buy a white car. I'm gonna buy a white Mercedes. If you said that, you're gonna start seeing that white Mercedes everywhere you go, right? It's the same concept. 

[00:16:02] Monica: That's powerful. And you said it beautifully and exactly how I feel. So thank you for putting it in such beautiful words. You touched on this a little bit you really discovered throug EF T and human design is really where changing your lense has come from, is that correct?  

[00:16:17] Leanna: Yeah. It was the life coaching program that I started, which helped me feel like, okay, I could be a coach. I wanted to get a certification that was recognized internationally. That was really important to me. I just didn't wanna get on, buy a Facebook ad for a $19 life coaching certification. I wanted something that was recognized, in the coaching world. And so then that kind of led to , the EFT tapping and the other forms of tapping that I do, because I first found tapping actually Brittany Watkins program that helps with emotional eating. And so I found tapping first to help with addictive patterns. What's so crazy is that a lot of times when we are having that craving or whatever it is, we're we just finally we give back into right when we say we're never gonna do this again. Like the diet starts on Monday, it's just our younger self Thats talking to us, just needs some love. A lot of times we're actually trying to recreate something that was a really happy memory. Like a lot of people that are trying to break their cycles with alcohol, they'll remember one of their very first memories of alcohol was actually really positive. Or they shared a drink with their grandma and their grandma's passed away and so they missed their grandma. And so then they wanna drink, or food or it doesn't matter what it is. And so, I found this program specifically to do this inner child healing layers of our younger self, because whatever you're struggling with now, it is most likely your younger self that is trying to talk to you and she's telling you something that she really needs.  

[00:17:41] Monica: What do you think was the critical point, was it a childhood trauma? Was it wanting to go back to a good memory? Have you been able to tie it all in?  

[00:17:51] Leanna: Yeah, it was both. We can do tapping like sometimes it's connected to positive memories, like I said, like trying to recreate something that we felt when we felt really safe as a child. And so for me, there was a lot of really good memories of food, feeling safe at my grandma's house. She would bake bread every Monday and I was there when my mom worked. She made my life so much fun. And so I was trying to create as an adult how I felt really good and safe at my grandma's. Safety's a big one, so you could ask yourself, when was the time that I felt safe? And oftentimes it can be connected to what you're trying to break the pattern from now because your brain made this connection. Okay. Bread means safety bread means fun. Bread means being completely having my grandma's attention, but then it can also be connected to the negative memories. And so that's where we can go in for things that happened as a childhood as far as trauma. And our younger self just needed to feel like she had a friend. She needed to feel like maybe she had some support that she didn't have. Sometimes she needs to go in and have a new conversation. And it sounds so weird cause we're like, well, this didn't really happen. I'm just making up this new scenario. But as we make up new scenarios, it's like we get to rewrite the programming in our brain, which that then changes our filters.  

[00:18:59] Amy: Okay. First of all, you're gonna make an amazing therapist, okay? You're gonna do great. I know you're already doing your other modalities. But being licensed, you'll be able to take it into a whole different population. One thing that I really hear is that you have done a lot of work, don't just wake up healed. And that's why I say we have to show up, we have to suit up, and we have to do it. And I work with clients and it is not easy. They know when they're gonna come and work with me. They're like, oh. Why couldn't I come up with an excuse to cancel today ? Because they know that they're going to have to show up. And so I know I can hear that you have done that work and so I really want our listeners to know as well that doing the work is so worth it cuz you come out on the other side and you're like, oh my gosh. I just survived all of that. Thank you for also for being vulnerable with us too.  

[00:19:50] Monica: You've gotta be very comfortable being uncomfortable. When you can simmer in the uncomfortable, meaning you actually address whatever is happening in your world. That's where the real breakthrough comes. And that's what I'm hearing from you, Leanna. You had to go back there and live in it for a minute to really understand it, identify it, and then say, okay, no more. Let me reprogram myself. And now you are moving forward and helping so many people. Incredibly amazing.  

[00:20:16] Amy: One thing that I think people don't realize is that it also becomes part of your story. Instead of carrying around all the baggage and all the trauma, it becomes part of your story. So you can visit it every now and then, but once you've done the work, you don't have to carry it with you.  

[00:20:31] Monica: How much does forgiveness and letting go play a role in the work that you do with your clients?  

[00:20:37] Leanna: Forgiveness is huge part of it, especially when we are trying to create this life for ourself of more abundance and more opportunities and forgiveness is a really big piece of that. And we actually can do a lot of that in visualization because in actuality for a lot of us, We can't actually have conversations with those people that we need to have about forgiveness. So a lot of times we're just talking it out and doing it through visualization. And that is even really powerful for our brain because what I saw in my own life and with my clients too, is that if we are not willing to forgive it really is only hurting ourselves. And it is so much more powerful if we can still forgive in a sense without condoning what somebody did, and we can also forgive and have healthy boundaries. I feel like boundaries that are created with love versus boundaries that are created out of anger are much more sustainable and are much more conducive to us feeling good inside.  

[00:21:36] Amy: Is that something Leanna that you find is a common theme when your clients come to work with you, that those variables come up? 

[00:21:43] Leanna: Yeah, and that's why I love tapping. When we're tapping on pressure points, it's concept in Chinese medicine, that that basically opens the flow of energy. So it is like, yeah. You said bring the tissues. It's bring the tissues, but it is so much more calming and peaceful, and there's ways to address our younger self and people in a very safe way as far as visualization. So it's not like we just have to go in and have this really hard confronting conversation in our mind, and it just allows the release to happen very quickly. And a lot of times if we can't forgive the other person and for certain things, there's no right or wrong here, we can still learn to forgive ourself and there's so much power. 

[00:22:20] Amy: That has to really happen first, is that forgiveness of self. And I always say that tears are wet words, so it's just releasing those because so many of those emotions people have been holding onto for so long, and you're giving them that permission and that's very powerful in your work.  

[00:22:37] Leanna: Yeah, it is. It really connects into, it can be things that we've been caring for generations that we haven't let go. So a lot of the things we feel and we're like, I don't know why I feel this way. If you've ever said that, or I don't know why I can't let this go. A lot of times it has something to do that maybe happened to your grandma or your great grandma or a hundred years ago. And I truly believe that those of us that are living have this beautiful opportunity to be able to look at our genealogy our family history, and just decide I am going to change things now, and I'm going to be the one that teaches my children how to have healthy relationships and healthy boundaries. And that is a hundred percent possible.  

[00:23:15] Monica: For women or your clients to be ready for this, it takes more than just saying, I wanna get better. I was having a conversation recently with a gal, and we were talking about her perfectionism and she was saying, I don't understand why I'm always trying to please others. People pleasing, even though I set boundaries for myself for that, I still needed to go look within with this real sense of curiosity of why do I always go back to that spot where I'm trying to constantly please others? And I think that's why I like what you're saying, because you have to really peel a lot of lagers back. It's not just acknowledging, oh, this is a pattern I do. It's more like, okay, but why do you do it? And what's inside of you that's propelling you to do X, Y, or Z? Right? To reach for the food, or reach for the alcohol, or reach for people pleasing, whatever it is. Getting really curious about pulling the Lakers back.  

[00:24:09] Leanna: It is. And if that's where human design comes in, because I found that as the glue for everything it was kinda like the missing piece for me and the work that I do. 

[00:24:18] Monica: You do a lot of social media and you are awesome on Instagram. You're always helping people, with your little titbits. And I love how engaging you are. By the way I'm so impressed you're so comfortable in front of the camera. I mean, Amy and I are always like, ah, it's not our favorite thing to do. But I love that you do hone in this lovability and you must find that it must be one of the biggest obstacles and if you can overcome that, or at least understand it?  

[00:24:43] Leanna: The biggest obstacle.  

[00:24:44] Monica: There's not like a quick fix to that. Right? So you're saying it takes work, but at least that's a good starting point. That's really where things start to break down.  

[00:24:53] Leanna: I think sometimes we feel like everything has to change our life has to be hard, and I'm here to tell you I've done a lot of things and there's aspects that were hard, but actually letting it go, if you have the right person to guide you and you're open and you're willing and you have the right tools, I've been having a lot of conversations and people reaching out some that are big coaches from all over. Or they know about human design and they like to use human design in their practice. Or even maybe you're a personal trainer and you know about human design and it's gonna help you be able to understand your client's needs a little bit. But so many people say, okay, I know my human design, but now what? How do I align with the energy it's listing on this chart and this piece of paper? These conversations just started showing up. And so I can respond to that and I'm like, okay, that is the need right now. And so this, now what is what I'm working on creating, and I think it'll come probably in the form of a membership where people have access to me at a lower price point where we can have a theme every month, there's nine core needs like lovability that we can see in the chart that I'm certified to help you work through. That way, I feel like I'm trying to find ways I can serve more people, but I don't know all the answers.  

[00:25:54] Amy: Right, because there's only one of you!  

[00:25:55] Monica: So girls, I think this is a great place to pause, reflect and maybe redirect to deeper conversation on E F T and human design. But I think the themes I'm hearing is that you're never stuck and it's never too late to pivot. which I love, and responding versus reacting, healing, and forgiveness. I mean, we're painting a lot of big themes on this conversation. Leanna, I think we could talk to you for hours. Do you agree, Amy?  

[00:26:22] Amy: Definitely, she's speaking my language so much. I love it.  

[00:26:25] Leanna: Aw, thank you guys!  

[00:26:27] Monica: So why don't we take a break here and we'll go into a part two of this conversation? 

[00:26:31] Leanna: I love it. Thank you so much.  

[00:26:32] Monica: Okay guys, hang tight. 

[00:26:33] Amy: Talk soon.