Produced By - From the FBI to Inner Clarity: Navigating Career and Identity Transitions | 153: Adam Dickinson

Episode Date: May 25, 2026

Adam Dickinson is a former FBI Intelligence Analyst who spent over 15 years inside the Bureau. He later walked away from a career that looked perfect on paper to build a new path helping people make better life and career decisions. Today, he works as a Logic to Intuition Integration Advisor and Future Self Strategist, supporting high functioning professionals who feel stuck between staying safe and choosing a direction that actually fits. In this episode, you will discover Adam’s journey from the FBI into a completely new direction. We talk about what it feels like when nothing is wrong on paper but something still does not feel right, and how to move forward when you keep going in circles trying to make the right decision. We also explore stepping out of your comfort zone, sharing your ideas publicly, and creating opportunities by putting yourself out there.Connect with Adam:https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-r-dickinson/https://www.adamrdickinson.com/Timestamps: 00:00 - Feeling stuck between logic and intuition 01:11 - Introduction 01:25 - Who Adam helps and what he does 02:30 - Inside the FBI and career journey 05:11 - Building skills across roles 06:25 - Stepping outside comfort zones 07:15 - Developing creativity and intuition 09:09 - Sharing intuitive work on LinkedIn 11:28 - Why he believes he has no competition 14:37 - Standing out on LinkedIn 17:44 - Content, AI and staying human 18:32 - Starting on LinkedIn from scratch 21:52 - Finding clients and building pipelines 25:33 - Experimenting with growth channels 27:22 - Why being proactive matters 30:05 - How Adam works with clients 34:53 - How long transformations take 36:01 - Common patterns in clients 37:22 - What helps him during tough moments 41:13 - Hobbies and life outside work 43:51 - Book recommendations 45:49 - Where to find Adam 46:53 - Future goals and vision 48:46 - Final message on trusting yourself Connect with Tomas:X: https://x.com/TomasLoucky⁠⁠⁠Stan: https://stan.store/TommenLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasloucky/⁠⁠Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisistommen/⁠⁠Unproduced:Newsletter: https://unproduced.substack.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unproducednotesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033Ddo8ibDlLYoaP7FFLIWMore:Links: https://linktr.ee/produced_by⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://producednewsletter.substack.com/⁠The Podcast Club: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/25420030/Tools & gear that support the show:Metricool: https://f.mtr.cool/HRJBZKRiverside: https://riverside.sjv.io/vDnDodFavikon: https://www.favikon.com?fpr=tommenRa Optics: https://ra-optics.myshopify.com/discount/TOMMEN?rfsn=8803777.591d19JamX: https://jamx.ai/podcasters-offer?ref_id=e02d48af-ef66-4e76-b804-c2e8d282a8bfSome links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. If you find them useful, using these links helps keep the podcast running. Thank you!  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Some folks that I work with don't really pay attention, or if they do, they don't trust it. But their body is essentially telling them that something's off. And they can feel it, but they don't really know what to do with it. And then at the same time, logically, they're thinking through all the different simulations on how to solve their problem. And it just sort of creates a big analysis, paralysis, which I don't really like that word, but it's just we're thinking and it causes a lot of stress and anxiety. And so when I work with folks, what I do. through my Akashic Records work, if the individual is not really clear on the direction they want to go, and first I will work with them with my Akashic Records work. So I provide a reading, which I mentioned

before, is I help individuals connect with the wisest part of themselves. Through a meditative state, essentially open up a sacred, private radio channel to their wises self. And so they have an opportunity to receive guidance and clarity to know what to do next, understand a certain situation, Before we dive into today's episode, please hit that subscribe button. Your support helps us grow and inspire more people on their journeys. Thank you. Hello, Adam. Thank you for joining us today and welcome to the show.

Yeah, thanks Thomas. I'm excited to be here. I appreciate you having me. Likewise. And Adam, for those who don't know you, can you please introduce yourself? Yeah, sure. So my name's Adam Dickinson. I am currently a logic to intuition integration advisor, where I serve as a future self-strategist,

currently helping high-functioning adults interpret their inner signals and navigate career and live transitions with clarity and expanded awareness. At the moment, I'm helping federal workers transition their careers. I just left the Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI, as you might be more familiar with it. helping folks transition into a new aligned path that resonates with them in their body, but makes sense logically. So I'm excited to share more about that, but that's me in a nutshell. And before we discuss it in more detail, can you please tell us more about your background? Because I'm sure that it's not only me, but even the audience.

It doesn't happen every time or regularly that you meet someone who actually worked for FBI. So what was it like? Was it like your dream or just tell us more about it? Yeah, sure. So my background, professionally, most of my career was with the FBI as an analyst. If your listeners are not familiar, there are a lot of different roles within the FBI. But the two prominent ones, you could say more or less, are a special agent and an intelligence analyst. the role of the agent is to help with investigations and, you know, putting, as you could say,

the bad actors, if you want to use that word, into jail if you want. But as an analyst, my role was to help connect the dots, simplify complexity, and provide an analytic judgment to either an agent or executive leadership or the president of the United States, for instance, or the U.S. military, it just depended on what sort of program I was responsible for. And I moved throughout my career from doing a smaller picture analysis, so looking at how money was moved from terrorists to terrorists and sort of the networking there. And then I did more kind of intelligence or espionage issues tracking individuals who were stealing things they weren't supposed to.

So intellectual property and trade secret theft. And then once I sort of mastered that area, I wanted to go big picture and work on strategic analysis and then helping the U.S. intelligence community, all the different agencies that are a part of it, essentially play well with one another, make sure they're all in sync and we're all meeting a certain goal. And then I continued on in my career. I did cybersecurity after that and really wanted to look at. at see what the hackers were up to. So if you have any listeners who are in cybersecurity, God bless you. It is like one of them. It was the most difficult program that I ever tried to do well at. And from, you know, IP addresses to packets to all the different technical jargon and terms and concepts, it was one of the most difficult programs, to be honest with you. And then I ended my career being like a liaison from the FBI to the private sector.

so I would help communicate and keep companies like myself even maybe informed of potential issues and risks to protect their intellectual property and the other sort of threats that the FBI was responsible for. But I was an external sort of liaison, you could say, that would communicate information to organizations. And that's essentially it from my career's point of view. I find it very exciting because not only it was for actually, for FBI, but also in different areas, different sectors.

So it feels like that you try different things. It sounds so interesting to me. Yeah. I mean, I would love to, you know, if you want to build on that, Thomas. Like for me, I had this idea of different skills I wanted to build, whether it be writing or we consider briefing, but basically public speaking, to networking, to building relationships, to building a community. every sort of program I was in had a different purpose. And the last, actually the last assignment I had, I wanted to feel comfortable speaking with organizations outside the FBI in an unclassified arena. A lot of times, I don't know how many individuals you interview that have dealt with classified information.

But a lot of times it's very uncomfortable talking to people who are not cleared to receive that information. So it was intentional that I wanted to have that last position be where I could outwardly represent the FBI and talk in a manner that was appropriate. And not to mention that it's often scary or big step out of the comfort zone if you need to speak in front of the large audience or like a group of people and then imagine speaking. But you need to be especially careful about what information you can actually convey. So I cannot imagine what it's like. Yeah, yeah, 100%. And then you have to be like one of the biggest challenges I had was knowing what in my head was classified

and what I could share when I couldn't. It was super tough. So it sounds like, you know, because sometimes people have career when they kind of get comfortable and it becomes a routine. But to me, your path, it sounds more like it's been always like challenging and yourself pushing forward and stepping out of the comfort zone.

So did you like always have this type of mindset? Yeah, that's a great question too. I would say I grew into it. As a young, young child, I had always enjoyed being creative and sort of pushing the boundaries on what was possible or what was sort of normal at the time. I like to do creative projects, for example. And that sort of got me into the mindset and the comfort. of pushing what was comfortable for myself internally.

And through that, very early on in my career, actually, now that you mentioned it, I knew I wanted to build this repertoire of skills and techniques, and I guess using LinkedIn terms frameworks and SOPs in operating procedures. But I didn't really push the envelope even more until, of a personal situation happened. And this is how I sort of differentiate myself from others who might be doing critical thinking work or analysis work or maybe foresight work. I integrate the intuitive side of me into my business. And that knowing lately, actually, when I talk about my Akashik records work, which I describe the Akashic records as part of your inner intelligence where it's your

Soul's energetic library of information that you have access to through essentially a meditative state. And I receive information from it all the time. And I help clients in the same manner connect to the wisest part of themselves. But I didn't realize that I was really getting out of my comfort zones until I started talking about it on LinkedIn. Oh, okay. And talking about, you know, more spiritual concepts on LinkedIn. And I think that I, I got a lot of folks reach out to me and said, oh my gosh, I feel the same way. I'm so glad you're talking about it. I'm like, okay, like this is just who I am.

But that was a big moment for me to get out of my comfort zone. And basically when you started with this by sharing that on LinkedIn, was there like kind of one moment when it switched or was it kind of gradual? Yeah, that's a good question. Let me pause a moment. I think when I started to first describe what the Akashic records were to individuals, especially like my ideal client, which right now I'm focusing on federal workers who are in transition within their careers.

So they're going through a moment of identity shift, of not really clear the direction they want to go. And so I was trying to figure out a way best to describe how the records and intuition can be beneficial for individuals in that sort of state. And it was really tough in the beginning because in my mind, and I'm still working on this, to be honest with you, Thomas, I can communicate more on the mindfulness sort of language and concepts, but all the way to more of the esoteric concepts. So I can talk both languages.

And it was difficult because I wasn't sure what was landing and how to evaluate that on LinkedIn. and especially when I started to do more of my bottom of funnel posts on asking folks, you know, do you, if you want to book a session with me, what kind of language do I use to describe that? And it, I would say not until earlier this year that I really got more of an idea of what kind of information and messaging really worked on the intuitive side to connect with both people. So, yeah, I would say a gradual. Because this space to me is quite new because I don't know if it's kind of just my bubble or people that I follow, but from your experience, do you feel like that there are more people in such a niche on LinkedIn or if it's still new to LinkedIn or what is

basically your competition like on LinkedIn? Yeah. Well, that's a good question too. I would say, I mean, to be honest with you, from my point of view, I don't really have competition. being a very spiritual and intuitive person. To me, I feel like competition is an old paradigm word because folks like myself, I mean, on the esoteric sort of language, some might consider me a master healer. So what that means is I'm bringing forward more heart-based concepts and language and philosophies to the forefront of business and helping sort of heal the people. push culture, the fear culture, the lack and limitation for the culture. And so competition doesn't really exist in my point of view because every individual has their own purpose. And if I

can complement other individuals' purpose, then it's just a win-win overall. And so, but to your question, though, I would say there have been pockets of more of the spiritual intuitive community on LinkedIn, but I am noticing, I don't know if it's because of the algorithm or what, that more and more individuals are enjoying sort of the colleague of mine calls it more of the soulful nature of the spiritual community, especially with AI. Like the human nature is really coming forward. And so part of that is how you portray yourself, the vibe that you give off, the energy that you give off, and it becomes tangible, and it builds trust with other individuals. So I think, to your point, one, I think the intuitive community is building on LinkedIn, and then two,

in terms of my competitors, I fit in a very unique niche because I'm not completely logical. I'm also part of the law enforcement community. I'm also part of the U.S. intelligence community, and I'm also part of the intuitive community. So to my knowledge, I don't really have any competition. It depends on, you know, do you like the work that I do? And do you like sort of, you can say, my brand? I think it's actually a perfect approach because it's like your USB. Of course, there are people who may be offering similar services,

but not such a focus or target audience like yours, which then makes it easier for people, you know, kind of you come to mind because you are the one who is actually for that space. Let's pick one area up. And I think it's kind of perfect. Yeah, yeah. That's a good point. I've actually collaborated with a couple other career coaches who like one in particular I can think of. She focuses on helping people with their resume and interview prep. And I'm like, no, I don't do that. Let me refer you to her. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, and it's smart because then if she comes across someone who needs

actually your services, then she can be like, okay, I know Adam. His focuses on this and he's the perfect person. Yeah, 100%. Exactly. Yeah. And I think also because as we've been on LinkedIn for some time, you can see more people joining and more people offering like a similar services. For example, if you look at personal branding and competition is growing, so it's harder

to stand out. So I know that it might be easy to say, but I think one of the biggest ways how to stand out on LinkedIn, build your brand or following is actually to be unique. I know easy to say, but harder to do. But I think perfect example, you found perfect niche for yourself unique to you and goes from there. So I think that's actually something that audience can learn from. Yeah, no, I appreciate that.

And I am kind of curious too. I did a little bit of homework on your background. How, I mean, just on that moment on this topic, if I may ask, how do you find yourself sort of differentiated from the other LinkedIn sort of expert? words. It's a good question and I feel like that I've also spoken to many so that is actually something that I'm often kind of thinking about as well because there are many people with even way larger following than me but I would say I hope it's not going to sound I don't know somehow egoistic or something but I feel like that thanks to my podcast and speaking with all

these types of people it gives me like access to them and their knowledge that I've received. And it's not only from me reading their content, reading their posts, but actually speaking to them, which I believe that gives me some kind of insight that other people don't have, because I think I've done quite a few episodes.

By now we've spoken with all kinds of people across different demographics, niches, pretty much from everywhere. So I believe, and I hope that it's some kind of competitive advantage that I have. And that it's not something that can give me like a chatyp, or cloud bisexual. I've spoken to those people,

so I actually know it. I hope that it's something that helps me. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. I get that. I was a really nice question. Thank you for that. Yeah, sure. I was just like,

I was looking at your background too, and it was like, oh, wow. I was really curious how you're positioning yourself too, so. And before, also, when we spoke about what you do, you mentioned AI. Now, it's going to say that we all use AI, and of course, AI is progressive,

completely normal to use it, but at the same time, as it's progressing, I feel like that sometimes it might be taking away that personality, because when you see content on LinkedIn, sometimes it's like copy and paste or very similar to others. And I believe that as you well said before, that if you come across as you as the real person as, you know, just being personal, in the end it's going to stand out as well because when everyone becomes, similar, other contents become similar or even the same, it's actually going to be you and yourself that is going to stand out. So it was a great point that you shared before as well. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, when I'm working on my copy, which is a whole new area, I had to learn.

Just because, you know, the form of writing that I was used to was intelligence assessments in writing and the copywriting for gaining interest of the reader was not really something uncomfortable with. but I do try to insert something that's unique for me, like an emoji or a funny little humor into it. So you try. And also before you started with LinkedIn, because the LinkedIn is the primary platform where the audience is, and I'm always curious, like, what's kind of your origin story with LinkedIn? So have you actually used the platform even before throughout your career, or then when you wanted to switch your career, or what was the point when you started focusing?

Oh my gosh, that's a great question. So, and very insightful. So because I was in the FBI for so long, let's just say generally we had or have, or let me see, had certain expectations on what you're able to say, what you're able to do, rules, that sort of thing. And also, personally, I didn't really enjoy talking about myself. It just wasn't something that was natural. And so I was never on LinkedIn up till, oh my gosh, this might be embarrassing to say, maybe like four years ago, five years ago.

A friend of mine who was also in the FBI at the time of colleague, he was networking on LinkedIn and with permission showcasing his work on LinkedIn. I was like, wow, that's pretty impressive. and I wanted to do it as well, but you have to go through certain steps and approvals to talk about your work and make sure you're not revealing anything you're not supposed to.

But before that, I was never on LinkedIn, and I actually got a question from somebody. It's like, how long have you been on LinkedIn? I'm like, I'm kind of new. I don't know anything about it, but it was so uncomfortable, to be honest with you. And then when you try to talk to people, They always want to know like the juicy stuff behind the scenes.

And I'm like, I can't really talk to you about it. Sorry. That was uncomfortable. So it was, that was another very much a growing moment to try how to navigate, like getting my resume approved and putting it on LinkedIn and then figuring out how to talk about myself and, you know, all those different things from an ethics point of view, from a security point of view. It was tough. I can imagine. And you can see often people, and I would say that it's actually one of the things that I would recommend to people who are starting out, building their brands or like founders, to share the stories from their life. Because people often feel like I don't have anything interesting to share or I don't have stories, but everyone has some stories and interesting.

I just need someone's help to find it. So I kind of understand that maybe for you, it could have been challenging because I'm sure you have even. even better ones than majority of people do. But then the question is, am I actually able to share it, or is it too classified? So I can imagine that it might have been challenged. Yeah, yeah. So, you know, just as a heads up, Thomas, if you talk to anyone that might have had a background with security or intelligence, they might be sort of fearful or, you know, I mean not fearful, but just cautious on what they share. So, yeah, but then on the flip side, funny enough, I've also had people's scared of me when I reach out.

I was a part of a community of solopreneurs and I reached out with note, I should have learned to put a note in my connection request, but just a cold sort of connection request of no note. And they're like, why is someone from the FBI reaching out? I was going to say it.

That's a good one. Yeah, so I had to be mindful of that sometimes too. No, I think it's funny. Quick one, before we get back to it. If you like this kind of conversation, I've started sharing short videos on YouTube, where I break down what I've learned from more than 150 episodes. Content, podcasting, personal brand, no fluff, just what actually works. Just search Produced Buy on YouTube or don't.

And keep figuring out the hard way. And Adam, as I think one of the challenges or things that probably many people struggle with is actually how to find clients. So you on LinkedIn, what is your strategy or how do you find our clients actually? Yeah. Oh gosh. So it depends. If we're talking cold, outbound, I do pay attention to, I guess, what is it, LinkedIn's recommendations. And if I find someone who has the background and right now, I'm. I guess, you know, I might need a better strategy, but if they either communicate or they have

that, what is it, that green banner open to work. So I do my outbound sort of connection requests that way on finding individuals. But my other sort of approach, and this comes from my experience with creating, I created or co-led a public private working group at the FBI, meaning I helped the U.S. government agencies come together on a certain topic, and as well as private sector companies come together on a certain topic, to would talk to one another on certain threat information, share information, and work towards a certain goal, kind of like in a sprint with like, I guess scrum is probably the closest sort of approach to it. So we would all work together. And what I learned from that

is creating certain pipelines and platforms to start to bring awareness to your services and then gain trust and then eventually convert. So I started to, actually, I started to network with podcasters to try to, you know, get to learn about their audience and cross, I guess, cross-pollinate audiences. And then I also like to collaborate a lot. So I've done two LinkedIn live conversations, workshops with other business owners to sort of broaden my reach and attention with individuals. So I've done that.

But LinkedIn is my primary marketing engine, if you will. So I do focus on that. Secondary, my podcast and I'm a co-hosting, I was lucky enough to meet up with lovely individuals and co-hosts with them. And that has really helped. And then my third sort of channel or platform is print. So I'm looking at different ways to reach people. So I've started, I was in an interview in a magazine, for example, to reach people. And then there will be another article coming out soon on, I provided some commentary with a journalist who was looking at intuition on how mental health is really influencing and impacting individuals with their intuition. So I provided some

commentary there. So expanding, but looking to also refine, you know, did that really work out? How is that helping with my reach and bringing individuals in? But that's been my strategy so far. Still refining it, though. I like it that it's creative, trying different avenues, because I think people often find for like one ultimate secret but the truth is that everyone is different and it's i think always the best advice is to try and see what works of course it might not work but at least to find out otherwise you might think that okay this is the best one but if you don't try the other one you're never going to find out and what i really liked and i mean is that you said that you actually try print as well i flag that i've i don't remember if i heard anyone actually doing the print so i think

It's just because of the people that I spoke with, but it's one of the avenues as well. So for people out there, if it fits your focus, why not give it a try as well? Yeah. Thank you for noticing that. One of my strategies, kind of like my go-to-market strategy, is eventually going from a business to consumer and eventually business to business, supporting CEOs and other business owners sort of navigate change and transition to where they want to go down a path that's more in alignment for themselves and their company's culture and their business. And so I have noticed that a lot of other B2B

business owners have a hard time reaching CEOs on LinkedIn. So I was like, well, if I was a CEO and super busy, maybe I could go to print. My next sort of goal is to work on more. of the, I'm trying to think of examples, but high profile magazines like Forbes and those that I can't think of the other names, but those sort of established periodicals and magazines that folks might be looking at. I mean, that's sort of my next sort of step. Yeah, they're smart and hope it works out. And I also think that what is smart from your approaches or a good thing is to be proactive because as you said, whether it's podcasters, hosting a podcast, doing lives, sometimes people expect that all the opportunities come to you. But if you're not the person who's actually active,

proactive and trying to get yourself out there, it's rare that those opportunities would come back to. So I think that comes back to the mindset that we discussed before. Yeah, yeah. And so, yeah, curious of all the individuals that you've interviewed, what have been some themes with how they've landed clients? I think what's the most common or I would say probably most desirable or the ideal scenario is through the content, such as if you got content written, structured and done in a way that it attracts people. But at the same time, I think if you are honest, that is something that everyone hopes for, but it's not the reality for everyone. Because, you know, that's what everyone wants.

So I don't think it's going to work for everyone. Of course, I believe that you need to have some kind of name already because then if the person checks your profile, it's likely that they are going to work with someone who's got more established brand rather than someone new. So I would say the content is number one. And I think then the own bound, such as sending DMs to people. But then it's a tricky one because I'm sure that you receive it as well.

It gets quite annoying if you get pitches all the time and often it sounds literally like AI. So I think then it comes down to taking some time, maybe to understand the person, build some kind of relationship before literally sending a connection request and pitch straight to person's face and, okay, buy my services and this and that. So really, I would say the content and then DMs, but have some kind of strategy behind it.

Okay. Yeah, I'm still working on the DMs too. I think you are doing great, Adam. I think it's just also about the time and being realistic because sometimes I think also people think that it just happens, you know, like that. It's quick. But again, imagine the number of people that are on LinkedIn that are looking for clients and it just takes time. I think that's the reality. Yeah, yeah, that's a good point.

Yeah. Can you then, Adam, please tell us a bit about actually how we. you work. I can imagine it will take a long time, but maybe how you approach it, what's your structure, strategy, and just to give us an idea? Yeah, sure. So the typical individual that I am supporting right now is specifically, is a federal worker, US federal worker who is either considering leaving government or has left the federal government already. But I've also gotten a lot of non-federal worker, so it just kind of depends on, you know, where you're at. But where they are personally is they're feeling like they're in a rock and a hard place and not really seeing a solution and their body

or their intuition if they're aware of it. Some folks that I work with don't really pay attention or if they do, they don't trust it. But their body is essentially telling them that something's off. and they can feel it, but they don't really know what to do with it. And then at the same time, logically, they're thinking through all the different simulations on how to solve their problem, and it just sort of creates a big analysis, paralysis, which I don't really like that word, but it's just overthinking and it causes a lot of stress and anxiety.

And so when I work with folks, what I do through my Akashic Records work, If the individual is not really clear on the direction they want to go, then first I will work with them with my Akashic Records work. So I provide a reading, which I mentioned before, is I help individuals connect with the wisest part of themselves. Through a meditative state, I essentially open up a sacred private radio channel to their wises self. And so they have an opportunity to receive guidance and clarity to know what to do next, to understand a certain situation. to know something deeper about themselves, that deeper inner knowing that they're having trouble putting a name to. So when I give them the reading, I essentially translate the energy that's in the records

through metaphors or imagery. So it provides context around what they may be feeling, context around the direction they want to go. So what that reading does is essentially scope the problem set. and it helps them bring a little bit more of a refinement to the direction. From there, after the reading, then I switch over to the logical side and use my FBI analytic background and I help with execution of that. So the client selects what resonated intuitively within their body from the Akashik record reading,

and then I helped them analytically tease out their vision where they want to go and then creating structure analytically on how to execute. So they could want like a decision-making framework. They could want how to look at an opposite point of view on something. They could want how to create their strategic priorities and sub-priorities, a lot of different things on how to move forward. But what I do essentially is help simplify all the different moving parts on the direction they want to go. So kind of like what I was doing in the FBI, but now, like for the layperson, for the everyday sort of individual. And then from there, we progress a little bit more. And then I advise them on how to integrate logical signals and intuitive signals so they can

start to strengthen their decision-making capability to continue down a path of alignment. Because a lot of times I've noticed, and I think humanity is going in this direction, if you're not paying attention to your intuition and what your gut's telling you, then you'll be in a lot of pain. And through anxiety or depression, that's why I think a lot of individuals are having mental health challenges, just generally speaking. And as you start to integrate more of how your intuition is leading you,

that can help a lot more. Things become a lot easier, and so you can lead yourself with, calm certainty. And then if an individual wants to go even further with me, I can help them refine their intuitive skills to know what's intuition, what's not, what's fear, how to add neutrality when you're observing your intuitive information, and then how to integrate that with logical processes. And then we refine sort of the strategy and analytics side as well. So it just depends on where they're at on their journey and how much of an identity shift they want to make.

And I can imagine that it really differs on specific person, context and scenario. But is there like an estimate how long such a collaboration takes? Yeah. So some folks just want a quick sort of, I'll say, insights onto what their intuition is, I guess, showing them. And that's just to have a 60 minute reading for that. But if they want to what I call, right now I'm describing it as like my inner compass offer, if they want to have both the intuitive side and the execution, the analytics side, that's about a three-week process where it's just a small nudge in the right direction

to gain that clarity in their next steps. And then if they want to go deeper, I have a three to six months sort of ongoing sort of support. So it can help them during those high-stakes decisions. If they're gaining that established baseline, and then they're trying to execute, and then they need that additional sort of support as they make decisions, that's sort of an ongoing support for them.

And as you've worked with a number of clients, are there like any recurring themes or patterns that you see across these people? Yeah. God, great questions. I would say the recurring themes are they definitely, individuals definitely feel like they're not sure how to solve their problem. Like they keep questioning themselves, not trusting themselves, not seeing a solution at all. And they just, the anxiety builds. And then from there, another theme is this identity sort of change. A lot of folks that I engage in

and talk to and support, they want to live a life that's easier. that's in flow that resonates. They're tired of pushing with their personal life, with their career, and they're wanting to get into a state of ease and knowing that they're always safe, but going into a path that's more expansive. And I would say those are the biggest themes. I mean, it deals with, well, another thing that's been coming up, actually, Thomas is sort of interesting,

is individuals who have mastered logical-based systems. and they're now trying to refine their intuitive skills. They're, like, bored with sort of the world. They're, you know, curious about this other world that they're not really used to, and they want to hone in the intuitive side of things. It's interesting. And actually, Adam, as you are helping people like this and with all this stuff, What is it actually that, let's say, helps you if, for example, you feel down or it's not working for you or, you know, it's not always as glamorous, such as to show up, even if LinkedIn show up every day, be positive and everything, and especially you, because you are helping these people.

What is it actually that helps you? Yeah. Well, aside from, I will say, I'm going to give you continued shoutouts on LinkedIn, Thomas. I do have a good sort of friend base on LinkedIn. so that's helpful. Thank you. I appreciate it. Yeah, but when they're not available, and I'm by myself, you could say,

I do have certain practices that I do. So one, and this is what put me down the spiritual path. I had a painful breakup, and after that, I started to meditate a lot. And so when I'm having trouble, the first sort of go-to solution that I do is to start to observe the uncomfortable emotion, the uncomfortable body. sensation, and then when I start to observe it, it releases the tension, and then it starts to fall. And you start to release that grip that's on you. So that's my first thing that I do. If that's not working, like if I'm like super triggered, and if it's like a deep sort of, I don't

say wound, but a deep trigger that I'm having trouble moving through, then I have other options. So I have what I kind of describe as my soul pod, meaning I have some friends who also went through my Akashic records training, and I ask, I reach out to them to say, hey, can you go into my own Akashic records and help me navigate what's happening? Because sometimes if, and this is with a lot of intuitive readers, if someone isn't grounded when they're doing this work, the information that they can receive is not really clear. So you have to be very much in a neutral state, a very grounded state, to have that clarity. So if I'm triggered, I'll go to a friend and he'll read or she'll read my own records. And if that doesn't work, I also have, or that usually works, but I also.

It seems to be a really bad state if even this doesn't work. Yeah, like lately, I've been moving through some personal challenges. So the last sort of resort is I have a lot of, other, you could say, I would describe them as heart-based individuals. Their vibrations very high. So they're meaning they're always positive, not always positive, but the majority of the time, they're very positive. They're very optimistic. And I have one individual, a friend that I'm thinking in particular, she helps me integrate techniques to raise my own vibration. So if I'm having a bad day, I'll remember sort of the tools. Like, for example, there's this one technique where if you, are, if you can notice energy, you can eventually essentially sort of climb this energetic ladder

where if you get to one state, you feel that energy and then you continue to raise your vibration gradually. But you have to know how to do it. You have to observe subtle energy shifts. But that's just sort of my last resort. But those are some great tips. I think if I related kind of to the audience on LinkedIn, to the people who are listening to us, as you said before it makes a difference to have the right people around you. For example, the audience or friends on LinkedIn, but at the same time, just the friends or family to reach out to if you need or anything.

It's always so important just to have someone if you need to. It's completely normal. I can really agree. You sound up perfectly. I would like it. Okay. And Adam, just to be aware of time, I want to ask you kind of lighter questions.

So what is it that you like to do in your free time? or what are some of your hobbies? Yeah. So before I got on this call, actually, it was at the gym. So I do like to lift weights a lot. I played American football when I was younger. And I was the kicker on that team. But a big component was whitelifting.

And I just continued doing that. So I do that a lot, like five days a week. Just because also doing the intuitive work that I do, it's also like going to the gym. So you have to be sort of. physically fit to be able to maintain that focus and that presence and that attention. There's that. I also like to read. So lately I've been reading a lot of, I think it's like entrepreneurial magazine on how other entrepreneurs are doing their thing and how they're succeeding

or failing and what lessons learned I can get from them. Aside from reading too, as I mentioned, meditation is a big component of who I am. So if I'm either having a bad day or or if I want guidance for myself, I'll start to meditate. And then the last sort of hobby actually is I'm a big sci-fi fantasy person. Nice. I'm a big fan of X-Men, actually. So Marvel and watching movies or TV shows like that, I'm a big fan of. But lately I've been, what is it?

Sorry to interrupt, but I've been excited about upcoming Avengers, where both Marvel superheroes and X-Men will be together. No, when is that? Do you know that's coming out? I think it's, I don't know, it's the one that is maybe end of the year because I know that the premiere is set somewhere around 3rd June. So it's like going to be June in cinemas and next Avengers. So it's like a big event.

And of course, Avengers, big anticipation because it's huge. So cannot wait. What is it going to be? Oh, that's going to be. Okay, I'm going to have to take a look for that. Or keep an eye out for that. I know I was also as a kid, I played video games. and I think I saw Mortal Kombat is coming out with a movie.

Oh, Mortal Kombat, yeah. Yeah, that may be showing my age, but... No, no. I've seen the movie before that came out, but I'm not going to lie because I haven't played the games and also younger. I didn't have such a connection with as probably other people did. But I always enjoy a good film.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, but yeah, that kind of sums up my hobbies when I'm not working. And so you mentioned that you read magazines, but what about some book recommendations? Oh, oh gosh, I could show you my bookshelf. It is, it's a lot. Yeah, I would say one that comes to mind,

it was really sort of an unlock, is the untethered soul, but I can't think of the author. But what did, if I could Google it. I'm actually trying to think. I feel like I know the title as well, but I cannot think of the author. Yeah, it's alluding me. But the sort of big takeaway was from that book,

I recall, it just sort of confirmed when you are observing yourself that thoughts have a certain frequency and a certain energy, and then your intuitive insights also do. And it just sort of confirmed to me, like when I'm giving Akashic record readings, thoughts feel heavy, and intuition's very light, it's very caring, it's very supportive. So logically, and I think it's very scientific base too, if I recall, it just sort of painted a really great picture of how I look at my intuitive side. That's one that comes to mind. I'm also a big fan of Jay Shetty, and one of his books, how to think like a monk. It was also. I think I know it as well, because he used to be a monk before, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I think he grew up in England. Are he's, thank you,

I know him from the podcast and I've seen him both as a guest on many podcasts and him as a podcaster as well, which for us is especially unique as a podcaster. But it's a good recommendation too. Yeah, yeah. Those are probably, those are come to mind anyways. I had a quick look in the background for the audience. If they are curious, that the Antedare Toul is by Michael Ellen Singer, the author. Yeah, appreciate that. Thank you.

Of course. And Ellen, please, can you summarize? eyes where people can find you, follow you, and promote any of your services? Yeah, thank you. So if you're in the middle of a career transition or personal internal shift and want more clarity on your next steps, you can connect with me on LinkedIn at, I guess, the moniker Adam dash R-dickinson. I share weekly insights on logic to intuition integration and practical ways to understand

your inner intelligence during reinvention. You can also find me on the podcast platform, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and I think we're on Substack. I'm a co-host of the sole professional podcast, the Global Conversation Series. So keep a lookout for that and definitely join the conversation there. I will as always add any links to show notes. And I didn't ask about the podcast because I know that if I would ask, we would spend a whole hour discussing just the podcast. So I have to be careful.

But for the audience, please check it out as well. I will leave the link in the show. And Adam, are there like any goals or anything they are planning and would be willing to share with the audience to be excited about? Yeah. So I give you one maybe near-term goal. What I described earlier, I am moving into more of a continued support. You could say, I think the term is retainer, retainer model with my offers. That is one thing I'm excited about for those who need more of that ongoing help.

The other thing is long-term, I would like to create more of an established norm for humanity, where the kind of work that I do is normal. And more talked about having intuition be kind of commonplace and how it sort of complements logical processes, sort of my more of my long-term project than I'm working on, that I'm really excited. So if you're listening and want to know more, more about how to better understand how energy and resonance and coherence plays into your day-to-day life. Yeah, feel free to reach out. But that's another sort of larger project I'm excited about. Yeah, it sounds good and of course, we'll be excited to follow. And you actually gave me an idea

when we discussed the books. Do you have an idea actually to write your own as well? Yeah, I mean, it would be interesting, Linda Thomas, in my background. I mean, I guess it could be biography as well because of your background, but even what you do now, your experience from before, I feel like that if not now, in the future, it must come. Okay, yeah, no, I mean, let me add that to the list. Now my LinkedIn content is my main priority. Yeah, yeah, of course, of course.

But then it will be helpful, you know, because you are building your brand on LinkedIn. Then once you start writing, you've got the audience and it makes things easier. Yeah, very good. Yeah, that's true. Then Adam, I think, very last question, actually, if there is anything that I should have asked you or did not or any final message to leave the audience with? Ooh, yeah.

I would say, yeah, I've gotten this before. If you are, if you're listening and you're having a difficult time right now and you can't really, you don't see a solution forward, I would just encourage you to pause, love yourself, take a moment to take a breath, and start to observe your thoughts, your emotions, and your intuitive information that's really sort of the foundational step to start to go down a path that's in more alignment for yourself. And if you need help, feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn, but I think a lot of individuals,

especially with what's going on in the world right now, nothing seems to logically make sense a lot anymore or it's very unrecognizable. So I think following your intuitive side is a really what the world is asking for. It's a nice message to end with. I think don't be afraid to slow down sometimes, especially with social media, trying to compare ourselves with others, trying to do more, et cetera.

And don't be afraid to reach out to others for help, I think. Yeah. It's nothing wrong with that. And it actually might really help. So it was really nice message to end with Adam. Thank you, sir. I appreciate that. I want to say a big thank you,

because just for the audience, We haven't been connecting for such a long time, but I think from our interaction, I really enjoyed it. I want to say a huge thank you for joining me. I genuinely enjoyed it. It was very interesting for me that it was kind of a new topic and different ones, so I hope that it will be interesting for the audience as well. I encourage them to check out whether it's your profile, your services, or even to listen to your podcast. I will be following, supporting. I wish you all the best.

And once again, I want to say a huge thank you because I genuinely enjoyed it. Yes, thanks, Thomas. Same here. It's been so, like, super easy to work with you. As I mentioned before we started, I was like, oh, my gosh, you're amazing and on top of it. No, yeah, just too kind of them. This always reminds me the reason why I like doing this. So I thank you so much for it.

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