EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GENERATORS IN HUMAN DESIGN WITH ALEXANDRA COLE
EPISODE #8: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GENERATORS IN HUMAN DESIGN WITH ALEXANDRA COLE
In this episode, Leah kicks off her energy type series with the most common type: Generators. She shares all of the following:
What is a Generator
The Generator aura
Generator strategy
Generator signature and not-self themes
Some Generator TLC
Leah's personal experiences with being a Generator
How she met Alexandra Cole
Differences between being an emotional authority versus a sacral authority generator
How satisfaction is unique to Generators
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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT
[00:00:35]
Leah: What's up, guys? Welcome to another episode. I'm so pped to talk to y'all today because I am going to be starting this series on energy types, but I did want to say I'm so sorry for the delay and I'm actually not sorry, but, you know, I'm still working through people pleasing conditioning, so sorry that it's been a little bit M.
[00:00:58]
Leah: I. A. I have, you know, if you've listened to my last couple episodes or follow me on Instagram. In any degree, you know that it's been a really busy month. We started the month with just a lot of kind of anxiety, financial triph and different things with my dog going into emergency surgery twice. Yeah. It has been a lot, just a lot of looking after him and making sure he's okay.
[00:01:22]
Leah: And then I launched my new group program, the method, which I know I've been sharing a lot about here. I launched that and it has been so cool so far. There's 15 people in the method, this group, and just so you know, I plan to do two cohorts of the group, , twice a year. We'll see if things change, but this group goes until the end of August and then the next group will start shortly after that in the fall.
[00:01:48]
Leah: So if you want to join the group, the method definitely look out for the next launch of that. Okay. Okay. So. As I'm kicking off this energy type series, I was actually intending to do an episode last week on just energy type basics. But honestly, as I was thinking about what I was going to say in that episode, it kind of became apparent that I should just do these.
[00:02:15]
Leah: on each of the energy types, because there's a lot to say about each of them. So it would be rather a challenge to just have one episode getting into all of them, unless you wanted to listen to literally four hours of me talking. So what I decided to do is. Create this energy type series and talk about each of the energy types and then bring in a guest speaker that is one of the energy types to share about their experience.
[00:02:43]
Leah: And today I'm so excited because. The guest that I bring on is Alexandra F. Cole. That's her Instagram handle, actually. And she is the first person that I had a han design reading with. So, she's very special to me. She's also a 5/1 generator I am, but she is an emotional generator and I am a sacral generator.
[00:03:06]
Leah: Which just simply means that she needs more time with making decisions and I need really no time. So excited to talk to her. I honestly, it is a full circle moment, just being able to bring the person that I literally heard han design firsthand from, and who taught me about myself come on my han design podcast.
[00:03:29]
Leah: So that's. Actually just wild, but you know, that is just really the magic of, you know, following what lights you up. And we talk a lot about tips on, you know, prioritizing your satisfaction. And so if you're a generator listening, I really recommend sticking around for that portion of the show. We also talk a lot about parenting and self care, and it's honestly, you know, I'm a generator and I practice han design and I even was getting nuggets from it and that's really what it's intended to be .
[00:03:59]
Leah: I think some people find that or not find some people think that han design is a destination and it's not. It's a journey. It's an experiment. And so It's really cool to hear about han design from people that you love and admire because it's , oh, wow, I just needed to hear it in that way again.
[00:04:17]
Leah: Or that's such a reminder. So I don't know. It was just something that I was thinking about. And, , you know, when I, when, what I wanted to say is that this is really me. A forever knowledge system and especially as a one line in han design, you know, I love my research and I love learning. So there's not enough that I can get in the han design world.
[00:04:35]
Leah: So I'm pped to kick off this series. So I've recorded with, , we've got the generator episode that's coming out. That's right now. It's, it's coming out as you're listening, , which is going to be a few days from when I'm actually recording it. And then next week I record with one of my favorite. Yeah.
[00:04:52]
Leah: manifesting generators ever. Her name is Natalia Benson. I'm so pped to launch that episode. She is someone I deeply admire. So look out for that. And then the following week I do an episode with Aaron Claire Jones, who is one of the leading han design voices in this space. And she is an amazing emotional projector.
[00:05:14]
Leah: So we talked to her and then the following week after that, I have Vanessa Henry, who is. A han design expert, and she's the variable queen, and we talk about everything around being a manifester. And then, the final episode in this series is with a beautiful reflector who does mediships, , animal healing.
[00:05:36]
Leah: Her name is Trisha Carr. So we have an episode with her talking about what it means to be a Reflector. So I am, I'm so excited to launch this series. I have learned so much so far, but I just know it's going to be a really cool way to just understand yourself on a deeper level. I want to start with talking about what an energy type is.
[00:06:00]
Leah: So the thing that I get a lot from people who are really new to han design is, So is this my Zodiac sign? So You know, I'm a Scorpio. So is that kind of what this means? Yes. And no, it's, it's less about your personality characteristics, . , your Zodiac sign can be, it's more about how your energy operates.
[00:06:22]
Leah: And so our energy type, it reveals our innate nature. It reveals the gifts that we bring to the world as well as our vulnerabilities. And it tells us how we can best use our energy in the world to reach our maxim potential through partnerships, families, teams, relationships, and more. And so your energy type.
[00:06:43]
Leah: It's kind of the energy that you bring to the world and there are five in han design so you can be a generator, a manifesting generator, a projector, manifester or reflector. And again, I'm having, there's going to be episodes on each type with a guest that is, that does embody that type. And what I would to tell you is that.
[00:07:05]
Leah: Each of the names make sense. So generators, they generate a lot of energy. Manifesting generators, they can pave their own way, sort of manifest. And then, you know, generate energy as well. Projectors can project onto people. Manifestors, they can pave their own way and manifest their desires easily.
[00:07:25]
Leah: And then reflectors reflect energy back to others and a quick overview of the population percentage of each of the types. So generators make up 35 to 38 percent of the population, manifesting generators make up 32 to 35 percent of the population, projectors make up 20 to 24 percent of the population, manifestors make up 8 to 10 percent of the population and reflectors make up 1 to 2 percent of the population.
[00:07:52]
Leah: And so today, of course, it's going to be all about generators, but I wanted to just let you guys know that if you know your type, you're going to know strategies, signature theme, and not self theme. So as you're listening to these episodes, you're going to hear a lot about those three components with the energy type.
[00:08:09]
Leah: So let's start with generator. So I mentioned that the generators make up around 35 to 38 percent of the population. And being a generator is all about being someone that generates a lot of energy generators are people who they have this very open and enveloping aura and it feels a big warm embrace when they walk into a room and you know the gift of being a generator is that you have the ability to lift up the energy of a room when you were operating in alignment.
[00:08:44]
Leah: And what I mean by that is so generators are these people that. They have this sacral motor inside of them and manifesting generators too, but we'll talk a lot about the differences in there. , series that will come out next week, but what it means to be a generator is that you have this sacral gut life force energy defined within your system.
[00:09:06]
Leah: So if you look at your body graph, it is the second square from the bottom and that is your gut sacral response center. And so if that is colored in. Or in other words called define, that means that you are a generator or a manifesting generator, depending on what's connecting. So, if you don't know your type, you go to my website, it's thedesignofyou.
[00:09:29]
Leah: com slash git dash your dash chart. And this will be linked below in the show notes. Look up your chart and next to the energy type it will say which one you are. And really the gift of being a generator is that you are someone that lifts up the energy of the world when you are working in response and doing the things that you love to do.
[00:09:50]
Leah: So that energy motor inside of you, it's quite literally when the power goes out, you plug in a generator, you have a built in generator motor if you're a generator inside your system. And so generators. When they do things that they love that generator motor revs up and it sparkles out of them.
[00:10:10]
Leah: And so there is a very big difference between someone who is using their energy on things that they love and using their energy on things that they hate. And so that's really important to note. And we talk about han design generators because if they fall into doing things that they hate doing or they prioritize other people's satisfaction above their own, they will feel very.
[00:10:32]
Leah: Out of alignment and they will feel very frustrated. And if you are a generator and you're , I don't have this energy or I feel really exhausted and depleted often. Well, that's a ding, ding, ding for you to get into alignment and start being more in touch with your gifts of being a generator, which is to follow what you love to do and prioritize your own satisfaction.
[00:10:55]
Leah: You know, generators are natural doers. They're builders. They're the life force. They're meant to respond to life rather than chase after life. They're designed to sustain energy for long periods of time. Again, if spent on the right things, they are people who are naturally capable of doing a lot. But it doesn't always mean that they have to do everything.
[00:11:14]
Leah: It's just whatever, again, sparks joy inside of them. And the more that a generator follows their light, the more good energy spills out and sparkles out of them for everyone else to grab onto. They literally radiate. So, the one thing I always say, because I am a generator, is When you went to a reading with me, or if you go to a talk or a masterclass that I host, you will see me literally lighting up.
[00:11:38]
Leah: And I'm not just saying that to just be , that's what I do as a generator. I literally, every time I, Do something that I enjoy doing, I always get a comment you just glow when you're talking about han design or you just radiate when you're teaching or doing, you know, something that I really was, you had a desire to do and something that was really lighting me up.
[00:11:59]
Leah: And, you know, so it's, it's, it really does happen. So. That is the gift of being a generator. The other thing to note about generators is that sacral motor is actually the location of the gut. So generators are born with a strong gut feeling and it's vital that they trust their gut. Now, what you're going to hear later in this episode is when we talk to Alexandra, she's going to talk about her being a, , emotional generator, which means that she does have a strong gut, but she.
[00:12:29]
Leah: Can't access her gut in the moment. It really is something that she has to feel through over time. And the thing is that the gut keeps speaking to you. The gut always talks to you. So if you're a sacral generator, so there's kind of two breeds of generators, either a sacral generator or an emotional generator, a sacral generator, which is what I am oftentimes called a pure generator.
[00:12:51]
Leah: They'll know immediately. So when something shows up for you. And when you're, you know, designed to live in response, if it's a yes, you'll know right away. And if it's a no, you'll know right away to where a generator goes wrong is if they're not listening to that. So let's talk about some challenges. So some challenges with being a generators that.
[00:13:11]
Leah: You know, we do live in a world that pulls us away from doing things that light us up. Sometimes we overcommit or we have to do things and we're built or we're living in the society that tells us that we have to, you know, work this strict nine to five and commit to things. And when a generator over commits to something that they don't actually want to do.
[00:13:30]
Leah: It's detrimental, not only for their own energy, but it affects everyone, especially the non sacral beings, in other words, projectors, reflectors, and manifestors. So again, it's so important that generators do what they love because when they're working in alignment to what's satisfying to them, it benefits everyone.
[00:13:52]
Leah: The other thing that generators struggle with is Expectations and again, over commitment saying yes to everything just because they seemingly have the energy to do it when it's not actually something that they want to do and generators sometimes struggle with being unable to shift direction quickly because you know, once their energy is there, they, they can't pivot.
[00:14:13]
Leah: So some myths about generators as well that I want to touch on that I get all the time because generators, the societal kind of thing that happened or the generational thing is that . Generators were really, they were living in a world that was built by them, or were living in a world that was built by generators, but we're in this massive shift, but I almost don't saying that because I don't think that the world we live in really benefits everyone.
[00:14:38]
Leah: I don't think that it benefits every single person because I've heard a lot of times generators are the nine to fivers, and it's just simply not true because, and I, and I personally hate that because I am a generator and I left my nine to five because it was the most draining shit of my life. And so.
[00:14:57]
Leah: I really don't think that generators, , are the nine to fivers. I just think that when a generator does what they love, they have energy to sustain for a long time. So sometimes when that happens, it allows them to be able to. Work a little bit longer or, , you know, potentially work a nine to five, but I think a lot of us are working jobs that we hate.
[00:15:20]
Leah: Right. So that's a myth. The other thing is generators. They're building everyone else's dreams. And that's not true. A generator. All of us are meant to work toward our own dreams and our own. Satisfaction or success, depending on your type, your piece, right? Generators are, are meant to do what lights them up.
[00:15:38]
Leah: Not everyone else is, you know, generators are meant to build the world. You hear that a lot. Not necessarily. We all have a place in this world, depending on our type. , generators also aren't full of energy. 100 percent of the time, the goal as a generator is that when you lay your head down at night, when you get into bed, you're supposed to feel so fulfilled and satisfied that you, you know, had a day where you were using your energy and all the things that you love to do.
[00:16:06]
Leah: And so at that moment, when you lay down your. Energy feels drained, but not that it because it leaked out or it was depleted. It's drain because you've used it doing things that you love doing. And so generators do absolutely do not have energy all the time. I do not have energy all the time.
[00:16:23]
Leah: And I will certainly say that the generators in my life do not have energy all the time either. They are just people who, when they do things that they enjoy doing, they have more of it. And when they use it on things that they love, they use it effectively where it drains out and then they can go to bed and then that's kind of them plugging the battery in at night and filling it back up, right?
[00:16:45]
Leah: I've often heard before, generators aren't supposed to teach han design, I, I mean, I don't even have to really comment on that, because that's, I mean, simply not true, because that's what I do, , that they can't guide other people, I actually get really annoyed when I see that from people, so, , I've heard a lot of projectors say that generators can't guide, and that's just simply not true at all, they can, generators, if they're healthy, they can guide, if they're not healthy, It's important for them to become healthy or to understand when they're not healthy, to be careful in how they guide.
[00:17:19]
Leah: It's just important to note that not every type is the same. So, you know, as me as a generator, when I'm guiding a Projector, for example, I have to be aware of the energy differences that I have versus them, but it doesn't mean that I can't do it. So let's now talk about generators and some of the basics about being a generator.
[00:17:38]
Leah: So again, their aura is open and enveloping and their strategy is to respond, wait to respond. Now, as we go through this series, you'll learn that every single type besides the manifestor is to wait to do something. Wait to respond. Wait for an invitation. Wait a 28 day looter cycle. And manifestos are the only type that aren't designed to wait.
[00:18:02]
Leah: All of the other design types are designed to wait for something. And so, when you wait to respond, it simply means that As a generator, you were constantly magnetizing things towards you to respond to, so it doesn't matter what you do. The universe is plopping things into and the example I remember that Alexandra gave me, she doesn't in this episode, but my first reading, she gave this to me in it.
[00:18:28]
Leah: Always stuck out to me was if you've ever been to one of those sushi restaurants where it's the conveyor belt and the sushi goes around and then you just get to decide , Ooh, that one sounds good. And then they put it on your table. It's kind of , that's what life is for a generator where it's , there's constantly things that are being planted in front of you, whether it's an idea.
[00:18:48]
Leah: So whether it's an idea. Or it's something that physically is in front of you, you're designed to respond. So instead of chasing and pushing and forcing things to happen, it's going, what sounds good to me? What feels good? What's going to be satisfactory to me? What is my gut responding to? And your gut, when it will, when it lights up, it's going to feel full bodied and elated.
[00:19:12]
Leah: So in this sushi example, it's . You know, you'll see, you'll see a roll come by and you may feel , Ooh, that looks really good. I'm excited about that. And so it's this instant feeling where it's , okay, you grab that and you, you know, that one comes on your table. And then, you know, maybe there's , you know, weird piece of steak that comes around, at least the one that I'm thinking of that's local to close to where I live.
[00:19:32]
Leah: It's , they'll have pieces of steak that come around. There will be different pieces of fish or cheesecake. I'm not a huge cheesecake girl, so I remember when I was there, it's , you know, that one was a no for me, right? , that didn't sound good in the moment. And so, it's I don't have to even overthink it.
[00:19:49]
Leah: So, the gut feeling speaks to the generator. It's very counterintuitive to hear that because where that's again why when people are the generators are lucky because the society was built for them. Not really because the society that we currently live in says, you know, do it anyway, have the cheesecake because it's available.
[00:20:11]
Leah: It's not free. That's a bad example. But, you know, choose the choose the thing or do the thing that. You know, is the smart thing to do when it's , no, my gut isn't lit up about that. So we have to go after the things that we want to do. And the other thing that our society will tell us is that we have to create our realities and we have to work hard and we have to, you know, do a bunch of things.
[00:20:34]
Leah: And that's some conditioning that I'm working through at this moment. And I'm continuing to work through this. The hardest part of my conditioning process so far has been this working thing, overworking as a generator. Because I have conditioning around that, but then also it's , well, what, you know, using my energy and I have energy to sustain sometimes.
[00:20:51]
Leah: And sometimes I use it to work on things where it's not always things that are satisfying to me. And so it's a huge shift to get out of our minds and a drop into our gut intuition and just follow what's lighting us up. So the thing that is just best for a generator, and we're going to talk about this when Alexandra comes on is just.
[00:21:09]
Leah: Following what is lighting you up and I'm just going to leave it there because we get into some really good stuff around that in the episode and the signature theme with being a generator. So the sign that a generator is in alignment is satisfaction and the sign that a generator is out of alignment is frustrated.
[00:21:26]
Leah: And so I then want to give you guys just some general tips. So generators listening. Here's some TLC for you. So, first I'm going to give you a mantra, and the mantra that I give generators, and this is actually being pulled from my guidebooks, is, I follow my joy. And the thing that I want generators to remember is, don't overthink it.
[00:21:46]
Leah: Trust your gut. The thing for a generator to look out for is over committing. And a remedy for a generator is to say no. And then certainly but not least, an affirmation that I invite you if you're a generator listening to take into your day is, when I focus on my bliss, I brighten up my world and everyone else's.
[00:22:10]
Leah: Again, when I focus on my bliss, I brighten up my world and everyone else's. So if you're a generator listening, I hope you bring that into your day. And because I know that everyone loves hearing about what different celebrity types are. So some famous generators include Beyonce, Albert Einstein, Oprah Winfrey and Dolly Parton.
[00:22:32]
Leah: So I'm going to leave you guys there with all the good generator information. And tune into the next portion with Alexandra F. Kohl talking about all things generators. So let's get into it.
[00:22:53]
Leah: Alright guys, we have Alexandra F. Kohl here to talk about everything being a generator in han design. As I've said, Alexandra is someone who I have just admired so much along my han design journey. , I, I really wouldn't be here without her. , when I first got into han design, she was the person that I had my first han design session with.
[00:23:13]
Leah: So, , I'm super excited to bring her on. , what a full circle moment. So, without further ado, Alexandra, introduce yourself. Tell everyone about you and everything about generators. Amazing.
[00:23:25]
Alexandra: Well, thank you so much for having me. The admiration is mutual. I think in that first session that we did, something in me saw your, your literal, sacral response to han design, and I had a feeling you were going to do something with it, but I obviously had never could have imagined how far you take it and how amazing you would kind of, amazingly, you would translate the system in your own way.
[00:23:50]
Alexandra: , and create so many super cool products. So, , thank you for, for having me. Yeah. , I'll keep my introduction super short. I am a han design reader. I also have a more corporate business and that is by design, no pun intended. I started my career more in kind of management consulting and became an entrepreneur kind of by happenstance, but that process of kind of leaving the safe corporate job to start my own thing led me on a whole journey of personal development, which Ultimately led me to han design initially, just out of kind of personal curiosity.
[00:24:30]
Alexandra: And then slowly, but surely I, you know, became certified, started doing some reading for friends. And as you know how it goes, you, you just, it kind of takes a hold of you. And the passion kind of takes took me on this journey to start a whole side business. So now I, , still have my company. , and then I also, Have a kind of fledgling han design business where I work with people one on one, , and focus very much on kind of career purpose and now also parenting.
[00:25:03]
Alexandra: I have a 20 month old son, , who's incredible and who has taught me so much about han design too, because you get to kind of see it play out in real time in a little han without any conditioning. That's me in a nutshell.
[00:25:17]
Leah: I love it. And I have your book purpose playbook or purpose playbook. Yeah, I have it.
[00:25:24]
Leah: I read that right after you and I did our session. I think that was shortly after you just launched the book. So I read that. That was a huge part of my journey because I think what I. What I realized when I had a han design reading with you was how far out of alignment I was. And, and of course I'm, you know, you, a self help junkie, was really into kind of all of that.
[00:25:43]
Leah: Han design was just this extra, extra around understanding yourself that I really desired. And , I always say it was language to my soul that I just needed. And you know, again, I, I give you just so much love for being the person to. Give that and share that with me. And then again, you're just book on purpose.
[00:26:02]
Leah: It just helped me really feel , you know, what is my purpose? What am I meant to do? And of course, han design isn't everyone becomes a han design reader. But, , I guess that's sort of the path that it took me down. So, yeah, Alexander, you do so many cool things. , I feel if you guys don't follow her, she has really cool posts that are extremely educational.
[00:26:22]
Leah: you're someone who Transcribed , you really take things and break them down in such an easy way. And I think that I even learned things from going to your page, even being so deep into han design, I just love your takes on stuff. So what did it feel when you first looked up your han design and saw that you were a generator?
[00:26:40]
Alexandra: Ooh, I've got to go way back. You know, what's interesting. I remember first finding out that I was a generator and then seeing that it was the most common type. It didn't resonate with me as much, or I kind of wrote it off a little bit. So I was , I'm not the most common type. I'm special, right? Oh my gosh.
[00:26:59]
Alexandra: And then the more I learned about being a generator, the more it just perfectly depicted me. At least I think the thing that I needed to shift was that the energy type is just that. Describes the way your energetics work. It doesn't speak to your personality or even come close to Being all encompassing of the many, many gifts that everyone has.
[00:27:20]
Alexandra: And that kind of unique combination of all of that, that is your chart, but at the most basic foundational level, it describes how you invest your energy in order to get the greatest return on that investment. And that for me was so true to being a generator, this idea of, you know, dancing through life and feeling lit up by things from the inside out.
[00:27:41]
Alexandra: And the other thing I realized was all of that felt almost too obvious to me. And because we take it for granted in a way.
[00:27:52]
Alexandra: And it was only when I started learning about the other types that I started recognizing, Oh, wait, this doesn't work the same way for everyone. My husband is a projector. And I almost understood myself better as a generator when I compared myself to him and saw that, okay.
[00:28:11]
Alexandra: You know, satisfaction for me is such an important part of life. And I experienced that in such a kind of full body visceral way. He is a projector is never satisfied, but that's just not part of the way his energetics work. He's always looking towards what's the next thing. How can I improve this? And so I think that a lot of my understanding of being a generator actually came from.
[00:28:34]
Alexandra: Looking at some of the other types and finally realizing, Oh wait, we're not all designed to energetically work the same way.
[00:28:41]
Leah: I love that you said you learned through your husband and then again, your, your kids, because , I think those are two, the people that are closest to you can kind of observe that.
[00:28:49]
Leah: And I also relate so much to you. Just saying, you know, you looked up that you were a generator and you felt, oh, I'm just , I'm the most common type. And I, it's funny because I was just talking in 1 of the, so I'm recording a bunch of these with different, , energy types and people that are sort of leaders in the han design space.
[00:29:07]
Leah: And. They recorded an episode with Vanessa Henry and we were talking about, well, actually, no, no, I'm saying, I don't know if it was her, the reflector that I interviewed. And so they were saying how they didn't that. They were so rare. Maybe it was the reflector. Now I'm getting the mixed up. So I recorded them , Within a day of each other, but it's just funny because it's some people are , oh, , I'm , just so rare and , not that many people are me and they don't that.
[00:29:31]
Leah: And then us that are us as generators. We're , wait, we're everyone else, but I totally agree with you because when I, I felt when I first learned about the projector, I felt the words around being a projector aligned with me so much because I was someone who always had leadership positions and they're the leaders, right?
[00:29:49]
Leah: Or the guides. I've always been the person that people come to for advice, but really, I love what you said. It's more about your energy, less about your personality. And I think that that was something that I, that honestly prompted me to dive a little bit deeper because I was , I don't, what do you mean, , I'm just someone that's meant to be satisfied, , I've always been this leader in this guide and this mentor, you know, but I want to be successful.
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Alexandra: Yeah, that's so associated with projectors. I feel a lot of generators are , oh, but I feel I success is really important to me. And I always have to explain it totally can be, but it looks different to you than it does to a projector.
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Leah: 100%. Yeah. And the way that I've been describing it to people is , if you close your eyes and say, , two generators walked in the room, and of course, different types are going to feel the energies in different ways.
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Leah: It's they could be very different generators, but you may feel the energy of them. And it might feel similar, or if you closed your eyes and two reflectors walked in there, well, you may just be feeling yourself in the reflector more of yourself. Yeah. Yeah. And, but it's , you can feel there's an energy, but then when you get to know these people, they're going to look very different.
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Leah: They're going to act very different. They're going to have very different personalities. So. It's , that's one of the things I kind of say is , it's almost more fun to dive into profile a little bit more than the energy type because it's the energy type can appear in so many different ways.
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Leah: It's just a general feeling of how the energy is meant to be played out against the other energies.
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Alexandra: Totally. I love that description too.
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Leah: Yeah. So tell us about just being a generator. What is the thing that you wish that more people understood about generators? So first
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Alexandra: of all, you know, you know, Jenna well, and I'm going to steal something that she says, she says, hashtag free the generator all the time.
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Alexandra: And I think what she means by that is this idea that generators because we have this motor that just has the ability to kind of churn constantly and hustle and grind. We can take so much on right we can keep filling our plate and manage to survive that right where. A projector and to some degree a manifestor and definitely a reflector, they kind of shut down their body literally will just stop functioning if they put too much on their plate for too long, whereas a generator.
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Alexandra: Sometimes our biggest challenge is that there is this whole kind of space between being fully lit up and alive as a generator and being you. Fully drained. There is so much space and that's a blessing and a curse, right? Cause we can be quote unquote fine for a very, very, very long time. But that doesn't mean that we're doing as well as we should be.
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Alexandra: And so there's so many generators that aren't reaching their full potential because they can keep convincing themselves. We're fine. We can keep saying yes to a bunch of things that are actually knows and keep muddling through and keep. You know, still making progress, but if they only knew how incredible it could feel to be that fully alive side of the spectr and how much flow they could experience in life and magnetism they could experience, they would never settle for fine.
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Alexandra: But most of us just don't even know what that looks because from such a young age, we've kind of been conditioned to say yes and to take things on. And so many of us. associate our self worth and our value with how much we're able to say yes and how much we're able to do for other people. And that does just make it very difficult to set boundaries.
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Alexandra: So I would say, , even if you're a generator listening to this and you think you're doing a good job and you're , I'm fine, I'm pretty great. I've got good energy. I'm not drained. I challenge you to imagine what it would look if you truly Only and exclusively said yes to things that were that full body hell yes response because I think life can be even more amazing than you imagine it being and that idea of free the generator is free us from all these shoulds that we take on that from a very young age are conditioned onto us because we just can can hold a lot and can do a lot so that I think is a very important.
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Alexandra: Thing to just kind of say, and the other thing that comes up a lot, I notice is a misunderstanding of this idea of responding. So a lot of generators still feel that is a passive thing that it's almost the same as a projectors strategy of waiting for the invitation. So they feel , wait, I'm just going to.
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Alexandra: Sit around and wait and then respond, wait, and I can't take action, right? And they're , but, but I'm supposed to go out and make my dreams happen. And I feel that urge to want to go need to build exactly. And I always tell them, , what you want to do is you, you are free to take as much action as you want, but you need to, before you actually invest time and energy in anything, you have to wait for the response to come from the.
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Alexandra: For you to feel that pull towards one of those options. So for example, if you were looking for a new job as a generator, you don't have to just sit and wait to be invited to apply to a position. by all means apply to the position that sound exciting to you. Right. But then let's say you get two or three offers back.
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Alexandra: That that's where you want to pause and you want to wait to see what your kind of favorable center responds to with the most excitement and we can only experience our response when we actually have something tangible to respond to right that's why there's that tip of give yourself options A B or C because it's much easier to gauge your response to that.
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Alexandra: So it's actually really important that yeah. Generators take action and initiative in order to to create those options for themselves. But then once the options are there, you do need to wait and see which one of those your sacred center responds to with the greatest hell. Yes, excitement.
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Leah: I love that you said that because I, I fully believe that too, where, , I think it can be hard for it to be so passive and that's a lot of conditioning to get through.
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Leah: But I what you said around, , you can create the options for yourself or you can create these different things. , I feel something that I do a lot is , when I'm, I guess, creating options for myself is. the perfect example is every Sunday I sit down and I have this meal plan.
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Leah: It's a sticker that it's just a magnetic thing that's on our fridge and basically you write, you know, every day what's for dinner. And then there's a little thing that you can tear off. That's a grocery list. And every Sunday I sit down and I'm , okay, what do we want for dinner? And my, my partner is a generator and he is , okay.
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Leah: The most annoying person when you ask , what, what, what do you want for dinner? And I will give him options. And he's just , so sweet and he just doesn't to choose. , he's very indecisive. And so I'm , okay, so what I do is I pull up Pinterest or I pull up, you know, Instagram and I usually have a folder of things that I've saved.
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Leah: And it's I've created these options for myself where I go. Ooh, that sounds good. Or, ooh, these sound good. Or I, or I go to my favorite food person to follow is half baked harvest. So , I'll go to her page and I'm , what is she cooking? , is there anything that I kind of feel a response to?
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Leah: And so basically then I'll lay out these, you know, seven or so options. And I'm , Hey, what sounds good to you? Do you, does, , you know, this. Salad sound good or just salmon tomorrow night sound good. And that usually allows us both to have something to respond to. So I love what you said because it is really important.
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Leah: I think to create those options for yourself without it being , you know, me coming up with something all the time. It's , what is it? What am I, you know, what's kind of coming to me? That's just, I'm able to make a decision from.
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Alexandra: Yeah, well, I've never thought of Pinterest before as a tool for that, but I do the same thing.
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Alexandra: I have a folder of recipes and when I'm out of ideas, I just scroll through it. But I feel we could probably use that so much more effectively as generators in many, many different ways.
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Leah: Well, yeah, I guess Pinterest is a great example because it's you open it up and I'm also, you know, an open head center talking.
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Leah: , but you open up your Pinterest and then there's , you know, this feed of things that's being, , you know, given to you. And then you can go through and just. You know, what, what, what's kind of pulling your sacral response, what's exciting to you? What can you, you know, add to your own board?
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Leah: And then that's something for you to, you know, decide from later. So maybe we just uncovered something here. I know
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Alexandra: Pinterest. You want to do a sponsor? Yeah, yeah. Sponsorship really is podcast.
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Leah: Oh my God. Can you imagine? I would love that. Okay. So you mentioned some challenges about being a generator in there just around the ability to sometimes do things because we feel we should do them or we prioritize other people's satisfaction above our own.
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Leah: What are some tips that you have for helping you decondition, especially, you know, again, when you're starting to feel frustrated or when you're falling into that not self of prioritizing everyone else above. Yourself or your own satisfaction.
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Alexandra: The thing that has come up so much lately for myself, but also with clients, that is so obvious again, sometimes it's the most obvious things we need to be reminded of the most is this idea that you can not pour from an empty cup.
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Alexandra: And I think a lot of generators, when it comes to self care, let's say, or really anything we tend to say, okay, well, I'm going to check all of these other shoulds off my list. And then. I'm going to carve out some time for self care and we still get to the self care. So again, we think we're, we're, we're still doing the right thing and we're taking time for ourselves, but there's actually a really important difference in the order in which you approach that.
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Alexandra: And I feel the way we should actually be doing it is start nber one priority is filling your cups to the point that it is overflowing. And from there, you start to check off all the items off of your list because. That it changes the energy that you bring to life, but also to all those tasks and it makes your starting point when you're starting from a place where you have this cup that's overflowing because you just dedicated your morning to, you know, your matcha ritual or your workout or a call with a friend or whatever that thing is that fills your cup.
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Alexandra: If you start from that place, right, everything else is going to be so much easier. Even the, the not so enjoyable tasks, you're bringing a very different energy to it. And then if you start from a place that's a cup, that's already half full and then try to start pouring out from it, it makes a massive difference.
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Alexandra: So I would say , always make sure that you start with , how full is my cup and what can I do to make it overflowing. That is one. Two, I think another big thing. Is looking at whether your root center is defined or not because when you have an undefined, I think you have an undefined root center.
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Alexandra: No, you have defined just me. Okay. So when you have a defined root center, right? The pressure is used is usually coming from within to take action and to do things when you have an undefined root center. It's and you're a generator or manifesting generator. It's really important to take a beat to determine whether you are feeling pressure from the outside to take an action or from the inside to take an action because if you're fresh feeling pressured from the outside, that's something that's going to drain your sacral system.
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Alexandra: Energy so, so quickly. And so before just reacting to the thing that someone else needs that you see, right, really take the time to be , am I doing this because of pressure? Or am I doing this because of excitement, right? Because I actually am so excited to serve this person, which is a massive difference.
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Alexandra: So that's another, another one that I would say that is important to look at. If you have an open root center, I mean, for all of us, but especially if you have that open route. Yeah. So those are the two biggest things I would say and then also the what we already mentioned of giving yourself defined options and sometimes I actually to rank things on a scale of zero to five how excited am I about them because I find that an easier way of determining what I want to do because sometimes it's okay well this is a I'm excited about two out of these three things, but one is a four out of five and one is two out of five and that that will make the and maybe that's just because I'm more sometimes a little bit more metrics driven, but it just helps me gauge.
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Alexandra: , and prioritize, which I feel , especially for manifesting generators too, can be very difficult when they feel excited by a whole host of things, that's okay. There's usually still some type of hierarchy and how excited you are about them. Yeah.
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Leah: Oh, I love that tip. I've never done that before.
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Leah: Usually I think what I fall into is probably more of a not self reaction is , what do I have to get done? And I think, and I love what you're, you've been saying, I'm learning because something that I do a lot of times is exactly what you were describing earlier, where it's , okay, let me do the hardest thing first.
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Leah: Let me get that done. I literally have a sticky note on my computer that says, do the hardest thing first. And I think I'm going to rip that off. And I think I'm going to say, do the most satisfying thing first, because you're right. Because if I, Prioritize my satisfaction. That bleeds into everything in my day.
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Leah: , I know when I wake up in the morning and I, , it's funny because you mentioned exactly what I do. , I go to my yoga class and then I make my matcha latte. When I do those two things in the morning, I am a different breed of a han. , you better watch out because I am about to, , crush the day.
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Leah: Yep. And the matcha usually happens all the time, but , if the yoga happens and then the matcha, , oh, it's done, the day's no stopping. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
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Alexandra: there should be a way to book with you on those days. Because you know, you're going to get ,
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Leah: but it's true when I'm , yeah, post post satisfaction, please.
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Alexandra: I legitimately prioritize my work tasks. Based on the thing that's going to bring me the most joy, which is totally against what they say. I agree. I agree. They say, start with the hardest thing or the thing that's going to take the most time, or I legitimately prioritize based on the thing that sounds the most fun.
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Alexandra: And it, it actually is a way more effective way for a generator to approach their work I've found.
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Leah: I love that. Now, what, what do you feel about because this is the question I get a lot from generators and I have my own answer for this, but I'm curious what you would answer to this is , you know, of course, there's going to be things in our lives that aren't satisfying, right?
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Leah: There's things that we have to do. , you know, we have to. Run the vacu or we have to do the laundry or just , you know, general chores or, you know, stuff that you have to do for your family. That doesn't necessarily light you up, but it's just I have to do. And, you know, I have my own answer, which is basically , I'll say to people, , you know, if that's what, you know, those things come up, you know, the idea of being satisfied or successful or, you know, at peace, depending on what your type is, It's really not a, it's not that anyone does this 100%.
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Leah: we're meant to kind of have those moments where we get knocked off a little bit and we feel maybe frustrated or we feel, you know, bitter or whatever it is, depending on your type, because that's sort of the key to redirect you. But it's , how can we. You know, 80 percent of your life, but how can that live in that more satisfaction?
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Leah: , or, and then 20 percent of it be maybe perhaps in the not self theme. So what are some things that you say to people who are experiencing less satisfaction? And, , and how they can work through maybe some of the harder things that they have to do in their day to day. That they just, they can't get rid of and that don't light them up as much.
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Leah: Yes.
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Alexandra: So the nber one thing that I advise people and I try to do myself is how can I make that task more exciting? So laundry, for example, how to make that more exciting for me is to listen to my really trashy rom com audio book while I'm doing the laundry, right? , or taxes really do not enjoy that.
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Alexandra: How to make that more exciting for me. is to go to my favorite coffee shop and treat myself to my favorite matcha there and this delicious cookie that they have. So first of all, I start with, okay, this task that you've got to do that isn't super fun. How can you make that even more exciting? Cause usually For the people who are, you know, struggling to work out, right?
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Alexandra: How can I make that more exciting? Okay, well, first of all, pick a workout that actually is kind of fun. Maybe go there with a friend, maybe invest in some new beautiful workout gear, right? there's so many little things that you can do to at least make it a little bit more exciting to you. So that's step one.
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Alexandra: The other thing I usually encourage people to focus on is The outcome, even though I feel the journey is obviously so important, if you can get yourself really excited about the outcome of that action or that task, it usually makes the process less time consing. Bye. arduous or draining. So that would be the second thing is focus on the why you're doing it and that needs to be exciting to you.
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Alexandra: Otherwise I'm , well, why are you doing it in the first place? Right. So with vacuing, for example, right. The outcome is that you get to come home or doing your, putting new sheets on your bed. The outcome is , I got to. Sleep tonight in this incredibly fresh, amazing bed, then making my bed is
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Leah: totally worth the wait to do this.
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Alexandra: Yeah, I know. Exactly. It just, it shifts your mindset around it. So those are the two things that I usually practice.
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Leah: Love that. I think those are really great reminders. And, you know, I was contemplating the other day about my gut and I gave this example. I don't know if it was in a reading or maybe I said it on my podcast, but I had a moment.
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Leah: Cause you know, the other thing about generators that I want to talk about next is just the gut feelings generators have strong guts. The other day I had this really, , or I guess this was a couple of months ago. I had this moment where I really felt my gut sort of speaking to me. And again, it goes back to what we were talking about.
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Leah: It's this morning sort of, , exercise where I would. So I scheduled my alarm. So I to get up early and go to my workout and something that I've admitted a couple of times on Instagram and my podcast is that I struggle with being a, I'm not a morning person. And I , it's something that I would to move into, but I'm doing it my own way.
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Leah: , because I'm not designed to be consistent. So it's really hard for me to just flip a switch. So I'm moving towards that. And so I had a moment a couple months ago where I scheduled, you know, workout class and I set my alarm and my alarm went off and. I'm , Oh, no, I don't want to get out of bed.
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Leah: And , you know, the challenging thing for me, which isn't really challenging. It's kind of a blessing is that I have my own job. So I really make my own schedule. And so it's , I can go at any time, so I don't really have this, , time constraint on it. It's , either , I go or I just , sleep it and I go later, which is good and bad.
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Leah: But I, , so I had 1 of those moments where, , I, you know, snooze my alarm and I'm , I'm just , so tired. I'm going to lay here. It feels so , it's going to feel so satisfying to. You know, sleep in, I'll just do my workout later. And literally I felt my gut go er, Nope. I literally felt the, , it felt it went Nope.
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Leah: And then I, all of a sudden I'm , I can't fall back asleep. And then I'm laying there and I'm , , I'm just so tired. I need sleep. And I'm having this, , you know, half a week conversation in my head. And then I'm , and then my gut literally was , , get up, get up. And then it was , you're going to be really satisfied.
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Leah: it almost was , it was saying this to me, you, if you keep laying here, you are going to be so mad and frustrated later today when you didn't do that, morning practice that you love to do. And so I was , God dang it. So I got up and I , you know, brush my teeth, put my yoga pants on.
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Leah: And I rushed out the door and ran to my class and had an amazing workout, came home and had such a great day. And I thought about it all day because I was , that was, and it really did come from my stomach. I was , that was really my gut telling me, although I felt it was going to be really satisfactory to sleep in, it was , no, it's not, you're not going to be satisfied.
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Leah: So I love what you said around the outcome, because sometimes that's what I'll tell people is , well, I mean, how would that feel if that thing was. Completed and we're getting , how can you make it so enjoyable? Maybe I put on my favorite podcast while I'm driving there. I put on , you know, my favorite song or something.
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Leah: Yeah. So in terms of gut, that was just something to relate to. But in terms of the gut feelings, where have you noticed your gut really show up? And or perhaps practices around feeling your gut. What is just kind of your general thoughts around the gut feelings?
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Alexandra: Yes, and for me it's a little complicated by the fact that I'm an emotional, so I kind of have the gut and the emotions.
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Alexandra: Oh, I didn't realize that. I think I forgot.
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Alexandra: Sometimes it's easier for me to distinguish than others. I noticed, and this is even before I ever discovered han design and learned about being a generator. I put my hand on my stomach a lot. It's kind of my, I don't, I almost don't know, but it's that sign of me checking in with myself.
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Alexandra: And for some reason, I've always known that that's the place that I actually need to check in with the most. For me, Being gut led first and foremost means turning off my mind. that is the hardest. When I'm able to get out of my head, usually it's much easier for me to be led by the gut. And that's usually the main block.
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Alexandra: And so this idea. Of trying to make sense of things. I noticed that when I have this desire to do something and then I'm almost arguing with myself, I know I'm not in my gut, I've lost that connection. And so I need to do something to kind of turn off the mind. And usually I put my hand on my belly and that , kind of reminds me to , tune back in to the gut.
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Alexandra: , but because I am an emotional, I have a gut feeling. And then I have to kind of sit with it for a little bit because I kind of want to make sure that it is truly my gut response and that it isn't kind of that emotional up high or low that I'm experiencing. So for me, the gut, and this is what I always describe to people who have both the gut and the spleen defined, right?
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Alexandra: So for me, the, the. The spleen is the one time whisper or knowing, right, that comes in and then it's gone. Whereas the gut is something that you can kind of constantly check in with. , so it's, it allows you to have this ongoing conversation with it and it's more of a, a kind of, yeah, something that you can just keep checking in with and that gut will, will change sometimes, but it's always there.
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Alexandra: And that's why for me, putting my hand on my belly is just that reminder to check in with it and where it is. That's how I would describe kind of how I use the gut the most and then the taking my mind out of it and as soon as I notice that I'm arguing with myself or having a conversation in my mind or trying to rationalize or validate something that I feel.
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Alexandra: I know that I've lost that connection of that.
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Leah: And I think that that's such an important thing to talk about because when I was first learning han design, , I'm a pure generator. So I just have, you know, instant access to my gut and and anyone listening. If you are, you know, pure generator, which simply means a sacred generator, your authorities.
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Leah: Your gut feelings. It means you have instant access to your decision when something presents itself. Whereas Alexandra's describing, she has emotional authority. So what happens for her is , she may have a gut response right away, but she's designed to love her decision through time rather than in that moment.
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Leah: So her gut may say yes. And then she's meant to sit with that for, you know, sleep on it for a few days and then decide, okay, is this still. Does this still feel a yes? Or is it, or maybe is this a no? And I think what can happen all the time for emotional generators is that they use that time to get in their head where they're , well, this isn't smart or, well, now this person thinks this decision is db.
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Leah: And it's , no, the time is not to get in your head. The time is to go. Does this still feel right? Can I, let me check in with my gut now. Okay. It wasn't just writing an emotional higher loads. It's still, it's still a yes or it's still a no. I love that. I think that that's so important to talk about because that can be really confusing, really confusing too.
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Leah: Cause you'll read about generators and it's the gut, the gut, the gut. And then all of a sudden someone with emotional authority, that's a generator. They're , I don't understand, but I'm not good authority. So why does it keep talking about my gut?
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Alexandra: It’s so subtle too, until it's you start to experience it in your own body and you're , and that's why we call it an experiment because you kind of just have to experiment with it.
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Alexandra: Yes.
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Leah: Yes. Yes. So is there anything else that you would to say about generators, , or anything just about your own experience as we just wrap up? I
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Alexandra: would just say that you, the greatest gift that you can give to other people, because I think at the end of the day, there is this. There is this built in pressure for everyone, but especially for generators to serve and support and help other people and we feel other people's expectations so deeply.
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Alexandra: And so I think understanding that the greatest gift that you can give others is actually to do what brings you joy and to fill your cup first and foremost. And that by doing that, you're naturally going to. Kind of be magnetic enough and, and, and raise the vibration of everyone that comes into contact with you, if you can truly embrace, embrace that.
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Alexandra: It just helps you not be a martyr because that's the biggest risk as a generator and we're so good at telling stories about No, but it's so I have to put my son's needs first because, you know, he's my son and he can't take care of himself. But really I am such a better mother to him when I my cup is full and if that means being a little bit selfish sometimes and if that means getting extra help I've learned to celebrate that instead of feel guilty about that and I noticed the more I celebrate that and own that and Show up in that way, the more it gives the people around me permission to do the same and the happier they are.
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Alexandra: And the, you know, the better, friends and partners and whatever it is that they become. So I think truly embracing that notion as a generator is the greatest gift for yourself, but really gift for others too. So just make sure that you're filling your cup. First and foremost, even though you feel pressure to fill everyone else's first.
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Leah: Yeah. And you know, that gives your son permission someday he's going to look at you and go, my mom always prioritized herself so that by that he now has permission to prioritize himself and do what's best for him. So that is just, I love that so much. I can't wait to have a kid someday just to.
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Alexandra: You're going to be an amazing mom. And also with that, , this is the other thing that just came up. Just because I prioritize, let's say my, , you know, I need my workouts too. Right. So let's say I prioritize my yoga class doesn't mean I love him any less. And I think that's another thing that the world and generators sometimes do is we equate our, , just we equate our self worth with how much we're doing for other people.
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Alexandra: There's this sense of . Sacrifice is love, right? Mm-Hmm. . when you sacrifice for another person, that's the way you show love. And that's a story we really need to, , stop spreading. Yeah. Because I hope and know my son will, that the biggest truth for him will always be that I love him more than anything else.
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Alexandra: And when he needs me, I will drop everything for him. Right? Yeah. But that can be true and. I can still prioritize my workouts and take time away that we could be spending together to actually fill my cup so that when I am with him, I can be more present and supportive and all of those good things.
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Leah: And what is your son's type?
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Leah: He's a manifesting generator. Okay, so very similar to you in some degree, which is really nice. My poor husband. I know.
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Alexandra: He's always , oh, on weekends, we're , what are we doing today? And my husband's , can we just lie and veg and do absolutely nothing? I'm , no, we're going to fill our whole day with activities.
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Leah: Yeah. You're , well, the more satisfied I am, you're actually going to feel it. So let's just do what's satisfying to me. I love it. Well, it's been so great chatting with you just about being a generator, you know, from the generator that I learned from. And so, , what are some ways that people can work with you and find you and all the good stuff?
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Alexandra: Best way to find me is at Alexandra F Cole on Instagram, and I have everything there as you already alluded to. My website is just alexandracole. com and you can kind of learn a little bit more about how to work with me, book a session on there, too, and then for any parents specifically, I have a website called thrivingbydesign.com
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Alexandra: , where I'm building a whole kind of library of tools and resources for how to parent by design. Essentially.
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Leah: Check her out, guys. She's got the greatest stuff. So, so happy you came on and thank you again. It's been such a pleasure. Thank you for having me.
