We had the good fortune of connecting with Anna Leathery and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Anna, what role has risk played in your life or career?
Risk is everything. Think about it! I can wake up in the morning and decide to pack all my little crystals into my favorite basket bag, put on a cute outfit that I feel good in, go find somewhere to pop up readings and put myself out there in front of the world. Or I can decide to just day dream about it. If I don’t take the risk…I’ll never ever know what’s out there for me. Life truly begins outside of your comfort zone. I get a lot of comfort in knowing that everyone is uncomfortable on some level- Being a human is super awkward after all. That gives me strength and courage to be different and bold.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
My entire life I have been loud, colorful, weird, and wild. I am very stubborn and I like to dance to the beat of my own drum. I’ve always felt like I was able to feel things that other people didn’t. I remember it started when I was really young and I would find lots of comfort alone in my thoughts, people watching, or starting out the window at the fairies in the trees. Things would always speak to me. And my ability to feel other people around me’s emotions was very confusing yet beautiful at the same time. I struggled a lot in school and never could really figure out how to be or feel successful in my early years. I struggled a lot with depression and anxiety and feelings of self worth that led me to abuse alcohol at a very young age. I ended up dropped out of college to start my journey in healing and getting sober. After spending almost 6 months in the backcountry camping, hiking, canoeing and crying today I have almost 6 years sober. I think in my years of sobriety however, is where my real healing and pain began. I have been through a lot of pain, but I really believe it’s all for a reason and a purpose. I think a big purpose and reason for that is be to able to relate to other peoples pain. I feel I am able to see it as such beauty now-because I know both sides. Everyday I know both sides. Anyway, when I first decided to start the path of working for myself I was really confused with what to do with my life and living in a van so I went to online school in Nutritional Therapy thinking that was my end all be all. It was not. It is helpful still in my final goal in my business though so I do not regret it! I tried to start a small online practice helping woman heal their gut however this never got off the ground and never felt quite right. I have always had so many ideas and it’s been hard for me to narrow them down into a business. However I’ve always known I was different, and that I was meant to help people heal. When I thought of Soulfrog I was on a plane home from visiting a friend in California. On that trip I had given some friends readings and just felt so aligned in my purpose. The feed back I was getting was also very uplifting. Starting another LLC felt very imtinimating to me.But I knew it was meant to be. I started spreading the word to friends and co workers about doing Tarot readings. Slowly but surly people started to want them from me! It was very exciting for me to actually be getting interest in something I was offering (if you have started a business you get this)!! I definitely had some imposture syndomre at times especially when things starting to just be happening for me. Thats when it creeps in. Thoughts of “do I deserve this?” “Are my talents real?” “what is going on?” happen and its up to you to fight them off! You are the creator of your reality. Something I started doing was really getting serious and focusing on what the feeling of success would be like to me felt like. What would it look like? What would I look like in it? What would it feel like? I would try to visualize everything. A day in the life if you will. Me getting up in the morning, me bushing my teeth to a goldfish song and dancing- me being confident and successful. Me FEELING confident and successful. I truly started to see and feel this in my head. I believed that it would happen whole heartedly. I believed in myself and I think that is what makes someone soar. An affirmation that I repeated a lot that I really think helped me a lot is “I am open to miracles” and honey miracles came along!! Things just started falling into place. As I would put myself out there and reach out my hand.. people would reach out and grab it! It turns out people are kind and they want to listen and help. I think Soulfrog is still really new and I’m still not really sure what it is. I know eventually I want to be not just giving readings but working long term with woman to help them heal their bodies and their minds. I know I want to write and I want to continue making fun art on my iPad and posting it on my instagram. I know that I want to keep doing pop ups and creating my own pop ups in parks, coffee shops, the middle of the highway…wherever my heart takes me! Because that is where miracles happen! When you just get out there and do it. There have been days where I have sat at a market and not made a single dollar but went to bed so happy that I showed up for myself and my business. Show up. Sh0w up just show up even when your heart is aching show up! I want Soulfrog to just be known as a safe place of healing. Even if you come to me for a 15 minute virtual reading and we never speak again, I want that to be a safe space of magical healing that you carry in your heart forever.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I would take them to the short north to high street Tattoo we would see Zac Micknney and get matching tattoos. Then we would go to Ampersand and get Ramen. We would walk along high street and visit all the cute shops and coffee shops.. one line of course. Hopefully there would be a farmers market that day I love the clintonville Farmers Market! I get all my skincare there from Circular Bodies. Then I would take them to an HOM sound bath with Jesse Cale to relax for the evening. 🙂 Maybe even go to COSI or the botanical gardens.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I would have to shout out Marianne Williamsons book a woman’s worth!!! It changed my life. My friend Joey Doherty who is the most beautiful poet and friend who recommended me for this article. And my both my Grandmas who I am lucky enough to have both alive. My Grandmother Ann Leathery is a watercolor, acrylic and stainless artist. She also dabbled in sculpting and lots of other art mediums… she is a force and my total muse. My other Grandmother Ellen Thomas has made necklaces in her basement her entire life and donated them to the children’s hospital. She is the most beautiful woman in the world to me! I really enjoy making earrings and necklaces- I hope to start selling them soon on my website and I like to think I got this from her 🙂

Website: soulfroghealing.com

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Image Credits
Anna Leathery (me)

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