Our guest this week is my very dear friend and a Maverick in the truest sense of the word, Slade Roberson.

Slade launched his blog – Shift Your Spirits – in 2006.  Since then he has built a huge following for his gritty, no-nonsense, highly practical take on spirituality that is exemplified by his tagline, “fewer hearts and flowers than other new age blather”.

Slade is also a professional intuitive and mentor to budding intuitives, healers and coaches.  He is also a passionate fiction writer and has published two novels.

What I love about Slade is his huge sense of authenticity. In this interview, he shares the ups and downs of his journey as a Maverick with his trademark mix of humour, realism and a healthy scepticism.

Some of the highlights of our conversation include:

• How it is possible to be spiritual and practical at the same time
• The shift from corporate to entrepreneurial to authentic
• How a ‘dream job’ can actually be the worst thing for you
• What can happen when you truly step onto an authentic path
• The journey of one of the Internet’s first bloggers
• How it can be important to say “F*&k you” to all the things you are ‘supposed’ to do to build your business
• The most important thing in building your brand
• There is a power that is connected to your authentic voice in a way that trying to do things for the market is never going to have
• How to find your authentic voice
• The power of doing a little step every day
• How to get unstuck by priming the pump
• Why it is so important to find balance and what feeds and inspires you

Links & Resources

To read Slade's blog on spirituality and personal development, go to Shift Your Spirits.

To find out about Slade's mentoring programme for intuitives, healers and coaches, go to Automatic Intuition.

Slade's novels - Havenwood, The Fairy Killers and Cloudbusting