The original name of my business was going to be Inner Peace.  Pretty straight forward – I even had a logo ready to be designed.  All I remember what there was a bird involved in the design that lived in my head.

But then Chicago happened.

I was driving down I-94 to spend some time with a friend, and sometimes when I’m in the car I just talk. I talk out loud.  Sometimes I don’t even know to who.  It might be Mother Nature, or my Grandma Elhart, or my higher self… really anyone who’ll listen. 

This time it was God.

My dialogue was all about my business – what I was meant to do, my purpose, who I’d serve, what actions I should be taking, etc – when it turned to this:

‘Okay, so I’m naming my business Inner Peace, which I like, but something doesn’t feel quite right.  What do you think?’

{yes, I really am this laid back when I chat with God because it feels safe and comfy to be that way}

Immediately, I heard this voice inside me say, ‘Green Heart.’

That was not what I was expecting.

‘Peaceful Life Coaching’ or ‘Life Coaching with Shannon’ or something that had some sense of explaining what I did would have made more sense to me.

Honestly, I didn’t even like the name.  It seemed weird.

Weird… until I realized its connection with the chakras.  Chakras are energy points in and around you.

The fourth chakra – the Heart Chakra – is the center of you.  Its purpose is to bring more compassion, forgiveness, love, and connection to your life, and its primary color is green.  So that was cool, and it certainly aligned with what I wanted to do in the world, but I wasn’t yet sold on the name Green Heart.

I knew I hadn’t thought of this name because I’d never have been able to come up with that.  It had been given to me.  But sometimes I just need a little reassurance about my intuitive nudges, so I said – out loud,

‘Okay, I can name it that, but I want to be sure I’m hearing you right.  Please give me a really clear sign – something I cannot miss.’

And then, and this is the key part to asking for Divine guidance, especially a little extra guidance, I let it go.

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I didn’t think about it any longer.  I didn’t tell my friend what had happened.  I only trusted I’d be shown.

The next day my friend wanted to go shopping for furniture.  We hopped on his Harley and went down to Chicago’s furniture district – somewhere I never knew existed.  Being on a Harley there wasn’t a lot of clear conversation, but when I saw a store I thought he’d like – in the windows were very modern pieces, clean lines, black leather, metals… very Herman Miller – I pointed to it, and he parked the bike.

After walking around a bit in this very cool store, I realized I had no idea where we were.  I was chatting with a sales guy, so I asked, ‘This is a weird question, but I don’t even know the name of this store.  Where are we?’

‘Orange Skin,’ was his reply.

That’s when it hit me, and I immediately recalled my conversation while driving the day before.  How else, other than with Divine guidance, would I end up so randomly in a store with a color and body part as its name?  Green Heart.  Orange Skin.

So weird.  Soooooo cool!

I immediately gave God and the Universe a smile and my little nod of agreement – my business would be named Green Heart!  Now, I just needed to know what exactly to provide people about compassion, forgiveness, love, and connection.

And this is the part I didn’t like so much.  I had a clear message of ‘patience.’   

Changing the name of my business to Green Heart has been fun, the patience part… not so much!  My trip to Chicago and Orange Skin was years ago… and I am only now feeling like my business is taking root.

All in due time, right?

I now know why I needed patience.  Patience with my own journey, my own healing, my own learning of business ins and outs.  But here I am…. excited, happy and on purpose! 

I’m ready for Green Heart to take on the world :)

Curious about the Green Heart logo?  Now that’s another great story that I promise to explain some other time!