Executive Behavioral Coach Debbie Longo sits down with Danny Barnett, an intuitive energy medicine practitioner, to unpack how “alignment” shows up in real business results—not just in theory. They dig into energetic and emotional blocks that quietly drain leaders, the Sync Method, and how somatic tools and natal charts can translate into clearer decisions and calmer teams. If astrology and reiki in the boardroom make you raise an eyebrow, you’ll hear Debbie push for practical proof and Danny respond with grounded frameworks leaders can actually use. By the end, you’ll know how to shift from burnout to bold, brain-friendly leadership and why energy hygiene may be as important as your P&L for sustained growth.
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00:00 Introduction to Behavioral Profit
00:24 Guest Introduction: Danny Barnett
01:02 Energy Alignment in Leadership
02:28 Coaching Strategies for Leaders
05:01 Emotional & Energetic Bypassing
08:17 Astrology and Energy Healing in Business
17:42 The Sync Method Explained 28:03 Close & Contact Info
Welcome to the behavioral profit, the show where
business meets behavior. I'm your host, Debbie
Longo, executive behavioral coach. And each week
we dive into the mindsets, leadership strategies
and cultural behaviors that drive higher performance
and greater profits. This is your space to learn
how human behavior fuels business success. Today
we're exploring the force that drives high performance
teams, energy alignment. My guest, Danny Barnett
is a sole lead RN turned intuitive energy. Welcome,
Danny. Welcome to the show. Is there anything
that you would like to add to that intro? No,
that sounds really good. Okay. So I have a few
questions here. The first question is what does
it really mean to be energetically out of alignment?
And how does that show up in leadership or business?
When we put it just in simple terms for anybody,
even without being in leadership, any one of
us at any given point in time may feel out of
alignment when we start having certain emotions
that we can't seem to let go of. So when it then
shows up in leadership, it doesn't just affect
the one person. affects everybody when they're
working with a team. And so sometimes this can
show up as over controlling, like really showing
controlling behaviors, which yes, there be some
control when you're leaving a team, but we know
that it can get a little bit over the top. And
then that can trickle down into the rest of the
framework of the team. And then people stop feeling
comfortable around you. It can lead to so many
different things, right? That's one way of there
being misalignment that can really cause a business
to. Whereas if you're feeling the harmony and
the clarity and being able to surrender to some
degree where you understand that you are delegating
tasks, things work a lot smoother. I think that
you probably find that happening when you have
that kind of harmony and balance in that. And
that's what I saw many times with leaders that
they want everything to be so perfect and they
tend to be so into it to be controlling every
piece. And sometimes it's about getting that
balance to allow them to surrender. a little
bit and trust the rest of the team. Why I do
this kind of show with the type of person in
your industry and what you teach is to help leaders
and executives and business owners learn this
type of coaching that I do in a different way,
a different aspect. I've done about 25 podcasts
and I have two shows. I have behavioral profit
and six figure shift show, and I'm going to be
starting another one, which is coaching for everybody,
started originally as a life coach. Now I'm doing
executive business owners, all these different
things. What you're saying and what you're about
to say with these questions are just giving a
different perspective, a different outlook, a
different way of leaders and executives and business
owners to consider and to understand when they
think about if they want to be coached by you
or by me. And what type of goals do they want
and what type of business, how do they actually
want to run their business? And essentially what
a lot of coaches say is essentially going to
increase sales and profits, which is really the
goal here. So the reason why I had on the show
too, is not only to get a different perspective
is for leaders and business owners to have maybe
a personality change or a change in their behavior.
They're now going to. say, I really want to try
this because to me that's the ultimate thing
that I'm trying to do here is I'm trying to get
business owners and executives to really open
their minds and really say, I might want to try
what they're explaining. That's another reason
why I'm doing these podcasts because a lot of
this that I do is explaining, talking, giving
examples. Okay. I don't run Facebook ads and
YouTube ads and from reading five lines. They're
going to say, Oh, this is going to work for me.
That's not the type of business that I do. So
these are some of the things, and these are some
of the reasons why. And I had another one on
the show also, and I was a guest on another show
that did something very similar to what you did.
She did it in a completely different way. So
I'm going to be targeting and asking people in
all different industries and in the industry
that you do. And I'm going to try to get as many
different aspects and. ways of thinking to open
up possibly another opportunity for you and maybe
something that you want to try to explore. So
the next question is why is emotional and energetic
bypassing so common among high achievers and
how can it be avoided without adding shame or
more work? So I find that usually high achievers
and people in leadership tend to be so work oriented
and so into having framework and strategy that
they often forget that they themselves have an
emotional side. They keep pushing it down. And
what often happens is that they don't realize
that once they allow that part of themselves
to come through, that it really works so much
better harmoniously in so many different ways,
not just in end result. of the profits, but also
in the culture within the company. And there's
nothing about shame. It's just about integrating
the whole person because you could be a very
successful leader, but you could end up getting
into burnout if you're not allowing that other
side of yourself to come through and feel into
things. So it's not about bringing the shame
if they haven't done so far at any given point
in time, we each have the ability to just take
a step back and maybe take a different step.
Who says that the dance has to be exactly as
it was laid out. What about freestyling it? You
know what I mean? So that's what I like to show
people. It's about being able to introduce it
in very small steps. It's not, oh my gosh, we're
completely changing and revolutionizing the way
that you do business. It's just about introducing
little things to help strengthen and fortify.
So that's something I teach and explain. And
if I do things very slowly, some things it's
okay to do fast, but this type of work and this
type of change, adjusting your brain, your personality,
your thinking, the type of thinking that you
have now, as opposed to maybe discovering something
different. Maybe you think that something should
be different. You don't know exactly what it
is and you don't know how to do it. Okay. And
you need help. You need a coach or a mentor or
a teacher. And this will help you to grow in
your life, not only in your business, because
we're talking. about business and C -suite and
behavior change. A lot of people that I've worked
with, it'll just automatically carry over to
your home, your neighbor that you talk with while
you're cutting the grass. When you go to the
store, when you're driving in the car, the person
next to you becomes very angry. There are a lot
of situations, your family, your children. So
when these things happen, I will be changing
my entire. But we're focusing on the workplace
as soon as I even just make that decision. But
then I want to take it one step further, get
a coach. And that's what you were explaining
about the baby steps. And this is how I coach.
And I totally agree with these types of things.
Okay. The high achievers, the business owners
and executives, they are the ones to me that
are really important because they are the role
models. They are the mentors and they are the
people that really help the business to change.
And the employees are just going to basically
follow that. They're going to think they have
to, right? Because it's part of their job duties.
It's part of different things like that. Okay.
So the next question is how do energy healing
and intuitive practices like Reiki or astrology
create real tangible results in someone's daily
life or decision making? Just from an astrological
point of view, when I'm working with someone,
I ask them if they can provide me with their
birth information so that I can go ahead and
pull up and... needle chart with their permission,
ethically always asking for permission to have
all of that information to go over it with them.
And I look at key points in the needle chart
that will suggest what may come easier for them.
That is their powerhouse. It leads into business
as well. If somebody is a strong communicator,
if somebody has better leadership, quality skills,
what kind of leader, I will be looking for that,
but I will also be looking for the challenging
parts. And that's where we get to do the real
work because the challenging parts that may be
showing up. in their natal chart will also give
me some insight as well as my scanning their
energy fields as to the areas that really need
the extra focus and the extra changes, the shifting
that needs to take place. What are some of the
things that maybe they need to let go of? And
that brings me into the sync method, which is
what I created certain energy centers, whether
it's from a chakra system. If you've heard of
the chakras, we have seven main chakras. There
are many more other than that, but each one signifies
a certain area of our lives. So one may be about
security and safety. Another one may be about
our creativity. Another one is more about our
empowerment and confidence. Another one is the
way that we love and wish to be loved, but that
is such an important one, even in business, because
it relates to how we connect with others. Then
another one is about speaking our truth or just
speaking clearly communication. And another one
is about awareness and intuition, thinking, logics.
So these are really important energy centers.
If any one of those are out of alignment. It's
going to throw how you run a business, right?
Then I take the cosmic part of it and look at
the challenges to be able to actually work through
the challenges in a way that smooths out everything
else. That's where the secret sauce or the sweet
part of it all is. It changes how the leader
is viewing how they go about their day and they're
able to enjoy life much more because now they're
not so stressed about the work part. They can
actually enjoy life, which isn't that what we
all work so hard for? You're such high achievers
because we want to be able to have that time
to really enjoy life. And then it just carries
also to the rest of the team. And there's just
a different dynamic. And it's amazing to hear
what people have to say before we get started
to after we've done some of the work together.
And it comes from leadership as well as the rest
of the team. I hope that answered the question.
So how can leaders use astrology as a practical
tool and not just for personality insight, but
strategic timing, team dynamics and. energetic
collaboration. With astrology we have what is
our natal chart, which is our blueprint. No matter
what that doesn't change. However, what does
change is what's going on in the sky at any given
moment in time. There may be certain planets
that are retrograde and there are planets that
are changing signs in between and how they each
relate to each other. The timing of certain things
based on how your own natal chart goes is going
to tell you whether certain time may be more
challenging time or a more prosperous or powerful
time. But if you're launching something new,
if you're working on a big project, that can
give you some insight as to how it works. But
also, if you know some of that information for
some of your team members as well, with their
permission, obviously, then you can have a better
understanding of how that project can really
work and the launching of it, the timing of it,
where there may be some challenges that you may
need to work through. You can have a better understanding
of what may come up. To give an example, right
now we're actually in the midst of Mercury Retrograde.
What does that mean? Basically, It's a slowing
down of the planet's movements, but it may appear
like it's going backwards. A lot of people, as
soon as they hear Mercury retrograde, oh no,
everything is going to go wrong. Travel plan,
there could be delays, electronics could go faulty,
communication, emails that I think I'm sending
don't actually get received. Yeah. Some of those
things could be happening, but Mercury retrograde
is actually a really powerful time. And I wish
that most leaders and most business owners, entrepreneurs
would really understand that may actually be
a very powerful. time for growth in their company.
It's a great time for analyzing what's happening.
And that's where we always say to go inward.
And that's a really great time to look at everything
that you've been working on, how it's going so
far and analyze it. That's a great time for them
to shine and actually that can help your business.
So something that may be viewed as being challenging,
certain aspects it can be challenging, but in
other aspects, it can actually be a great stepping
stone or moving forward for your business. It
just means that you have to shift. how you're
looking at it. Wear a different hat for that
three -week period and then the results that
come afterwards are great. That's the time to
analyze where other times may be more times to
be connecting and networking. Planetary alignments
can really make a big shift in your business
by knowing what is happening and how to use it.
How to harness that energy and empower yourself
and your company through that. It also depends
on what kind of business it is that you're running.
Different models and different products that
may be available or different services. to have
different impacts based on what's going on cosmically.
Believe it or not, a lot of coaches do what I
call backend work, which is what I do also. And
I don't tell the client what exactly that is
and exactly how I'm doing it because they're
probably not really going to understand it. But
when they see the results, they might say, this
is very good. And to tell you the truth, it comes
a lot faster and I do this type of work. That's
just my own experience with. How do you do this?
What is your process? And it really produces
really good results. I want to know. The biggest
companies in the world use this process. They
use astrology, Reiki, changing behavior, energetic
bypassing. Okay. Healing and intuitive practices.
Every coach uses formats, but they don't tell
their clients. They don't tell the executive.
the business owner, their employees don't know,
but they know one thing that what the coach is
doing, how effective that coach is better than
maybe the previous coaches they have. And again,
the coach doesn't explain everything and talk
about all these different things. They don't
have to. They're paying them for their company
so they can increase sales and profits. That's
what they're paying these coaches. They charge
a hundred thousand dollars just for one lecture.
And that's. Basically the bottom line they really
want the results these coaches they have a lot
of experience They can prove their experience
they can really show it But there's a lot of
reasons why they choose one coach over another
and why that is we don't know these are some
different things that we're explaining some practices
and Ways that a lot of the coaches do things
and this is just to educate the listener. Maybe
they know somebody who is an executive or a business
owner who's struggling. Maybe they want to change
their personality. Maybe they're unhappy. Maybe
their business is going bankrupt. There are so
many different examples of this. And I would
like to know, is the listener really interested
just to think about what we are talking about?
Because a lot of times it's like acting on blind
faith because I don't know what it is and I don't
really understand it, but my business is not
doing that great. If it goes bankrupt, I'm not
going to be able to put food on the table. So
maybe really have anything to really lose besides
maybe a few dollars. It might be something it
might not be, but this coach is successful. And
I know that for sure. The beauty of having worked
with the people that I've worked with in helping
them in their business has actually helped them
to not be working 18 hour days and be able to
maybe bring those days to be more like 10 hours,
which is a huge. change for them, for them to
actually be able to have more time with the family
that is complaining that they're never home.
Or even when they are home, they're constantly
so worried or taking calls or checking emails
or messages and not really present. That is a
big part of what was happening. And I've been
able to shift that for them just by bringing
alignment and giving them the empowerment piece
of harnessing other energy that they weren't
aware of has completely shifted. Not only the
way that they are able to operate their business
and have profits, but also have better retention
of their team and have better relationship in
their personal life. Whether it's a relationship
with their spouse, their friends, their family,
their children. And that's what it's all about.
It's so powerful yet it is minimal as to what
it is that they have to do. We always run on
what are the KPIs? What are the total amounts
in this? What is the percentage of this? Instead
of running on that being barometer of things,
we just do a little shift, just shifting a little
bit of that perspective. First of all, the Sync
Method really is based on that. It's just changing
some of the prior programming that we have because
sometimes it's not working harder. It's about
working smarter. And the working smarter in this
case is about harnessing what's already there.
It's just that most of us don't realize that
energy is there. So what does your Sync Method
look like in action and how does it help people
reconnect to their authentic leadership? Sync
is not like your bathroom sink. Sync is more
like synchronization. The S is for shifting.
And in the shifting, we are releasing prior beliefs.
We are releasing some prior programming that
we've all had, whether it was from our parents
and their way of thinking, grandparents, church
leaders, teachers at school, professors, what
have you. We all have prior programming and a
lot of us need to release certain things. Then
we go into the why. The why is yielding. Once
we've released that, we're yielding. yielding
to what the new energy feels like. We have a
clean slate. Now we can fill that slate with
healthier options. And then we go into the nurturing.
That's the N part. We're nurturing what we've
now built. And then the C part is where we can
co -create a new future. Like literally we can
go ahead and we often speak in my field, manifestation,
but for manifestation to actually occur, that
any intention, but you also need to be energetically
aligned because you can say, I have a million
dollars and until the cows come home, but if
the rest of you is not aligned with it, that
million dollars ain't going to show up. That's
the way to put it. So the sync method works very
nicely when I'm able to work with the person
in allowing them to change some of those thought
patterns that are holding them back. And they
don't even realize sometimes that's what it is
that's been holding them back to then allow them
to go into that mode where they can create something
more beautiful than what they already had. And
that's where they gain new kind of momentum and
where they have faster growth in different ways
than they were ever foreseeing because it's about
both the strategy and the harnessing of that
energy. And when that goes together, it's beautiful.
So that was very good. Thank you. And that makes
a lot of sense. And it was very similar to what
we've been talking about the type of person I
am too. I need to see the results. That's the
best way. I think a lot of us want instant gratification.
So if something happens, I want to see exactly
what's going to happen as fast as I possibly.
And if you're going to tell me that this is going
to be a slow process and this is the way astrology
works and the spirituality works, I might go
with somebody else. I don't really want to tell
them that. And I really want to focus on what's
the positive and what are they going to get as
a result? And I don't know if it's going to be
a fast process or not. Honestly, I really don't
know. Really depends on the person. I don't know
the client until I start working with them. They
could tell me a lot of things, right? Some of
them might be true. and some might not be, and
people really don't know themselves in a lot
of ways. But I will tell you this. There are
many similarities to people that are overachievers
and high achievers because they're giving me
permission to scan their energy. Upon meeting,
I gather some of the information and I ask them
to give me some of the information ahead of time
so that I can take a look at their needle chart
so that I have an idea of the blueprint that
we're working with. It's a blueprint. So much
could be there, but it gives me a good idea and
a good foundation. Then when I'm actually speaking
with the person in our first meeting, scanning
their energy and I'm going from there to treat
at the moment to bring balance and alignment
they come back to me and tell me that something
has already shifted and then they want to know
how can we continue the process and that's where
we work together whether eight weeks together
whether it's 12 weeks together whether it's really
condensed and only working one week together
but they're really devoting a lot of time with
me one -on -one there are many ways to work with
me but what I'm taking from there is that I'm
giving them insight in areas that they need to
focus on, the areas that they need to make changes,
as well as working with their energy sent to
bring that balance and harmony and alignment.
They feel it right away. And then they want the
rest of what I offer, which is the protocol that
I put together. And if they want lasting changes,
they will follow the protocol. Some may be like,
no, this is not for me. Okay, then the change
is not going to happen as quickly. If these parts
are not for you, I understand that. And that's
fine. We each have free will and that may not
work for you. This is what I find has been successful.
with each team that I've worked with because
I've had some executives that they choose to
do it for themselves. And then they say, I need
to bring this to my team. My team needs to be
part of this too. And I work with all of them.
I've done that before and it's worked out so
beautifully. And these companies have had such
great success. I was very good. Thank you. And
that is a very efficient and excellent way of
describing what we just talked about. A breakthrough
with a client where energy work created a turning
point in their career. a personal evolution.
I had the opportunity to work with someone who
had a business that appeared to be successful
to the outside, but they were feeling frazzled
from the inside, the inner workings. So they
came to me and said, I'm literally working 16
to 18 hour days, seven days a week. I never get
a break. I am at complete burnout. I'm ready
to just give up. The bills are piling up. There's
a lot going on. I don't know the dynamics of
the employees and my team, if I can fully trust
them or not. There's a lot. at hand that does
not seem to be meshing well. There should be
more money that's coming in and sustainably staying
put. There should be more growth and I'm feeling
like it's not happening and I don't know where
the leak is. And so I went ahead, asked them
their information, went over their nature, understood
some dynamics of their persona, their blueprint
and asked them specific questions and then went
ahead and did some energy work to bring the alignment.
There was a shift that happened once they understood.
that they were wired a certain way, literally
based on their needle chart. But now he focused
on helping the challenges and empowering the
strengths. They changed a little bit how they
were speaking to their employees, which changed
the dynamic with the whole team at large. And
there were less losses, people that perhaps were
not meant to stay as part of the team and that
he needed to have them part ways and to find
others that may be more aligned with how he runs
business based on his He thinks that he needed
to bring more of the completion of the whole
picture so that there could be different personalities
and different ways that could work cohesively
well together. And there was a big shift that
happened just in the matter of literally working
with him in two weeks, how he completely changed
things, but the three months of seeing where
the results, he saw the results right away within
a month. What he was able to retain in profits
and not lose out and be able to grow from there.
He was ready to... then do some improvements
in the business, structural improvements that
he could go ahead and use that money for that
to achieve greater growth and what he was looking
to do. And he was able to do that. And then when
he called me back and he said, thank you for
the first time in many years, I was able to take
a vacation with my family and I was able to spend
time with my family and enjoy my kids without
having to worry about anything else. That right
there to me is the most successful that anything
could ever be. They felt beforehand that they
couldn't leave. They had to be there. to their
job seven days a week, 16 to 18 hours a day without
leaving, without ever allowing somebody else
to step in to manage things. And finally, they
could leave. To me, that's one of the biggest
things that you could possibly do to be able
to finally trust others as you're working your
business, the framework, all of it. A good way
of summarizing the entire podcast that we have
right now. And that answers a lot of my questions
and comments we have been talking about because
We don't know what the end result is going to
be, but I can pretty much guarantee that something
positive is going to happen as long as they follow
the plan, they follow the process and they learn
from us. And that really, to me is the most important
thing. So the last question is, how do you integrate
Reiki astrology and intuition into your approach?
And how does that combination transform the way
you guide and support others? Basically what
happens is it's not like I have a cookie cutter.
Although I have the sync method, each person
is so distinctly different than anyone else.
Each one of us is so unique. It's like our blueprint
does not match anyone else's. Energetically speaking,
when I'm scanning their energy centers, there
are certain similarities to others in similar
situations, but everybody's really different.
So how do I put it all together? I take all of
these different pieces and work on knowing where
the challenges are. Those are the areas that
cleared. Usually where the challenges are showing
up in the blueprint are usually the areas where
there are blockages. the energy centers. I use
Reiki, which is very simple and can be done very
quickly to help get to those areas of challenges
and blockages and stagnations that are showing
up also in the nature. Intuitively, because I
do have mediumship and psychic abilities, the
answers will also come to me whether or not that
is the right road to go on. And that's how I
make it work altogether. I use all of those together.
So there's the scientific, there is the energetic,
and then there's the intuitive and it all meshes
all together, which is also how I did nursing
care. That's how I worked as a nurse for so many
years. And that's why I was having such great
success with my patients. So I just take it from
place to place and offer the best that I can
for someone to have the greatest results and
the best outcome. People that are in this field,
nurses, doctors, chiropractors learned a lot
of this in school. And a lot of times are very
open to it because they understand the spirituality
part, the Reiki, all these different types of
things. And this is part of their training and
it becomes really part of who they are. So they
are very open to it, but anybody can do it. But
I find people in these types of industries, especially
industries where they focus on really helping
people is really beneficial, more beneficial
to them and the coach, because the more the person
knows initially, the more the person understands
what this is about, the easier it is. for me
to teach them not that it's not easier than an
executive or business owner, somebody who doesn't
understand, but it's good for these people in
these types of industries to really use these
practices and they really go forward and already
knowing it and understanding it and learning
it is really a big plus. So that was the last
question. Thank you for being on the show. There
are such simple ways to move from where you are
to your next phase. It's so simple. You wouldn't
think that it's that simple, but you need to
be working with somebody that knows how to guide
you through that. Because there are major changes
that happen, but it's really quite simple. And
sometimes we overcomplicate things and we're
looking to strategize when it's not about so
much the strategy, it's more about just making
those simple changes that really. completely
change your life, but it has to be with the guidance
of the right person to get you there. Yes. How
can they get in touch with you? Oh, sure. I do
have a website, dannybarnett .com, as well as
you can find me on Facebook as dannybarnett.
I can be found on TikTok as energy sink with
danny because of course those social media outlets
have to have dots in between. And also the same
tag is for Instagram. So it's energy sink danny.
Thank you very much. But thank you so much, Debbie.
I really appreciate it. Everything that you bring
to the table and the fact that you showcase so
many different facets of business and how people
can move forward. Thank you so much for such
a wonderful platform and such a wonderful podcast.
I appreciate being a part of it. Thank you for
being on the show.