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The Experience of Writing a Book

Writing a Book: The experience of writing a book as a non-trained author. The steps I took to get my book done.

Human Design 101 Toolbox

Your Human Design chart contains amazing information about you. It shows how you make decisions that are correct for you and in alignment with your life. It shows you how you best use your energy and how you exchange energy with others and how you’ve been “conditioned” away from the truth of who you really … Continue reading Human Design 101 Toolbox

Is embodiment in your career path?

What should I be doing? This is a common question I hear from clients and friends. I don’t know if it’s the changes from the pandemic that are pushing people to make a change or if it’s the phase of life, I am in. I have gone over some other career ideas in other posts, … Continue reading Is embodiment in your career path?

Human Design and Saturn’s influence

Do you know how the planets in your Human Design chart affect your life? Or how their energy and lessons are more potent when they “return” at certain times? Different planets re-align to the same position as when you were born at certain times in your life. They bring about different energies or lessons for you, and … Continue reading Human Design and Saturn’s influence

Business energy in your human design chart

Do you love business? Or maybe you have the energy for it and don’t know it yet? It may mean that you have some of the business gates or channels defined. I’ve had business energy running through me my whole life and have known it since I was little. I found a notebook from childhood … Continue reading Business energy in your human design chart

6 Ways to Empower Your Daughter with Human Design

As Moms, we want what’s best for our kids, and we try to protect them. Sometimes we hold on too tight. What if we focused on empowering them, especially our daughters? Our Moms fought for the right to have a career outside the home. We fight for the balance required to try to do what … Continue reading 6 Ways to Empower Your Daughter with Human Design

Are you a healer by design?

Your Human Design chart can tell you about career tendencies. Find out if you might have ‘healer’ energy in your chart.

The Real Reason You’re Stuck

We have many excuses for why we are stuck, but are any of them really true? I want to talk about what is going on. What’s weighing us down? We are operating based on conditioning, not necessarily what we truly desire. What is conditioning? It’s the beliefs or ‘shoulds’ that modern society, your ancestry or … Continue reading The Real Reason You’re Stuck

Navigating Your Human Design Journey

Human Design is not always the easiest thing to conceptualize. Then, when we begin to understand in our minds, it can be even more difficult to put it into practice and begin the experiment in real life. An example came to me— a metaphor for the journey. This is the Human Design Road Trip. As … Continue reading Navigating Your Human Design Journey

How to bust through fear

As women, we are trained by society to follow the rules and not make a scene. But if there’s a change you want to see in your life — you’ve got to be bold and disruptive. You’ve likely spent a better portion of your life with a mask on – so when you start peeling … Continue reading How to bust through fear

Aligned Decision Making Clarity

Stop doing what you think you should AND start caring about how you feel.

We live in a world of unlimited choices. It seems like a good thing, but it’s really hard sometimes. We mostly make decisions with our mind and find ourselves off path. It’s important to communicate with your body to make decisions that are right for you.

The #1 best self-care

The power of no I know there have been movies about how wonderful it would be to say “yes” to everything that comes our way. I think we took that to heart and now live our lives with so much that it’s hard to handle. Self-care has become yet another thing women are expected to … Continue reading The #1 best self-care

5 Ways to love yourself

Do you love yourself as easily as you love others? In American society we set aside one day a year to celebrate love and it focuses on showing others we love them. But what about loving on yourself? There’s no day for that, and no one else can do it for you. When you feel … Continue reading 5 Ways to love yourself

Your True Superpowers and Human Design

Being a mom gives you superpowers for doing stuff you don’t want to do: This mindset actually holds you back. As a mom there are some things you must do that you don’t want to – but wearing your ability to do them anyway as a badge of honor will get you into trouble. Whether … Continue reading Your True Superpowers and Human Design

Do you feel anchored or like you are blowing in the wind?

Learn what grounds you in your Human Design chart – it might surprise you It’s hard to be in the current world and not feel like you are like a balloon or kite blowing in the wind. Feeling grounded can give you the anchor to deal with it all. It nourishes you, like it does … Continue reading Do you feel anchored or like you are blowing in the wind?

Create healthy boundaries with a middle finger mindset

This post is about why you need to pop that middle finger up – metaphorically, of course. “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.” -Brené Brown Brené Brown doesn’t talk about middle finger mindset, but I do. 😊 I am not trying to tell … Continue reading Create healthy boundaries with a middle finger mindset

Marie Kondo Your Energy Field

Have you read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up? Watched Marie Kondo bring that Life-Changing Magic to life on Netflix? I love Marie Kondo’s work and she says it best, “The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don’t.” Most of us have cluttered energy fields. … Continue reading Marie Kondo Your Energy Field

How to Liberate Mom Guilt

“I don’t care what others think, I care how I feel.” How to let go of expectations, including your own conditioned ones (aka mom guilt). Mom guilt is a difficult topic for many women to dig into. The idea that “what you feel is much more important than what others think” is not the norm. … Continue reading How to Liberate Mom Guilt

We all have the same life purpose

The purpose of learning about Human Design is to learn, grow, find joy and to be abundant. You do this by being aligned with your true self and loving yourself for who you are. You may deliver your truth in a different way depending on what’s right for you, but living out your purpose doesn’t have to be as complicated or grandiose as you may have been led to believe.

Circuitry in Real Life: Your Human Design in 2021

What is Human Design if not a practical tool to use in our daily lives? When we understand ourselves and others more clearly, we can use this understanding to lead more fulfilling lives from moment to moment. If you haven’t already, please check out the Human Design Circuits blog to get a foundational understanding of … Continue reading Circuitry in Real Life: Your Human Design in 2021

Intro to Incarnation Cross

The first thing we tend to learn about when we discover Human Design is our type. Then, our strategy for making decisions and our authority. Next, our profile. Once we’ve learned about these elements of our charts, what’s next? We can look into our gates and channels to better understand the consistent archetypes we are … Continue reading Intro to Incarnation Cross

Decision Making Authority and Human Design

In your Human Design chart, two of the most practical and life-changing elements are following the decision-making strategy for your type and learning to tune in to your authority. To learn more about each of the types and their strategies, please read here. or check out the Guidebook for your type. There are seven different … Continue reading Decision Making Authority and Human Design

Feng Shui and Human Design

Ancient Wisdom Transforms Modern Living Feng Shui is like Human Design for your home. Each part of your home has energy – and the Feng Shui bagua is like a map – just like your Human Design chart. I am going to go deeper into the Feng Shui bagua in a future post, but for … Continue reading Feng Shui and Human Design

2021 – Leaping into something better

Wow! What a year we just left behind. I believe there are many lessons and many blessings that we can all unpack from our experiences. You better believe I am ready for a fresh start. Are you? I don’t believe this year is going to be roses and lollipops, but I do believe I can … Continue reading 2021 – Leaping into something better

5 Tips for Sharing a Home Workspace with Small Children

Guest post by Janice Russell, Parenting Disasters Blog How parents of small children can cope with the chaos of working from home Human Design Tools is your go-to for advice that makes life a pleasure, like the following article. So, you’re going to be working remotely for the foreseeable future. You’re happy about avoiding the … Continue reading 5 Tips for Sharing a Home Workspace with Small Children

Human Design Channels – Collective Circuit

Channels Part 3: The Channels of the Collective Circuit There are three types of circuitry in Human Design— Individual, Tribal and Collective. You can read more about circuitry here, or read about the channels of the Individual Circuit in Part 1 or the Tribal Circuit in Part 2 of this series. This post explores the … Continue reading Human Design Channels – Collective Circuit

Human Design Channels – Tribal Circuit

Channels Part 2: The Channels of the Tribal Circuit There are three types of circuitry in Human Design— Individual, Tribal and Collective. You can read more about circuitry here, or read about the channels of the Individual Circuit in Part 1 or the Collective Circuit in Part 3 of this series. This post explores the … Continue reading Human Design Channels – Tribal Circuit

Human Design Channels – Individual Circuit

Channels Part 1:The Channels of the Individual Circuit One of the major components of your Human Design chart along with your Type, Strategy and Authority (among others) is your Channels. There are 36 channels in the Human Design chart, and if you are not a Reflector, you have one or more of these channels defined. … Continue reading Human Design Channels – Individual Circuit

Exploring Social Injustice Through the Lens of Human Design

There is an idea floating around that “everyone’s the same, we all just need love and light and peace.” This kind of phrase is often used when people (particularly, white people in the spiritual and holistic health spaces) are uncomfortable talking about racial issues. These kinds of discussions have been floating around in the online … Continue reading Exploring Social Injustice Through the Lens of Human Design

Human Design Gift Guide

Top Human Design Gifts for 2022 1ꟾ Human Design & Essential Oils Activation Deck (Human Design Tools) The Human Design and Essential Oils Activation Deck includes a card for each of the 64 Human Design Gates. Imagine using the highest energy potential for any gate in the most practical way or pulling out a card … Continue reading Human Design Gift Guide

I’m so white, I don’t know what to say

From the depths of my gut, I know that I want to say something, but I don’t know where to start. So, I will start here. I am sorry for playing a role in white supremacy. No matter how much I might have thought that I am not part of the problem, I realize that … Continue reading I’m so white, I don’t know what to say

Manage Your Energy with Essential Oils

One of the most basic ideas of Human Design is that you have an energy field (also called and aura). Our aura gives off a certain frequency and impacts the way we all interact with one another. Most of us have gone through the majority of our lives without an awareness of what our energy … Continue reading Manage Your Energy with Essential Oils

How shock transforms and Human Design Gate 51

Earth just finished transiting through Gate 51 – the gate of initiation. If life “shocked” you a little during this transit, you are certainly not alone. Gate 51 is also called the gate of shock. If you have it defined, you may shock others regularly without realizing it, and others may shock you right back. … Continue reading How shock transforms and Human Design Gate 51

5 Things I learned when Instagram Broke up with Me (& Ghosted Me!)

There are hidden gems in situations of all kinds. I had been growing my Instagram following for a couple of years. I was about 300 followers shy of a 5K following when one day I tried to log in and my account had been shut down without any notice. It was like Instagram broke up … Continue reading 5 Things I learned when Instagram Broke up with Me (& Ghosted Me!)

Essential Oils by Design for Reflectors

At the end of the day, the Essential Oil that you are drawn to is the right one for you! If you’re looking for a place to start, however, read on to learn which oil might be best for you based on the different aspects of your Type. You can also check out the best … Continue reading Essential Oils by Design for Reflectors

Essential Oils by Design for Projectors

Essential Oils by Design for Generators

Essential Oils by Design for Manifesting Generators

Essential Oils by Design for Manifestors

Network Marketing and Human Design

Top 5 Tips for Each of the 5 Human Design Types Have you tried everything you’ve been taught to do and you’re not enjoying the success you expected? Are you experience frustration, anger or burnout in your business? Or, are you just looking for ways to up-level it? Network Marketing was likely designed by a … Continue reading Network Marketing and Human Design

Introversion and Human Design

What are introversion and extroversion? Several definitions of “introvert” and “extrovert” exist, so for the sake of this post we will keep things simple. Introverts gain more energy from being alone and they think to talk. Extroverts gain more energy from being with other people and they talk to think. These are more psychological terms … Continue reading Introversion and Human Design

How to overcome fear with Human Design and essential oils

Does fear paralyze you from moving forward? Do you feel stuck even when the tasks at hand are simple? Fear is a primal instinct that we simply do not need to use in the same way we did ten thousand years ago when our ancestors were running away from dangerous wild animals. Many of our … Continue reading How to overcome fear with Human Design and essential oils

Superpowers in the Centers

9 Centered Being When you look at your Human Design Chart, one of the first things you notice are the 9 shapes – the triangles and squares. It’s most likely that in your chart some of them will be white and some of them will be colored (unless you happen to be one of the … Continue reading Superpowers in the Centers

Money, Abundance & Human Design

Have you struggled with money in your life? Have you ever felt the pressure of having too little? Have you struggled with finding the correct thing to do with the resources you do have? Of course, we all have had these kinds of experiences. Money is a tool that we all need while we are … Continue reading Money, Abundance & Human Design

12 Human Design Profiles

When we combine the 6 lines we learned about in [PART ONE], we get 12 different profiles. Each line flavors the other so as to make its own archetype in and of itself. If you have a smaller number first (1, 2 or 3 lines), you have a personal karma in this lifetime, and a … Continue reading 12 Human Design Profiles

Human Design Profile – The 6 Lines

There are 12 profiles in Human Design. You can find your profile either in the information section of your body graph or by finding the conscious and unconscious sun in the list of planets (the first planet). Take the conscious (black) line first, and the unconscious (red) line second. It’s the smaller decimal point after … Continue reading Human Design Profile – The 6 Lines

How to parent in a way that honors your kids with Human Design -Adventures in Parenting Part 2

Understand your kids through the lens of Human Design. Understand yourself as a parent through Human Design. You can learn more about who your kids are and what they need to stay resilient and self-reliant in the world.

How to parent in a way that honors your kids with Human Design -Adventures in Parenting Part 1: Intro & Sacral Types

Understanding your life through the 5 Human Design Types

Every single human is one of the types. Human Design brings together principles of Astrology, the I Ching, Kabbalah, the Chakra system & Quantum Physics to create a distinctive system that acknowledges and celebrates the uniqueness in each human – no two charts are alike. Human Design is a beautiful tool for self-awareness. We have … Continue reading Understanding your life through the 5 Human Design Types

How to overcome burnout with human design and essential oils

In “Are you burned out? Your body, emotions and actions hold the answer“ you learned where you might find the signs or symptoms of burnout in your life. Are you curious where you might find them in the Human Design Chart? Each Human Design chart has shapes on it and these are called Human Design … Continue reading How to overcome burnout with human design and essential oils

Are you burned out? Your body, emotions and actions hold the answer.

Do you have the energy to do what you love? Did you know that burnout is the number one reason why you may not be manifesting what you want? It has nothing to do with effort, education or your ability to visualize it. It has everything to do with the fact that you don’t have … Continue reading Are you burned out? Your body, emotions and actions hold the answer.

How to use essential oils to enhance the Human Design Throat Center gates

If you already know about the basics of the Human Design Throat Center, this information will cover more specifics and include essential oil ideas that can be leveraged for support. Do you know that energies in the Throat Center in Human Design have voices? Regardless of whether you have an Open (Undefined) or Defined Throat … Continue reading How to use essential oils to enhance the Human Design Throat Center gates

Human Design Throat Center Basics: Communication and Manifestation

The Throat Center in Human Design is the energy for
communication and manifestation. The power and importance of words are central to the creative process. It’s difficult to do things without being able to explain them using words. How the throat is configured (e.g. which gates are defined) will determine how someone is able to manifest and is able to do and what they talk about. Your voice is characterized by the particular way that you speak.

How to Travel best based on your Human Design Type

Written by Human Design Tools & Essential Explorers 5 tips to travel by Human Design using essential oils Do you know your Human Design Type? Get started by running your chart or continue reading to see if one particular travel style resonates with you or your travel companion(s). Learning about travel styles can improve your … Continue reading How to Travel best based on your Human Design Type

Human Design Shapes & Definition

“What do the colors of the shapes mean?” or “why are some colored and some are white?” are some of the first questions you might have when you are looking at your Human Design chart . The first thing to know is that it doesn’t matter what the actual colors are (i.e. red, brown or yellow), … Continue reading Human Design Shapes & Definition

What do the Human Design circuits mean?

The Human Design body graph is made up of lines with interconnected energy that make up circuits – like the wiring in your home. Each circuit brings different energies and behaviors to each of us individually to help humanity evolve and each circuit does this in a different way. Your Human Design Body graph can tell you what way you are here to help in this evolution. You may have just one; two or you can have all three types of circuitry. There Human Design Circuits including individual, tribal and collective.