How Human Design Helped Me Build a Business That Feels Like Me | EP 488

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If you’ve ever found yourself questioning your path, pivoting your process, or wondering why your business doesn’t follow a “straight line” like others—this minisode is your invitation to stop the spiral.

I share how Human Design has shaped my understanding of sustainable success—and how leaning into it helped me trust my intuition, embrace experimentation, and scale with grace. Whether you’re already deep into your chart or just hearing about Human Design for the first time, this episode offers perspective that meets you where you are.

Because when you’re building a business rooted in self-trust, your energy becomes your edge. And that’s where the real magnetism begins.

Other episodes about Human Design:

Creating Impact in Life and Business with Human Design
Human Design and Gene Keys

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Episode Transcript

Sheila (00:03):
So many high-achieving women I coach hit a wall when
they try to scale using someoneelse's blueprint.
In this mini-sode, I'm sharinghow human design helped me trust
my natural rhythm and createmore impact by doing less, not
more.
If you've ever questioned yourpace or path, this might be the
reminder you need.
You were never meant to dobusiness like everyone else.
Hi, welcome to the Connect withSheila Botelho podcast.

(00:29):
I'm committed to helping youreconnect to your purpose,
elevate your wellbeing and buildyour version of a happy,
successful life.
You're listening to a mini-sodewhere I share an insight
designed to help you live intowhat lights you up this week.
Today, I want to offer yousomething gentle, something
grounded, especially if you'rein a season where you've been
second guessing how you do lifeor business, because if you're

(00:51):
anything like the brilliantwomen in my community, you
probably hold yourself to areally high standard.
You care deeply, you want toserve with excellence, and you
probably also wonder from timeto time why does it feel like
I'm doing it differently thaneveryone else?
That's where human design hasgiven me so much insight and

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truly so much grace.
I first discovered human designa few years ago and at first I
was a bit skeptical.
There are so many personalitysystems out there, and, while I
love a good tool forself-awareness, I didn't want to
fall down another rabbit holeof trying to label myself.
But then I started learningabout the five energy types and
I discovered that I am amanifesting generator with a

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sacral authority and a 1-3profile.
This may sound like a differentlanguage to you, and it did to
me too, so I will share a littlebit more about this.
Something about thiscombination clicked for me.
It wasn't a box, it wasn't aprescription.
It was a reminder of what Ialready knew, just in language I

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could finally hear.
So here's how it works for me.
As a sacral manifestinggenerator, I operate best when I
follow what lights me up.
As a sacral manifestinggenerator, I operate best when I
follow what lights me up, notwhat looks good on paper, not
what's trending in the industry,not what someone else is doing
successfully.
It's that gut level response,that ah sound that shows up when
I'm tuned in.
Sacral energy is about response,and I find that to be true in

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every part of my life.
Is about response, and I findthat to be true in every part of
my life, whether I'm planning alaunch a podcast series or even
a family trip.
I need to respond to somethingto get clarity.
So what does that look like inpractice?
Sometimes I will get intoresearch mode.
You'll see me collecting ideas,mapping out potential options,
gathering inspiration.
Mapping out potential options,gathering inspiration just

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enough to give myself somethingto respond to, and from there
the clarity flows.
It's like I've created apalette of colors and then I can
feel which one is meant to bepainted right now.
Isn't that cool.
If I try to sit down and pull aplan out of thin air, though, I
end up really frustrated ordrained, and I've learned to

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give myself time.
But when I give myself a buffetof aligned options, that's when
the sacral energy turns on andeverything clicks into place
most of the time.
Now let's talk about the 1-3profile, which I've heard from
human design experts describesthe one as being an investigator
, and it's the part of me thatcraves knowledge and structure.

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Before I act, I want tounderstand the why behind things
.
I need depth.
I'm not someone who jumps intothings without doing the inner
or outer research.
Then there's the three.
Now some people call this themartyr, but not in a sacrificial
way.
This element, it's all aboutlearning through experience,

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trial and error.
It's about experimenting,feeling forward, adjusting and
then sharing the gold you'vegathered with others.
When I first learned this, Iliterally laughed because I
thought this is exactly how I'velived my entire life as a 1-3.
Whether it was wellness,nutrition, parenting or business

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, I dive deep, test things outin my real life, sometimes mess
it up, sometimes stumble ontosomething great, and then I
teach it, not from theory, butfrom lived experience, and this
is how all of my programs, eventhe season's framework, came to
life through lived wisdom.
So why am I sharing this withyou today?

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Because we are living in aworld, especially online, where
it's so easy to compare yourpace, your process or your path
to someone else's.
And human design, while it'snot the only tool, can be a
beautiful mirror, and it remindsyou that you were never meant
to do things like everyone else,that your rhythm, your cycles,

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your way of deciding is notwrong.
For me, this understanding hasbecome part of what I now call
my embodied success method,because you can't embody success
if you're constantly fightinghow you're naturally built.
You can't stay consistent inyour business if the structure
you're constantly fighting howyou're naturally built, you
can't stay consistent in yourbusiness if the structure you're
using drains your energy, andyou can't call in aligned

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clients if you're not beingfully aligned with yourself.
So today I want to leave youwith this invitation.
If you've been feeling off trackor stuck in indecision, or if
you've been wondering why yourprocess looks so different from
other people's, or maybe evenyou've been judging yourself for

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pivoting, shifting or not doingbusiness in a straight line, I
invite you to give yourself amoment to explore your human
design, or pull out your chart,even if you've already done it
before, and take another lookwith fresh eyes.
Ask yourself some questions.
What part of my chart am Iresisting that could actually
help me thrive?

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What energy am I trying tooverride because I think it's
wrong?
What do I already know aboutmyself that I just need to start
trusting again?
Because you are your own bestexperiment, you are your own
best guide, and your path tosuccess starts with trusting
your way.

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Thank you so much for tuning in.
I'll see you on the nextepisode, and if this mini-sode
sparked something for you, Iwould love to hear it.
You can tap the text link inthe show notes and let me know
your human design type.
If you've explored it, I wouldlove to hear it.
You can tap the text link inthe show notes and let me know
your human design type.
If you've explored it, I wouldlove to hear.
And if you want to go deeperinto building your business your
way, check the show notes for alink to the embodied success

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meditation and method.
It is a beautiful place tobegin.
Have a beautiful rest of yourweek.
Big blessings.