February 28, 2024 • 57 mins
Embark on a transformative exploration of self with the intriguing system of human design! Today's episode we have on my friend Amelia Broughton, who is a Human Design Expert. This episode is perfect for you if you are just learning about human design and a complete beginner! We traverse the concepts of energy types, strategies, and authorities, you'll find a compass in the wisdom of your own personal design. This isn't another personality test; it's a journey of self-validation that converges the mystical Yi Ching, the science of quantum mechanics, and astrological imprints into a blueprint for your unique existence.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And so the experiment is like how can I learn about
what works for me and how can Ifollow that as my compass and
not listen to the stories of themind or where we get trapped,
thinking we have to be some way?
So, as you're going down thisjourney, read into your type,
(00:20):
read into your strategy, readinto your authority and notice,
like I think one really good wayof doing this is reflecting on
your life up until this day.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Hey, girlfriend, welcome to Journey to Limitless
podcast.
Together on this show, we're ona mission to build belief in
ourselves and live a life offreedom, despite what tries to
hold us back.
I'm your host, court, anempowerment coach, travel
enthusiast and a chronic illnesswarrior who, over the last
seven years, has built a lifethat I'm so obsessed with and
proud of.
But it definitely has not comeeasy.
(00:55):
So on the show, we're going tokeep it real as we talk about
adapting positive mindsetsthrough hardship, taking action
towards our dreams and findingpeace and freedom from hustle,
culture and chronic stress.
Are you with me?
Let's get going on your ownjourney to limitless.
I am so excited about today'spodcast episode because I've
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been wanting to have someone onthe show to talk with us about
human design for probably overtwo years now, and it just feels
so right to have an episode now, as I have been diving deeper
into human design over the lasttwo years, especially over the
last six months, as I had ahuman design reading with Amelia
, who we have on today.
But now I have been actuallyintegrating this tool into my
(01:38):
life and today's episode withAmelia we're talking about
basically beginners guide tohuman design, but also sharing
our experiences of actuallyintegrating this tool into our
life, because that's reallywhere the magic is.
There's one thing to learnabout this tool, right, which is
great.
It's a great starting ground,but it's another step to
actually take the informationand utilize it and integrate it
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into your life.
And I think today's episodehearing my perspective of doing
that and Amelia's perspective ofdoing that I think it can show
you how powerful this tool canbe if it feels aligned for you.
So today's episode, like I said, it's going to be a beginner's
guide.
So we're going to be talkingabout the, the types we're
talking about.
You know what to do when youlook at the chart, because it
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can feel a bit overwhelming,right, like where is a good
place to start with human design?
And, yeah, we're just talkingabout authority and our
experiences essentially of usingthis tool, so that you're going
to find this episode reallyinformation full, but also
really insightful, and I hopethat you'll enjoy this episode.
So, if you do not know yourhuman design, I do have a link
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in the show notes for you tofind your chart and I do think
that that would be a great placeto start, maybe before
listening to this episodebecause, like I said, we're
going to be talking about thetypes which, if you don't know
yours, I can feel a little bitconfusing, like what we're
talking about.
But if you don't want to dothat beforehand also, what could
be beneficial is to you is whenyou're listening, just trying
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to.
If you don't know your type,you can probably gain insight
onto what your type could be bylistening to the descriptions.
Maybe you know yourself verywell and you can kind of pick up
.
You're like oh, I think I'm aprojector, or oh, I sound like
this sounds like me, or thingslike that.
So, either way, however youwant to do it is fine.
But I just want to share onething that I love about human
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design that I think is amisconception is it's not just
another personality test.
What I love about human designis that you're not using your
conscious mind to answerquestions which a lot of times,
our conscious mind can reallybypass our actual experiences.
Right, we think that we want toanswer things a certain way.
Human design really bypassesall of that because you're using
your birth time, you're usingyour birthplace to come up with
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this chart, which can feel a bitwoo-woo for people.
Right, there's going to bepeople who are like I don't want
to do that, I don't likeastrology, I don't believe in
any of that, but you know, andthat's if that's you, that's
totally okay.
But for me, in my experience,it has been so, so confirming,
way more confirming than anyother personality tests that
I've ever had, right, and that'sjust my personal experience,
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and I know that so many otherpeople have had that experience
as well.
So I just suggest having anopen mind when it comes to human
design and it's not saying thatyou know to listen to every
single part of it, like theremay be parts that don't stick
and you don't.
You know, just don't payattention to those parts, right?
So just really go into it withan open mind, but take what's
take what sticks and forgeteverything else, right?
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I think Amelia mentioned that inthis episode as well.
So I will go ahead and get usstarted with this episode, but I
did just want to mention that Iwill plug Amelia's link for you
.
If you are interested in bookinga human design reading with her
, I'll plug it in this shownotes and I'll also plug her
Instagram.
She is at broad and connect.
B R, o, u, g, h, t, o N C O N NE C T on Instagram and, while
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you're connecting with her, ifyou are love this episode, you
can take a screenshot of youlistening and tag us on
Instagram stories.
That lets us know that you lovethis episode and let's your
friends know more about humandesign as well.
So I am at journey to limitlessunderscore.
If you want to share thisepisode with your friends and
take us, so let's go ahead andjump right in.
Yeah, I am so excited to haveyou on journey to limitless
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today.
I was just telling you thatthis just does feel like the
right time to have you on totalk all about human design, and
I'm just so excited for you tobe here to share your knowledge.
So, thank you, yeah, thanks forhaving me.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
I'm so excited to be here to talk about my favorite
thing.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So just to get us started, I've had you on the
podcast before, so I'lldefinitely plug the first
episode that we did.
That way, the listeners can getto know you if they want to get
to know you a little bit more.
So I just really want to divestraight into human design today
.
So what exactly is human design, and how did you first get into
this and what led you to reallywant to like study this deeply?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Yeah, so I'll start with the story and then give a
little bit of like, what theheck this is, because that's
kind of how it unrolled,unrolled, unraveled in my life.
So I was in a nine monthtraining to learn how to
facilitate and do leadership andrelational work in 2016.
And probably somewhere halfthrough or maybe it was in the
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quarter of that training, I meta woman who presented human
design to me and she was also areflector, ironically, and when
we get into more about humandesign, that will make more
sense to everyone here.
But she pulled up my chart.
You basically put your birthtime, date and location in.
I put that in and whatpopulated was this very
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confusing chart of squares andnumbers and she looked at me
with shock on her face andcouldn't believe really how I
perceived that.
She couldn't really believethat she was seeing what she was
seeing, which was somewhatalarming to me.
In that moment.
I'm like is everything okay?
Like am I broken Right?
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What's going on?
And she shared with me thatthere's this blueprint.
That is like you, and shetalked about astrology and
things that I was very familiarwith the time, but I'd never
heard of this system.
It's a very common thing.
It's progressively somethingthat people are starting to
learn about and hear, but forthe most part, it's not a very
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common place system and what Ilike to call it is an awareness
language, and so, really, it wasa handful of months of me being
like this is weird, this isconfusing.
I don't know about this,completely rejecting it until it
kept coming up and it keptcoming up and it kept coming up,
and then finally I was like,alright, I'm going to start
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seeing what this is about.
What does it mean to live mydesign, live my life in a way
that is an alignment for me.
And so, with that being said,human design is a system, like I
said, based off your birth time, date and location.
Time is really important.
For some people, it's going tomake a drastic change in a
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handful of minutes and for someit's not going to make a huge
change, depending on the broadbrush strokes of your chart.
So the more specific you canhave for your time, the better.
There's many caveats and rabbitholes we could go down about
birth time, but, to give more ofwhat human design is, it's a
synthesis of the Yi Qing, theCaballet Tree of Life, hindu
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Brahman's Chakra System,astrology and quantum mechanics.
So if any of you are familiarwith any one of those different
systems, you're going to realizethat there's much dimension.
There's so much going on withthe chart.
It's incredibly layered and it'swhat's called a science of
differentiation.
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It's a science that we're allhere different.
We're all here to live outdifferent pathways, different
ways of being, different.
Things that work best for me,that are going to work best for
you, and so on and so on.
And so for me, it has been thegreatest permission slip for me
to be different to me, to belike whatever I need to do for
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me.
So that's what human design is,and if you think about everyone
as energy, we all have ourdifferent ways of interacting in
the world with that energy, andso it's an ability.
It's a map, if you will.
It's a map to seeing andknowing and understanding
yourself.
It's a map to understanding thecurriculums that you're here to
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go through and grow through,because everyone is again.
Everyone's curriculum is goingto be different, and challenges
and struggles and wins andsuccesses all of that is going
to be nuanced.
So it really starts toilluminate and peel back the
layers of where we can keepdiving in and discovering more
about ourselves is one of themany ways that I like to say
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that.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
And when I had the session with you, amelia, I feel
like when I first came to you,it felt like there were so many
parts of myself that wereconflicting and I didn't
understand that part of myself.
And through the reading that Ihad with you, I started to
understand like, wow, therereally are two conflicting sides
to me, like it's not just in myhead right, like there really
(10:27):
are these two different parts,and it was just very confirming
for me and just so, so helpful.
And, yes, it definitely hasbeen such a profound roadmap for
myself over the last few monthsof diving.
I mean, I'm like always inscroll holes about human design.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Yeah, I can't stop.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
People at you know, my friends and I we have this
joke of like, what do you do forfun?
It's like I look at my humandesign chart.
That's what I do.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Of course I am right there with you, yeah, and I'm so
glad you bring that up right,because we have inherent
paradoxes within us.
There are core ways of us beingthat are sometimes at odds, and
I like to say, you know, ifeverything was sunshine and
rainbows and smoothie and groovyit never said that before, but
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smooth and groovy, it reallylike life wouldn't be as dynamic
and interesting.
And so if we were able to seewhat are the parts of us that
maybe are at tug of war withthemselves sometimes, or maybe,
you know, for me there's a partof me that could be really shy
and internal and very likeintrovert, and then there's also
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a part of me that's veryextrovert and loves to be with
people and has that differentway of orchestrating with the
world.
So it's really interesting whenwe can see these different
aspects of us, how much morepermission we can give to
ourselves.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Yeah, yeah, 100%.
So I'm just curious what thelike, what are some
misconceptions ormisunderstandings that people
have about human design?
How would you clarify oraddress them?
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Oh yeah, there's so many.
I love this question.
I think some of the biggestones that I see often and feel
pretty passionate about is that,as I said, you know, everyone
is going to be different, andespecially in a world where
we're introducing systems rightand we're helping people
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understand entry points into thesystem, one of the places that
gets talked about a lot is thetypes, and the type is the main
way your energy is reallyinteracting the world, and it's
the thing that gets probably themost airtime.
And yet if we're only to takethat and be like, oh, I'm like
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that type, I'm like a projectorwho apparently needs naps a lot
and doesn't have that muchenergy and needs rest and blah,
blah, blah, right, like there'sa lot of narrative around that
for projectors.
Well, not all projectors aregoing to experience that, and so
I think that there can be lotsof ways that we can box
ourselves into parts of thechart, and I've done this myself
(13:08):
, right, I've been like you're areflector, you have to wait all
the time, right, and yet thereare.
So, again, there's so muchnuance as you get further and
further in, and so if somethingdoesn't resonate for you when
you're reading about humandesign.
There may be a chance that it'sbecause there's deeper levels
of you right, like there'ssomething that has a difference
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with that.
So you know, I really honorthat.
We all have to find our entrypoint, whatever that may be and
whatever resonance that says wow, right, like that's a
permission slip for me.
I know my partner.
He hates being boxed into theprojector box but he loves being
boxed into the profile box.
He's like, oh, this part of melike is scary.
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It's scary how I'm on point, itis right.
So I find that again, like, asyou're going down this rabbit
hole, if you choose to go downthe rabbit hole with human
design, like really you're theauthority of your experience and
if something's not quiteresonating for you or doesn't
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land immediately, okay, great.
Like let yourself, you want tomarinate on it.
Sometimes the mind like wantsto get it and yet some things
just need to be with time andneed to be with perspective and
experimentation.
So I think that's a huge onethat I see often.
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Another one is just like the waythat we can compare ourselves
through how we experience theworld.
Right, it kind of comes back tothe same thing but, like you
know, even if I have similargates another aspect of human
design, a part of it, our ownpersonal expression.
If I have similar gates tosomeone else, there's a deeper
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level that may make it a littlemore nuanced.
So, again, I understand and Ihonor where we have an entry
point and I also recommend, like, get a reading.
You know, go, have someone holdyour hand for the first few
steps of the pathway if you feelexcited by that.
And the other thing I'll say isthat, as a reader myself and a
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coach with this work, everysingle coach and every single
reader is going to have theirown perspective of the chart.
And you know, yes, we canreceive what's called source
information, which is like theoriginal information of human
design and, like I'm going tofilter it through my experience,
you know, and my own, likepersonal gifts and for me, as a
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reflector, right, I'm going tobe a mirror to you and I'm also
based on what's called yourincarnation cross.
I'm throwing out a lot of wordshere, y'all, but incarnation
cross is like the storyline ofyour life, right?
So, based on mine, mine isabout creating direction for
people, is about being someonewho helps you be heard and gives
guidance, right.
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So that's my personal flavor ofhuman design.
If you get someone else who hasmore of, like, a confronting
way of presenting theinformation, or someone who's
like all about love, right, Likeevery single person's going to
do it differently.
So also highly recommend, asyou go down this pathway, find
out like who resonates with you,whose energy, whose message,
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whose way of being is reallygoing to give you what feels
like okay, that's a teacher forme, right?
So also paying attention tothat, because we're all going to
do it differently.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
I think that's so important.
There's a couple things.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Yeah, I think that's a really important kind of
disclaimer with all of this,because, yes, you know, yeah, I
just think it's with you know,it's just like coaching.
It's like there's going to bedifferent people who have
different perspectives, likewe're all yeah, we all come in
with different life experiencesthat can impact in everything.
So I think I just reallyappreciate that you had that,
really that disclaimer of, likeyou know, read into who you're
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getting a reading from and makesure that that person it feels
right, that you want to, becausethis is like this is
information that can reallyshift, you know, so many parts
of your life.
So it's just important to bemindful of who you are learning
this information from and makesure that it's aligned with you
and feels right.
Yeah, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
So obviously, when you first see this chart, it is
like what the heck?
Like what is this Right?
So, and I know that there'sgoing to be someone who's
probably already, you know, ifthey're sitting at home
listening to this, they'reprobably already have this chart
pulled up maybe as they'relistening to this, or like what
the heck do I do with this?
So, and obviously there's somany different parts of human
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design that we can go into thatwe quite literally don't have
all the time for in one podcastepisode.
So today, I guess I just wantto know, like what, what would
you help us navigate this chartand what would you?
Yeah, those are the importantparts of the chart that someone
should pay attention to as abeginner.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Yeah, so yeah, I think the biggest thing is, if
you notice yourself gettingoverwhelmed by the chart, pick
something right, like, somethingthat stands out to you.
That's one route you can take,right?
I think a lot of people talkabout type, strategy and
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authority as the most importantpart, and I agree, right, like,
if there's any way you're goingto start learn your type, learn
your strategy, learn yourauthority even more so, learn
your strategy and authoritybased on that type and based on
what you have going on in thechart when you're going through
human design.
And really, the invitation isthat this is an experiment and
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more specifically, what is it anexperiment of?
It's an experiment of how can Ibe more true to what is real
for me, what is I feel, what Iexperience, what I notice in the
world, than I am enticed orcommitted or distracted by all
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the ways that I've told to besome way Right and how we've
been taught, how we've beenconditioned to be on this planet
.
It's not our fault, right, like?
We were given parents that hadtheir beliefs and upbringings
and what have you teachers,mentors, friends, communities,
churches, whatever it is right,and we've been given these
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pathways in our life that we'retold to follow, whether that's
this is how you brush your teeth, this is how you cook, this is
how you nourish yourself, thisis how you go to school, you
don't go to school.
What you pay for, what youdon't pay for, like all of that
in many ways, is we're told thatthere are certain pathways that
are optimal for us, oracceptable or normal, and so
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human design is really thisinvitation to really return to
yourself as the agent of yourexperience, and there's I mean,
I don't really believe thatthere's a possibility of
untangling yourself fromeverything.
Right, like, to live on thisplanet is to interact with all
the things that are justconstantly in our field of
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awareness and not in our fieldof awareness right From
ancestral lines or whatever aswell.
And so the experiment is likehow can I like learn about what
works for me and how can Ifollow that as my compass and
not, you know, listen to thestories of the mind or where we
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get trapped, thinking we have tobe some way.
So, as you're going down thisjourney, right like, read into
your type, read into yourstrategy, read into your
authority and notice, like Ithink one really good way of
doing this is reflecting on yourlife up until this point around
, how those things have fit in.
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And this is something that I doin my sessions I have.
My personal sessions are verymuch a conversation, right, like
I have no idea what it's liketo be you truly, and so I ask
and I tease out and like, here'sthe things that I see in your
chart how do you feel that showsup for you?
And so the really the mining ofthat experience of being able
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to recognize, yeah, I can reallysee where I've been bitter in
my life and where that reallyhas been a painful part of my
experience, and I can really seewhere I've listened to my body
and it's been the thing that Ijust knew that I had to listen
to my whole life, but I didn'tknow why, right?
So these are the conversationsthat we can start having just by
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reading into pieces.
So type strategy, authoritywould be definitely the places I
always start and then followyour experiment right, follow
what find feels exciting for youIf you want to get into the
profile, if you feel interestedin the each thing and you want
to get into the gates, right,like there's again, there's so
many entry points into thesystem and mine was definitely
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my authority.
I'll say that my authority towait a lunar cycle is what a
reflector's strategy is, andthat was my entry point is like,
okay, this is absolutely crazy,but I'm going to see what
happens if I check in withmyself over the course of 28
days about a major choice.
So those are.
Those are a handful of thingsthat I would say on that.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Yeah, I think what's been helpful for me is, yes, you
know, I have this app andsometimes I will literally like
I'll see this pattern in my lifeand I'll just go check.
You know, I'm really into likeknowledge of like the gates and
the gifts and everything rightnow and I'm going through and
I'm like oh like kind of readingabout it and I think it's just,
it's just like noticing what'sgoing on in your life and seeing
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if there's something in yourchart that can give you that
insight, or just just likefocusing on one piece at a time,
learning to integrate one pieceat a time, If it is.
You know your, your profile,yes, just noticing.
Maybe noticing like the, theenergy that you have towards,
yeah, just whatever, whateveryou know profile or type, that
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you are just looking into onepiece at a time, for sure.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
Yeah, yeah, I'm curious to hear your experience.
Like I know you were likedancing and dancing and dancing
and then you did a session andthen it seems like it's just
like taking its own, its ownlife of its own and I'm curious
like how you found that work foryou in your life.
Like diving in or just yeah,has it been like one piece of
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time?
Or yeah, what?
What have you found works foryou?
Just to give another experience.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Yeah, I think I, I mean yeah, a lot of times I just
I look into the app like the myhuman design app and I will
literally just like, I'll justread about it on like a nightly
base, on a nightly basis.
And a lot of times I'll just gothrough the next day and I'll
just I don't know, I justthere's just different things
that I that I come up like,especially when it comes to like
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responding.
That's been something that hasbeen coming up for me a lot
lately, because actually thiscame up the other day because
generators we I'm a generatorand we, we respond to things and
the other day I was like tryingto create content for my
business and I was staring atthis blank page and of like a
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Word document and I was stuckand I was like trying to put
myself in a box of like I haveto just like create and in
reality I then I looked into myhuman.
It's like responding.
It's like actually what Ishould have done is like looking
at a template or looking at the, you know, asking myself a
question of like you know, do Iwant to write about this today?
Yes, no, because my response isalways like a yes.
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No, it's very, very clear.
It's not these like theseextensive ideas or you know
answers are these big, you know,you know answers it's just
simple yes or no.
So I noticed that and that'swhy the past few days,
especially when it comes to mybusiness, I'm like really trying
to integrate my human designbecause I've been feeling really
stuck and I know that I justfeel that the you know,
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listening to my human design isreally gonna help me get over
that, you know.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
Yeah, I really appreciate it right, just like
I'm a reflector.
So my 28 days is a strategy andyou're a generator and yours is
to respond right.
And so just even hearing these,these two different backgrounds
I mean for me when I reflect onmy journey learning about human
design.
I Just inhaled everythingsimilar to what you're talking
about.
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I wanted to read everything, Iwanted to pull up every single
person start my life.
I wanted to study their chartsand ask them questions and feel
what it felt like to be them.
I like that was my experiencegoing through this, and so I
think that there's no right orwrong way to do this, you know,
and I think the biggest thing islike Observe yourself you know,
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observe what feels natural toyou.
And if you're, if you readsomething that's like I should
be doing, this, like notice, ifyou try to put yourself in that
way of being and if it doesn'tfeel right or if you try
something else right, so like,yeah, as a generator, responding
like maybe you just haven't hadthe thing to respond to, that's
actually giving you the energyto like put towards it.
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You know, and sometimes itcreates it.
There's a waiting process withthat if you don't have something
were to respond to.
And that's not like you need todo anything differently, it's
just, yeah, something to beobserving of yeah, and it can be
a little bit uncomfortable too.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Yes, and that's, that's really what it is.
And also, when you told me we'renot gonna get into the the
environment today, but you alsotold me that my environment was,
was kitchen's dry and I reallythrive in coffee shops I'm like,
okay, so that's why I alwayswant to go to a coffee shop you
know, that's why when I'm at acoffee shop, I literally can
just like put my head down andlike, you know, so it's just,
there's been so many things likeI noticed these patterns of my
(26:47):
life, I noticed the, I noticedthese aspects of my life, and
then human design has just beenlike so confirming of that.
I'm like, okay, there'ssomething here like wow, if and
especially when it comes tothese things of like, things
that have been difficult for me,that I notice.
I try to look at things like.
I said the thing the other daywhere I was struggling with
(27:08):
content.
I was like, okay, but if Iactually listen to my human
design, maybe this actuallycould be much simpler for me.
Maybe I'm doing it in the waythat I'm actually not, you know,
supposed to.
That's not like right for me.
So, yeah, I think it's justnoticing, noticing the what's
coming up for you in life,feelings of being stuck,
overwhelm.
Yeah, there's just, there's somany things that can give us
(27:29):
insight when it comes to humandesign.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, just the permission slip right.
It's like, oh, I'm not weirdthat I want this, or not Broken
because I want that, or it justit's to me is the path of least
resistance.
And I think sometimes I've neverthought of it like this, but I
find that if any of us and I canspeak for myself in this, like
(27:53):
have had Experiences of it beinghard to trust yourself, like,
for whatever reason, you'veerupt your trust with yourself,
which I think many of us doquite often, especially in a
world where we're kind of toldto be some way, it can take time
to build that trust again.
And so for me, being able tohave this companion in my life,
(28:15):
that's like, hey, yeah, thatthat makes sense that you're
that way and it's okay that youneed to take more time to be the
way that you're being and togain perspective.
It's, it's really been ahealing process of having a
companion Alongside my journey,to be like, yeah, that's, that's
good for you.
Yeah, keep honoring that thing.
And hasn't an inherently builttrust within myself to keep
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being like I trust you, whatyou're doing, what you're saying
, with the way you're goingabout this, like, even if people
don't accept it, even if peopleare Confronted by it like I
trust you right.
So I've never thought of itthat way, but it feels very true
to me to recognize, like howProfound it is to have the
ability to cultivate thatself-trust yes and
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self-acceptance.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Yes, exactly, I think that's.
The other thing is that there'slike a deep sense of
self-compassion that I feel likehuman design has given me.
You know, and there's just somany great, great things that
human design has brought into mylife that I'm just like, I'm
just so, I mean it is, it's likeit's so much You're, I feel
like there's.
I uncover something new everysingle time that I dive in.
(29:23):
I mean it really is a complexsystem but like it is such a
beautiful journey to deepen yourunderstanding of yourself and
build self-compassion and Justreally get to know yourself.
So, as far as, like, I want toleave the listeners with a
little bit of knowledge abouthuman design.
So I guess, if you wanted to gokind of go into like the types
(29:49):
or what are like the like thethings that you think are really
important that you want to likecover today, to leave the
listeners with yes, yeah,awesome.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
So, as far as the type goes, there's four core
types and then there's onesubtype and the.
I'll talk about the strategyfor each one and and like kind
of an indicator that you cantake away for you to to play
with in this experience of life.
So 70% of the world is made upof what are called generators
(30:19):
and 35%, roughly, are puregenerators and 35% are gonna be
manifesting generators, and somost of the world is is really
operating at, at this type of,in this type of way, and what
this is is these people are thecreators, the builders, the
generators, literally right,like they're the battery packs
of life, they're the life force.
(30:40):
That is, to me, why we have alife, a Society, that's like
great, great, great, do, do, do,go, go, go, produce, produce,
produce, right.
When you think of the wordcreative, it doesn't mean you
need to be an artist or beartistic.
It may mean that you'rebuilding a life in some way,
creating a family, creatingsomething that like is literally
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pouring your life into it insome way.
Shape and form.
When you are Doing your strategy, when you're like, your
strategy is basically the bestway that you can orient the
world, approach life, and so, asCourtney was saying, for
Generations generators, it'sabout responding, and the way I
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think of responding is, insteadof trying to make life happen or
force things where you you'reprobably gonna come up with a
lot of frustration, it's reallyabout the invitation to let life
come to you and to I think oflike the submarine right.
The submarine has the sonarsound and it tracks what is or
(31:44):
is in its like field ofawareness, and so I think of
that.
For the generator right, likewhat are you naturally
attracting in your life?
And For jet pure generators,there's much more likes, I would
say like slow, methodical wayof being generally, and for
manifesting generators, it canbe very much like a zero to a
hundred right.
Again, there are caveats withinthat, based on what your chart
(32:05):
looks like, but that is is thegeneral aspect and always
letting life come to you andresponding to take next steps
forward.
So that's the generator worldand that's what what Courtney is
she's generator and then 20% ofthe population are our
Projectors and they're like theguides, the orchestrators.
(32:26):
They do a lot, they generally dowell with a lot of moving parts
, and these are the people thatjust see you right.
They see through the bullshit.
They cut through and haveperspectives to to notice things
that many people won't noticein the ways that they do, and
they are their best positionedin places where they're guiding
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others.
They do really well withgenerators in a work capacity
because they can really use thegenerator energy, what they have
energy for to make things moreefficient.
So the message for projectorsis really work smarter, not
harder, and to really find yourefficiency and your effective
(33:10):
ways of being a leader in theworld.
Right, you can be any type andbe a leader, and yet I think of
projectors really being thisleader that can find most
effective ways of operatingtogether, and so the strategy
for a projector is called waitfor the invitation.
(33:33):
I personally think of waitingfor the invitation as like
noticing where you have opendoors and noticing where there
are closed doors.
Open doors may feel like aninvitation or a recognition or
someone really seeing you in away that you can really give
your perspective, that you havethe invitation literally to
(33:55):
share your advice, share youropinion, share your perspective,
and when you don't have aclosed or when you don't have an
open door, right when the dooris closed, if you're trying to
give your perspective, youropinion, have the job, whatever.
Right, trying to force life tohappen in some way.
That's going to create a lot ofbitterness for the projector.
So for the generator types, thetwo words to pay attention to
(34:19):
are where are you findingsatisfaction and where is
frustration emerging in yourlife?
Right, they are indicators.
It's not like you've donesomething wrong if you're
experiencing frustration, but itmay be an invitation to check
in and to come back to yourself.
And then for the projector,it's bitterness and success.
So where and who are thoseplaces that you're feeling that
(34:40):
bitterness?
And maybe there's a differentway of orienting to the
situation or the person thatcould lend to something else?
Right, lend to being seen, lendto being recognized, lend to
being successful.
That's ultimately what they'rehere for is to be successful,
and to the sun is likeencroaching on me.
And so those are the two I'dstart with.
(35:06):
Just projectors and generators.
Right, making up most of theworld.
Then we have our manifestors,and manifestors are 9% of the
population, and these are theinitiators, these are the
visionaries, the creators thatspark things in the world, and
they are here to make lifehappen in one way, shape or form
(35:27):
.
Generally, these tend to bepeople that are lone wolves and
can be very independent.
Right, and I think of themanifestors, as, to me, some of
the greatest things that havehappened in my life have been
initiated by manifestors.
And they are, you know, they'rethe one that hits the first
(35:49):
domino, often, and have a very,very powerful impact.
And, to this day, one of myfavorite things that's ever been
said about manifestors by amanifestor who's also a reader
he said manifestors are like thesun when the sun rises, you
know, and when the sun sets, youalso know.
And so this is really speakingto just like the visceral impact
(36:12):
that these people have on theirenvironments and the people
that they're with, whether theylike it or not.
Right, the sun doesn't chooseto be impactful, it just is.
And so, manifestors, for yourstrategy, it's to inform and to
initiate, and so informing to meis like it's really a nicety
(36:32):
for the rest of us, whosometimes don't always
understand what you may be doingor not doing.
And so, by sharing, like, hey,this is the direction, this is
what I'm doing, this is what Ienvision, this is what I want to
create, right, and it's notlike you're asking permission,
you're informing.
Right, you're saying this isthe direction I'm going, this is
(36:54):
what I'm up to, and so and itallows people to be initiated by
your path.
And the two indicators for themanifestor are anger right, when
you're being told what to do,or when you can't do the thing
that you want to do and peopleget confronted by it, that's
(37:16):
where anger can show up.
I also think of it as likeself-implosion, because anger
isn't always easily expressed ina society that doesn't really
know how to handle anger.
And then it's peace right.
To me, watching a manifestor doits thing is like watching a
candle flame.
It can be very peaceful andeaseful and beautiful.
(37:39):
Right, it's captivating, and sothey really just want to
peacefully get on with whateverit is that they envision.
And then, last but not least, wehave the reflector, and the
reflectors are 1% of thepopulation this is what I am and
reflectors are kind of theseoddballs, if you will, in that
we change based on the moon,based on who's around us.
(38:03):
We're here to taste life and toexperience all the different
ways that life can be, and we'rehere to become incredibly wise,
and so the reflectors arereally more like the evaluator
of life.
Right, they're here to be atthe center of communities, at
the center of groups and reflectback the health, the wellness,
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the intricacies of the groupsand the people and the
environments and the communitiesthat they are immersed in.
And so it's really importantfor a reflector to be around
people that feel good to them,because they're going to reflect
them for better or for worse.
Right, sometimes they won'talways feel like a choice and
(38:48):
the strategy for the reflectorthere's not necessarily an
inherent part of you every daythat's going to speak the same
to you in the ways that some ofthe other types might have.
And so our invitation is forthings, the whole gravity, to
wait over the course of 28 daysto make major choices, because
(39:10):
again, everything is going tochange.
I could get really excited, forexample, about something
Courtney's doing that she'sexcited about and think, oh my
gosh, I'm excited about thatthing too, and then leave
Courtney and not have that samejuice, that same energy, that
same aliveness for whatever thatthing is.
And so that's the invitations.
(39:31):
Like to me, what I've found inmy experiments as a reflector is
what are the things that aresnowballing and building in
momentum and what are the thingsthat just evaporate, dissipate
almost instantly or over thecourse of a few days, right, and
this is my process is reallypaying attention to what is
(39:51):
building in momentum and feelsmore and more progressively part
of my path and what's just wasenergy that was fleeting and I
was tasting it.
Yeah, so the two indicators forthe reflector are disappointment
, right?
Disappointment if I was like,yes, courtney, let's do that,
let's put it on the books, andthen I disappoint you and I'm
(40:12):
actually not that invested and Idisappoint me because I got
excited and I let you down andall this thing.
Right, disappointment.
Lived a life of that before youwent to sign.
And then a surprise of like, ohmy God, I could never have
predicted all of this cominginto fruition by me waiting over
the course of whatever amountof time, right?
So it's a patient process,patient game as a reflector and,
(40:35):
as you may have guessed, in asociety that is very fast.
It's kind of the antithesis Iadmire your patient path?
Speaker 2 (40:44):
Does it ever feel like uncomfortable to be like?
All right, I just have to bepatient Like, or are you yeah?
I'm sure it was before you.
Oh yeah, I'm sure before HumanDesign you were bumping up
against that.
A lot of like, yeah, oh my gosh,I can see that like it feels
like I mean, obviously HumanDesign can be really impactful
(41:07):
for really any type, and I cansay that as a generator, because
I think there was, like youknow, I've heard from people
that were like, oh, human Designdoesn't really matter unless
you're like a projector or areflector, and it's like,
actually, as a generator.
It's, you know, it is profound,no matter what your type is,
just because it is so intricate,right, but I can imagine, like
you know, as a projector, whoyou know, I see a lot of my
(41:31):
friends who are projectors, whothey were comparing themselves
to you know, their generatorfriends and, you know, thinking
that something was wrong withthem.
So, yeah, I think it's just asimportant to note that truly,
there's nothing wrong with you.
It's just, you know there's,yeah, there's just there's some
things going on in Human Designthat that's just important to to
(41:53):
have awareness around thatthere's nothing wrong with you,
just your human designsdifferent.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
Yeah, I really, I really appreciate you saying
that, and I think a big thingthat I've gotten from generators
in particular is like I'm I'mjust average, like I'm 70% of
the population, like I'm notspecial, and yet that could not
be further from the truth in myexperience.
Right Like, just becausethere's a world where most of
(42:18):
the population is a certain typedoesn't mean that you don't
have new ones again within yourchart, right Like.
You may feel aspects ofresonance with other types based
on what your chart looks like.
And so I just over and overagain, like, if you feel
disheartened or like I'm notspecial, right Like.
I think a thing I get a lot asas a reflector is people are
(42:39):
very shocked and like, oh my God, you're a reflector, and they
get so excited because manypeople have never met or
reflected, at least not withawareness.
And even when I've had readings, other readers are like oh my
gosh, you're like the first orsecond reflector I've ever done
a reading for, because it's sorare and I would say I've done a
handful of reading reflectorsat this point, but it's still
(43:00):
exciting for me, you know, andyet I'm I'm got my specialness,
just like you've got yourspecialness.
So, like I think that's anotherthing is is is knowing that, no
matter what type you are,there's still so much that is
nuanced and unique and specialto you and you are the only one
that can live out you in the waythat you do.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
Yeah, and through our reading, amelia, I remember you
saying that in some aspects Iactually act more like a
projector.
I think there was somethingwith, like, my sensitivity of
like, that's how I can kind ofhave more projector.
You know tendencies, I guessyou could say.
Or like, yeah, just you know,getting worn out in my
environment because of thatsensitivity.
(43:42):
So, yes, it's not just like.
I think I will say what I foundout, that when I found out that
I was a generator, I was like,okay, like I don't know, you
know, whatever I'm special, likeI feel different, but it's like
, yes, we're all so differentand that's the beautiful thing
about diving deeper into thisand, like you know, recognizing,
(44:05):
learning about your gates andlearning about your gifts, and
there's truly so much more tohuman design and truly, no one
is, no, none of us are the same.
You know we're all one, butwe're like also different.
That's so beautiful.
Speaker 1 (44:19):
Totally yeah, and I think about a thriving ecosystem
.
You know, like, thrivingecosystems aren't just one way,
they're not one type of plantand unfortunately that's what
we're trying to do a lot,especially to the agriculture
industry of monocropping.
If it's to speak to anyone,great.
If you're like, what is shetalking about?
(44:39):
That's okay.
But I think about a lot ofdifferent aspects of life, of
how this applies to it and likeecosystems where there's only a
couple different plants and onlya couple different species
aren't necessarily thriving.
And yet when you go to thosebiodiverse environments where
there's lots of different thingsgoing on and there's lots of
(45:01):
different types and plants andatmospheres and all the things,
right, like it's thriving.
And so I think about that withour species of human beings,
where we're, like, trying tomake a certain amount of people
the same way, like carbon copiesof one after the other and
being like these are the waysthat you have to be this pathway
, this is the doctor pathway andthis is the teacher pathway and
this is the fill in the blank.
(45:22):
And yet if we forget and welose touch of all our different
diversities within ourselves,we're doing a detriment to this
planet.
And so, like, how can weremember our diversity and
remember the different ways thatwe have to contribute to the
planet to create something thatis thriving, that is teeming
(45:43):
with life, because we're beingtrue to ourselves, right?
So this is something I thinkabout nature all the time in
application to human design andlife, and very much one with
nature.
Right, we are nature, and sohow can we remember that we have
our unique contribution to thisplanet, based on how different
we're willing to be?
Speaker 2 (46:01):
Yeah, and with that like truly, I feel like human
design was such a boost to myconfidence as well.
With that of like wow, I dohave gifts, right, because you
know there are so many.
It's just so.
I think it can help you live alife of more, more gosh, what's
(46:21):
the word?
What's the word?
What's the word?
Speaker 1 (46:25):
It's like it's ridiculous Authenticity.
Speaker 2 (46:27):
Jesus, I'm like.
Speaker 1 (46:28):
I use that word all the time.
I think I was getting confusedwith authority and then
authenticity.
Speaker 2 (46:35):
I was like what's happening?
Speaker 1 (46:36):
Yeah, yeah, that's fair.
Speaker 2 (46:38):
It can help you live a life of more authenticity,
because I think a lot of timesthere can be a lot of fears of
showing up as who we are, butthen when we have that
confirmation of like no, this isactually.
I think that sometimes we cango in with like we know who we
are.
But then sometimes, with thesetools of like human design, it
can actually be very confirmingbut that is actually who you are
and it's okay to show up as amore expressed version of you,
(47:01):
right?
Like?
One of the things that camethrough my chart is like you
know, I am meant to beat to myown rhythm and I've always felt
that and it was just soconfirming of like, yeah, I am
supposed to do that.
So you know, it's just, and itgives me more permission.
That permission slip, right, Iwas like okay, yes, I'm going to
start doing that more.
Right.
(47:22):
And I think what also isimportant is again with like
when it comes to a generator,it's like I think what you said
of like you know, themanifesters are here to like
guide people.
I think at first, when I readthat I wasn't a manifestor, I
was like but I like feel likeI'm supposed to guide people,
but then in my chart it did talkabout.
You know, there are parts of mychart that it's like no, you
(47:43):
are here to guide people, so youcan't just go off of like what
you just hear from your type,right, and there's so much more
to it that can be confirming toyou Like you have these desires
within you.
You'll probably find somethingwithin your chart that is going
to confirm that for you.
Speaker 1 (48:01):
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, you know, it's just sointeresting to be in the space
of inquiry around all of this,right, and something that has,
as continues to be, importantfor me is, like, don't take
things at face value.
Keep being curious, keepleaning in and finding out.
Like, oh okay, that's reallypowerful information.
(48:23):
But, like, what else is there?
Right, like curiosity is so, so, so helpful in this process,
and you know I have people belike, well, sometimes I feel
like I'm this, but like, is thatmy chart?
I'm like, if it feels true foryou, try it out.
You know, like, I think if welike tell ourselves we can only
(48:44):
be the parts of the chart, thenwe're like doing ourselves a
massive disservice, right,because, like we, we are all
going to find our own uniqueexperiment and then discoveries
from what we choose to lean intoright, and no one on this
planet has ever been you before.
So it's like no one else isgoing to synthesize or
understand human design in theway that you personally are
(49:05):
going to experience it, nomatter how many different things
you read, right?
So, again, like just reallywanting to empower each person
to do their own discovery andlike, yeah, find support if that
feels like part of your pathand you want to do a reading.
And if you're like I'm, a booksperson, I just want to read to
all ends of the earth.
Great study, whatever findslike what, what lights you up?
(49:28):
You know what feels calling toyou.
Speaker 2 (49:31):
Yes, and I think, I think, yes, it is such an
important note of like don'tdiscount what, what does feel
true to you, just because you'renot seeing what you want to
quote, unquote in your chart,Like what you're, what you
desire, is there for a reasonand it's important to.
Yeah, just not not get so hungup on.
You know needing thatconfirmation.
(49:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (49:56):
Right, right, yeah, yeah, and each, each part,
reveal, like we'll reveal stuffmore and more of time.
I mean, I can't tell you howmany times I returned to my own
chart and then like, oh yes,that totally right, and it's
finding me, the information isfinding me in the perfect moment
for what I need to hear youknow, like, as I imagined,
happened for you too, and Ithink that is.
Speaker 2 (50:17):
It's just a tool.
It's just a tool to come backto yes, like, and I think that
the right parts will show upwhen we need them the most.
You know, like, the other day Ifound out about the the, you
know, when I was saying that Iwas staring at the blank page.
I was on an Instagram accountfor generators and I found that
I was like okay, today I wasliterally just sitting here
(50:39):
staring at a blank page and Ihad a whole post about how
generators that's common forthem, right?
So it happens at the right time.
And just you know when it comesto being new, to human design.
Just taking what you feel isgoing to be important for you in
this part of your life rightnow to help.
Yeah, so definitely, yeah, sototally.
(51:00):
Thank you for your time today,amelia.
I feel like we could have goneso much longer, because there's
so much to dive into, so I guessout, because obviously we don't
have much more time to gothrough anything else.
I guess if you wanted to leave,like is there anything else
that you think is reallyimportant for the listeners when
(51:20):
it comes to their human design?
Like is there any other aspectsthat you would say to dive into
on their own that can give thema lot of insight in their life?
Speaker 1 (51:29):
Hmm, something that's coming to mind is reading about
your incarnation cross.
Your incarnation cross is likethe plotline of your life, right
, like the movie of you.
You'll see this story start tounfold and you're the main
character and there's certainqualities that you bring to the
(51:49):
movie that are unique to you.
But reading that was one of thevery few first things that I
did on my journey and it gave mea sense of like OK, this is the
story that I'm here to play andnot to try and make it happen.
(52:10):
Right, like the incarnationcross isn't something you make
happen, it just really unfoldsas you're living more and more
true to yourself.
But it gave me almost like ahighlighter or a flashlight to
see some things that I hadn'treally paid attention to or
noticed before and gave me morepermission to lean into those if
(52:30):
they emerged on my path.
I definitely have had a path, apast of feeling a lot of fear or
second guessing myself orfeeling inadequate and all of
those things, and so when I sawthat I'm here to do it my way
and I'm here to do it right, Ithink one part of my incarnation
(52:50):
cross is something like youdon't mean to tell people what
to do, but you do just by beingyou and it's just part of your
path and you're here to inspireothers to follow what's true for
them.
And when I learned of like somuch of it is self, self self
(53:10):
expression and leadership andguidance and like creating
direction for people, I was like, oh yeah, I've been doing that
my whole life but didn't reallyknow that, and so it just it
just again.
It put like an awarenesslanguage into all those moments.
And so I think sometimes justhaving like language or ways to
(53:33):
express ourselves from whatwe're experiencing in the world
can be really helpful and likealmost like soften the fears or
the doubts of oneself at times.
So that's that's one thingthat's coming to mind.
I could say a bajillion things,but that's what I'm thinking of
in this moment.
Speaker 2 (53:51):
That's actually the one that I have been diving in
that I was like diving intoyesterday.
I actually messaged my friend.
I was like what's yourincarnation?
Yes, I was like but yes, my, myincarnation cross was just when
I read mine I was like that itjust it was so, again, just
confirming, I was like, wow,that really is like my life
(54:12):
theme of exactly what I'm doingwith this podcast and exactly
what I mean I've been sayingwhat came, what mine is like all
about flow and learning flowand like mastering flow in my
life and then guiding others.
And it's funny because I've beenfeel like that's been like my
whole life, like I rememberbeing a little kid and like I
(54:34):
love the word flow, like I waslike I just want to go with the
flow.
I'm like okay.
So when I read it I was likelike there's truth here I
understand.
So, yes, I agree that theincarnation crosses just really
pro.
It's just really profoundinsight and I think it just for
me, you know, when I can startto show up as like my not me, my
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not self I think it's also justreminding myself to kind of
lean into that flow.
It's just that reminder, youknow, of that's like my life
journey and select, learn how tolet again kind of like a
generous, like letting life kindof come to me, versus trying to
go out and create, make lifehappen.
So yeah, so I think it's just abeautiful, beautiful reminder.
(55:18):
So thank you for that.
I feel like that.
that feels, really true for thispodcast.
So yeah, thank you.
Amelia for your time today andagain.
We could go on and on and on,but I feel like today was just a
really great accomplishment ofgetting someone started into
human design and I hope that it.
You know someone took somethingaway from this podcast and I'm
sure that they did.
(55:39):
So.
Where can the listeners findyou?
To connect with you?
Maybe book a human designreading with you?
Give us all the details, yeah.
Speaker 1 (55:47):
Yeah, so you can find me at Amelia Broughtoncom
Amelia M-E-L-I-A and thenBroughton B-R-O-U-G-H-T-O-Ncom,
and all of my accounts will belinked to there.
But Broughton Connect is myInstagram account.
I, as a reflector, does reallyshare whatever is true, and
sometimes that's human design,sometimes that's human
(56:08):
communication, sometimes that'slike I don't know everything
that I'm interesting.
T seems to be taking over to mylife right now, so that's
something that you'll find there.
But I find myself to be a verydynamic human being in terms of
what I'm interested in, soyou'll find all of that there.
But as far as the session, Ioffer one-on-one sessions, also
(56:30):
coaching and relationshipsessions, and so you can explore
whatever avenue to understandyourself.
You know, when you put twocharts together, you get a third
chart, so relationships can bereally, really, really rich and
all of that is on my website.
Speaker 2 (56:45):
Yeah, I attended Amelia.
She did a relationship, humandesign and relationships
workshop and the day that I wentto them, that was I was like,
okay, I need to book my sessionwith her now.
So definitely human design canjust be really profound when it
comes to helping us understandthe people around us too.
So thank you, thank you, thankyou, amelia, for today, and I'm
(57:06):
just so grateful for you.
So thanks, yeah, same Thank you.
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So until next week, I hope thatyou have an amazing week ahead
of you.
And so the experiment is like how can I learn about
what works for me and how can Ifollow that as my compass and
not listen to the stories of themind or where we get trapped,
thinking we have to be some way?
So, as you're going down thisjourney, read into your type,
(00:20):
read into your strategy, readinto your authority and notice,
like I think one really good wayof doing this is reflecting on
your life up until this day.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
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Together on this show, we're ona mission to build belief in
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I'm your host, court, anempowerment coach, travel
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But it definitely has not comeeasy.
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Let's get going on your ownjourney to limitless.
I am so excited about today'spodcast episode because I've
(01:16):
been wanting to have someone onthe show to talk with us about
human design for probably overtwo years now, and it just feels
so right to have an episode now, as I have been diving deeper
into human design over the lasttwo years, especially over the
last six months, as I had ahuman design reading with Amelia
, who we have on today.
But now I have been actuallyintegrating this tool into my
(01:38):
life and today's episode withAmelia we're talking about
basically beginners guide tohuman design, but also sharing
our experiences of actuallyintegrating this tool into our
life, because that's reallywhere the magic is.
There's one thing to learnabout this tool, right, which is
great.
It's a great starting ground,but it's another step to
actually take the informationand utilize it and integrate it
(02:01):
into your life.
And I think today's episodehearing my perspective of doing
that and Amelia's perspective ofdoing that I think it can show
you how powerful this tool canbe if it feels aligned for you.
So today's episode, like I said, it's going to be a beginner's
guide.
So we're going to be talkingabout the, the types we're
talking about.
You know what to do when youlook at the chart, because it
(02:22):
can feel a bit overwhelming,right, like where is a good
place to start with human design?
And, yeah, we're just talkingabout authority and our
experiences essentially of usingthis tool, so that you're going
to find this episode reallyinformation full, but also
really insightful, and I hopethat you'll enjoy this episode.
So, if you do not know yourhuman design, I do have a link
(02:45):
in the show notes for you tofind your chart and I do think
that that would be a great placeto start, maybe before
listening to this episodebecause, like I said, we're
going to be talking about thetypes which, if you don't know
yours, I can feel a little bitconfusing, like what we're
talking about.
But if you don't want to dothat beforehand also, what could
be beneficial is to you is whenyou're listening, just trying
(03:10):
to.
If you don't know your type,you can probably gain insight
onto what your type could be bylistening to the descriptions.
Maybe you know yourself verywell and you can kind of pick up
.
You're like oh, I think I'm aprojector, or oh, I sound like
this sounds like me, or thingslike that.
So, either way, however youwant to do it is fine.
But I just want to share onething that I love about human
(03:31):
design that I think is amisconception is it's not just
another personality test.
What I love about human designis that you're not using your
conscious mind to answerquestions which a lot of times,
our conscious mind can reallybypass our actual experiences.
Right, we think that we want toanswer things a certain way.
Human design really bypassesall of that because you're using
your birth time, you're usingyour birthplace to come up with
(03:52):
this chart, which can feel a bitwoo-woo for people.
Right, there's going to bepeople who are like I don't want
to do that, I don't likeastrology, I don't believe in
any of that, but you know, andthat's if that's you, that's
totally okay.
But for me, in my experience,it has been so, so confirming,
way more confirming than anyother personality tests that
I've ever had, right, and that'sjust my personal experience,
(04:14):
and I know that so many otherpeople have had that experience
as well.
So I just suggest having anopen mind when it comes to human
design and it's not saying thatyou know to listen to every
single part of it, like theremay be parts that don't stick
and you don't.
You know, just don't payattention to those parts, right?
So just really go into it withan open mind, but take what's
take what sticks and forgeteverything else, right?
(04:35):
I think Amelia mentioned that inthis episode as well.
So I will go ahead and get usstarted with this episode, but I
did just want to mention that Iwill plug Amelia's link for you
.
If you are interested in bookinga human design reading with her
, I'll plug it in this shownotes and I'll also plug her
Instagram.
She is at broad and connect.
B R, o, u, g, h, t, o N C O N NE C T on Instagram and, while
(04:58):
you're connecting with her, ifyou are love this episode, you
can take a screenshot of youlistening and tag us on
Instagram stories.
That lets us know that you lovethis episode and let's your
friends know more about humandesign as well.
So I am at journey to limitlessunderscore.
If you want to share thisepisode with your friends and
take us, so let's go ahead andjump right in.
Yeah, I am so excited to haveyou on journey to limitless
(05:30):
today.
I was just telling you thatthis just does feel like the
right time to have you on totalk all about human design, and
I'm just so excited for you tobe here to share your knowledge.
So, thank you, yeah, thanks forhaving me.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
I'm so excited to be here to talk about my favorite
thing.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So just to get us started, I've had you on the
podcast before, so I'lldefinitely plug the first
episode that we did.
That way, the listeners can getto know you if they want to get
to know you a little bit more.
So I just really want to divestraight into human design today
.
So what exactly is human design, and how did you first get into
this and what led you to reallywant to like study this deeply?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Yeah, so I'll start with the story and then give a
little bit of like, what theheck this is, because that's
kind of how it unrolled,unrolled, unraveled in my life.
So I was in a nine monthtraining to learn how to
facilitate and do leadership andrelational work in 2016.
And probably somewhere halfthrough or maybe it was in the
(06:32):
quarter of that training, I meta woman who presented human
design to me and she was also areflector, ironically, and when
we get into more about humandesign, that will make more
sense to everyone here.
But she pulled up my chart.
You basically put your birthtime, date and location in.
I put that in and whatpopulated was this very
(06:55):
confusing chart of squares andnumbers and she looked at me
with shock on her face andcouldn't believe really how I
perceived that.
She couldn't really believethat she was seeing what she was
seeing, which was somewhatalarming to me.
In that moment.
I'm like is everything okay?
Like am I broken Right?
(07:15):
What's going on?
And she shared with me thatthere's this blueprint.
That is like you, and shetalked about astrology and
things that I was very familiarwith the time, but I'd never
heard of this system.
It's a very common thing.
It's progressively somethingthat people are starting to
learn about and hear, but forthe most part, it's not a very
(07:36):
common place system and what Ilike to call it is an awareness
language, and so, really, it wasa handful of months of me being
like this is weird, this isconfusing.
I don't know about this,completely rejecting it until it
kept coming up and it keptcoming up and it kept coming up,
and then finally I was like,alright, I'm going to start
(07:57):
seeing what this is about.
What does it mean to live mydesign, live my life in a way
that is an alignment for me.
And so, with that being said,human design is a system, like I
said, based off your birth time, date and location.
Time is really important.
For some people, it's going tomake a drastic change in a
(08:19):
handful of minutes and for someit's not going to make a huge
change, depending on the broadbrush strokes of your chart.
So the more specific you canhave for your time, the better.
There's many caveats and rabbitholes we could go down about
birth time, but, to give more ofwhat human design is, it's a
synthesis of the Yi Qing, theCaballet Tree of Life, hindu
(08:42):
Brahman's Chakra System,astrology and quantum mechanics.
So if any of you are familiarwith any one of those different
systems, you're going to realizethat there's much dimension.
There's so much going on withthe chart.
It's incredibly layered and it'swhat's called a science of
differentiation.
(09:02):
It's a science that we're allhere different.
We're all here to live outdifferent pathways, different
ways of being, different.
Things that work best for me,that are going to work best for
you, and so on and so on.
And so for me, it has been thegreatest permission slip for me
to be different to me, to belike whatever I need to do for
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me.
So that's what human design is,and if you think about everyone
as energy, we all have ourdifferent ways of interacting in
the world with that energy, andso it's an ability.
It's a map, if you will.
It's a map to seeing andknowing and understanding
yourself.
It's a map to understanding thecurriculums that you're here to
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go through and grow through,because everyone is again.
Everyone's curriculum is goingto be different, and challenges
and struggles and wins andsuccesses all of that is going
to be nuanced.
So it really starts toilluminate and peel back the
layers of where we can keepdiving in and discovering more
about ourselves is one of themany ways that I like to say
(10:05):
that.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
And when I had the session with you, amelia, I feel
like when I first came to you,it felt like there were so many
parts of myself that wereconflicting and I didn't
understand that part of myself.
And through the reading that Ihad with you, I started to
understand like, wow, therereally are two conflicting sides
to me, like it's not just in myhead right, like there really
(10:27):
are these two different parts,and it was just very confirming
for me and just so, so helpful.
And, yes, it definitely hasbeen such a profound roadmap for
myself over the last few monthsof diving.
I mean, I'm like always inscroll holes about human design.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Yeah, I can't stop.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
People at you know, my friends and I we have this
joke of like, what do you do forfun?
It's like I look at my humandesign chart.
That's what I do.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Of course I am right there with you, yeah, and I'm so
glad you bring that up right,because we have inherent
paradoxes within us.
There are core ways of us beingthat are sometimes at odds, and
I like to say, you know, ifeverything was sunshine and
rainbows and smoothie and groovyit never said that before, but
(11:12):
smooth and groovy, it reallylike life wouldn't be as dynamic
and interesting.
And so if we were able to seewhat are the parts of us that
maybe are at tug of war withthemselves sometimes, or maybe,
you know, for me there's a partof me that could be really shy
and internal and very likeintrovert, and then there's also
(11:34):
a part of me that's veryextrovert and loves to be with
people and has that differentway of orchestrating with the
world.
So it's really interesting whenwe can see these different
aspects of us, how much morepermission we can give to
ourselves.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Yeah, yeah, 100%.
So I'm just curious what thelike, what are some
misconceptions ormisunderstandings that people
have about human design?
How would you clarify oraddress them?
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Oh yeah, there's so many.
I love this question.
I think some of the biggestones that I see often and feel
pretty passionate about is that,as I said, you know, everyone
is going to be different, andespecially in a world where
we're introducing systems rightand we're helping people
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understand entry points into thesystem, one of the places that
gets talked about a lot is thetypes, and the type is the main
way your energy is reallyinteracting the world, and it's
the thing that gets probably themost airtime.
And yet if we're only to takethat and be like, oh, I'm like
(12:44):
that type, I'm like a projectorwho apparently needs naps a lot
and doesn't have that muchenergy and needs rest and blah,
blah, blah, right, like there'sa lot of narrative around that
for projectors.
Well, not all projectors aregoing to experience that, and so
I think that there can be lotsof ways that we can box
ourselves into parts of thechart, and I've done this myself
(13:08):
, right, I've been like you're areflector, you have to wait all
the time, right, and yet thereare.
So, again, there's so muchnuance as you get further and
further in, and so if somethingdoesn't resonate for you when
you're reading about humandesign.
There may be a chance that it'sbecause there's deeper levels
of you right, like there'ssomething that has a difference
(13:30):
with that.
So you know, I really honorthat.
We all have to find our entrypoint, whatever that may be and
whatever resonance that says wow, right, like that's a
permission slip for me.
I know my partner.
He hates being boxed into theprojector box but he loves being
boxed into the profile box.
He's like, oh, this part of melike is scary.
(13:52):
It's scary how I'm on point, itis right.
So I find that again, like, asyou're going down this rabbit
hole, if you choose to go downthe rabbit hole with human
design, like really you're theauthority of your experience and
if something's not quiteresonating for you or doesn't
(14:13):
land immediately, okay, great.
Like let yourself, you want tomarinate on it.
Sometimes the mind like wantsto get it and yet some things
just need to be with time andneed to be with perspective and
experimentation.
So I think that's a huge onethat I see often.
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Another one is just like the waythat we can compare ourselves
through how we experience theworld.
Right, it kind of comes back tothe same thing but, like you
know, even if I have similargates another aspect of human
design, a part of it, our ownpersonal expression.
If I have similar gates tosomeone else, there's a deeper
(14:55):
level that may make it a littlemore nuanced.
So, again, I understand and Ihonor where we have an entry
point and I also recommend, like, get a reading.
You know, go, have someone holdyour hand for the first few
steps of the pathway if you feelexcited by that.
And the other thing I'll say isthat, as a reader myself and a
(15:20):
coach with this work, everysingle coach and every single
reader is going to have theirown perspective of the chart.
And you know, yes, we canreceive what's called source
information, which is like theoriginal information of human
design and, like I'm going tofilter it through my experience,
you know, and my own, likepersonal gifts and for me, as a
(15:42):
reflector, right, I'm going tobe a mirror to you and I'm also
based on what's called yourincarnation cross.
I'm throwing out a lot of wordshere, y'all, but incarnation
cross is like the storyline ofyour life, right?
So, based on mine, mine isabout creating direction for
people, is about being someonewho helps you be heard and gives
guidance, right.
(16:03):
So that's my personal flavor ofhuman design.
If you get someone else who hasmore of, like, a confronting
way of presenting theinformation, or someone who's
like all about love, right, Likeevery single person's going to
do it differently.
So also highly recommend, asyou go down this pathway, find
out like who resonates with you,whose energy, whose message,
(16:24):
whose way of being is reallygoing to give you what feels
like okay, that's a teacher forme, right?
So also paying attention tothat, because we're all going to
do it differently.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
I think that's so important.
There's a couple things.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Yeah, I think that's a really important kind of
disclaimer with all of this,because, yes, you know, yeah, I
just think it's with you know,it's just like coaching.
It's like there's going to bedifferent people who have
different perspectives, likewe're all yeah, we all come in
with different life experiencesthat can impact in everything.
So I think I just reallyappreciate that you had that,
really that disclaimer of, likeyou know, read into who you're
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getting a reading from and makesure that that person it feels
right, that you want to, becausethis is like this is
information that can reallyshift, you know, so many parts
of your life.
So it's just important to bemindful of who you are learning
this information from and makesure that it's aligned with you
and feels right.
Yeah, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
So obviously, when you first see this chart, it is
like what the heck?
Like what is this Right?
So, and I know that there'sgoing to be someone who's
probably already, you know, ifthey're sitting at home
listening to this, they'reprobably already have this chart
pulled up maybe as they'relistening to this, or like what
the heck do I do with this?
So, and obviously there's somany different parts of human
(17:42):
design that we can go into thatwe quite literally don't have
all the time for in one podcastepisode.
So today, I guess I just wantto know, like what, what would
you help us navigate this chartand what would you?
Yeah, those are the importantparts of the chart that someone
should pay attention to as abeginner.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Yeah, so yeah, I think the biggest thing is, if
you notice yourself gettingoverwhelmed by the chart, pick
something right, like, somethingthat stands out to you.
That's one route you can take,right?
I think a lot of people talkabout type, strategy and
(18:21):
authority as the most importantpart, and I agree, right, like,
if there's any way you're goingto start learn your type, learn
your strategy, learn yourauthority even more so, learn
your strategy and authoritybased on that type and based on
what you have going on in thechart when you're going through
human design.
And really, the invitation isthat this is an experiment and
(18:43):
more specifically, what is it anexperiment of?
It's an experiment of how can Ibe more true to what is real
for me, what is I feel, what Iexperience, what I notice in the
world, than I am enticed orcommitted or distracted by all
(19:05):
the ways that I've told to besome way Right and how we've
been taught, how we've beenconditioned to be on this planet
.
It's not our fault, right, like?
We were given parents that hadtheir beliefs and upbringings
and what have you teachers,mentors, friends, communities,
churches, whatever it is right,and we've been given these
(19:28):
pathways in our life that we'retold to follow, whether that's
this is how you brush your teeth, this is how you cook, this is
how you nourish yourself, thisis how you go to school, you
don't go to school.
What you pay for, what youdon't pay for, like all of that
in many ways, is we're told thatthere are certain pathways that
are optimal for us, oracceptable or normal, and so
(19:51):
human design is really thisinvitation to really return to
yourself as the agent of yourexperience, and there's I mean,
I don't really believe thatthere's a possibility of
untangling yourself fromeverything.
Right, like, to live on thisplanet is to interact with all
the things that are justconstantly in our field of
(20:12):
awareness and not in our fieldof awareness right From
ancestral lines or whatever aswell.
And so the experiment is likehow can I like learn about what
works for me and how can Ifollow that as my compass and
not, you know, listen to thestories of the mind or where we
(20:32):
get trapped, thinking we have tobe some way.
So, as you're going down thisjourney, right like, read into
your type, read into yourstrategy, read into your
authority and notice, like Ithink one really good way of
doing this is reflecting on yourlife up until this point around
, how those things have fit in.
(20:53):
And this is something that I doin my sessions I have.
My personal sessions are verymuch a conversation, right, like
I have no idea what it's liketo be you truly, and so I ask
and I tease out and like, here'sthe things that I see in your
chart how do you feel that showsup for you?
And so the really the mining ofthat experience of being able
(21:14):
to recognize, yeah, I can reallysee where I've been bitter in
my life and where that reallyhas been a painful part of my
experience, and I can really seewhere I've listened to my body
and it's been the thing that Ijust knew that I had to listen
to my whole life, but I didn'tknow why, right?
So these are the conversationsthat we can start having just by
(21:35):
reading into pieces.
So type strategy, authoritywould be definitely the places I
always start and then followyour experiment right, follow
what find feels exciting for youIf you want to get into the
profile, if you feel interestedin the each thing and you want
to get into the gates, right,like there's again, there's so
many entry points into thesystem and mine was definitely
(21:57):
my authority.
I'll say that my authority towait a lunar cycle is what a
reflector's strategy is, andthat was my entry point is like,
okay, this is absolutely crazy,but I'm going to see what
happens if I check in withmyself over the course of 28
days about a major choice.
So those are.
Those are a handful of thingsthat I would say on that.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Yeah, I think what's been helpful for me is, yes, you
know, I have this app andsometimes I will literally like
I'll see this pattern in my lifeand I'll just go check.
You know, I'm really into likeknowledge of like the gates and
the gifts and everything rightnow and I'm going through and
I'm like oh like kind of readingabout it and I think it's just,
it's just like noticing what'sgoing on in your life and seeing
(22:42):
if there's something in yourchart that can give you that
insight, or just just likefocusing on one piece at a time,
learning to integrate one pieceat a time, If it is.
You know your, your profile,yes, just noticing.
Maybe noticing like the, theenergy that you have towards,
yeah, just whatever, whateveryou know profile or type, that
(23:04):
you are just looking into onepiece at a time, for sure.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
Yeah, yeah, I'm curious to hear your experience.
Like I know you were likedancing and dancing and dancing
and then you did a session andthen it seems like it's just
like taking its own, its ownlife of its own and I'm curious
like how you found that work foryou in your life.
Like diving in or just yeah,has it been like one piece of
(23:30):
time?
Or yeah, what?
What have you found works foryou?
Just to give another experience.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Yeah, I think I, I mean yeah, a lot of times I just
I look into the app like the myhuman design app and I will
literally just like, I'll justread about it on like a nightly
base, on a nightly basis.
And a lot of times I'll just gothrough the next day and I'll
just I don't know, I justthere's just different things
that I that I come up like,especially when it comes to like
(23:56):
responding.
That's been something that hasbeen coming up for me a lot
lately, because actually thiscame up the other day because
generators we I'm a generatorand we, we respond to things and
the other day I was like tryingto create content for my
business and I was staring atthis blank page and of like a
(24:17):
Word document and I was stuckand I was like trying to put
myself in a box of like I haveto just like create and in
reality I then I looked into myhuman.
It's like responding.
It's like actually what Ishould have done is like looking
at a template or looking at the, you know, asking myself a
question of like you know, do Iwant to write about this today?
Yes, no, because my response isalways like a yes.
(24:38):
No, it's very, very clear.
It's not these like theseextensive ideas or you know
answers are these big, you know,you know answers it's just
simple yes or no.
So I noticed that and that'swhy the past few days,
especially when it comes to mybusiness, I'm like really trying
to integrate my human designbecause I've been feeling really
stuck and I know that I justfeel that the you know,
(25:02):
listening to my human design isreally gonna help me get over
that, you know.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
Yeah, I really appreciate it right, just like
I'm a reflector.
So my 28 days is a strategy andyou're a generator and yours is
to respond right.
And so just even hearing these,these two different backgrounds
I mean for me when I reflect onmy journey learning about human
design.
I Just inhaled everythingsimilar to what you're talking
about.
(25:28):
I wanted to read everything, Iwanted to pull up every single
person start my life.
I wanted to study their chartsand ask them questions and feel
what it felt like to be them.
I like that was my experiencegoing through this, and so I
think that there's no right orwrong way to do this, you know,
and I think the biggest thing islike Observe yourself you know,
(25:49):
observe what feels natural toyou.
And if you're, if you readsomething that's like I should
be doing, this, like notice, ifyou try to put yourself in that
way of being and if it doesn'tfeel right or if you try
something else right, so like,yeah, as a generator, responding
like maybe you just haven't hadthe thing to respond to, that's
actually giving you the energyto like put towards it.
(26:10):
You know, and sometimes itcreates it.
There's a waiting process withthat if you don't have something
were to respond to.
And that's not like you need todo anything differently, it's
just, yeah, something to beobserving of yeah, and it can be
a little bit uncomfortable too.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Yes, and that's, that's really what it is.
And also, when you told me we'renot gonna get into the the
environment today, but you alsotold me that my environment was,
was kitchen's dry and I reallythrive in coffee shops I'm like,
okay, so that's why I alwayswant to go to a coffee shop you
know, that's why when I'm at acoffee shop, I literally can
just like put my head down andlike, you know, so it's just,
there's been so many things likeI noticed these patterns of my
(26:47):
life, I noticed the, I noticedthese aspects of my life, and
then human design has just beenlike so confirming of that.
I'm like, okay, there'ssomething here like wow, if and
especially when it comes tothese things of like, things
that have been difficult for me,that I notice.
I try to look at things like.
I said the thing the other daywhere I was struggling with
(27:08):
content.
I was like, okay, but if Iactually listen to my human
design, maybe this actuallycould be much simpler for me.
Maybe I'm doing it in the waythat I'm actually not, you know,
supposed to.
That's not like right for me.
So, yeah, I think it's justnoticing, noticing the what's
coming up for you in life,feelings of being stuck,
overwhelm.
Yeah, there's just, there's somany things that can give us
(27:29):
insight when it comes to humandesign.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, just the permission slip right.
It's like, oh, I'm not weirdthat I want this, or not Broken
because I want that, or it justit's to me is the path of least
resistance.
And I think sometimes I've neverthought of it like this, but I
find that if any of us and I canspeak for myself in this, like
(27:53):
have had Experiences of it beinghard to trust yourself, like,
for whatever reason, you'veerupt your trust with yourself,
which I think many of us doquite often, especially in a
world where we're kind of toldto be some way, it can take time
to build that trust again.
And so for me, being able tohave this companion in my life,
(28:15):
that's like, hey, yeah, thatthat makes sense that you're
that way and it's okay that youneed to take more time to be the
way that you're being and togain perspective.
It's, it's really been ahealing process of having a
companion Alongside my journey,to be like, yeah, that's, that's
good for you.
Yeah, keep honoring that thing.
And hasn't an inherently builttrust within myself to keep
(28:39):
being like I trust you, whatyou're doing, what you're saying
, with the way you're goingabout this, like, even if people
don't accept it, even if peopleare Confronted by it like I
trust you right.
So I've never thought of itthat way, but it feels very true
to me to recognize, like howProfound it is to have the
ability to cultivate thatself-trust yes and
(29:00):
self-acceptance.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Yes, exactly, I think that's.
The other thing is that there'slike a deep sense of
self-compassion that I feel likehuman design has given me.
You know, and there's just somany great, great things that
human design has brought into mylife that I'm just like, I'm
just so, I mean it is, it's likeit's so much You're, I feel
like there's.
I uncover something new everysingle time that I dive in.
(29:23):
I mean it really is a complexsystem but like it is such a
beautiful journey to deepen yourunderstanding of yourself and
build self-compassion and Justreally get to know yourself.
So, as far as, like, I want toleave the listeners with a
little bit of knowledge abouthuman design.
So I guess, if you wanted to gokind of go into like the types
(29:49):
or what are like the like thethings that you think are really
important that you want to likecover today, to leave the
listeners with yes, yeah,awesome.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
So, as far as the type goes, there's four core
types and then there's onesubtype and the.
I'll talk about the strategyfor each one and and like kind
of an indicator that you cantake away for you to to play
with in this experience of life.
So 70% of the world is made upof what are called generators
(30:19):
and 35%, roughly, are puregenerators and 35% are gonna be
manifesting generators, and somost of the world is is really
operating at, at this type of,in this type of way, and what
this is is these people are thecreators, the builders, the
generators, literally right,like they're the battery packs
of life, they're the life force.
(30:40):
That is, to me, why we have alife, a Society, that's like
great, great, great, do, do, do,go, go, go, produce, produce,
produce, right.
When you think of the wordcreative, it doesn't mean you
need to be an artist or beartistic.
It may mean that you'rebuilding a life in some way,
creating a family, creatingsomething that like is literally
(31:03):
pouring your life into it insome way.
Shape and form.
When you are Doing your strategy, when you're like, your
strategy is basically the bestway that you can orient the
world, approach life, and so, asCourtney was saying, for
Generations generators, it'sabout responding, and the way I
(31:23):
think of responding is, insteadof trying to make life happen or
force things where you you'reprobably gonna come up with a
lot of frustration, it's reallyabout the invitation to let life
come to you and to I think oflike the submarine right.
The submarine has the sonarsound and it tracks what is or
(31:44):
is in its like field ofawareness, and so I think of
that.
For the generator right, likewhat are you naturally
attracting in your life?
And For jet pure generators,there's much more likes, I would
say like slow, methodical wayof being generally, and for
manifesting generators, it canbe very much like a zero to a
hundred right.
Again, there are caveats withinthat, based on what your chart
(32:05):
looks like, but that is is thegeneral aspect and always
letting life come to you andresponding to take next steps
forward.
So that's the generator worldand that's what what Courtney is
she's generator and then 20% ofthe population are our
Projectors and they're like theguides, the orchestrators.
(32:26):
They do a lot, they generally dowell with a lot of moving parts
, and these are the people thatjust see you right.
They see through the bullshit.
They cut through and haveperspectives to to notice things
that many people won't noticein the ways that they do, and
they are their best positionedin places where they're guiding
(32:49):
others.
They do really well withgenerators in a work capacity
because they can really use thegenerator energy, what they have
energy for to make things moreefficient.
So the message for projectorsis really work smarter, not
harder, and to really find yourefficiency and your effective
(33:10):
ways of being a leader in theworld.
Right, you can be any type andbe a leader, and yet I think of
projectors really being thisleader that can find most
effective ways of operatingtogether, and so the strategy
for a projector is called waitfor the invitation.
(33:33):
I personally think of waitingfor the invitation as like
noticing where you have opendoors and noticing where there
are closed doors.
Open doors may feel like aninvitation or a recognition or
someone really seeing you in away that you can really give
your perspective, that you havethe invitation literally to
(33:55):
share your advice, share youropinion, share your perspective,
and when you don't have aclosed or when you don't have an
open door, right when the dooris closed, if you're trying to
give your perspective, youropinion, have the job, whatever.
Right, trying to force life tohappen in some way.
That's going to create a lot ofbitterness for the projector.
So for the generator types, thetwo words to pay attention to
(34:19):
are where are you findingsatisfaction and where is
frustration emerging in yourlife?
Right, they are indicators.
It's not like you've donesomething wrong if you're
experiencing frustration, but itmay be an invitation to check
in and to come back to yourself.
And then for the projector,it's bitterness and success.
So where and who are thoseplaces that you're feeling that
(34:40):
bitterness?
And maybe there's a differentway of orienting to the
situation or the person thatcould lend to something else?
Right, lend to being seen, lendto being recognized, lend to
being successful.
That's ultimately what they'rehere for is to be successful,
and to the sun is likeencroaching on me.
And so those are the two I'dstart with.
(35:06):
Just projectors and generators.
Right, making up most of theworld.
Then we have our manifestors,and manifestors are 9% of the
population, and these are theinitiators, these are the
visionaries, the creators thatspark things in the world, and
they are here to make lifehappen in one way, shape or form
(35:27):
.
Generally, these tend to bepeople that are lone wolves and
can be very independent.
Right, and I think of themanifestors, as, to me, some of
the greatest things that havehappened in my life have been
initiated by manifestors.
And they are, you know, they'rethe one that hits the first
(35:49):
domino, often, and have a very,very powerful impact.
And, to this day, one of myfavorite things that's ever been
said about manifestors by amanifestor who's also a reader
he said manifestors are like thesun when the sun rises, you
know, and when the sun sets, youalso know.
And so this is really speakingto just like the visceral impact
(36:12):
that these people have on theirenvironments and the people
that they're with, whether theylike it or not.
Right, the sun doesn't chooseto be impactful, it just is.
And so, manifestors, for yourstrategy, it's to inform and to
initiate, and so informing to meis like it's really a nicety
(36:32):
for the rest of us, whosometimes don't always
understand what you may be doingor not doing.
And so, by sharing, like, hey,this is the direction, this is
what I'm doing, this is what Ienvision, this is what I want to
create, right, and it's notlike you're asking permission,
you're informing.
Right, you're saying this isthe direction I'm going, this is
(36:54):
what I'm up to, and so and itallows people to be initiated by
your path.
And the two indicators for themanifestor are anger right, when
you're being told what to do,or when you can't do the thing
that you want to do and peopleget confronted by it, that's
(37:16):
where anger can show up.
I also think of it as likeself-implosion, because anger
isn't always easily expressed ina society that doesn't really
know how to handle anger.
And then it's peace right.
To me, watching a manifestor doits thing is like watching a
candle flame.
It can be very peaceful andeaseful and beautiful.
(37:39):
Right, it's captivating, and sothey really just want to
peacefully get on with whateverit is that they envision.
And then, last but not least, wehave the reflector, and the
reflectors are 1% of thepopulation this is what I am and
reflectors are kind of theseoddballs, if you will, in that
we change based on the moon,based on who's around us.
(38:03):
We're here to taste life and toexperience all the different
ways that life can be, and we'rehere to become incredibly wise,
and so the reflectors arereally more like the evaluator
of life.
Right, they're here to be atthe center of communities, at
the center of groups and reflectback the health, the wellness,
(38:27):
the intricacies of the groupsand the people and the
environments and the communitiesthat they are immersed in.
And so it's really importantfor a reflector to be around
people that feel good to them,because they're going to reflect
them for better or for worse.
Right, sometimes they won'talways feel like a choice and
(38:48):
the strategy for the reflectorthere's not necessarily an
inherent part of you every daythat's going to speak the same
to you in the ways that some ofthe other types might have.
And so our invitation is forthings, the whole gravity, to
wait over the course of 28 daysto make major choices, because
(39:10):
again, everything is going tochange.
I could get really excited, forexample, about something
Courtney's doing that she'sexcited about and think, oh my
gosh, I'm excited about thatthing too, and then leave
Courtney and not have that samejuice, that same energy, that
same aliveness for whatever thatthing is.
And so that's the invitations.
(39:31):
Like to me, what I've found inmy experiments as a reflector is
what are the things that aresnowballing and building in
momentum and what are the thingsthat just evaporate, dissipate
almost instantly or over thecourse of a few days, right, and
this is my process is reallypaying attention to what is
(39:51):
building in momentum and feelsmore and more progressively part
of my path and what's just wasenergy that was fleeting and I
was tasting it.
Yeah, so the two indicators forthe reflector are disappointment
, right?
Disappointment if I was like,yes, courtney, let's do that,
let's put it on the books, andthen I disappoint you and I'm
(40:12):
actually not that invested and Idisappoint me because I got
excited and I let you down andall this thing.
Right, disappointment.
Lived a life of that before youwent to sign.
And then a surprise of like, ohmy God, I could never have
predicted all of this cominginto fruition by me waiting over
the course of whatever amountof time, right?
So it's a patient process,patient game as a reflector and,
(40:35):
as you may have guessed, in asociety that is very fast.
It's kind of the antithesis Iadmire your patient path?
Speaker 2 (40:44):
Does it ever feel like uncomfortable to be like?
All right, I just have to bepatient Like, or are you yeah?
I'm sure it was before you.
Oh yeah, I'm sure before HumanDesign you were bumping up
against that.
A lot of like, yeah, oh my gosh,I can see that like it feels
like I mean, obviously HumanDesign can be really impactful
(41:07):
for really any type, and I cansay that as a generator, because
I think there was, like youknow, I've heard from people
that were like, oh, human Designdoesn't really matter unless
you're like a projector or areflector, and it's like,
actually, as a generator.
It's, you know, it is profound,no matter what your type is,
just because it is so intricate,right, but I can imagine, like
you know, as a projector, whoyou know, I see a lot of my
(41:31):
friends who are projectors, whothey were comparing themselves
to you know, their generatorfriends and, you know, thinking
that something was wrong withthem.
So, yeah, I think it's just asimportant to note that truly,
there's nothing wrong with you.
It's just, you know there's,yeah, there's just there's some
things going on in Human Designthat that's just important to to
(41:53):
have awareness around thatthere's nothing wrong with you,
just your human designsdifferent.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
Yeah, I really, I really appreciate you saying
that, and I think a big thingthat I've gotten from generators
in particular is like I'm I'mjust average, like I'm 70% of
the population, like I'm notspecial, and yet that could not
be further from the truth in myexperience.
Right Like, just becausethere's a world where most of
(42:18):
the population is a certain typedoesn't mean that you don't
have new ones again within yourchart, right Like.
You may feel aspects ofresonance with other types based
on what your chart looks like.
And so I just over and overagain, like, if you feel
disheartened or like I'm notspecial, right Like.
I think a thing I get a lot asas a reflector is people are
(42:39):
very shocked and like, oh my God, you're a reflector, and they
get so excited because manypeople have never met or
reflected, at least not withawareness.
And even when I've had readings, other readers are like oh my
gosh, you're like the first orsecond reflector I've ever done
a reading for, because it's sorare and I would say I've done a
handful of reading reflectorsat this point, but it's still
(43:00):
exciting for me, you know, andyet I'm I'm got my specialness,
just like you've got yourspecialness.
So, like I think that's anotherthing is is is knowing that, no
matter what type you are,there's still so much that is
nuanced and unique and specialto you and you are the only one
that can live out you in the waythat you do.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
Yeah, and through our reading, amelia, I remember you
saying that in some aspects Iactually act more like a
projector.
I think there was somethingwith, like, my sensitivity of
like, that's how I can kind ofhave more projector.
You know tendencies, I guessyou could say.
Or like, yeah, just you know,getting worn out in my
environment because of thatsensitivity.
(43:42):
So, yes, it's not just like.
I think I will say what I foundout, that when I found out that
I was a generator, I was like,okay, like I don't know, you
know, whatever I'm special, likeI feel different, but it's like
, yes, we're all so differentand that's the beautiful thing
about diving deeper into thisand, like you know, recognizing,
(44:05):
learning about your gates andlearning about your gifts, and
there's truly so much more tohuman design and truly, no one
is, no, none of us are the same.
You know we're all one, butwe're like also different.
That's so beautiful.
Speaker 1 (44:19):
Totally yeah, and I think about a thriving ecosystem
.
You know, like, thrivingecosystems aren't just one way,
they're not one type of plantand unfortunately that's what
we're trying to do a lot,especially to the agriculture
industry of monocropping.
If it's to speak to anyone,great.
If you're like, what is shetalking about?
(44:39):
That's okay.
But I think about a lot ofdifferent aspects of life, of
how this applies to it and likeecosystems where there's only a
couple different plants and onlya couple different species
aren't necessarily thriving.
And yet when you go to thosebiodiverse environments where
there's lots of different thingsgoing on and there's lots of
(45:01):
different types and plants andatmospheres and all the things,
right, like it's thriving.
And so I think about that withour species of human beings,
where we're, like, trying tomake a certain amount of people
the same way, like carbon copiesof one after the other and
being like these are the waysthat you have to be this pathway
, this is the doctor pathway andthis is the teacher pathway and
this is the fill in the blank.
(45:22):
And yet if we forget and welose touch of all our different
diversities within ourselves,we're doing a detriment to this
planet.
And so, like, how can weremember our diversity and
remember the different ways thatwe have to contribute to the
planet to create something thatis thriving, that is teeming
(45:43):
with life, because we're beingtrue to ourselves, right?
So this is something I thinkabout nature all the time in
application to human design andlife, and very much one with
nature.
Right, we are nature, and sohow can we remember that we have
our unique contribution to thisplanet, based on how different
we're willing to be?
Speaker 2 (46:01):
Yeah, and with that like truly, I feel like human
design was such a boost to myconfidence as well.
With that of like wow, I dohave gifts, right, because you
know there are so many.
It's just so.
I think it can help you live alife of more, more gosh, what's
(46:21):
the word?
What's the word?
What's the word?
Speaker 1 (46:25):
It's like it's ridiculous Authenticity.
Speaker 2 (46:27):
Jesus, I'm like.
Speaker 1 (46:28):
I use that word all the time.
I think I was getting confusedwith authority and then
authenticity.
Speaker 2 (46:35):
I was like what's happening?
Speaker 1 (46:36):
Yeah, yeah, that's fair.
Speaker 2 (46:38):
It can help you live a life of more authenticity,
because I think a lot of timesthere can be a lot of fears of
showing up as who we are, butthen when we have that
confirmation of like no, this isactually.
I think that sometimes we cango in with like we know who we
are.
But then sometimes, with thesetools of like human design, it
can actually be very confirmingbut that is actually who you are
and it's okay to show up as amore expressed version of you,
(47:01):
right?
Like?
One of the things that camethrough my chart is like you
know, I am meant to beat to myown rhythm and I've always felt
that and it was just soconfirming of like, yeah, I am
supposed to do that.
So you know, it's just, and itgives me more permission.
That permission slip, right, Iwas like okay, yes, I'm going to
start doing that more.
Right.
(47:22):
And I think what also isimportant is again with like
when it comes to a generator,it's like I think what you said
of like you know, themanifesters are here to like
guide people.
I think at first, when I readthat I wasn't a manifestor, I
was like but I like feel likeI'm supposed to guide people,
but then in my chart it did talkabout.
You know, there are parts of mychart that it's like no, you
(47:43):
are here to guide people, so youcan't just go off of like what
you just hear from your type,right, and there's so much more
to it that can be confirming toyou Like you have these desires
within you.
You'll probably find somethingwithin your chart that is going
to confirm that for you.
Speaker 1 (48:01):
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, you know, it's just sointeresting to be in the space
of inquiry around all of this,right, and something that has,
as continues to be, importantfor me is, like, don't take
things at face value.
Keep being curious, keepleaning in and finding out.
Like, oh okay, that's reallypowerful information.
(48:23):
But, like, what else is there?
Right, like curiosity is so, so, so helpful in this process,
and you know I have people belike, well, sometimes I feel
like I'm this, but like, is thatmy chart?
I'm like, if it feels true foryou, try it out.
You know, like, I think if welike tell ourselves we can only
(48:44):
be the parts of the chart, thenwe're like doing ourselves a
massive disservice, right,because, like we, we are all
going to find our own uniqueexperiment and then discoveries
from what we choose to lean intoright, and no one on this
planet has ever been you before.
So it's like no one else isgoing to synthesize or
understand human design in theway that you personally are
(49:05):
going to experience it, nomatter how many different things
you read, right?
So, again, like just reallywanting to empower each person
to do their own discovery andlike, yeah, find support if that
feels like part of your pathand you want to do a reading.
And if you're like I'm, a booksperson, I just want to read to
all ends of the earth.
Great study, whatever findslike what, what lights you up?
(49:28):
You know what feels calling toyou.
Speaker 2 (49:31):
Yes, and I think, I think, yes, it is such an
important note of like don'tdiscount what, what does feel
true to you, just because you'renot seeing what you want to
quote, unquote in your chart,Like what you're, what you
desire, is there for a reasonand it's important to.
Yeah, just not not get so hungup on.
You know needing thatconfirmation.
(49:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (49:56):
Right, right, yeah, yeah, and each, each part,
reveal, like we'll reveal stuffmore and more of time.
I mean, I can't tell you howmany times I returned to my own
chart and then like, oh yes,that totally right, and it's
finding me, the information isfinding me in the perfect moment
for what I need to hear youknow, like, as I imagined,
happened for you too, and Ithink that is.
Speaker 2 (50:17):
It's just a tool.
It's just a tool to come backto yes, like, and I think that
the right parts will show upwhen we need them the most.
You know, like, the other day Ifound out about the the, you
know, when I was saying that Iwas staring at the blank page.
I was on an Instagram accountfor generators and I found that
I was like okay, today I wasliterally just sitting here
(50:39):
staring at a blank page and Ihad a whole post about how
generators that's common forthem, right?
So it happens at the right time.
And just you know when it comesto being new, to human design.
Just taking what you feel isgoing to be important for you in
this part of your life rightnow to help.
Yeah, so definitely, yeah, sototally.
(51:00):
Thank you for your time today,amelia.
I feel like we could have goneso much longer, because there's
so much to dive into, so I guessout, because obviously we don't
have much more time to gothrough anything else.
I guess if you wanted to leave,like is there anything else
that you think is reallyimportant for the listeners when
(51:20):
it comes to their human design?
Like is there any other aspectsthat you would say to dive into
on their own that can give thema lot of insight in their life?
Speaker 1 (51:29):
Hmm, something that's coming to mind is reading about
your incarnation cross.
Your incarnation cross is likethe plotline of your life, right
, like the movie of you.
You'll see this story start tounfold and you're the main
character and there's certainqualities that you bring to the
(51:49):
movie that are unique to you.
But reading that was one of thevery few first things that I
did on my journey and it gave mea sense of like OK, this is the
story that I'm here to play andnot to try and make it happen.
(52:10):
Right, like the incarnationcross isn't something you make
happen, it just really unfoldsas you're living more and more
true to yourself.
But it gave me almost like ahighlighter or a flashlight to
see some things that I hadn'treally paid attention to or
noticed before and gave me morepermission to lean into those if
(52:30):
they emerged on my path.
I definitely have had a path, apast of feeling a lot of fear or
second guessing myself orfeeling inadequate and all of
those things, and so when I sawthat I'm here to do it my way
and I'm here to do it right, Ithink one part of my incarnation
(52:50):
cross is something like youdon't mean to tell people what
to do, but you do just by beingyou and it's just part of your
path and you're here to inspireothers to follow what's true for
them.
And when I learned of like somuch of it is self, self self
(53:10):
expression and leadership andguidance and like creating
direction for people, I was like, oh yeah, I've been doing that
my whole life but didn't reallyknow that, and so it just it
just again.
It put like an awarenesslanguage into all those moments.
And so I think sometimes justhaving like language or ways to
(53:33):
express ourselves from whatwe're experiencing in the world
can be really helpful and likealmost like soften the fears or
the doubts of oneself at times.
So that's that's one thingthat's coming to mind.
I could say a bajillion things,but that's what I'm thinking of
in this moment.
Speaker 2 (53:51):
That's actually the one that I have been diving in
that I was like diving intoyesterday.
I actually messaged my friend.
I was like what's yourincarnation?
Yes, I was like but yes, my, myincarnation cross was just when
I read mine I was like that itjust it was so, again, just
confirming, I was like, wow,that really is like my life
(54:12):
theme of exactly what I'm doingwith this podcast and exactly
what I mean I've been sayingwhat came, what mine is like all
about flow and learning flowand like mastering flow in my
life and then guiding others.
And it's funny because I've beenfeel like that's been like my
whole life, like I rememberbeing a little kid and like I
(54:34):
love the word flow, like I waslike I just want to go with the
flow.
I'm like okay.
So when I read it I was likelike there's truth here I
understand.
So, yes, I agree that theincarnation crosses just really
pro.
It's just really profoundinsight and I think it just for
me, you know, when I can startto show up as like my not me, my
(54:56):
not self I think it's also justreminding myself to kind of
lean into that flow.
It's just that reminder, youknow, of that's like my life
journey and select, learn how tolet again kind of like a
generous, like letting life kindof come to me, versus trying to
go out and create, make lifehappen.
So yeah, so I think it's just abeautiful, beautiful reminder.
(55:18):
So thank you for that.
I feel like that.
that feels, really true for thispodcast.
So yeah, thank you.
Amelia for your time today andagain.
We could go on and on and on,but I feel like today was just a
really great accomplishment ofgetting someone started into
human design and I hope that it.
You know someone took somethingaway from this podcast and I'm
sure that they did.
(55:39):
So.
Where can the listeners findyou?
To connect with you?
Maybe book a human designreading with you?
Give us all the details, yeah.
Speaker 1 (55:47):
Yeah, so you can find me at Amelia Broughtoncom
Amelia M-E-L-I-A and thenBroughton B-R-O-U-G-H-T-O-Ncom,
and all of my accounts will belinked to there.
But Broughton Connect is myInstagram account.
I, as a reflector, does reallyshare whatever is true, and
sometimes that's human design,sometimes that's human
(56:08):
communication, sometimes that'slike I don't know everything
that I'm interesting.
T seems to be taking over to mylife right now, so that's
something that you'll find there.
But I find myself to be a verydynamic human being in terms of
what I'm interested in, soyou'll find all of that there.
But as far as the session, Ioffer one-on-one sessions, also
(56:30):
coaching and relationshipsessions, and so you can explore
whatever avenue to understandyourself.
You know, when you put twocharts together, you get a third
chart, so relationships can bereally, really, really rich and
all of that is on my website.
Speaker 2 (56:45):
Yeah, I attended Amelia.
She did a relationship, humandesign and relationships
workshop and the day that I wentto them, that was I was like,
okay, I need to book my sessionwith her now.
So definitely human design canjust be really profound when it
comes to helping us understandthe people around us too.
So thank you, thank you, thankyou, amelia, for today, and I'm
(57:06):
just so grateful for you.
So thanks, yeah, same Thank you.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
It means so much to me thatyou're here and that you're
taking the time to listen to thepodcast.
If you found this episode to bevaluable to you, it would mean
so much to me if you shared itwith your friends, who you think
could also really benefit fromthis message.
You can take a screenshot ofyour listening and tag me in
(57:29):
your Instagram stories.
I am at journey to limilistunderscore.
That also gives me the chanceto connect with you and say
thank you.
So until next week, I hope thatyou have an amazing week ahead
of you.
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