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February 26, 2025 48 mins

Have you ever felt stuck between choices, wondering why decision-making feels overwhelming for you? The answer may lie in your Human Design type. Human Design is all about how we are wired to navigate life—including the way we make decisions. Whether you're a bold Manifestor, a strategic Projector, a responsive Generator, or a deeply intuitive Reflector, your type determines the most aligned way for you to evaluate options and take action. By understanding your Human Design strategy and authority, you can break free from societal conditioning, reduce decision fatigue, and start making choices that truly align with your authentic self.


In this episode, we talk about decision making, and how human design might be the tool you have been looking for to better understand how you make decisions and ways to evaluate options in a way that aligns with your truest self with Zach Carlsen. Zach has been coaching and educating professionally for the last decade, an adventure that has taken him all over the world. The core and foundation of his work is human design, a modern science containing ancient systems for exploring the nature of being. Zach holds advanced degrees in pedagogy, literature, and French, along with certifications in CliftonStrengths coaching and human design.


Zach's primary philosophy, in Ram Dass's words, is that "We are all just walking one another home," He believes in helping others grow, evolve, and reconnect with their true selves through holistic, multi-dimensional support.

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What You Will Learn:

  • [00:01] Intro and a bit about our guest today, Zach
  • [03:38] What human design is and its holistic approach 
  • [08:05] How human design uniquely guides in making aligned decisions 
  • [10:52] The primary decision-making authorities, strategies and types in human design 
  • [23:51] The difference between a leader and guide: manifestors vs. projectors 
  • [30:56] How knowing what type you are can help in decision making
  • [32:35] Misconception in decision making from cultural and family conditioning 
  • [38:05] How tuning into your authority can help align with your life purpose 
  • [42:29] Practical ways to experiment with your authority in daily life
  • [47:11] Wrap up and end of the show


Standout Quotes:


  • “If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
    Albert Einstein.[31:01]
  • “Human design offers us something that we can explore and get firsthand data so that we’re not walking around comparing ourselves.” [31:13]
  • “The pursuit of purpose, the chasing, and the striving works against us more than it works for us.” [38:10]
  • “A purpose is something that we live into as opposed to something that we discover and then live into.” [38:23]
  • Taking it out of theory, and mental processing and bringing it into the world is the quickest route to discovering and embodying our purpose.” [42:06]

Resources Mentioned 

https://mybodygraph.com

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Zach Carlsen

Website: https://zachcarlsen.com/


Chandler Stroud

Website: https://healingheroespodcast.com/


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