Episodes on Human Design for Work
In this episode, I’m joined by returning guest and personal style powerhouse, Alisa Koz — an expert in fashion psychology, sustainable style, Astrology, and Human Design.
Back in Episode 275, Alisa cracked open my natal chart and started connecting the dots between my energy, my aesthetic, and my style misfires. You know the ones —
→ Outfits that looked amazing on Pinterest but flopped IRL
→ Clothing boxes that missed the mark by a mile
→ Makeup that matched my mom’s taste, not mine
→ And style quizzes that left me feeling more boxed in than inspired
Since that first conversation, I’ve been deep in Alisa’s world — and for the past three months, I’ve had the privilege of being a beta student in her brand new program, Personal Style Mastery.
In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on:
The birth of Personal Style Mastery and how Alisa blended her expertise into a one-of-a-kind framework
My experience inside the program (yes, I had aha moments around fruit metaphors and auric alignment)
What we’ve both learned through this process — and why this isn’t just about looking good, but feeling deeply aligned in your skin and your clothes
How to join the waitlist for the first official round of the program
If you’ve ever felt like your closet doesn’t reflect who you really are — or that style advice never seems to “click” for you — this conversation is your permission slip to explore fashion in a way that’s personal, powerful, and fully aligned with your values.
Let’s talk about what no one else is saying.
This episode is for the Projectors out there trying to live by their design while also… you know, navigating real life. The 9–5 job. The to-do list. The relationships. The “I just want to feel good in my body” moments.
In Part 2 of our Projector Q&A series, I’m back with my favorite thought partner, Nadia Gabrielle, and we’re going even deeper.
No filters. No fluff. Just two Projectors telling the truth.
We unpack:
What being a Projector in a 9–5 actually requires (spoiler: it’s not pretending to be a Generator)
Deconditioning in real time—what it looks like when it’s messy and unsexy
Planning your week as a Projector (yes, you can still get sh*t done)
Navigating relationships without losing yourself or your energy
Supporting your health + nervous system in a world that wasn’t built for your rhythm
It’s part guidance, part myth-busting, and part “you’re not broken—you’re just deconditioning in a Generator world.”
If you’ve been trying to do it all “right” but still feel off…
This one’s gonna land.
When you ask two Projectors a bunch of questions, we take it as a formal invitation to go all in—and you know we will.
This episode is where insight meets real talk, as we unpack your most burning Human Design questions with honesty, clarity, and zero fluff.
In Part 1 of this special Q&A series, I’m joined by my go-to thought partner, Nadia Gabrielle, as we answer questions submitted by you.
Together, we dig into:
Recognizing the nuances of Projector invitations
Honest thoughts on life “hacks”
Visibility and magnetism in business and life
Expect stories. Tangents. Truth bombs. And a reminder that you don’t need more advice—you need guidance that meets you where you are.
If you've ever felt like you don’t have a clear sense of who you are, struggled with direction, or found yourself changing based on who you’re around—this episode is for you.
The Undefined G-Center is often misunderstood. Instead of being a flaw, it’s actually a gift: the ability to flow, evolve, and take in life’s experiences from different angles. But when conditioning creeps in, it can make you feel ungrounded, lost, or like you need to force an identity.
In this episode, we’ll explore:
What it really means to have an undefined or open G-Center
The beauty (and challenges) of fluid identity
How conditioning around “having a clear direction” impacts those with an Undefined G
Practices to embrace your natural ability to evolve without losing yourself
If you’ve ever felt pressure to “figure yourself out” or “stick to one path,” this episode will help you reclaim the power of your adaptable, open-hearted nature.
If you’ve ever felt like you had to prove your worth, work harder to deserve success, or constantly seek validation, your Undefined Heart Center might be at play.
The Undefined Heart Center is one of the most conditioned areas in Human Design, leaving many of us stuck in overworking, over-promising, and over-proving. But what if your worthiness wasn’t something you had to prove—but something you simply owned?
In this episode, we’re breaking down:
How the Undefined Heart Center impacts self-worth and validation
The sneaky ways it shows up in career, relationships, and daily life
How to stop the cycle of proving yourself and start trusting your natural value
If you’ve ever thought “I just need to work harder” or “I’ll feel worthy when…”, this episode is for you.
What if the way you show up in relationships has less to do with effort—and more to do with your subconscious capacity?
Returning to the show is my friend, mentor, and frequent guest, Nadia Gabrielle—a teacher of conscious strategy and subconscious capacity.
In this episode, Nadia and I dive into the deep, often overlooked connection between capacity and relationships. She shares how our subconscious beliefs shape the way we connect with others—whether in personal relationships, work dynamics, or even our relationship with institutions and systems.
Through real-life case studies and personal experiences, we explore:
How subconscious capacity impacts relationships (in ways you might not expect)
The patterns that keep you stuck in relational burnout, overgiving, or misalignment
Strategies for building resilience and repairing connections—without depleting yourself
If you’ve ever felt drained in your relationships, struggled to hold boundaries, or wondered why certain dynamics feel so hard, this conversation is for you.
Tune in to learn how to expand your capacity and transform the way you relate to others—without losing yourself in the process.
How much of your stress is truly yours—and how much comes from the world around you?
In this episode, we’re diving deep into the intersection of stress and conditioning, exploring how societal, familial, and even workplace expectations shape our responses to pressure. By understanding how conditioning contributes to chronic stress, you’ll learn to untangle inherited patterns and reclaim peace.
We’ll cover:
How your Human Design reveals stress patterns and where you’re most vulnerable to conditioning
Tools to differentiate external stress from your own natural rhythms
Strategies to decondition, restore alignment, and protect your energy in a world that thrives on hustle
If you’re feeling the weight of other people’s expectations or struggling to find calm amidst chaos, this episode is for you.
This episode explores how Human Design can help you manage work-related stress by aligning with your unique energy Types and centers.
It covers strategies for creating balance in a professional setting and optimizing work habits to support mental, emotional, and physical health.
Returning to the show is friend and frequent guest Nadia Gabrielle.
You may have heard past episodes with Nadia on all things Projectors, having a Self-Projected Authority, Subconscious Capacity Building, Service Design, and more.
In this episode, you’ll hear two Projectors deeply recognizing each other as we discuss why expanding into products is supportive for service providers to manage their energy and avoid burnout.
Nadia has just opened the doors to her latest offering, Product Design School, so we discuss:
What is Product Design and how it differs from Service Design?
When should a business owner expand into Products?
Nadia’s “winter of discontent,” how it affected her health, and how her sustainable product offering afforded her the time and space to take care of herself and heal
How she partners Human Design with solid business strategies
My personal experience as a student in Service Design School and working with Nadia in a one-in-one capacity on my own subconscious capacity building and how I’m expanding into products
This week marks the sixth anniversary of this podcast and my 25th year in San Francisco!
So, to celebrate, I put myself on the hot seat to answer all the questions reflecting on it.
And who better to interview me than a friend, podcaster emeritus, and someone who loves San Francisco as much as I do - Diane Sanfilippo!
Diane and I go behind the scenes and share:
Lessons learned from podcasting and how we’ve evolved from it
How podcasting aligns with my (and our) Human Designs
What brought us to the San Francisco Bay Area
What we love about San Francisco and why we still love it so much
Things we haven’t yet done in San Francisco that we still want to do
In this episode, I’m joined by Sandy Yang. Sandy first joined me in Episode 194, the first episode in the Human Design Authority series, where she shared what it’s like to have an Emotional Authority.
Sandy is an Energy Healer and Brain Rewiring Coach.
You’ll hear:
Sandy explain what’s energy healing and brain rewiring
Personal and client experiences of both practices in work
How Energy Healing and Brain Rewiring complement Human Design
Recent observations we’ve made with Human Design, both in ourselves and with others, regarding Profile Lines, Defined and Undefined Centers, and more!
Returning to the show for the fifth time is business design and capacity-building strategist Nadia Gabrielle.
Nadia is the creator of Service Design School, several classes and workshops, and she works one-on-one with clients in a capacity.
In this episode, we’re celebrating the fourth anniversary of @ProjectorsInvited, Nadia’s wildly successful, popular, feel-good, and funny Instagram account!
You’ll hear us answer questions from our audiences on:
How to use your Human Design to find your niche
How to deal with being ghosted
How to create Projector invitations
What to do when you're constantly giving and giving but you're not being recognized
…and so much more!
While these questions were asked in the context of business, we know that everything's connected, and much of what we discuss falls into capacity building and personal development in business and in life!
If you’re a Projector or have a Projector in your life, be sure you’re following @ProjectorsInvited!
Joining me in this episode is returning guest Anna Lois Davies. Anna is a Human Design Guide and business consultant for soul-led women. She helps them find clarity on who they are and what their magic is, then, using Human Design, helps them energetically align with it
Anna first joined me back in Episode 236, where she discussed having an Ego Authority.
This time Anna joins me for a collaborative conversation on a variety of topics, including:
The nuances of Human Design and how it’s influenced how we curate our businesses in big and small ways
Why coaches need coaches
Why, as a fellow Human Design guide, her Aligned Business Blueprint has been an integral resource for my business
Many people come to Human Design looking for clues as to what direction to take in their life because they’re not happy doing what they’re doing right now.
I’ve found that most people have an idea of what they want to be doing but aren’t pursuing it because they feel trapped by “golden handcuffs.”
In this episode, we discuss:
What are “golden handcuffs?”
Why do you feel trapped
How to free yourself from them without making a career and life change (if you’re not ready right now)
In this episode, I’m joined by Kaitlin Meek. Kaitlin is a Strategic Partnerships Manager at Culture Amp, responsible for building relationships with new business channels. I met Kaitlin last year when she hired me to deliver a Human Design workshop to her team.
You’ll hear Kaitlin and I discuss:
How she introduced Culture Amp to Human Design and build interest and excitement for it
How learning about her 2/4 Projector design transformed how she’s increased her productivity and success at work
How she’s able to work with her Strategy (Waiting for the Invitation) and still be successful in a revenue-producing role
And we reflect on the question, “Can you be self-actualized at work?”
In this episode, I’m joined by returning guest Nadia Gabrielle.
Nadia helps clients design business strategies and up-leveling subconscious capacity.
She uses her professional background to fill the much-needed gap between business, strategy, design, and technology with well-being and personal development.
She founded @projectorsinvited, the creator of Service Design School, various workshops and classes, and works one-on-one with clients.
Nadia shares:
Why capacity is critical for success in business, work, and life
The importance of strategy and business design
How to bring it all together in a way that is supportive of our unique Human Design
Nadia also announces a new offering coming soon, and she shares a special time-sensitive offer to work with her exclusively to up-level your capacity.
In this episode, I’m joined by Saskia Seeling, a soul business consultant and yoga + meditation teacher for new and aspiring solopreneurs, helping them create a business where they can easily share their magic.
You’ll hear Saskia share:
How she was introduced to Human Design and how she incorporates it into her business and client work
How her Self-Projected Authority led her journey from a career in Finance to her soul business and her world travels from Aotearoa to Germany, where she’s now based.
How she alchemizes yoga and meditation with business to provide a niched service
How she works with the 3/5 Profile Lines
How she uses breathwork and meditation techniques as a grounding business strategy
How to write and work with affirmations
I recently noted that I’ve been using social media for over 25 years. It’s undoubtedly become one of the primary ways that we express ourselves and share our truths with the world.
In this episode, I discuss Human Design and social media, reflecting on:
Ways I had already been in alignment with my design in certain ways that I used social media
Parts of my design that I’ve looked to on how to use social media both as a consumer and content creator
How my perspective, mindset, and approach to social media have shifted since learning about Human Design
Your voice is everything because your voice is your point of view - it’s your message, where you stand on things, and “your why.” So knowing what your voice is and how to express it is vital. In fact, holistically, one of the treatments for thyroid dysfunction is to speak your truth.
In this episode, we take a look at different parts of your Human Design to look to align your voice to your design and I share practical tips that help me organize my thoughts to best express my voice.
In this episode, I’m joined by Anna Lois Davies, a Manifestor with an Ego Authority.
Anna is a Human Design & Business Alignment coach & consultant who is breaking down the boundaries of the binary way of business. She blends Human Design with brand & business strategy so conscious founders & entrepreneurs can find alignment, connection, and abundance in the way that they are uniquely designed to do so.
You’ll hear Anna share:
How she came to Human Design and how it’s influenced her life personally and professionally
What’s an Ego Authority
What’s her decision-making process as she follows her Ego Authority
Episode 234 was on how to align your work and business to your Human Design. In this episode, I’m lifting the curtain, taking you behind the scenes of how I align my business to my Human Design.
Reflecting on the same six areas of business:
What to do - Incarnation Cross, G-Center
Business Design – Aura, Pressure Centers, Sacral Center
Sales – Strategy
Copywriting – Throat Center
Marketing – Throat, Ajna, Head centers, Cognition, and Motivation Variables
Decision-Making – Authority
I share what my specific design is for each area and how I use it to welcome alignment to work and life.
In this episode, I’m answering the question, “How do I align my business to my Human Design?”
In hindsight, after this episode was recorded and edited, I should have titled it, “How to Align My Work to My Human Design” because whether you work for yourself or someone else, you still need to like what you do, know your voice, market yourself and more.
You’ll hear me list six critical areas of business and what parts of your Human Design to look to for insight and alignment.
In this episode, I’m answering the question, “As a quad right, what should I do for work? I want to change too much.”
It’s no secret that I believe that Human Design doesn’t limit us in what we can and can’t do.
So, you’ll hear me share:
What “quad right” refers to
What parts of Human Design I’d look to, other than being a “quad right” for life direction
Questions to consider for an exercise in self-observation with non-judgment
In this episode, I’m answering the question, “How can Projectors make a living in this world?”
You’ll hear me share:
My thoughts on what’s possible for Projectors
The Human Designs of three well-known people who are Projectors, insights into their designs and how it's reflected in their careers
How the way I earn a living aligns with my design as a Projector
Knowing what I now know about my design, what I would look for in deciding how to earn a living in this world.
In this episode, I’m answering the question of how Projectors can manage their time when running a business, studying, and/or doing a lot of other things! You’ll hear me share:
Why it's important for Projectors to reframe “time management”
How to rethink time management beyond managing time versus priorities
What areas of your Human Design to consider, beyond your Projector Type, in creating a system or routine that works best for you
In this episode, I’m answering a listener's question on how can a Projector manage their energy while working for someone else as they’re always feeling drained small, and drained.
As a fellow Projector, and someone who’s had a 26-year (and counting) career working for others, I share my personal experiences, anecdotes I’ve picked up over the years, and questions for personal inquiry in doing an exercise in self-observation with non-judgment.
It's one thing to talk about boundaries, but it's another thing to establish and uphold them because let’s be honest - it can be a hard thing to do.
So in this episode, I invited my friend, Diane Sanfilippo, to join me for a conversation on how to set boundaries.
Diane is a certified nutrition consultant. She’s the owner and founder of Balanced Bites Wholesome Foods, a New York Times bestselling author, and the co-host of the Full Plate Podcast, a new podcast talking about anti-diet culture, mental health, & boundaries. She’s been helping people establish boundaries for years, both in real life and on her social media platforms.
You’ll hear us talk about:
How Diane naturally embodies her Human Design
How she came to help people with boundaries
Why boundaries are a good thing
The different levels of boundaries
Practical tips that you can try today to set boundaries
Continuing my ruminations on how we communicate, in this episode I share my recent experiences on feeling vulnerable in ways that I communicate.
You’ll hear me share:
My recent insights from a Morning Pages journaling practice
Self-observations on why some content platforms feel safer than others
How my journey into conscious living began and the hardest person for me to vulnerable with
Having a Defined Throat Center, I’m meant to share my voice and speak my truth.
While I’m very clear on my message - my points of view and approach, over the past few months I’ve been struggling with ambiguity over what tone to express it in.
In this episode, I share:
My story in detail with this struggle
How it directly affected the creative blocks I’ve encountered
What practices I’ve been doing for creative recovery
If you’ve ever avoided being in photos…
If you’ve ever hated how you looked in one (or all) of them…
If you’ve ever wished you could just feel good being seen — this episode is for you.
In this episode, I’m joined by the woman currently teaching me how to actually see myself in photos — not with filters, angles, or forced confidence, but with presence.
Lisa Haukom is a visibility expert, creative director, and the founder of The Photo Club Method. She helps women shift the way they see themselves — in photos, yes, but also in life. Because hiding from the camera? Usually means we’re hiding from ourselves, too.
We talk about:
Why we flinch when we see ourselves on camera
What it really means to reclaim your image (without changing your body)
How learning to take self-portraits (not selfies) is actually a tool for self-trust
And what happens when we stop disappearing from our own lives
This conversation cracked something open in me — and I think it might for you too.
Because you don’t need to change anything.
You just need to see what’s already there.