How We Discovered Human Design (and why we went all in on it)

And so human design was really reaffirming for me to be like, yeah, okay. I'm right. Like that there is not one way. There is lots of pathways and, and here's a way I can help people find their individual pathway.

All right, there we go. I was like warm, I was warm, and now I'm chilly, so I'm going to be moving around a lot as we record this episode, just so you know.

So welcome those of you listening. Welcome. This is the well designed podcast. My name is Kyle Wood and the other person you've been hearing talking is my co host Brandy Healy. And today we thought it'd be interesting to talk about. How we found human design and why, like we even, why it piqued our interest, what, what was it about it that, um, that got us excited, um, and how did it feel and things like that.

So we'll just like walk you through our stories of, of how it came into our lives and, uh, hopefully, yeah, this is something that you guys would like listening to.

There, uh, another lady I follow, uh, Jenny Blake, who runs a business, uh, back then she ran a podcast called Pivot, now she runs a podcast called Free Time, um, she does this sort of cool thing where she starts a new podcast whenever she writes a book, which is kind of a cool way to build, do her marketing, she's not big on social media and stuff. Anyway, I really liked the stuff she was talking about in that she had a membership area called Momentum.

And I, this is something I've noticed that we'll talk about this through the lens of human design, that generators, maybe because they're often looking for efficiency, things that help them be sort of efficient, um, and, and get things done, that the language appeals to me as a projector as well. Um, because it's about, usually about like using your time better.

So this, this sort of mastermind group really appealed to me and, uh, I was like, all right, you know, despite everything else going on, I'm going to sign up to it because like I need some help and support. Um, so it was in that group that someone first mentioned human design in front of me and it was Jenny. I think, I don't know if she was looking for a podcast guest or what, but she, she popped in the group chat one day and was like, Hey, has anyone heard about.

Like, does, who do people follow online about human design? And I was like, human, like, what is this? Like, human design, what, what's this, this thing? And anyway, someone, uh, recommended, um, Erin Claire Jones. It's his website. Who, you know, we both did our training with. And I had a look at her website, and I was like, this is really interesting. This is kind of like, I'd just been...

You know, learning a bit about Enneagram and, you know, previously had learned heaps about Myers Briggs and Clifton strengths and stuff like that. So I was like, oh, cool, like a new, a new personality thing. Um, I looked up my chart, which was, um, on the, like the official, like that jovian archive.com

I just sign up to the person's email newsletter and then if I like their emails, I'll sort of engage more, but otherwise just unsubscribe. And uh, and yeah, and at that point she was only sending like one email a month. So um, yeah, so that, that was how I initially got, um, introduced to human design in, in Kyle, Kyle's long story format.

Uh, Do you, do you want me to continue, cause then obviously that was like, I sort of forgot about it, or do you want to share now how you first got introduced and then we come back to my story?

Oh.

That was, I spent a lot of time looking into that in early days of pandemic as I had lots of time on our hands as most of us did, um. And prior to that in different companies that I had worked for, CliftonStrengths was actually something that I had used in a few different companies that I worked for as well as different systems like the DISC and the OAD. And now, you know, knowing more about my type. I'm also a projector. We love a system.

So it's like if you tell me like, this is the system that we like to use, especially if it helps me learn about myself or other people. I'm like, I'm here for it. So, you know, I was very much, um, you know, listening to a lot of wellness podcasts. And one of the podcasts that I listened to very regularly was, um, be well. by Kelly with Kelly Lovac who is a holistic nutritionist,

And re listened to the episode because I was like, Oh, she talked about some of this stuff already. So, I retain really, I retain information best like through listening. I love an audio book. I love a podcast. So, went back and listened and kind of like looked on my chart like, Okay, cool. This is my type. This is kind of how I create opportunities.

All right, like this really aligns for me and at that point, I didn't really take it any further and about three months later, I started a program and I was working with a trauma informed coach in a group coaching container and they used both your astrological birth chart and your human design chart in the work that they

But that having somebody, you know, explain my individual chart to me a little bit more in depth, like, was very intriguing.

So, spent the time to, you know, really try to understand my chart more from there. So... Um, I think by the time I finished my work with her or with them, excuse me, um, we were, you know, coming up onto spring of 2022 and I remember telling my husband, I was like, I feel very similar about the system as I do about my yoga practice. It was like for a long time, like my yoga practice was something just for me.

Until it was something I felt very compelled to share with others, like, this is too good to keep to myself. And, you know, human design felt the same way. Like, what little I know at this point has served me so deeply, like, I feel really drawn to learn more. And I think at that point is when Aaron started teasing that. Um, she was going to be doing a training, you know, in the coming months.

And so I was like, this is a person that introduced me to it and I feel very drawn to study with this person specifically because the way that they present the information is just very clear and very practical. Um, so that's kind of, you know, what, what that looked like for me.

And, uh, she ran like a discount, you know, on, on getting a, one of her blueprint books, you know, lots of people have these, but it's just, it's a book that explains your human design. It's a PDF that goes through all the different bits. And I got that and read that and it was just like, Oh my God, like there was just so many things in there.

That. That really resonated, um, and, and, you know, it was like so much information as well as like integrating it was difficult, but I did some, some journaling around it and started to connect the dots, you know, to see where I've been invited into opportunities and, um, you know, like how my profile had already like showed up in my life and, and also how like over the last couple of years, and especially cause it's all happening during COVID, Pandemic and everything's changing anyway, that

I was not following some of these things that had come quite naturally to me and I had issued them in favor of trying to do things like, you know, especially running an online business, trying to do things like I see other people. So that got me curious to learn some more. So I signed up, I did a workshop with her on the other centers and that was then really helpful. Like sharing that with my wife and looking at our centers and it's like, Oh, wow. He's like, wow.

We have these like some communication issues, um, and how we can fix that or how we can communicate better. Uh, and then my mom gave me some money for like Christmas or my birthday or something. And I, I, yeah, at this point as well, I was getting this feeling like, I just feel like I just keep getting called back to human design. It would like I'd do something with it and then it would be a few months. Go back to my business.

And then again, like, this sort of like, calling would come, and I was like, Okay, I want to do a one on one reading with Erin, so I used this money that Mum had given me, and... And you signed up and, and did a reading and at the end of the reading she did say, Oh yeah, I'm like, I'm working on a training. Cause, cause I could feel it's like, I, I want to teach this.

I don't know whether it's like, uh, just be a straight up human design reader or if, um, uh, you know, I just want to take this and like apply it in my own business or if I want to take this and. You know, give it to my existing audience of like fitness trainers, uh, for my business, but I, I, yeah, it could feel like that, that he Spleenic Authority was like going off saying this is something to learn more about. So yeah, so I asked her about it and she's like, yeah, um, I am interested.

I am thinking about doing a course. Um, which, but like, that was like September 20, 21, I want to say. So it was then a whole year. It was like radio silence. But yeah, I guess, yeah, I pretty much, uh, decided then, like, yeah, just kept that calling. And that was very, like, I'll speak to that, that was very uncomfortable.

Because, becoming a parent, um, I had stopped listening to that, like, instinct and that intuition as much, and traded that for, you know, doing things more, like, rational. Not that I'm, like, a terribly irresponsible person, but had, I guess, felt like I needed to justify my decisions. So, um, it was very uncomfortable, but like you found, it was similar to when you...

When I did your yoga teacher training, this was very similar to me when I had been studying engineering at university and did my, got my personal trainer qualification and was like, this is what I want to do. And like, I don't want to do, you know, yes, I've spent over three years studying engineering, but I still like, this is what I want to do. I want to do personal training. So yeah, it was very similar thing again. And, um. And I was like, yeah, I should listen to that.

And I shouldn't try and rationalize it, but I should just listen to this and let's just see like where it goes. And luckily I have an amazing wife. He's like very supportive and that's all she wants for me. So, um, that sort of got me to that stage.

And it's like, first we're reading our own and then we're reading each other's and then for Father's Day, I bought him our two children's so I had them all printed and bound and And you know, I like have them on my nightstand and I've been myself like picking someone's up like almost daily. And even now after studying, um, I just find that such a useful tool and have found, you know, in that time from the time I took the workshop and got those blueprints, I think similar to you.

It's like, as I started to tinker with it a little bit and saw how impactful it was, not just for myself, but for my relationship with my partner and as well as like, you know, how we've looked at parenting our children because their designs are very different from one another, like for as many similarities as we have in our family, there are also like, you know, some pretty substantial differences and having that awareness, like, you know, Felt really good to

say like, Oh, I feel kind of like more confident about, you know, how I'm going to choose to, you know, support my child so that they are growing up in a way that feels really natural to them instead of trying to mold them in a way that maybe societally they should be.

And I think at that point, like, you know, he is a sacral manifesting generator and he was just like, no, I think that you should do this. Like, I see how. It's impacted you. I see how it's impacted me by you sharing it with me. I see how it's impacted our family and if this is what you feel drawn to do. And I think that when I really sat with it, it wasn't different than what I had already been doing. It just gave me another tool to do it. Mm

And, um, used to really frustrate me seeing You know, products marketed and things like that and coaches out there who are very much like this is the one way to success. And so human design was really reaffirming for me to be like, yeah, okay. I'm right. Like that there is not one way. There is lots of pathways and, and here's a way I can help people find their individual pathway. So, so yeah, it's that, that got us to this, like this. Well, what was it?

Was it, was it, did you see something on social media or

Think about it as if you were to, this was presented to you. If you had to make this decision today,

I already decided I just needed to like have this call to do like a vibe check to make sure that we like mesh but like, you know, I'm in so you know that's kind of how it got to the point to like You know, how I used my authority to enter into this and it was like the day that it launched, I like signed up immediately.

So yeah, it was, it was really a nice, uh, experience and exciting to, To think about putting some time into, into this, the other thing that really like worked out well for me was like doing stuff with the U. S. is typically very frustrating for me because the calls in my time zone are often at like anywhere sort of like between 2 and 5 a. m. So, because a lot of people run the calls in the morning in US time and maybe it's that's the beauty of having a projector that she ran the calls

at like four o'clock in the afternoon her time, which was 6am my time. Like that's not unreasonable. Uh, and I, yeah, I just loved that whole process. I loved the, like getting up early and I'd have done my call pretty much before like the family even woke up and just get that little hit on it on a, it was a Wednesday morning for me. And, um, yeah, it was, yeah, it was, it was just awesome.

Um, and it was so awesome as well to see, like, to, to do this with a projector, which Erin is and see, you know, how does a, how does a projector run this? And she was very open about the behind the scenes, the process as well. So that was really cool too. Cause like I said, I often was like. Joining courses with like generators, which were great, like fantastic people, but you know, they were running like 16 calls a week and then doing this

And I think during both, you know, they were these group settings and I felt So fortunate to hear from other people in both groups that had different designs than my own or the ones that I was exposed to on a daily basis within my family unit or people that I work with, um, which is like, there's nothing like hearing what it's like to be a manifester than from a manifester or, you know, somebody that has a certain authority, then that person that has that Uh, authority.

It's one thing to read about it. It's a whole other thing to have someone share their lived experience of it. And I think that that was the most powerful piece of that training. And you know, I was just, you know, this connection came from that. So it's like so grateful that like I chose to make that decision because now here we are almost exactly a year later from the time that we had the first call, the call.

And, you know, now we have a human design podcast, which like, if you would have told me a year ago that this is what I would be doing, I'd be like, no way.