Understanding Human Design
What is Human Design
Discover how Human Design can help you make more effective and authentic decisions by understanding your unique energy and learning to listen to your body's wisdom.
If I could explain Human Design to you in a concise way I would say that Human Design is a personality assessment tool that helps people make more effective and authentic decisions. By understanding your unique energy, Human Design shows you how to stop wasting energy and prevent burnout—so you can move through life with greater clarity and less struggle. But it is so much more than that: it is a path of embodiment and a process of attuning to cues from the body. Through Human Design, you learn to enhance communication with your body, making more informed and aligned choices that support your well-being. This all brings us back to the body.
As a somatic therapist, integrating Human Design into my own life has profoundly deepened my ability to listen to my body's signals. This embodied approach has guided my own decision-making and shaped the way I show up for my clients—supporting others in aligning with their most authentic selves.
Ready to discover how Human Design can impact your life? Book a session, if it feels right, and explore what's possible when you truly understand—and honor—your own energy. Read more below to learn more about Human Design and how and why I like to use it in my work.
What is Human Design
Human Design is a self-awareness tool that helps people make decisions that feel right for their body and life, rather than just relying on logic or overthinking. By combining ancient traditions—like astrology, the I Ching, the chakra system, and Kabbalah—with modern science, including elements of quantum physics and genetics, Human Design uses your birth information to create a chart called the BodyGraph.
The BodyGraph reveals your natural strengths, maps out how energy flows through your system, and highlights your unique energetic type—showing how you interact with others and the world. At the heart of Human Design is learning your personal way of making decisions (your Strategy and Authority), which is all about listening to your body's signals for clarity.
A big part of the Human Design process is releasing internalized "shoulds" and external conditioning from family, culture, or society so you can trust what feels true for you. Over time, this helps clear old patterns, making it easier to live authentically and with more ease. While Human Design provides a detailed map to understand yourself, your relationships, and your purpose, it never puts you in a box or tells you how you have to be.
You can get your BodyGraph chart for free online with your birth details; ultimately, Human Design is about discovering your unique blueprint so decisions and life as a whole feel lighter, simpler, and more authentic.
Ancient & Modern Wisdom
Combines astrology, I Ching, chakra system, and Kabbalah with quantum physics and genetics.
Your BodyGraph
Reveals your natural strengths, energy flow, and unique energetic type using your birth information.
Strategy & Authority
Learn your personal way of making decisions by listening to your body's signals for clarity.
Release Conditioning
Let go of internalized "shoulds" from family, culture, or society to trust what feels true for you.
Nuances of Human Design and My Approach
There's a lot of information out there about Human Design, and it can easily feel overwhelming when first starting out. The best approach is to stick to the basics and let genuine excitement guide your exploration—follow what sparks your interest, and honor your unique experience. Only you can know what feels right for you. There are countless resources on YouTube, websites, and from passionate Human Design teachers and communities, including institutes like Jovian. I do recommend caution when using AI for Human Design; I've seen it make big misses or misunderstandings, though it continues to improve. Personally, I turn to trusted teachers for this nuanced work. Getting a Human Design reading can be incredibly insightful if you want to understand how your energy and mechanics operate in the world.
The core of Human Design is learning to listen to your Strategy and Authority—essentially, tuning in to the cues your body offers for decision-making. If you spend any time in the Human Design world, you'll hear the phrase: "It all comes back to Strategy and Authority." That's the foundation.
There's no need to be rigid, and you don't have to take it too seriously. Human Design is a personal development tool, an invitation to get to know yourself—a chance to embrace your differences and discover your unique ways of living, learning, and being inspired. Compassion and humor as you explore your chart can be powerful allies. Every misstep is simply part of the process and offers you a chance to deepen connection to your body.
Start with Basics
Stick to the fundamentals and let genuine excitement guide your exploration.
Strategy & Authority
The foundation of Human Design—learning to listen to the cues your body offers.
Personal Development
An invitation to embrace your differences and discover your unique ways of being.
Compassion & Humor
No need to be rigid—every misstep deepens your connection to your body.
My Relationship With Human Design
I began experimenting with Human Design six years ago. My primary focus is helping others navigate their lives by following their Strategy and Authority—deepening that felt sense of guidance within the body. I continue to strengthen my relationship with my body, building trust in its knowingness, and learning new things about myself all the time.
Supporting people in understanding themselves more deeply is at the core of my work, and Human Design is one of the most beautiful tools for connecting to oneself and shedding conditioning that life impresses on us. While I never require therapy or coaching clients to "buy in" to this system, I am genuinely excited to share it and offer it as part of our work together.
I draw from a number of modalities, including somatics and attachment theory. Human Design simply happens to be a favorite, and many people who work with me are drawn by my emphasis in this area.
Why Human Design? Mind vs. Body
Human Design offers the mind something to focus on by describing the mechanics of our energy and decision-making. In a world obsessed with the mind, most of us are taught to make decisions solely through logic and reasoning. But the truth is, the energetic body—our subconscious knowing—is much faster and often wiser than the mind. The mind can trick us, again and again.
Developing a strong relationship with your body's wisdom can be transformative, especially during difficult times. It's a way of making decisions that feel truly aligned, authentic, and supportive.
Mind Has a Role
Human Design describes the mechanics of energy and decision-making for the mind to focus on.
Body is Wiser
The energetic body—our subconscious knowing—is often faster and wiser than the mind.
Mind Can Trick
Logic and reasoning alone can mislead us, again and again.
Body Wisdom
Developing a relationship with your body's wisdom is transformative, especially in difficult times.
Ready to Discover Your Design?
Book a session and explore what's possible when you truly understand—and honor—your own energy.