When we think about entrepreneurship, we often think about marketing, strategy, scaling, or making more money.

But the businesses that truly last are built on something much deeper.

In this episode, I’m joined by Haley Madison, co-founder of ONYX Business Academy, for an honest conversation about the self-trust, resilience, integrity, and courage required to build a business that not only succeeds, but supports the life you actually want to live.

Haley shares how she went from growing up surrounded by addiction, moving out at 17, and working multiple jobs to uprooting her life, moving across the world, starting her first business, and eventually building ONYX alongside her partner, Joshua.

We talk about:

• why you don’t need to have the full vision figured out before taking action
• the difference between following intuition and acting from impulse or fear
• why entrepreneurship exposes so many of our deepest patterns
• the relationship between structure, nervous system safety, and creativity
• why quick wins rarely create sustainable businesses
• the difference between consuming more information and receiving real mentorship
• what it means to build a business with integrity in an increasingly noisy online industry
• why the most successful entrepreneurs are willing to become someone new along the way

Whether you’re building a business, questioning your current direction, or trying to create a life that feels more like your own, this conversation is a reminder that you do not need to know exactly where the path will lead.

You just need enough self-trust to follow the first breadcrumb.

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In this episode, Erin is joined by best friend and surf sister, Mash, for a deeply honest conversation on what lies beneath emotional intensity, especially in relationships.

Nearly two years after their first episode on navigating emotional “storms,” this conversation moves one layer deeper: into the patterns that keep us returning to them.

Mash shares her experience of grief—losing her mother unexpectedly at a young age—and how that shaped her sense of love, abandonment, and self-worth.

Together, they explore:

• how early experiences imprint relationship patterns

• the role of the nervous system and “protective parts”

• why we attract what’s familiar (not what we consciously want)

• the difference between understanding your patterns and actually healing them

• tools like journaling, breathwork, and somatic work for real change

This episode is a raw look at what it means to move from awareness… into embodiment.

Mash is a 6/2 Emotional Manifesting Generator in Human Design, currently living in Indonesia, where she spends her time surfing, teaching yin yoga, and growing an international jewelry brand.

Connect with Mash:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashisfree

Connect with Erin:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinxpurdy

Interested in mentorship, 9D breathwork, and/or human design?

Get in touch: www.erinxpurdy.com/work-with-me

In this episode, Bee sits down with Katie Jonzen — 2/4 Projector, Inner Peace Mentor and founder of Path of Peace - for a conversation about what peace actually is (and what it isn’t)

Katie shares her lived relationship with “rock bottom,” and the long path that brought her into a steadier, embodied peace — one that doesn’t disappear the moment life gets intense.

Together, they explore the difference between temporary relief and true inner peace, the “fixing loop” so many of us get trapped in, and why peace isn’t a reward you earn - it’s a foundation you return to

They also unpack Katie’s core framework, Path of Peace — and the four stages she teaches: Clear, Unearth, Ground, Bloom (a practical way to reorient your mind, your patterns, and your nervous system back to what’s natural)

If you’ve done “the work,” tried all the tools, and you’re tired of feeling like there’s always another layer… this one will land

Content warning: This episode includes discussion of suicide, suicidal ideation, and self-harm. Please take care while listening. If you need immediate support, consider reaching out to a trusted person or your local emergency number.

Connect with Katie:

– @path_of_peace___

→ Eden 2.0 (starts March 15)

→ Sanctum FM

Connect with Bee:

→ @Bee.embodied

→ bee-embodied.com

In this episode, Erin is joined by Nicole Dragus — a 1/3 Sacral Generator, writer, and creative powerhouse who has a rare ability to keep creating even in the in-between

The girls talk about what it actually looks like to be “in transition” when nothing externally seems to be changing — but everything internally is rearranging

They explore the difference between chasing what feels good vs devotion to a creative process, why third-line “trial and error” is actually wisdom, and how to work with Sacral energy when the question isn’t a simple task… it’s your life

Nicole also shares her new project, Lektura — a magazine weaving philosophy, beauty, truth, and lived embodiment

In This Episode:

• How Nicole realized the “prescribed” path wasn’t it (and what changed)
• Triple Split Definition + why multifaceted energy isn’t a problem to solve
• The role of structure in creativity (without suffocating it)
• How to answer “What are you doing?” when you’re in the pause
• Why purpose isn’t something you find — it’s something you practice

About the Guest

Nicole Dragus is a writer and creative builder exploring what it means to live a life shaped by beauty, truth, and intention. Her work blends philosophy with lived experience, emphasizing embodiment over performance and process over outcome.

She is currently creating Lektura, a magazine and living project focused on philosophical principles and their real-world application through daily life, creativity, and environment.

Connect with Nicole

• Instagram: @nicoledragus
• Substack: Nicole Dragus
• Instagram: @lektura.co
• Substack: Lektura Magazine

In this episode, Erin is joined by Travis Day — a 1/3 Splenic Projector and the founder of the Projector Lounge — for an honest conversation about what it actually takes to live your design.

They talk about what happens after Human Design clicks: when the relief sets in, but you realize that deconditioning isn’t an immediate glow-up… it’s a slow, embodied process that requires patience, presence, and a willingness to be seen before you feel ready.

Erin and Travis share their stories of burnout, health challenges, emotional suppression, and years of trying to function like Generators… and why waiting for the invitation isn’t passive, but often begins with self-expression.

The conversation focuses on what it means to actually embody this work as we move toward unprecedented change in 2027.

In This Episode:

• Why self-expression often precedes recognition (and invitations)
• What waiting for the invitation feels like in the body
• Projector burnout, self-doubt, and the “pretend Generator” years
• Splenic authority as a felt knowing, not a mental decision
• Emotional waves in relationship and why urgency creates distortion
• The difference between calming the nervous system and expanding capacity

About the Guest

Travis Day is a 1/3 Splenic Projector, IHDS-certified Human Design guide, and the founder of Neutrino Seas. His work focuses on helping people move from mental understanding into lived, embodied experience — using self-expression as a pathway out of bitterness and into alignment.

He is also the creator of the Projector Lounge, a community space for Projectors navigating deconditioning, self-trust, and real-world integration.

Connect with Travis

• Instagram: @travis.day
• Website: https://www.neutrinoseas.com
• The Projector Lounge: https://www.neutrinoseas.com/the-projector-lounge-lp

Connect with Erin

• Instagram: @erinxpurdy
• Website: https://www.erinxpurdy.com
• April 2026 Retreat: https://thereclamationretreats.com

In this episode of alignd., Erin is joined by Bry LeBlanc for a grounded conversation about why the start of the year so often feels off, and how to approach new beginnings without forcing change.

Released just days before the Human Design New Year (January 22), this episode reframes “new year energy” through a more natural, cyclical lens — one rooted in contraction, reflection, and intention rather than discipline and pressure.

In this episode, they explore:

• Why January 1 often creates false urgency — and what actually marks the start of a new cycle
• The Human Design New Year and Gate 41 (contraction) as a time for imagining, not executing
• The difference between discipline and devotion — and why devotion creates sustainable change
• How working with words (past, future, and the verb that connects them) can anchor real transformation
• Why nurturing yourself through discomfort is not optional, it’s essential

This conversation is practical, reflective, and honest — offering a different way to orient yourself to the year ahead without bypassing the integration your body and nervous system still need.

And if you've found your word for 2026, comment and let us know what it is!

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In this episode, Erin is joined by Nicole Dragus — a 1/3 Sacral Generator, writer, and creative powerhouse who has a rare ability to keep creating even in the in-between

The girls talk about what it actually looks like to be “in transition” when nothing externally seems to be changing — but everything internally is rearranging

They explore the difference between chasing what feels good vs devotion to a creative process, why third-line “trial and error” is actually wisdom, and how to work with Sacral energy when the question isn’t a simple task… it’s your life

Nicole also shares her new project, Lektura — a magazine weaving philosophy, beauty, truth, and lived embodiment

In This Episode:

• How Nicole realized the “prescribed” path wasn’t it (and what changed)
• Triple Split Definition + why multifaceted energy isn’t a problem to solve
• The role of structure in creativity (without suffocating it)
• How to answer “What are you doing?” when you’re in the pause
• Why purpose isn’t something you find — it’s something you practice

About the Guest

Nicole Dragus is a writer and creative builder exploring what it means to live a life shaped by beauty, truth, and intention. Her work blends philosophy with lived experience, emphasizing embodiment over performance and process over outcome.

She is currently creating Lektura, a magazine and living project focused on philosophical principles and their real-world application through daily life, creativity, and environment.

Connect with Nicole

• Instagram: @nicoledragus
• Substack: Nicole Dragus
• Instagram: @lektura.co
• Substack: Lektura Magazine

A conversation that opens the door to a totally different way of working with your human design — one that moves beneath mindset, beneath willpower, and straight into the frequency that drives your patterns.

Erin sits down with Tracy Poizner, a homeopathic practitioner of 20+ years, to explore how Bach flower essences can support real shifts in the places where different energy types stay stuck the longest.

Warm, grounded, unexpectedly eye-opening.

We get into:

• how flower essences work as frequency medicine (and why your body responds before your mind does)
• the difference between “knowing your design” and actually being able to live it
• why certain not-self patterns feel impossible to move through logic alone
• how Tracy created HD-specific blends that target the stickiest parts of each energy type
• the kinds of transformations people are seeing after a few weeks of using them
• what it means to decondition at the energetic level instead of fighting yourself at the surface

If you’ve ever felt like you understand your design but can’t get your system to follow, this episode offers a warm, grounded entry point into a tool that actually helps things move.

Explore Your Human Design Flower Essence Blend:

Use code ERIN10 at checkout for 10% off

https://aligndbydesign--essential-training.thrivecart.com/human-design-blends/

Results:

https://substack.com/@tracypoizner/note/p-181795337?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1mxiam

Connect with Tracy:  tracypoizner.com
 LIMITLESS Podcast on Apple iTunes

Connect with Erin:

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https://www.instagram.com/erinxpurdy

A cozy holiday catch-up that somehow turns into a whole conversation about attention, shedding, relationships, and the very real chaos of being a human with a phone and a nervous system.

Erin and Bee talk Christmas nostalgia, proposals, screen addiction, and what actually happens when you stop distracting yourself long enough to feel your life again.

We get into:

• Erin’s mom in full 4/6 sacral-generator Christmas glory
• The Year of the Snake and why everyone feels like they’re shedding a whole identity
• How our phones hijack creativity, energy, and confidence without us noticing
• The difference one week of not consuming makes
• Bee’s engagement story (the ring, the moment, the blackout)
• The emotional crash that followed, and what commitment brings up in the body
• Possibility vs probability view in partnership and building a life as a team
• Softening, control, trust, and letting yourself be loved
• Those weird timeline-collapse moments where your future finally catches up to you

If you’re in your own shedding season right now, you’re not alone. Something new is trying to reach you - if you can make the space to hear it.

Free Human Design Chart:

https://www.erinxpurdy.com/free-human-design-chart

Connect with Erin:

www.erinxpurdy.com

https://www.instagram.com/erinxpurdy

Connect with Bee:

https://www.bee-embodied.com/https://www.instagram.com/bee.embodied/

A stripped-down, honest conversation about the 12-night end-of-year ritual known as the Rauhnächte - and why it actually works without the the forced “new year, new me” energy.

This week, we’re joined by Lea Besemer to unpack Hopeful Spells, the version of the ritual she’s turned into something real and usable - something that actually helps you understand what the year ahead is asking of you through the lens of your Human Design and your annual perfection year.

We get into:

• why this strange “time outside of time” makes for a powerful energetic portal
• how the 13-wish ritual actually works
• why most intention-setting feels pointless (and how your HD motivation type shifts the entire experience)
• how astrology + HD give you context that makes your year make sense
• what “perfection years” are and why each year comes with a specific governing theme

It’s a practical way to get honest about the year ahead, without forcing anything.

If you want to join the ritual, Lea’s Hopeful Spells workshop is linked here:

https://leacristin.com/hopefulspells/

Connect with Lea:

https://www.instagram.com/leacristin

https://leacristin.com

Connect with Erin:

https://www.instagram.com/erinxpurdy

https://www.erinxpurdy.com