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If you’ve ever felt mysteriously drawn to Egypt… there may be a reason.

Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

If you’ve ever felt an unexplainable pull toward Egypt, you’re not alone. For many people, the fascination with this ancient land goes far beyond curiosity — it feels like a soul memory calling you back. In this episode, I sit down with Lara from Haus of Light to explore the deeper meaning behind spiritual pilgrimages through Egypt and why so many people feel an awakening when they step onto those sacred lands.

After years of dreaming about visiting Egypt, I finally said yes to a pilgrimage that ended up becoming one of the most transformational journeys of my life. What I discovered was that this wasn’t just about seeing historical monuments — it was about walking an initiatory path that activates something within you. From private temple ceremonies to profound energetic experiences in places like Dendara and Karnak, the trip opened a completely new dimension of understanding about Egypt and its role in human consciousness.

Lara shares how the Alchemy of Egypt pilgrimage was born from a powerful spiritual calling and how the journey mirrors the ancient mystery school initiations that once took place in these temples. Rather than being a typical tour, the pilgrimage follows an Initiate’s Path, where each sacred site activates different archetypal energies within us — from the divine feminine frequency of Hathor to the transformative fire of Sekhmet.

One of the most fascinating aspects of this conversation is how these temples function as energetic amplifiers. The ancient Egyptians didn’t build temples simply as places of worship — they were designed as technologies of consciousness, spaces where humans could access higher states of awareness and awaken their divine potential.

We also talk about the difference between tourism and pilgrimage. A holiday is something we choose for pleasure. A pilgrimage, on the other hand, is something that calls you — often before you even understand why. Many people who join these journeys can’t fully explain what draws them to Egypt. They just know they’re meant to be there.

This episode explores the deeper spiritual meaning behind Egypt, the initiatory power of its temples, and why this ancient civilization still holds such an important key for the future of humanity.

Topics covered on spiritual Egypt pilgrimages and ancient temple initiations:

• The difference between a spiritual pilgrimage and a traditional tour of Egypt
• How Egypt acts as an amplifier for consciousness and soul purpose
• The meaning behind the Initiate’s Path and ancient mystery school teachings
• The energetic role of temples like Dendara, Karnak, and the chamber of Sekhmet
• Why so many people feel mysteriously called to Egypt
• How sacred sites activate archetypal energies within our DNA
• The connection between alchemy, leadership, and spiritual evolution

This conversation is a reminder that sometimes the places that call us are not random — they’re invitations to step deeper into who we’re here to become.

PS - here are some words we mentioned if you're wondering how to spell/Google them:

• Sekhmet
• Neteru
• Dendara
• Karnak
• Hathor/Hetet/Heteru
• Nut (sounds like newt)
• Isis/Auset
• Sistrum 
• Indra’s Net of Jewels

Links:

Learn more about the Alchemy of Egypt Pilgrimage on Lara's website

Lara's IG @hausof.light

And if you want to join Lara? Mention Katie_Egypt to get your bonus photoshoot in one of the incredible temple's you'll be visiting.

Let’s be honest — the Human Design industry in 2026 looks nothing like it did eight years ago when I first found it. Back then, I was renewing the same three books from the library and trying to piece it together on my own. Now? There’s information everywhere. And while that’s beautiful, it can also make mastery feel confusing, scattered, and overwhelming.

So in this episode, I share the exact roadmap I would follow if I were starting today and wanted to become a confident, skilled Human Design reader.

Because there’s a difference between knowing about Human Design and actually being fluent in it.

I break the journey down into five clear phases — and I explain why skipping stages is usually what makes people feel stuck.

We begin with the foundations: type, strategy, authority, profile. And not just memorizing them — but understanding the implications of them. What do they mean in someone’s real life? How do they shape decisions, relationships, burnout, self-worth?

Then we move into the energetics: centers, conditioning, definition, circuitry, gates, and channels. This is where the system truly comes alive. This is where you stop repeating information and start recognizing patterns. Where you see how an undefined heart center combined with a defined will and open sacral creates burnout. Where you understand why circuitry matters. Where the gates stop being numbers and start being themes you can feel in your bones.

After that comes planetary nuance — the layer that transforms information into purpose. The same gate expresses very differently in the Sun versus Saturn. And when you understand that, you begin telling stories instead of delivering data.

Then comes synthesis. Seeing harmony. Seeing conflict. Seeing core themes. This is when the chart begins speaking to you instead of you forcing meaning onto it.

And finally, mastery of the skill of reading itself — because reading is a skill. It’s pattern recognition, fluency, timing, discernment. It’s practice. It’s learning to “hear” what the chart wants to share.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed…
 If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re learning the “right way”…
 If you’ve ever felt the pull to go deeper but didn’t know where to start…

This episode is your structured path forward.

Because mastery isn’t chaotic. It’s sequential.
 And if you feel called to this work, there is a way to get fluent without burning out or drowning in surface-level information.

Topics covered on becoming a Human Design reader:

• The 5-phase roadmap to mastering Human Design
• Why foundations (type, strategy, authority, profile) matter more than you think
• Understanding centers, conditioning, and burnout dynamics
• Why circuitry is essential (and often skipped)
• Gates vs. Gene Keys — and when mixing them gets confusing
• Planetary nuance and reading life purpose through the chart
• The difference between information and the skill of reading
• Why skipping stages slows you down

Links!

Say hi on IG at www.instagram.com/sort.of.spiritual

Get the gates cheat sheet here.

Learn more about HD School

If you’re still here...four episodes deep! This conversation is an acknowledgment of you.

In this final episode of Your Future Depends on Knowing Who You Are, Maria and I explore what happens after you understand Human Design, after you start living it, and after you let go of who you’re not. We talk about the moment many people reach quietly and privately: the realization that this system didn’t just interest you — it called you.

We reflect on the unmistakable experience so many people share when Human Design enters their life: the inescapable pull to study it, the obsession, the resonance that doesn’t need explanation. We talk about how this isn’t logical, linear, or accidental — and why trusting that pull matters, even when you don’t know where it’s leading yet.

This episode also goes deep into responsibility. Human Design isn’t meant to be used casually, rigidly, or carelessly. We discuss the importance of nuance, discernment, and integrity — why oversimplification can cause harm, how fear-based or limiting interpretations miss the point, and why mastery requires reverence for the system and the human sitting in front of you.

We share real stories of:

• Feeling called before knowing what the call meant
• Staying “in the spiritual closet” while the system worked internally
• The moment of realizing Human Design isn’t about certainty — it’s about alignment
• How depth, pattern recognition, and nuance unlock true transformation
• Why some people are meant to live this quietly, and others are meant to teach it

Finally, we zoom out. Because this work isn’t just personal.

Your future depends on knowing who you are — but so does ours. We talk about how individual alignment shifts collective frequency, how satisfaction replaces frustration, and how unlocking your genius contributes to the evolution of consciousness itself.

If this system has been tapping you on the shoulder — gently or relentlessly — this episode is your permission to trust that it’s happening for a reason.

Topics covered on calling, mastery, and Human Design integrity:

• What it feels like to be “chosen” by a system
• Why obsession and curiosity are signals, not distractions
• The responsibility of sharing Human Design with care
• Nuance vs. oversimplification in readings and teaching
• How alignment creates ripple effects far beyond you

Links:

• Get your chart at sortofspiritual.com/bodygraph
• Say hi on IG at www.instagram.com/sort.of.spiritual
• Check out the video version on Maria's channel here.
• Get on the waitlist for HD School.
• 👁️ Watch the Sight Reading 101 lesson here.
• See the "Only Manifesting types for 3 Years" IG post here
• Get the Magic Numbers of Human Design Masterclass

Let’s talk about the part of Human Design that no one really warns you about...

When you start this work, it’s not just about discovering who you are. It’s can also be about grieving who you’re not — all the identities, patterns, and personas you picked up along the way just to survive.

In this episode, Maria and I are diving into the raw and real process of deconditioning. We’re talking about how easy it is to build your life around what other people told you to be — and what it looks like to slowly, courageously, unravel all of that so you can finally come home to your truth. This one’s personal, powerful, and honestly? A little bit of a spiritual slap. In the best way.

Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

We all build versions of ourselves to belong. To be praised. To stay safe. But what happens when you wake up and realize… that version of you isn’t real?

In this episode, Maria and I explore one of the most emotional and confronting parts of the Human Design journey: untangling yourself from the conditioning that shaped who you thought you were “supposed” to be. This isn’t about learning your chart for fun — this is the part where things get real. Where you start seeing how much of your personality, drive, habits, and even desires were shaped by other people’s expectations.

We share:

• Our own stories of realizing we were building lives around false identities
• The painful (and necessary) grief of letting go of “who you’re not”
• The role of Human Design in revealing the real you beneath the conditioning
• How the mind tries to hold onto false identities, even when they hurt
• What it actually looks like to decondition — slowly, compassionately, and in real life
• Setting goals that aren't run by your not-self

This episode will land especially if:

• You’ve started your Human Design journey but feel more confused than clear
• You keep asking, “But who am I really?”
• You feel like you’ve outgrown a version of yourself — but don’t know what’s next

Links:

• Get your chart at sortofspiritual.com/bodygraph
• Say hi on IG at www.instagram.com/sort.of.spiritual
• Check out the video version on Maria's channel here.
• Get on the waitlist for HD School.
• Download your centers cheat sheet for this episode.

Let’s have an honest — how many times have you pulled your chart, read all the things, and still felt stuck? Yeah. Been there. That’s why in this episode, we're unpacking something we see constantly in the Human Design space:

👉 The difference between knowing your design… and actually living it.

You don’t need to memorize your gates or master all the channels, you need to embody your strategy + authority and get real with the parts of you that are still seeking answers outside of yourself. If you've been “studying” Human Design but not actually changing how you move through the world? This one's for you.

Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

This is your reminder that Human Design is not a quiz to pass or a system to master from your mind. It’s a body-based experiment and if you’re not living it, you’re not getting the full gift of it.

In this episode, Maria Henning and I are breaking down what I’ve seen over and over again: the trap of over-intellectualizing Human Design. Reading more charts, watching more videos, obsessing over gates and channels — without ever shifting the way you trust your body, make decisions, or show up in real life.

I’m sharing:

• Why “knowing” your design is only the first step
• What true embodiment of Human Design actually looks like
• The real reason you’re still outsourcing your power to readers, teachers, and tools
• How to stop bypassing the experiment and start living it, even if it’s messy
• What I wish more people understood about what creates actual transformation in this system

If you’ve been asking:

• “I know my type and strategy, but now what?”
• “Why does this still feel hard even though I’ve done the courses?”
• “How do I actually apply this in daily life?”

…this episode will land deeply.

Topics covered on Human Design embodiment, strategy and authority, and self-trust:

• The limits of information without integration
• Why trusting your body > memorizing your chart
• The sneaky ways we stay in the mind to avoid discomfort
• What it means to walk your design with presence and practice
• The difference between being in your design vs. reading about it

Links:

• Get your chart at sortofspiritual.com/bodygraph
• Say hi on IG at www.instagram.com/sort.of.spiritual
• Check out the video version on Maria's channel here.
• Get on the waitlist for HD School.
• Download your authority cheat sheet.

This is the conversation I wish I had when I first found Human Design: the real talk, the permission slip, and the spiritual slap that wakes you up to who you actually are. 

I join Maria Henning from the Shortcuts to Mastery Podcast for this juicy breakdown of what Human Design really is, why it’s not just another personality quiz, and how understanding your energetic blueprint can change your entire trajectory... just like it did for us.

If you’ve ever:

• Felt like you were "too much,” “lost, or not doing life right
• Struggled to make decisions that actually feel good
• Been the person who’s always chasing clarity, only to end up more confused
• Taken every quiz or test trying to figure out who the heck you are

 ...then this episode will feel like coming home.

We talk about the true purpose of Human Design, not to define you, but to free you. It’s an experiment, a mirror, a compass… and for many of us, it’s the awakening that leads to everything else.

Topics covered on Human Design, Energy Types, and Personal Alignment:

• What Human Design actually is and where it comes from
• Why your future depends on living in alignment with your energetic blueprint
• How conditioning leads to misaligned choices (and how to decondition)
• Why strategy + authority matter more than you think
• The surprising ripple effect of living your design — in your life and the collective
• The danger of using Human Design as a limitation (and how to avoid it)

Get your chart at sortofspiritual.com/bodygraph so you're prepped and ready for episode 2 in this series!

Say hi on IG at www.instagram.com/sort.of.spiritual

Check out the video version on Maria's channel here.

Get on the waitlist for HD School here.

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Zoe — an expansion coach, acro-yogi, and community builder to chat about what it really means to create connection as an adult.

This started off as a series of voice notes, and I had to ask her to come share more with us, because I know creating community is a struggle for a lot of us.

We talk about:

• Building deep friendships after a breakup or life change
• Why feeling “special” doesn’t have to isolate you from community
• Navigating rejection and courage when putting yourself out there
• The magic of following your interests and letting connection unfold organically
• The hidden challenges of the 4th line in Human Design

Whether you’re craving more community or redefining your relationships, this episode is full of wisdom for calling in soul friendships and showing up as your full self.

Perfect For You If:

• You’re longing for deeper, more soul-nourishing friendships
• You’ve recently gone through a breakup or big transition and feel isolated
• You struggle with putting yourself out there or fear being “too much”
• You’re a 2/4 or 4/6 in Human Design trying to understand your line 4 connection themes
• You want to feel both special and deeply connected — without compromising either

Resources & Links:

💬 Connect with Zoe on Instagram: @zoefreedmanco
🫶 Share this episode with someone who’s craving deeper friendship and soulful connection

The Projector Perspective with Aditi: Invitations, Energy, and Redefining Success

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Aditi — a 4/6 Splenic Projector and coach for entrepreneurs — for a conversation all about what it actually means to live and work as a Projector.

We talk about:

• What shifted in her business when she began honoring her projector energy
• Understanding the real meaning of invitations (and why they’re not always literal)
• Her journey through burnout and how she redefined success on her own terms
• Why self-recognition is the key to Projector magnetism
• Rest, false validation, and how to reclaim your energy when you’ve given it away

Whether you’re a Projector or love one, this episode is full of wisdom, permission slips, and energy alignment breakthroughs you’ll want to revisit again and again.

 What We Cover:

• Aditi’s story of burnout and business reinvention as a Projector
• The truth about invitations: energetic vs. formal, and why they’re not about waiting passively
• Rest as an energetic reset (and why it’s often the hardest thing for Projectors to give themselves)
• What real success feels like for a Projector (not just money, but being proud of your presence)
• The myth of “only work 3 hours a day” — and how to find your own rhythm
• The connection between bitterness and misaligned invitations 

Perfect For You If:

• You’re a Projector (or you love one!) and want to understand how to work with your energy, not against it
• You’ve been confused about what invitations really are — and when you actually need one
• You’re feeling burnt out, bitter, or invisible in your work and want to reclaim your magnetism
• You’re ready to embrace rest, self-trust, and energetic strategy in your business

💌 Resources & Links:

• 📥 Free Projector Cheat Sheet: Discover your specific type of Projector and what it means
• 💬 Connect with Aditi on Instagram: @mycoachaditi -- she loves connecting with fellow projectors!
• 🎧 Share this episode with a Projector who needs a permission slip to rest and thrive

Spoiler alert - we're not really designed to be that consistent.

Let's explore where in the bodygraph we find variability and what we can do about it.

Here is the IG post for visuals

If you're ready to go deeper & become a Human Design expert & reader? Join me in HD School. Now open for enrollment here. 

In today's episode with Katie Irvine on the Sort of Spiritual podcast, we dive deep into the rich, complex world of sexuality and personal growth. We explore the dynamic nature of sexual identity, and the unique sexual experiences influenced by astrology and human design. Together with my co-host Erin, we discuss the importance of self-awareness and authenticity in relationships. Whether understanding your sacral center or evolving through life's transitions, today's conversation encourages embracing your unique sexual journey with no guilt, no shame, and no judgment. Tune in for empowering insights into your personal and sexual evolution.