Episode 10: Today, we are exploring Human Design - a system of self-understanding and energetic mastery that, if you are a fellow deep diver into personal development and self-actualization, you absolutely MUST include in your toolkit! From my own experience, learning to live by my design has changed everything - it's an absolute game-changer when it comes to stepping into who you truly are and what's possible for your life. 

Astrid Heystee is a business & Human Design Coach (and my partner for our upcoming Embodiment & Human Design retreat in Portugal!) 

Today, we unpack her journey of how Human Design changed her life, catalyzing her to become an expert in the field and guide others to their own self-mastery through this extraordinary system of self-understanding. 

Understanding and learning to work with our Design can help us to come into greater alignment in our lives, utilizing our energy in the best possible way and cracking the code on what makes us tick - and how we can show up best in the world! If you're looking for greater ease and alignment in your relationships, your work, creative endeavors, purpose discovery, and connection to yourself - this episode is for you. 

We explore:

• What Human Design is, and how it functions as an energetic blueprint for how you’re wired to operate.
• Why burnout often happens when we try to live outside our natural energy design.
• How understanding your “ energy type” can help you stop forcing productivity and start working with your energy instead of against it.
• The difference between sustainable energy and borrowed energy, and how to maximize your own energy in your life. 
• Why Human Design isn’t about labeling yourself, but about recognizing patterns and reclaiming choice.
• How your defined and undefined centers influence where you feel confident… and where you absorb others.
• The body as the true decision-maker, learning to ask: Do I actually have energy for this?
• The “key and car” metaphor: how life shifts when you stop pushing uphill and start driving in flow.
• How honoring your body’s no can radically improve your relationships.
• Human Design as a language for improving relationships, communicating your needs and laying healthy boundaries. 
• A deeper look at people-pleasing - and how to use Human Design to unmesh from the emotions of others. 
• How awareness of your patterns gives you the power to change them.
• What happens energetically when you enter relationships, families, or group spaces.
• How retreats and immersive experiences amplify growth by shifting your energetic environment.
• Travel as a mirror for conditioning - and what it reveals about who you really are.
• Why embodiment (not just intellectual understanding) is where transformation actually happens.
• How small shifts in self-trust create more ease, vitality, and confidence in daily life.

Resources from Today's Episode:

Discover Your Human Design Chart (map your chart for free on her main page):
https://www.palmtreemoments.com/

Other Excellent Human Design Resources:

https://www.mybodygraph.com/

https://jovianarchive.com/

Embody Your Design: Retreat with us in Portugal (Sept 14-19, 2026): https://rewildsoul.com/portugal-retreat

(Note: I am offering podcast listeners an additional $111 off our Early Bird pricing 🦋)