As a follow-up to Episodes 211 and 226, in this episode, I give an update on my recent health issues and the approach I’ve taken to address them.

You’ll hear me share:

• What’s a Functional Nutrition Assessment? (and how it’s a valuable tool in your healthcare)

• How to apply a functional approach to Human Design?

• How do I marry Functional Nutrition and Human Design in my healing journey?

I also share why opening up and taking you behind the scenes is part of my work in coming into alignment with my Human Design.

Over the past year, I’ve received questions and comments regarding "making a big pivot" from health coaching to Human Design so in this episode I discuss why it's not a pivot, but rather an expansion, by sharing my perspectives on:

• Taking a “functional” approach

• Stress as the root cause of all root causes

• Peeling back the layers to uncover the root causes of stress, using work-related stress as an example

• How talking about “health” without including body, mind, and emotional health is an incomplete conversation

• Human Design vs other personality frameworks

Joining me in Episode 220 is Melinda Staehling. Melinda joined me way back in Episodes 041 on meditation and 046 on gray-area drinking. Since then, in true Manifesting Generator form, she’s made a complete career change going from a career in the restaurant industry to now as a Clinical Nutritionist and NASM personal trainer.

My curiosity was piqued when Melinda recently started a book club on Intuitive Eating. I’ve always been fascinated with Intuitive Eating because I didn’t know how to trust my intuition enough to practice it. I didn’t have the self-confidence to trust myself and my decision-making.

In this episode you'll hear us discuss:

• What is Intuitive Eating

• As a clinical nutritionist, why she advocates it

• Intuition x Intuitive Eating

• The relationship between intuition and Human Design

• How we can develop self-trust and step into a self-leadership role through Intuitive Eating and Human Design

While not fun to experience, the past six months have turned out to be somewhat of a case study of the intersection of Functional Nutrition x Human Design.

For the past 6+ months, I’ve been suffering from skin issues. After multiple doctors’ visits, I was left feeling unseen, unheard, dismissed, and my suffering minimized.

So I put my Functional Nutrition hat back on to investigate and uncover what’s at the room of going on.

In this episode, I share:

• How this started and the discomfort and challenges it's caused

• How I’m using a Functional Nutrition approach to address it

• The added insight that Human Design has shed on why.

I also share the only modalities thus far that have brought relief, and new healing modalities that I’ve been introduced to.

Human Design teaches us to embrace our individuality and that includes the best way to make decisions. While some of us are guided by our emotions, others are guided by intuition. To know what approach is best for you, look to your Human Design Authority.

We’re continuing on with our series on chatting with individuals on how they lean into their Human Design Authority.

In this episode, I’m joined by Janelle Turner. Janelle is a fellow Human Design Coach, fellow podcaster, and a Projector with a Mental Authority.

You’ll hear Janelle share:

• How she first came to learn about Human Design

• How at first, she was mistyped in her Human Design and how misaligned it felt

• What the Mental (also called “Environmental” or “Sound Boarding”) Authority is

• Walking that fine line between overthinking and practical ways she follows her Mental Authority

• What is “​​Out-tuition?”

How are you motivated? What compels you to act - to take action?

Continuing our exploration of the Human Design Variables, in this episode, we take a look at Human Design Motivations.

You’ll hear:

• What’s Motivation in Human Design


• Where Motivation fits into the Human Design variables framework and how it corresponds to the other Variables


• The six kinds of Motivations, their Transverse Motivations, and their Trajectories


• And we take a brief look at the View Variable

Do your surroundings nourish you?

As introduced in Episodes 204, in Human Design, your Environment is about situating your body in the spaces and places that will support you to meet your highest potential.

In this episode, I share with you what my Environment is from my own Human Design, and share with you reflections on the physical locations I’ve lived in throughout my life and the influences it had on my ability and inability to grow and thrive.

What role do your surroundings play in your life?

Continuing our exploration of the Human Design Variables, in this episode, we take a look at Human Design Environments.

You’ll hear:

• What are Environments in Human Design

• Where Environment fit into the Human Design variables framework and how it corresponds to the other Variables

• The six kinds of Environments, their tones, and what they represent

In this episode, I reflect on what happened after spending a full year deeply immersed in Human Design - how it expanded my body, mind, and emotional awareness, what I learned about myself, how I interact with others, and the impact it had on my overall health.