In this episode, we explore our relationship with the mind: how it shapes our sense of self, how we orient to the Human Design system, and our connections with others.

We discuss the pitfalls of mental over-intellectualization in the Human Design field and why embodiment is essential for real transformation.

What You’ll Hear About

Mind & Misinterpretation — Why the mind can distort truth and how dogmatic thinking can make any system cult-like.
Returning to the Body — Teresa and James share their own journeys from disembodiment to embodied authority.
Practicing with Integrity — Observe first, use Human Design second; let experience lead learning.
Relationships & Design — How to stay connected and compassionate without turning Human Design into a set of rules.
Deconditioning & Truth — The system can either trap you in the mind or bring you home to your body.

Announcements:

Maternity Leave: Teresa will be taking a few months off, but rest assured James will have some amazing guests while she's gone.
Analyst Training Enrollment:

Enrollment is still open for the 2025–2026 Analyst Training cohort!

Semester 1 has already begun, but if you’re ready to dive in and can catch up with the recordings, there’s still time to join us on this journey.

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Human Design, Deconditioning, Embodiment, Mindfulness, Somatics, Self-Trust, Relationships, Personal Growth, Nine-Centered Being, Inner Authority, Human Design Analyst

In this episode, we dive into the intricacies of Human Design composite charts—what happens when two charts merge to form a unique relational dynamic.

What we explore:

• Composite “rhymes” like 9-0: Nowhere to Go and 8-1: Have Some Fun, and how different numbers of open centers shape relationship dynamics.

• The composite as a third entity—how new channels, authorities, and defined centers influence a partnership.

• The four types of channel connections (companionship, dominance, electromagnetics, and compromise) and how they create attraction, friction, or challenges.

• Navigating inner authority and communication in relationships, especially when partners process decisions and express themselves differently.
• Personal reflections and what we've learned from various relationships
• The future of relationships as society shifts from the Cross of Planning to the Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix—toward sovereignty, individuality, and spirit-lifting love

Interested in Analyst Training? The next cohort begins September 29, 2025. Apply here!

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Teresa

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Mercury retrograde may have thrown delays, mishaps, and communication snags, yet we're finally back with another episode!

In this episode, we continue our conversation from the previous episode to dive into our personal deconditioning stories. We explore the subtle yet powerful ways the mind pulls us off track—whether through distraction in view, transference in motivation, or the conditioned patterns stored in open centers.

Teresa shares how her Desire motivation and Personal view can focus her like a “heat-seeking missile” when aligned, but lead to apathy or political overdrive when in distraction. James unpacks how his Guilt motivation and Survival view serve him when correct, but can also keep him stuck in “shoulds,” overgiving, or false hope.

We also dig into the lived experience of our open centers—Teresa’s completely open Ego and Head, James’s undefined Spleen and Root—and how these areas have shaped self-worth, information processing, sense of safety, and relationship patterns. Our stories illuminate how deconditioning is not about erasing these patterns, but revisiting them with greater awareness each time they resurface.

The next cohort of Analyst Training begins September 29, 2025.

We will begin with Semester 1: Building the Story of the Conditioned Self, where students will learn how to excavate conditioning patterns with objectivity and compassion—preparing to spot them in themselves and others.

To check out the full syllabus, click here.

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