Learning about HUMAN DESIGN is & how it can bring clarity to your life w/ Carolina

02/17/23 • 42 min

Today we have Carolina on the podcast and she's sharing all about how she uses Human Design to help people find alignment in their lives and connect with their purpose.
Carolina describes how through Human Design she was able to reconnect with herself and how it helped her understand the ones she loves. This led her down the path to make this her work and passion.
So what is Human Design? Carolina describes it as, the way your energy moves within you and how it's projected out of you. It combines everything into one holistic system which is useful when getting to know your strengths, how you communicate, your challenges, etc.
You can use the link at the bottom of the show notes to help you determine the different chakras in your body and how those are connected and which are defined or undefined. This information is important when it comes to our relationships with others and our path in life.
There are several elements of Human Design but the 5 energy types is a great place to start:
1. Generators - Meant to work on the things that light them up. They generate energy to sustain the rest of the world. Their gift is focusing on what they love.
2. Manifesting Generators - Similar to the Generator but they have the ability to manifest. They have very quick energy and tend to jump from one thing to the other. Usually they are multipassionate and are able to get what they need from something and move on quicker than most.
3. Projectors - People that are insightful. They can analyze things quickly and create systems. They tend to be full of advice but sometimes struggle with sharing before the person is ready to receive that advice. As long as they recognize their own gifts, others will see their gifts as well.
4. Manifestor - People that are meant to think outside the box and are innovative. They tend to be bold and direct and they attract the Generators they need to complete their vision.
5. Reflectors - They are meant to reflect back our experiences. They gather experience and turn it into wisdom and their energy is always changing and flowing depending on who they are with.
This work is very empowering and helps you honor who you are! Your purpose and mission are all built within you and when you tap into them you feel aligned.
To get started, Carolina recommends connecting with a reader to help you understand your chart and guide you. Start small and integrate as you go. This is a life journey and not something meant to be figured out overnight.
Find your Human Design here: myBodyGraph
Connect with Carolina: @iamcarolinawikstrom

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[PERMISSION SLIP] to change your mind & pivot when life doesn't feel aligned

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I want you to use today's episode as your permission slip to change your mind and pivot!
Most of us (OK, all of us) can probably think of a time when we wanted to achieve something, but how many roadblocks got in the way? A lot of times we confuse failure and redirection as the same thing, when in reality they are vastly different.
What you do when you hit the roadblock determines if you go the route of failure or redirection.
When I started out in new grad life I moved 1,000 miles away from home and 2 weeks later the pandemic hit... People ask how it was being a nurse during the pandemic and honestly I don't know anything different. But I made the decision early on in my nursing career that I was meant for more and I was determined to make a bigger impact - even if I didn't know what that looked like at the time.
Fastforward to September 2021 and this podcast, Built To Be You was born! I realized that what I was previously doing with other side businesses wasn't aligned anymore... so I pivoted. And I have a feeling you can relate - when was a time in your life when you felt unaligned or maybe you hit your rock bottom?
There was some time where I totally thought I was going to leave bedside nursing, but then I shifted those thoughts and found things to add that brought me joy! I call these things "soft skills" - the things you like doing, aren't super technical, but are transferable.
When you take time to pause and reflect you can decide what things you want to take with you and what you want to leave behind.
Give yourself the permission slip to bless and release the pressure that society, coworkers, friends, etc. put on you. Friend, be YOU! Do what lights you up and know that what she is doing might not be what you are doing, and that is OK!
I hope that my story allows you to realize you are able to fully create your own story.
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Making Your Health a Priority and Cycle Syncing for Women w/ Jessie Lockhart

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Today we have Jessie on the podcast and before we dive in, let's hear her response to a couple rapid-fire questions:
Q1. What was the first thing you did this morning?
A1. Besides getting up to pee... haha. I tongue scrape.
Q2. What is your go-to Karaoke anthem?
A2. Shania Twain - I grew up on her!
Q3. If you could eat one food every day, what would it be?
A2. Pizza!
Now, let's dive into the episode! Jessie is a holistic fitness coach and certified personal trainer. She helps entrepreneurial women prioritize their health by working with their bodies instead of against them. She got into this work through her own journey in this space.
Jessie describes holistic health as widening the lens and creating a larger perspective. It's important to not just look at exercise and nutrition - these things are so customized to each individual. To start she shares that mindset is the key. If you want to change habits, you have to accept that change is uncomfortable.
Next, blood sugar regulation is so important. Consistent glucose spikes can lead to so many unwanted things within our bodies.
Some of the red flags that might come up when we're heading down a path that doesn't serve us physically, emotionally, etc. might be if you aren't being validated in how you are feeling. Just because we try to normalize things doesn't mean it's supposed to happen. When we become aware of something we can make a change.
We need to remember that we permanently live in our bodies and we have to advocate for ourselves - it's important to be heard and understood even by someone in a professional field.
The difference between men and women is something we cover because so often we lump them together. The male hormonal cycle is 24 hours long, but for women, we have a 28-day cycle. Jessie goes into each phase of our cycle and how each of them works and what happens within our body during each phase.
One of the key takeaways is that we need to honor our body in each cycle and that might mean slowing down and allowing ourselves to rest. While other times we might feel more creative and social. Going to the gym and doing the same workout every day isn't necessarily what is best.
There are ways to track your phases, besides just your menstrual phase aka when we bleed. Jessie describes what we can physically look for in order to help us track and stay in tune with our bodies. She recommends using In the Flo app to track. Our bodies can tell us so much when we lean in.
A lot of women think the only way to avoid pregnancy or heal symptoms they are experiencing is with birth control but Jessies explains the other options we can take that empower us to be in control should you decide birth control is not for you.
Jessie shares how important nutrition is to supporting our hormone health and how making changes there can actually help us heal from the inside.
This episode touched on so much and we will definitely have Jessie back on future episodes! You can connect with her using the links below.
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