Adventures in a Human Design Manifestor experiment with a side of no BS cultural commentary. Join me on a journey of deconditioning, wiping away destructive narratives, living with less resistance, and connecting with more depth, authenticity, and joy. Hosted by Marianna Milkis, a practical mindfulness advocate, project manager and entrepreneur.
S01E12: Living with an Open Head Center | Inspiration Mastery with Michelle Cook
We are back with another episode in our series on the lived experiences of specific centers in a Human Design chart. For this episode, I spoke about living with an Open Head with Michelle Cook, a reflector in perfect alignment with her playful, receptive nature. Michelle shared her insightful perception of openness, her views on inspiration, and even some cooking tips. I found her level of attunement absolutely fascinating — so please hop in and enjoy the ride if you have an open head or know someone who does. To get your Human Design chart, go to https://www.mybodygraph.com/ - your Head center is the triangle at the very top of the chart. To connect with Michelle, follow her at https://www.instagram.com/michelle_angel_cook/ and http://michelleangelcook.com/. As always, I would love to hear from you at decondition.this@gmail.com. Peace!
30 Nov 2020
S01E11: Startups, Fashion, and Business as Play with Nataliya.ai
The year 2020 posed many questions about the best ways to do business. Many companies shut down, either because they could no longer survive or because they catered to the first world needs that, during the turbulence of such magnitude, fell by the wayside; others had to pivot; all of them had to take a long and hard look at their business models, their offering, and what they stand for. In this episode, I spoke to a dear friend of mine, Nataliya.ai of https://balancedfashion.com/ and Balanced Humanity (https://www.instagram.com/balanced_humanity/). We both came from the fashion world and ended up at the intersection of business and, speaking broadly, metaphysics. We talk about the new crop of metrics for the businesses embracing the new paradigm (welcome Return on Energy Investment or REI), business as play, our inner technology that has more answers than any external gadgets, and of course, fashion and self-expression. Join us for this crazy ride! You can reach out to Nataliya at https://www.instagram.com/nataliya.ai/ and let me know what you think of the episode as well as share ideas for future episodes at decondition.this@gmail.com. Peace!
16 Nov 2020
S01E10: How to Read Your Human Design Chart?
So, you got your Human Design chart, now what? HD's popularity is growing, and more and more people are reaching out to the community in HD Facebook groups when they first get their charts and a "What can you tell me?" question. In this episode, I wanted to give a framework to everyone who is seeing their Human Design chart for the first time and is struggling to make sense of it. This is a framework that I use when analyzing the chart for the most top-level analysis: type, strategy, and authority, profile and incarnation cross, open/undefined and defined centers. If you are new to HD, take this framework, look up and understand each of the above, and you will be well on your way. Some of my favorite (and less obvious) resources to further your reading are: https://www.mybodygraph.com/ - get your chart and read or listen to the basic descriptions for free; https://www.myhumandesign.com/ - get a detailed HD chart including your PHS for free (explanations can be purchased additionally); https://humandesign.tools/ - accessible interpretations of all main aspects of the HD chart, a great start for "reading" your chart. Hope you find this useful and don't forget to tune in next week for a mega aligned chat on the future of business. As always, I invite your feedback, thoughts and ideas at decondition.this@gmail.com. Peace!
2 Nov 2020
S01E09: What It's Like to Be a Reflector in Human Design?
Reflectors are one of five Human Design types characterized by a completely open or undefined chart, meaning that all nine of the centers on their chart are white. It is also the rarest type—only 1% of the population carries the Reflector design. Reflectors are the mirrors of their environments, relationships, and the world as a whole with a profound connection to the cosmic dynamic. In this episode, I had the honor to interview Holger Oswald, a Reflector who lived all over the world and discovered himself through a multitude of work roles. We go deep on the lessons of openness, Reflector misconceptions, the sampling and Teflon qualities of the Reflector aura, the difference between empathy and mirroring, and much more. This episode is the second in the five-part series on the authentic personal experiences of all five Human Design types. You can listen to my Manifestor Experience story in episode 3 of season 1. Have a question, a topic suggestion or would like to be featured on Decondition This!? Reach out to me at decondition.this@gmail.com. Peace!
12 Oct 2020
S01E08: Open Sacral and Root Centers in Human Design Chart
Sacral and Root are the two squares at the bottom center of your Human Design chart. The Sacral center is the main motor, the generator of the life force energy that creates the world; if you have the Sacral center defined (it would be colored in), you are a Generator HD type. The Root is one of the two pressure centers in Human Design; it represents the pressure to evolve and adapt, the source of adrenaline, and the controller of stress. All non-energy types (Reflectors, Projectors, and Manifestors) will have their Sacral center undefined (white) and may have an undefined or defined Root. In this episode, I share my experience of living with both of these centers undefined or open. I will talk about learning to handle stress and pressure, work attitude transformation, how I am learning to rest without stressing, and more. This is the 3rd episode in our series on the personal experience and exploration of individual centers in their defined and undefined states; check out the Open G and Defined Solar Plexus episodes! If you'd like to share your experience with any of the centers or your human design journey, please send me a note to decondition.this@gmail.com — I am excited to hear from you!
3 Oct 2020
S01E07: Generator, Projector & Manifestor Chat About Success
Three Human Design types, three different perspectives on what is success, how important it is, and how to find meaning outside of the standard definitions of the materialistic "American Dream." This week I am chatting with two beautiful women: Samantha Ray (https://www.instagram.com/ladysamantharay/) who is a Splenic Projector, and Tiesha Harrison (https://www.instagram.com/iamundefinedart/) who is an Emotional Generator. Their alignment, power and depth are astounding, and we bounced around many topics directly and indirectly related to success, discovering your true self, and finding your true purpose. Want to be featured on this podcast or have a HD question you want answered? Email me at decondition.this@gmail.com.
17 Sept 2020
S01E06: G Center 101 & Living with an Open G Center
G center in Human Design is responsible for the sense of love and direction. It is also the primary source of all the energy that circulates through the chart. In this episode, I share my experience of living with an undefined G center (I have a single hanging gate coming of off my G: gate 10), the pitfalls and wisdom of an open G, as well as specific details on each of the gates and how they affect the way one processes incoming information. This is the second episode in our series on the personal experience and exploration of individual centers in their defined and undefined states; I have already covered open Solar Plexus. In the upcoming episodes, we will talk about open Sacral and Root. If you'd like to share your experience with any of the centers or your human design journey, please send me a note to decondition.this@gmail.com — I am excited to hear from you!
4 Sept 2020
S01E05: Manifestor Women Dating & Relationships
The first Decondition This! interview is here! This week, I'm chatting with two other Manifestor women about what it's like to date as a manifestor, previous unsuccessful relationship experiences, and lessons we learned from them. We are all in different stages of our deconditioning journey, our relationship status couldn't be more different, and we have different profiles and authorities, so we had a lot to discuss! The conversation is full of gems, I hope you enjoy. As always, send me your thoughts on this new format and the topic at decondition.this@gmail.com — you can also send me a voice memo to possibly include in one of the upcoming episodes. For the next episode, I'll be sharing my experience about living with an open G center, so stay tuned. Peace!
6 Aug 2020
S01E04: Defined Solar Plexus, Emotional Autority
In the upcoming shorter episodes of Decondition This! we will be exploring personal experiences of living with the open and defined versions of each of the 9 centers. For the first episode in the series, I am sharing my experience as a Manifestor with Emotional Authority (defined Solar Plexus), as well as my discoveries on the nature of Solar Plexus emotions and the 3 types of emotional waves: Individual, Tribal, and Collective. If you have an open/undefined Solar Plexus and would like to share your experience on the podcast, send me a note at decondition.this@gmail.com. Thanks for tuning in!
10 Jul 2020
S01E03: Manifestor Experience Before & After Human Design
In this episode, I am diving deep into one skeptical Manifestor's path to Human Design, the real-life Manifestor experience before Human Design, and the transformation a month, and finally a year after discovering HD. This is my personal experience and all opinions are entirely my own - I would love to hear yours. I am also thrilled to announce that we are starting monthly Mastermind groups for women (for now). If you would like to tell your Manifestor experience story, get involved with the podcast, or join the Mastermind, drop me a line at decondition.this@gmail.com. Peace!
25 Jun 2020
S01E02: Deconditioning in Human Design: Why Decondition, How to Start, What to Look Out For
Deconditioning is the central concept in Human Design and a mysterious process that is supposed to last 7 years after which we emerge renewed and blissfully aligned with who we really are. If only it was this easy. The real deconditioning, which starts with replacing unmediated psychological responses with mediated ones and requires unparalleled humbleness and awareness, is full of pitfalls, confusion, and disbelief. In this episode, I will give you a simple step-by-step guide on how to begin your deconditioning journey. We will discuss the psychology and examples of conditioning; talk about all the ways our conditioned selves make us really good at what we are not and why we hold on to our disruptive patterns for dear life. We will move on to discovering the early deconditioning traps for each of the Human Design types and realizing why deconditioning is so challenging indeed.
15 Jun 2020
S01E01: Isolation, Quarantine, and Human Design
The year 2020 has been one heck of a ride. It has also been a huge social and spiritual experiment. We have been disconnected, isolated, or stuck in close proximity with others more than ever before. Inevitably, this has affected the energies in our bodies. Human design is all about how we energetically affect each other on the interpersonal and collective levels, so, for the first episode, I decided to explore what happened to us under these unexplored circumstances. Tune in to chat about human design in general, energetic experience in quarantine, a new take on the Zoom fatigue, and brief run-down of the Individual, Tribal, and Collective focuses, and more. Please excuse the music hiccups as I am figuring out this podcasting thing.
Correction: I did mistakingly say that not everyone is "meant to function as an individual." This is, of course, wrong, as we all are meant to and do function as individuals as we move through lives. The point I was trying to make there was around the purpose and the fact that for some people, isolation may be a more comfortable state than it is for others, whose purpose and focus may be around connecting with the tribe or with the collective as a whole.
To get in on the conversation and get your human design chart for free, go to https://jovianarchive.com/Get_Your_Chart or https://www.mybodygraph.com/.
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1 Jun 2020
Introducing Decondition This!
Welcome to Decondition This! A podcast where we take a fresh look at the many things that seem off about the world we live in today through a lens of human design. Twice a month, we will challenge our default assumptions and the status quo, ask questions, and learn to use human design to guide us towards independence and wellbeing. If you ever wondered, why is it like this or why am I like this, subscribe to Decondition This! today.
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