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The Human Design Podcast

The #1 Global Human Design Podcast for women ready to build success on their own terms.

Hosted by Human Design expert and business mentor Emma Shackleton (formerly Dunwoody), this is where the personal growth conversation gets real. If you’ve outgrown the hustle, the formulas, and the pressure to keep proving yourself, this is your permission slip to lead, earn, and expand in alignment with how you’re actually designed.

Each week, Emma shares powerful solo episodes (think: unfiltered wisdom, grounded strategy, and spicy rants you didn’t know you needed) alongside guest interviews with brilliant minds leading the new paradigm of business, leadership, and success.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

Use your Human Design to create consistent income and impact

Stop outsourcing your power and start making clear, embodied decisions

Build a business that moves with you, not one that drains you

Reclaim your energy, magnetism, and momentum (without overriding your nervous system)

Emma’s unique approach, Transformational Human Design™, blends HD, behavioral science, the Gene Keys, coaching, and real-life application so you don’t just learn your chart… you start living it.

This is where clarity replaces confusion, where alignment becomes your business strategy, and where success stops being something you chase, and starts becoming who you are.

Find Emma on Instagram @the_human_design_coach and her website at https://emmadunwoody.com

Copyright: © 2024 The Human Design Podcast

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#547 The Weekly Wrap: We Manifest Who We Are, Not What We Do Jun 23, 2026

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In today's Weekly Wrap I'm taking you through what's been alive for me this week, and it starts with a line that stopped me in my tracks: we manifest who we are, not what we do.

That one came from Colette Baron-Reid teaching her art of manifesting inside HDx. Whatever we practise feeling, we become. So if I keep telling the stories of the challenge, that's the frequency I'm broadcasting. The work is choosing to practise the feeling of all the good that's already here.

From there I get into a few things I've been sitting with. Expanding your capacity to receive in the small, everyday spends, not just the ones with a productive purpose. Trusting your knowing as a muscle you build through consistency. The quiet power of softening into the present moment instead of always being the strong, independent one who holds it all. I also share what I'm relearning from The Big Leap on upper limits, my honest thoughts on AI after a Mo Gawdat conversation on the Diary of the CEO, and a big lesson on never giving your power away to a modality, even one you love.

I trust you will get what you need from this episode, and make sure you come let me know how it resonated with you on instagram @the_human_design_coach

Big love,

Mxx
OTHER RESOURCES

Want more on Human Design? Explore the ways to get involved below:

Get Your Free Human Design Chart: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/get-your-chart

The Feminine Success Framework: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/feminine-success-framework

MAGGIE - Magnetic by Design AI: https://meetmaggie.co/

The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

Human Design Unhinged: https://www.humandesignunhinged.com/

Secret Podcast: The Human Design Podcast (Off The Record): https://thehumandesignpodcast.supercast.com/

Instagram @the_human_design_coach

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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#546 Hope Pedraza on Why Burnout Isn't About How Much You're Doing Jun 18, 2026

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In today's episode I am joined by Hope Pedraza, a functional medicine practitioner who blends human design with functional health.

Hope works right where your energy and your physical body meet, and she has a real knack for showing how the two map onto each other. We get into burnout, and the reframe at the heart of this conversation: burnout isn't about how much you're doing, it's about the energy behind the doing and who you're being while you do it. We talk about the difference between burnout and functional burnout for sacral beings, how each one actually shows up on your labs, and why your undefined centres so often hold the clue to what's going on in your body.

Hope shares why she starts with minerals as the foundation, how the root centre ties straight to your adrenals and hormones, and why the blanket "it's all about your gut" messaging is doing us a disservice. This one is for the visionaries who are done forcing and ready to listen to what their body has been telling them all along.

I trust you will get what you need from this episode, and make sure you come let me know how it resonated with you on instagram @the_human_design_coach

Big love,

Mxx

Hope's Details:
Instagram: @thehopepedraza
Website: hopefulandwholesome.com
Podcast: Hopeful and Wholesome

https://inbalance.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1186104 (use code EMMA to get it for free)

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The Feminine Success Framework: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/feminine-success-framework

MAGGIE - Magnetic by Design AI: https://meetmaggie.co/

The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

Human Design Unhinged: https://www.humandesignunhinged.com/

Secret Podcast: The Human Design Podcast (Off The Record): https://thehumandesignpodcast.supercast.com/

Instagram @the_human_design_coach

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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#545 The Weekly Wrap: Are You Bringing Reasons or Results? The Question That Changes Everything Jun 15, 2026

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In today's Weekly Wrap I give you the one question I want you to keep asking yourself, in your business and in your life: am I bringing reasons or results?

Reasons are usually the reasons we haven't done the thing yet. Results are what's actually happening, what we can influence, what we can do better. This is the difference between being at cause and being at effect, the author of your reality or the passenger waiting for life to happen to you. I've got open loops I can't close right now, but I can keep my hand on the wheel and keep making choices that head me where I want to go. That's where your power is, and that's where things start to flow.

I also get into the reframe that set me free when I stopped waiting for something to arrive, why it's worth auditing the old stories you're still carrying, and my honest take on the latest AI news.

I trust you will get what you need from this episode, and make sure you come let me know how it resonated with you on instagram @the_human_design_coach

Big love,

Mxx
OTHER RESOURCES

Want more on Human Design? Explore the ways to get involved below:

Get Your Free Human Design Chart: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/get-your-chart

The Feminine Success Framework: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/feminine-success-framework

MAGGIE - Magnetic by Design AI: https://meetmaggie.co/

The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

Human Design Unhinged: https://www.humandesignunhinged.com/

Secret Podcast: The Human Design Podcast (Off The Record): https://thehumandesignpodcast.supercast.com/

Instagram @the_human_design_coach

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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#544 The Visionary Breakthrough Sessions: Why Your Launch Isn't Working (And What Your Human Design Says to Do Instead) Jun 11, 2026

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This is The Visionary Breakthrough Sessions, a live, intimate coaching experience with members of my private HDx Collective. In each session, we decode the energetic patterns holding them back and unlock the identity shift required to lead, scale, and succeed in alignment with their Human Design. These sessions are by application only and exclusively available inside the HDx Collective.

👉🏼 Join The HDx Collective here to apply for your own breakthrough session: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

In today's episode, I coach Kathryn, who ran a retreat container she loved, that her clients loved, and that left her financially drained. Since then, she has been quietly questioning whether the model is broken or whether she is the problem.

Kathryn is a 3/5 Generator.

We unpack why the offer she keeps walking away from is actually the one most aligned with her design, why a small audience is the real conversion problem (not her messaging), and what it looks like when a visionary tries to carry the implementation herself. We also get into pricing with courage instead of fear, what her design says about needing support to lead, and why the thing that lit her up most is not something she should be giving up on.

If you have ever had a taste of doing the work you were born to do, only to talk yourself out of it because the numbers didn't add up, this one is for you.

I trust you will get what you need from this episode, and make sure you come let me know how it resonated with you on instagram @the_human_design_coach

Big love,
Mxx
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OTHER RESOURCES

Want more on Human Design? Explore the ways to get involved below:

Get Your Free Human Design Chart: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/get-your-chart

The Feminine Success Framework: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/feminine-success-framework

MAGGIE - Magnetic by Design AI: https://meetmaggie.co/

The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

Human Design Unhinged: https://www.humandesignunhinged.com/

Secret Podcast: The Human Design Podcast (Off The Record): https://thehumandesignpodcast.supercast.com/

Instagram @the_human_design_coach

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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#543 The Weekly Wrap: I Don't Need a Man But I Want One (And Why That's Perfectly Okay) Jun 09, 2026

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In today's episode I am sharing what's been on my mind, in my world, and moving through my life this week.
It's been a heavy few weeks. I'm not going to pretend otherwise. I talk about what it's actually like to hit an emotional wave when you're an emotional being, and what cracked open for me when I leaned into the support that was right in front of me.
I also get into something I've been sitting with: the difference between needing a man and wanting one. How money, AI, and Human Design are weaving together to give women real safety and protection on their own terms. And why building that foundation isn't about closing yourself off to love, it's about knowing you never have to settle.
I trust you will get what you need from this episode, and make sure you come let me know how it resonated with you on instagram @the_human_design_coach
Big love,
Mxx
EPISODE MENTIONS:
Melissa Barry (Homeopathy) - https://hudsonbarry.com.au/homeopathy.html

Money, AI and Human Design Mastermind - https://www.emmadunwoody.com/money-mastermind
OTHER RESOURCES

Want more on Human Design? Explore the ways to get involved below:

Get Your Free Human Design Chart: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/get-your-chart

The Feminine Success Framework: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/feminine-success-framework

MAGGIE - Magnetic by Design AI: https://meetmaggie.co/

The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

Human Design Unhinged: https://www.humandesignunhinged.com/

Secret Podcast: The Human Design Podcast (Off The Record): https://thehumandesignpodcast.supercast.com/

Instagram @the_human_design_coach

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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#542 Lindsey Simcik on The Almost 30 Podcast, Trusting the Zigzag & Why Your Life Is Always Guiding You Jun 04, 2026

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In today's episode I am joined by Lindsey Simcik, co-host of the Almost 30 Podcast.

Lindsey's story is one of the most honest accounts of what it actually looks like to trust the zigzag. From aspiring actress to SoulCycle instructor to launching a podcast on a closet floor with a $15 recorder, she and co-host Krista Williams built one of the most beloved female-led podcasts in the world by following their intuition before they even knew that's what they were doing.

In this conversation, Lindsey and I get into what the zigzag really costs, including grieving a dream that expired, navigating a decade-long business partnership through cross-country moves and personal pivots, and what it means to trust your emotional authority when you're making decisions in real time. We also talk about the power of women building together, why Almost 30 became a permission slip for so many to start exploring the softer arts, and the book Lindsey co-wrote with Krista, which is all about that potent, disorienting season of life when everything is shifting and you can't yet see what's being born.

I trust you will get what you need from this episode, and make sure you come let me know how it resonated with you on instagram @the_human_design_coach

Big love,

Mxx
Lindsey's Details:
Website - https://almost30.com/

Instagram - @LindseySimcik

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NewMomOTB

Lindsey's substack is Momplex! https://substack.com/@momplex?utm_source=global-search
Book - https://almost30.com/book

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OTHER RESOURCES

Want more on Human Design? Explore the ways to get involved below:

Get Your Free Human Design Chart: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/get-your-chart

The Feminine Success Framework: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/feminine-success-framework

MAGGIE - Magnetic by Design AI: https://meetmaggie.co/

The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

Human Design Unhinged: https://www.humandesignunhinged.com/

Secret Podcast: The Human Design Podcast (Off The Record): https://thehumandesignpodcast.supercast.com/

Instagram @the_human_design_coach

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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#541 The Weekly Wrap: You're Allowed to Be in the Thick of It Jun 01, 2026

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In today's episode I'm doing a weekly wrap, getting real about what's been a genuinely tough couple of weeks, and what I've been learning in the thick of it.

This one gets personal. My eldest left for overseas, my youngest got hit with some hard news, our support person left, and my nervous system has been well and truly activated. But mixed in with all of that has been some real beauty too, walks to the lighthouse, tea ceremony, kinesiology with Zoe Bosco, and the most extraordinary women showing up as heroes when I needed them most. I talk about the longing so many of us carry for safety and protection, why "finding it within" is both true and incomplete, what it actually looks like to let yourself be softer without losing your strength, and why right now might be the time to put down responsibility that was never yours to carry. I also get into my investing experiments with Claude, why an avoidance strategy only works until it doesn't, the blood test I put off for ten months, and what nervous system regulation actually looks like when life is running at full capacity.

This episode is permission to be in the thick of it. Not to quit. Not to phone it in. Just to be human.

I trust you will get what you need from this episode, and make sure you come let me know how it resonated with you on instagram @the_human_design_coach

Big love,

Mxx

OTHER RESOURCES

Want more on Human Design? Explore the ways to get involved below:

Get Your Free Human Design Chart: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/get-your-chart

The Feminine Success Framework: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/feminine-success-framework

MAGGIE - Magnetic by Design AI: https://meetmaggie.co/

The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

Human Design Unhinged: https://www.humandesignunhinged.com/

Secret Podcast: The Human Design Podcast (Off The Record): https://thehumandesignpodcast.supercast.com/

Instagram @the_human_design_coach

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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#540 June 2026 Energy Update: Breakdowns, Breakthroughs & the Pressure of the Capricorn Full Moon May 28, 2026

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In today's episode I am joined by astrologer Lauren Hansen and Human Design specialist Yvette Mayer for our monthly energy update, weaving astrology and Human Design to help you navigate what's coming.

May brought it for all of us. We open with a real debrief on Uranus into Gemini, the Sagittarius full moon, and why the last two weeks hit so hard for so many people. Then we move into June.

We cover the Venus-Jupiter conjunction on June 9th, the most expansive transit of the year and why it lands right when the channel of money is activated in Human Design. The Gemini new moon on June 14th and what it opens up. Mercury's pre-retrograde shadow phase kicking in on June 12th and what to sort out before it hits. Venus moving into Leo and what stirs in love, desire, and self-worth. The Mars-Uranus conjunction at the end of the month and why you'll want to slow down even when everything in you wants to move fast. And the Capricorn full moon on the 29th, what it brings to the surface, why it can feel like pressure, and how not to be too hard on yourself when it does.

If you've been in the thick of it lately, this one will help you make sense of why.
I trust you will get what you need from this episode, and make sure you come let me know how it resonated with you on instagram @the_human_design_coach

Big love,

Mxx
Lauren's Details:
Website: https://www.astrobetch.com
Instagram & TikTok: @astrobetch
Workshop - Outer Planets & Your Birth Chart (June 14th, $15)
Yvette's Details:
Website: https://www.yvettemayer.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yvettemayer_
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@humandesignformarketing
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humandesign4marketing
Podcast: https://www.yvettemayer.com/podcast
As mentioned in the episode...watch Yvette's video here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYiR83OTyu6/?igsh=ZXVzMTRkZ3dwczQ1

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OTHER RESOURCES

Want more on Human Design? Explore the ways to get involved below:

Get Your Free Human Design Chart: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/get-your-chart

The Feminine Success Framework: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/feminine-success-framework

MAGGIE - Magnetic by Design AI: https://meetmaggie.co/

The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

Human Design Unhinged: https://www.humandesignunhinged.com/

Secret Podcast: The Human Design Podcast (Off The Record): https://thehumandesignpodcast.supercast.com/

Instagram @the_human_design_coach

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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#539 The Weekly Wrap: Money, AI & Why Women Need to Stop Feeling Financially Unsafe May 25, 2026

Show notes

In today's episode I'm talking about money, AI, and why so many women still don't feel financially safe, even when they're earning well.

I share what's been lighting me up this week: a fascinating conversation with Alex Zeck inside HDx on how we're sold health narratives that don't hold up to scrutiny, why I'm building female-led companies into my AI investing criteria, and what the Scott Galloway episode on Diary of a CEO got so right about the fear-mongering around AI. I also get real about something that happened in my own home this week that reminded me how often women are walking around feeling unsafe, and how money and AI are two of the most practical tools we have to change that. And I talk about perseverance: what it actually takes to build a business, and why determination is the thing most people underestimate.

If you've ever felt financially capable but still financially unsafe, this one's for you.

I trust you will get what you need from this episode, and make sure you come let me know how it resonated with you on instagram @the_human_design_coach

Big love,

Mxx

Join the waitlist for the Money, AI and Human Design Mastermind: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/money-mastermind-waitlist
As mentioned: Diary of The CEO episode with Scott Galloway-
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/scott-galloway-ai-wasnt-built-for-you-the-rich-dont/id1291423644?i=1000765979158

OTHER RESOURCES

Want more on Human Design? Explore the ways to get involved below:

Get Your Free Human Design Chart: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/get-your-chart

The Feminine Success Framework: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/feminine-success-framework

MAGGIE - Magnetic by Design AI: https://meetmaggie.co/

The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

Human Design Unhinged: https://www.humandesignunhinged.com/

Secret Podcast: The Human Design Podcast (Off The Record): https://thehumandesignpodcast.supercast.com/

Instagram @the_human_design_coach

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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#538 Carol Allen on Vedic Astrology: The Cosmic Blueprint You Were Given at Birth May 21, 2026

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In today's episode I am joined by Carol Allen, Vedic astrologer and relationship astrology expert.

Carol has spent over 35 years working with clients through the lens of Jyotish, the ancient Indian system of astrology. In this conversation we get into what Vedic astrology actually is, how it differs from Western astrology, and why it's been so deeply woven into Indian culture for thousands of years. We also explore what the chart can reveal about purpose, partnership, and timing and I get my own chart read live, including what's coming up for me in love (spoiler: it's a good window).

If you've ever wondered whether the big things in your life are written, or felt like your purpose only really clicked later in life, this one will resonate.

I trust you will get what you need from this episode, and make sure you come let me know how it resonated with you on instagram @the_human_design_coach

Big love,

Mxx

Carol's Details:

Website: soulmatestars.com
Instagram: @carolallenastrologer

If you would like a reading with Carol, email: carol@soulmatestars.com

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Create your own Human Design chart tool with BodyGraphChart! Embed a chart tool on your own website, so you can engage with your leads, grow your business, teach Human Design the way YOU want to teach it and create success!

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Use the code humandesignpodcast for 30% off for 6 months!

OTHER RESOURCES

Want more on Human Design? Explore the ways to get involved below:

Get Your Free Human Design Chart: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/get-your-chart

The Feminine Success Framework: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/feminine-success-framework

Maggie 2.0 - Magnetic by Design AI: https://meetmaggie.co/

The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/collective

Human Design Unhinged: https://www.humandesignunhinged.com/

Secret Podcast: The Human Design Podcast (Unhinged): https://thehumandesignpodcast.supercast.com/

Instagram @the_human_design_coach

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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