Ready to trade brittle resolutions for change that actually sticks? We sat down with Dr. Karen Parker to unpack human design as an instruction manual for life—one that teaches you how you are, not what you are. Instead of forcing habits on January 1, we explore timing, identity, and the human design new year as a better container for intention and growth.

We dig into strategy and authority in plain language. Dr Karen shows how asking what you truly want—and why—exposes band-aid goals that drain you and brings the real dream into view. From there, identity work becomes the engine: becoming the person with enough self-worth, capacity, and trust to hold the vision while the how unfolds through aligned opportunities.

We go beyond the chart to include ancestry, epigenetics, and lived experience, revealing how inherited patterns and unmet needs shape the story you tell yourself. Dr Karen shares her research demonstrating that disempowering narratives lower IgA—an immune marker—while creatively rewriting the same story restores immune function toward baseline. Language matters. The throat center’s role in manifestation reminds us that words structure reality, retrain the nervous system, and prime the brain to notice the next right step.

If you’re curious about human design for parenting, creativity, or sustainable wellness—or you’ve felt boxed in by labels—this conversation will catalyze a more fluid, body-led approach to decisions, goals, and change. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review with the one choice you’re ready to test today.

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