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I'm guessing you might have taken a personality test or two through
Shawna:work, curiosity, part of a program when you were in school, whether it's
Shawna:the Meyer, Briggs, the enneagram, DISC, or one of the various others.
Shawna:There's lots of different measures people have created to help us
Shawna:learn a little more about ourselves.
Shawna:I'm intrigued by each and every one of these.
Shawna:I'm not looking for cookie cutters.
Shawna:I'm all about tools that can help us have different ways of looking
Shawna:at ourselves, our experiences and about the way we react to things.
Shawna:This is why I was so excited to connect with today's guest, Megan Seamans, and
Shawna:learn about her expertise in human design.
Shawna:Welcome to The Grit Show growth on purpose.
Shawna:I'm glad you found us.
Shawna:I'm Shawna Rodrigues, and I'm honored to be leading you on today's journey
Shawna:as part of this community growing together as seekers and thrivers.
Shawna:Today, we're gonna talk more about human design and living on purpose.
Shawna:I'm sure you already know that living on purpose is something we
Shawna:care deeply about on The Grit Show something we'll talk about often
Shawna:human design is a newer concept.
Shawna:It was just a term I'd heard in passing.
Shawna:I like the sound of it though.
Shawna:I walked into it with a completely blank slate and I hope you do as well.
Shawna:Even if you don't connect with exactly how your profile is determined.
Shawna:I think there's a lot to be gained in learning about the various types and
Shawna:seeing what speaks to you, especially with the way Megan shares it.
Shawna:Megan is a certified energy coach and human design guide.
Shawna:She's a creator of rooted and wild, which you get to hear a little more about.
Shawna:She supports people to tap into their magic and confidently lead
Shawna:their life without people pleasing, fear or doubt standing in their way.
Shawna:Thank you so much for being here today, Megan.
Megan:I'm so excited.
Megan:I've been so excited all week for this conversation.
Shawna:Yay.
Shawna:I love it.
Shawna:I love it.
Shawna:I'm so glad you're here.
Shawna:And I'm also excited because we squeezed this adventure in, because Megan is
Shawna:about to go on an even bigger adventure.
Shawna:Do you wanna share with us where you're headed next week?
Megan:I am.
Megan:I have my one way ticket booked over to Scotland with little to no plans.
Megan:The adventure takes me.
Shawna:That is a great way to do it.
Shawna:I love it.
Shawna:And as we get to know her better, we're gonna learn how that folds
Shawna:into her fabulous philosophy.
Shawna:So where are you today?
Shawna:Where are you talking to us from?
Megan:Right now I'm in sunny, Orlando, Florida.
Megan:Uh, yes.
Megan:Trading the sunshine for the unpredictable Scottish weather.
Shawna:there you go.
Shawna:Well, it's getting to be a little too warm, probably Good time to trade.
Shawna:I'm sure when it comes like next February, you'll be wondering what
Shawna:it's like in Orlando, but right now it's not a bad time to trade.
Megan:That's right.
Shawna:We had a brief conversation before we started and Megan got to learn
Shawna:that I know nothing about human design.
Shawna:And so I am very excited about this conversation, cuz I am learning
Shawna:right along with all of you about human design and how it connects
Shawna:with being able to live on purpose and how it connects to all of us.
Shawna:So Megan, why don't you share with us?
Shawna:Get us started, teach us about human design.
Megan:I love it.
Megan:So human design is literally the study of differentiation.
Megan:So how all human beings are different.
Megan:So there's actually 2 billion different configurations of a human design chart.
Megan:Right?
Megan:I know
Shawna:Yes.
Shawna:That's a lot.
Shawna:That's definitely different then personality charts.
Megan:Yes.
Megan:I've yet to see two charts that are the same, and I kind of love it.
Megan:That's what made me fall in love with human design, because it
Megan:really has this way of bringing your unique contrasts in where I was
Megan:taking all these personality tests.
Megan:And it would say I was an introvert on like Myer Briggs,
Megan:but then, my astrology's Leo.
Megan:And so I'm like, how do I put those together?
Megan:Like, how am I this bold Leo, but also this introvert.
Megan:And every time I took the enneagram, I tested as something different.
Megan:And so I was so confused and human design really brings these
Megan:contrasts in and it shows me.
Megan:All of those results and the personality tests and different
Megan:modalities they're correct.
Megan:For me, human design just brought in those contrasts and showed me
Megan:how they can all weave together.
Megan:And so really what it is is it's your energetic blueprint.
Megan:It shows you how your energy is made to show up with the least amount of
Megan:resistance and the most amount of ease.
Megan:I sound like a broken record in my human design sessions because I'm like,
Megan:it's all about the amount of ease.
Megan:I'm just constantly weaving that in.
Megan:It is, it's such a gift.
Megan:And it just it's like a permission slip.
Megan:It's like coming back home.
Megan:It's never brand new information.
Megan:It's like a coming back home to, oh yeah.
Megan:That's me like.
Megan:I can feel that.
Megan:So how it pulls that is from your birthday time and location.
Megan:So it never changes.
Megan:It's really your soul's essence.
Megan:And it pulls from different modalities you've likely heard of before, like
Megan:astrology, the chakra system, the ancient eyeing Cabala, and some quantum physics
Megan:to bring together your human design.
Shawna:That's amazing.
Shawna:So how long, cause, it's a buzzword that I've heard at least the last
Shawna:few years, but I'm guessing it's been around a lot longer than that.
Megan:So the system came together actually in the eighties.
Megan:So not too long.
Megan:However, of course, all of the different, modalities that kind of
Megan:come into play are ancient wisdoms.
Megan:So yeah.
Shawna:So when did you stumble onto it?
Shawna:How did you come to be connected to human design and learn all about it?
Megan:Yeah.
Megan:So I kind of, the first time I found human design, I was
Megan:like, nah, that's not for me.
Megan:Like.
Shawna:A little too?
Shawna:Hmm.
Megan:Exactly.
Megan:Exactly what I felt.
Megan:I was like my birthday.
Megan:Like you can't tell me anything about me by just my birthday.
Megan:And I kind of like fought it for a bit.
Shawna:yes, well in the location.
Shawna:Cause I'm like, so if my mom would've been traveling, when I was
Shawna:born, I'd be a different person.
Shawna:Tell me more.
Megan:Yes all the birthday time location it all can shift what
Megan:shows up in your design, especially in those kind of smaller layers.
Megan:There's kind of the main layer you'll usually hear about in your human
Megan:design is your human design type.
Megan:And that's definitely something we can talk about today.
Megan:And there's so many small layers underneath that.
Megan:If you're born in a different location, if you're born in a
Megan:different hour, it's all about how the energy was moving through the
Megan:universe at that time in that location.
Megan:Yeah.
Megan:It's, it's a little mystical.
Megan:It's a little wild and the more I sit with people and have those
Megan:moments of like, oh yes, that's me.
Megan:The more I'm like, okay.
Megan:It doesn't have to fully make sense.
Megan:It..
Shawna:It just is.
Megan:Yes, exactly.
Megan:Exactly.
Megan:So I fought it , for a while and a lot of clients kept asking me, do you
Megan:know about this human design thing?
Megan:Have you heard of this human design thing?
Megan:Can you tell me about it?
Megan:And so the more and more and more nudges I got the more I was
Megan:like, okay, let me look into it.
Shawna:if you insist, I'll learn about this.
Shawna:And I love it because.
Shawna:She both talked about how wild it is, but it's also rooted in science.
Shawna:And later
Shawna:on, we're going to learn that she has a program that's rooted and wild.
Shawna:That totally connects that
Shawna:Even better than she realizes.
Shawna:It all comes together.
Shawna:So, and because I hadn't heard of it, I've heard of human design had no clue, it was
Shawna:connected to my birthdate and to where I was born and the time that I was born.
Shawna:I knew my birthday.
Shawna:I knew where I was born, but the time of my birth is a question mark.
Shawna:So we tried, I called my dad and got his voicemail and my partner just sent me
Shawna:a note that he did not successfully find my birth certificate, but he's an angel
Shawna:cuz he went looking for it and my desk is a scary place So he did not find it
Shawna:successfully, but we tried to do that.
Shawna:I'm now intrigued.
Shawna:So I'm gonna have to definitely , find out for sure for Megan, what mine is.
Shawna:Cuz I'm intrigued by this now, too.
Shawna:I want to find how it all fits together.
Shawna:So with your clients, is that usually your first step is to get that
Shawna:information and start from there in your conversations with them.
Megan:It is.
Megan:Yes.
Megan:I love tapping into a client's human design.
Megan:That's always gonna be the first session we have the first thing we
Megan:dive into, because then we can weave it through our entire coaching series.
Megan:And like I was saying at the beginning, if a client's asking
Megan:me, can I do this or can I be this?
Megan:Or can I try this strategy?
Megan:My answer's always gonna.
Megan:Yes.
Megan:Now let's find the most life affirming most easeful pathway for
Megan:you to do so let's find how your energy wants to move with that idea.
Shawna:Amazing, you haven't heard all the stuff, the background for this podcast,
Shawna:but that's kind of the point is helping people find how to move with ease.
Shawna:I love that you used that.
Shawna:Cuz that was the word I was using before.
Shawna:Cuz again, we wanna thrive.
Shawna:But part of this is about the people we've had our challenges,
Shawna:we've exercised our muscles.
Shawna:We've shown we can get through the things, but we wanna get to a place where we
Shawna:can stop pushing so hard and trying so hard and being up against things and to
Shawna:kind of just move with things and have things fall into place a little bit more.
Shawna:And this is about finding the path that is the right path, that things
Shawna:are in alignment, and you're able to flow with ease into what you're
Shawna:doing and what your goals are.
Shawna:So that's really what this helps guide.
Megan:Yeah, absolutely.
Megan:It is truly magical to witness someone drop away from that conditioning, how
Megan:they've been living through someone else's energy or through someone else's story
Megan:and really fully embody their design.
Megan:It's such a gift.
Megan:And one of the biggest things that drew me into this system when I
Megan:finally was like, okay, I'll look,
Shawna:Yes.
Shawna:So is everybody listening right now?
Shawna:I'm sure somebody.
Shawna:Um, somebody else's story.
Shawna:Yeah.
Shawna:Living in someone else's story.
Shawna:I can totally identify with that.
Shawna:In fact, I can hear that voice in my head right now of whose story I'm
Shawna:living, that I didn't even realize I was living, cuz I'm so busy doing it.
Shawna:I don't even realize where it's coming from.
Shawna:Sometimes.
Shawna:That's amazing.
Shawna:So for you in your own life, do you have some examples of what blocks
Shawna:you've been able to shift and move because you've been living in your
Shawna:design and better understand that.
Megan:Yeah, absolutely.
Megan:So I can share a little bit about the five types in human
Megan:design, which is that first layer.
Megan:And that was really one of the first things that supported me to shift
Megan:out of some of those stories and to get in alignment with my energy.
Megan:So I found out I was a projector in human design and projectors are really known for
Megan:being these guides, with like this bird's eye view perspective, and really here to
Megan:offer that wisdom out in to the world.
Megan:And they're also not here to do all the doing.
Megan:So projectors are here to do their work in this block that
Megan:feels really good for them.
Megan:And then take rests, have spaciousness.
Megan:For a projector.
Megan:They're not meant to like, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go all the time.
Megan:And for me coming home to that, knowing of how I was trying to go, go, go,
Megan:go, go, go, go keep up in my business.
Megan:Like keep trying all the new strategies and bouncing around to all these different
Megan:things and like, oh, that strategy worked for this person, so I'm gonna try it too.
Megan:And I have to go faster and hustle harder.
Megan:And when I could finally let go of that and say, see how spaciousness
Megan:actually was my going fast.
Megan:How spaciousness actually created a fast pace for me.
Megan:It really opened my eyes up to like a new way of expressing myself,
Megan:particularly in my business, but it definitely showed up in other ways, too.
Shawna:Oh, that's exciting.
Shawna:So do you wanna talk more about the other four?
Megan:Yeah.
Megan:So we have our projectors, like I just shared guide birds eye view.
Megan:They're called non-energy types.
Megan:Don't love that language.
Megan:Cuz a lot of people are often like when they find out I'm a projector, they're
Megan:like you have so much energy and it's not so much about having no energy.
Megan:It's just about knowing how to.
Shawna:it?
Shawna:Yes.
Megan:And, knowing where it, where it's coming from in particular,
Shawna:Mm.
Megan:projectors can really, get energized from other people,
Megan:places, spaces, opportunities.
Megan:And so noticing when you're operating from like your aligned
Megan:state versus like, oh, I'm just trying to operate like someone else.
Megan:so Then we have our generators generators are really here to
Megan:find the work they love doing.
Megan:And fully love doing it.
Megan:There is nothing like a generator who's fully lit up.
Megan:And when a generator's fully lit up and satisfied with what they're doing, it
Megan:gives energy to other people around them.
Megan:And it also makes them super magnetic.
Megan:So generators are really here to be these creative beings who do have the
Megan:capacity to once they find their thing to like go and , please do not interrupt
Megan:a generator when they are in their flow.
Megan:Because that's a big, no go for them.
Megan:Generators are really, they have this powerful internal, creative energy,
Megan:and creative energy outside the box of anything, you know, about being creative.
Megan:It's just doing what you love doing and being in that thing,
Megan:that fully lights you up.
Megan:Once you're in that flow, you are just in it.
Megan:And so for a generator to feel like fully satisfied with the day that looks
Megan:like using up their energy in a way that feels fully satisfying for them.
Megan:And going to bed feeling like super complete and nourished with
Megan:how they've used their energy.
Megan:Yeah.
Shawna:Oh, that's awesome.
Megan:the type we think you are, will find out soon.
Shawna:I was so intrigued.
Shawna:especially cuz again, like the time that we had is like, it might be
Shawna:the complete opposite, but that definitely sounds completely like me,
Shawna:but then I'm like, spaciousness...
Shawna:so yes.
Shawna:I'm so curious.
Shawna:Yes.
Shawna:Keep going.
Shawna:I wanna hear about rest of them
Megan:yes.
Megan:And you brought up a good point there, cuz like, yes, we all need spaciousness.
Megan:We all need to be lit up.
Megan:So if you're a projector and you're like, wait shouldn't I be lit up like
Megan:it like a generator is yes, absolutely.
Megan:And like generators who are like, wait, I need breaks and spaciousness.
Megan:Absolutely.
Megan:It's more about getting in alignment.
Megan:Like for a generator.
Megan:If you are not doing what lights you up, like majority percent
Megan:of the time you're gonna drain that vital life force energy out.
Megan:And we.
Megan:Feel it like you can feel when a generator is not doing the things
Megan:they love doing and it like closes off a little bit and you can feel
Megan:when a projector is so drained out.
Megan:So it's about getting to know your energy for sure.
Megan:So next we have, manifesting generators.
Megan:Manifesting generators are kind of like our multi-passionate people.
Megan:They are like, they're fast movers, like our generators, and they're really
Megan:finding clarity through their process.
Megan:So once a manifesting generator finds, what their yes is,
Megan:they're meant to go with that yes.
Megan:And hold as many yeses as possible for them.
Megan:So a lot of manifesting generators have been told their whole life
Megan:that they're like flaky or frantic because they're going around, trying
Megan:all the things and like doing a lot of different things all at once.
Megan:And that is truly how their energy's meant to show up and shine.
Megan:They are meant to hold as many yeses as possible for them and
Megan:move with that process fast.
Megan:Whenever I sit with a manifesting generator, I'm always.
Megan:What are we doing?
Megan:Where's the excitement?
Megan:Like, what adventure are we going on?
Megan:I can feel that buzz of, we're like doing things and we're doing them quick.
Shawna:Yes.
Shawna:And they're often told no, you need to focus here.
Shawna:You need to go in just one direction.
Shawna:You need to niche.
Shawna:You need to just do this.
Shawna:Stop trying to do all the things, just do this one thing, and that's
Shawna:completely against the grain for them.
Shawna:And that's so exciting for them to be validated on where their flow is.
Shawna:That's exciting.
Megan:Yeah.
Megan:You like hit the nail on the head of all the stories that any manifesting generator
Megan:I've ever sat with has been told.
Megan:You need to find one thing, you need to find your one thing, whether it's
Megan:when they're going through university and they're trying to find their major
Megan:or like in business and they need to niche, like you're so spot on.
Megan:And so letting go of that and just letting yourself operate in non-linear path is so
Megan:important for the manifesting generator.
Megan:Yeah.
Shawna:It's so exciting for people to feel validated in
Shawna:where they are and who they are.
Shawna:Cuz there's so much against those things.
Shawna:Keep going.
Shawna:This is fun.
Shawna:I like hearing about this.
Shawna:Tell me more.
Megan:We have two more types.
Megan:So we have the manifestor manifestors are here to be bold unapologetic,
Megan:and they're here to make impact manifests are here to initiate.
Megan:So they really get the ball rolling for us.
Megan:And they're here to like, bring these big ideas and new ways of doing things alive.
Megan:And they don't necessarily love doing all the doing.
Megan:They like to bring it alive and then it can be really supportive for them to
Megan:have people who can support that process.
Megan:But they're like here, they're ready to go and they're ready to do the thing.
Megan:And their energy can feel quite intimidating to other people cuz they're
Megan:quite protective with their energy.
Megan:known for being lone wolfs.
Megan:And that certainly doesn't mean that they don't need people in their life.
Megan:, they just operate in a really like independent way.
Megan:Like the manifestor child is the one who's left the building and
Megan:you're like, where have they gone?
Megan:What has happened?
Megan:they're like, They are on the go.
Megan:My brother, was a manifestor and it always cracks me up because he
Megan:was almost born in a parking lot.
Megan:And I feel like from the time of his birth, he was like,
Megan:I am here and I ready to do
Shawna:yes.
Shawna:Try to keep up.
Shawna:You do need to keep up though, but I'm going, so yes, keep up.
Shawna:That's that's awesome.
Shawna:And so that awareness that they do need people to help with some of the things
Shawna:back here, but not telling them where to go and not directing them, but up so the,
Shawna:all the things get done in that path.
Megan:Yes.
Megan:Yeah.
Megan:Certainly control can be a huge like theme and shadow for them.
Megan:Manifestor if they feel really controlled, they're likely gonna fall into this place
Megan:of anger and feel like the world is just like constantly pushing against them.
Megan:And another really important thing for a manifestor is to inform as they're going
Megan:so that they can create some of that peace in their spaces and environments
Megan:and opportunities that they're creating.
Megan:So that we're all, not just like, where did they just go?
Megan:Like what just happened?
Megan:We're in the know.
Shawna:Oh my gosh.
Shawna:I think I, I'm not gonna start saying who I think I know like that, but I think that
Shawna:I might know somebody's like that, so yes.
Shawna:Okay.
Shawna:Give us the, give us the fifth.
Megan:Yep.
Megan:The last type, these are our reflectors and reflectors actually
Megan:only make up 1% of the population.
Megan:So
Shawna:Oh, wow.
Megan:quite rare birds and they are very unique in their way
Megan:that they express their energy.
Megan:Reflectors are here to sample what's going on in the environment and
Megan:then magnify and amplify it back out into the spaces that they're in.
Megan:So reflectors are constantly like sampling what's going on around them.
Shawna:Mm-hmm
Megan:showing us from that place like what's happening.
Megan:So reflectors can make really powerful and potent leaders simply
Megan:by just being in their energy.
Megan:You can see what's going on in the space, like what's happening in
Megan:the environment that you're in.
Megan:And they really can feel like all of the types , like one day might wake up
Megan:and feel like a generator where they can just go one day, they might wake up
Megan:and feel like a projector where they.
Megan:Offer that guidance, they might wake up and feel like a manifesting generator
Megan:where they like wanna try something new and see how the process goes.
Megan:And so for the reflector, it's all about getting really present and
Megan:letting your energy, ebb and flow.
Megan:, reflectors can also be quite sensitive to what's going on
Megan:because they are constantly like taking in that information.
Megan:And so really noticing what's not theirs and being able to come to
Megan:this grounded place within themselves.
Shawna:Oh, wow.
Shawna:That's intense.
Shawna:And it's interesting to know that so few people have that, but that must be
Shawna:a hard one for them to identify where they land, I feel like this, I feel
Shawna:like this and trying to find their place,
Megan:Yeah.
Megan:I've been super honored to have a few reflector clients.
Megan:I feel like I magnetize them in a little bit and I kind of love it
Megan:cuz I learned so much from them.
Megan:And they're always like very in tune with the collective and
Megan:oftentimes they'll know things.
Megan:And then they'll tell me about it.
Megan:And then the next day they'll be like, you'll never.
Megan:What email I just received.
Megan:It said the exact thing that I told you yesterday, like they're very in tune.
Megan:They're very connected and they have really brilliant wisdom to give us.
Shawna:That's incredible.
Shawna:And so then you also said that there's like 2 billion So then the five start
Shawna:here and then tell me where it goes.
Shawna:Tell me more about that.
Megan:Yes.
Megan:So there are 2 billion different human design configurations.
Megan:So when you pull your human design chart, what you're gonna see is
Megan:this body that has shapes and lines and colors, and you're gonna
Megan:be like, what is happening here?
Megan:So this is where.
Megan:All of the different layers come in and where all of the different, like 2
Megan:billion different configurations come in, because yes, we have these energy
Megan:types and you're more than just one type.
Megan:So along with your type, you'll have a strategy, which is your
Megan:way of moving with life with the least amount of resistance.
Megan:You have your authority, which is how you make decisions with
Megan:the least amount of resistance.
Megan:You have your profile, which is kind of like a costume to your purpose.
Megan:You have all of the shapes.
Megan:These are your centers and that's how your energy flows through your body.
Megan:All of the lines are your innate strengths.
Megan:So there's all these layers.
Megan:So even if let's say you are a generator and you meet another generator, you
Megan:two, aren't going to be the same or express that generator energy in the
Megan:same way, because you might have a different authority or a different
Megan:profile or different ways that the energy flows throughout your body.
Megan:And so it's, it's layers, it's layers and layers and the human
Megan:design rabbit hole never ends.
Megan:Still learning things.
Megan:So there's just layers of information and contrast that goes into it all.
Megan:And you know, my biggest tip is if you're stepping into human design is
Megan:like start one layer at a time, like really get to know your type and then
Megan:go into the next layer and see how that lands and feels with you, and really
Megan:integrated into your life as you go.
Shawna:That's wonderful.
Shawna:Can you give us a story, like one of your clients about how this has supported.
Shawna:Them to be able to realize, to live with your purpose instead of it
Shawna:being like this outside thing, that is something that is integrated.
Shawna:So can you talk more about how your clients are able to use this
Shawna:knowledge and information in their work with you to be able to do.
Megan:Yeah, absolutely.
Megan:I mean, to me, it's all about going through that deconditioning process,
Megan:like noticing how you've been living against your design, how you've
Megan:been creating friction in your life.
Megan:And you've been trying to operate in a way that isn't actually
Megan:your energetic operating system.
Megan:Honestly the client that comes up is actually a reflector client.
Megan:Learning that she was a reflector and learning that she had such
Megan:unique energy made so much sense.
Megan:It was like, everything clicked of like, oh, that's why my
Megan:career path has felt so hard.
Megan:That's why it felt so hard to find my footing, my place in school,
Megan:like what I wanted to do in life, because when we could really come
Megan:down to the lesson of you're meant to sample, you're meant to be fluid.
Megan:You're meant to try different things and like, let life be a buffet.
Megan:And you're tasting through the entire experience.
Megan:And so giving herself permission to let go of being the one thing and like
Megan:being so masterful at the one thing and giving herself permission to.
Megan:Be fluid in what she was doing to experiment with different careers and
Megan:like, see like, okay, let me try this out.
Megan:See how it feels.
Megan:Okay.
Megan:That, that doesn't actually feel so good.
Megan:Okay.
Megan:Let me try this and letting that be okay.
Megan:And not making that mean that she was quitting or that she hadn't come to
Megan:completion was such a gift to witness and.
Megan:To such a good expression of what it means to come home.
Megan:She always wanted to do that, but it was letting go of those stories
Megan:around what it means if you, give up on a career, what it means to close
Megan:a chapter and let herself just be in that space of like, I just wanna
Megan:be present and sample along the way.
Shawna:Yes to get rid of the voices and start letting yourself
Shawna:start with a fresh slate.
Megan:yes.
Shawna:That's so exciting.
Shawna:And so you mentioned your brother and his design, which was his design.
Shawna:Was he the manifestor the, okay.
Shawna:Yes, the manifestor.
Shawna:you've mentioned that you lost your brother.
Shawna:Were you able to find his tight before you lost him or just
Shawna:something you realized after.
Megan:It was after.
Megan:And it was actually one of the things that really drew me into human design.
Megan:Like I felt the nudge, the nudge was okay, I'm gonna look at it.
Megan:I'm gonna look at my own type, like great.
Megan:Okay.
Megan:Yeah.
Megan:I'm starting to see these things within me.
Megan:Things started to click within my own design.
Megan:And then one day I texted my mom and I was like, Hey, what's
Megan:Kirk's birthday time and location.
Megan:She sent it over to me and I pulled his chart.
Megan:And it was like seeing all of the gifts that he left
Shawna:Mmm.
Megan:with and like this knowing of oh, he lived his purpose, like every
Megan:ounce and seeing it there, like seeing from him being a manifestor and like
Megan:just doing the things like he did things like he randomly moved off to Spain and
Megan:he was working at this coffee shop one time and just , decided I'm gonna close
Megan:early and just paint the walls for them.
Megan:he was always just.
Megan:Doing these things.
Megan:So like everything from that, and then seeing these contrasts within
Megan:his strengths, like, learning and mastering, like science and
Megan:different studies like that.
Megan:And he was a physics major, but he also had these strengths in art and creativity
Megan:and his minor was in photography.
Megan:And so it was seeing all of these contrasts and ways that he lived and
Megan:knowing like, oh, he lived all of that.
Megan:What a gift.
Megan:And now
Shawna:Mm-hmm
Megan:I see someone post a story about him on Facebook, or someone share an old
Megan:photo or video of him, I just, I know he lived his design and I know that's the
Megan:greatest gift you can leave on this earth.
Shawna:That is amazing and what a great way to be connected to it,
Shawna:to understand to see it magnified through someone you cared about.
Shawna:And to know that they lived their purpose, cuz they were able to, do
Shawna:those things in all those ways that were such an example of how they
Shawna:were living that and being that.
Shawna:I like that story.
Shawna:so You have this exciting opportunity, that is coming up for you, with
Shawna:your clients and the work you do.
Shawna:Tell us more about that.
Megan:Yeah.
Megan:I've just opened up the doors to this super special program Rooted and
Megan:Wild, which actually came alive back.
Megan:In 2018 after I lost my brother, I was like navigating all many different things
Shawna:Mm-hmm
Megan:does it just surfaces up many emotions and memories and
Megan:feelings and all of the things.
Megan:And, uh, at the time I was living on another one way ticket at the
Megan:time I was living in Thailand and.
Megan:When he passed, I decided to get, grounded, get roots
Megan:if you will, and get a home.
Megan:And I was navigating all these stories like, oh, I failed.
Megan:I failed the one way ticket trip.
Megan:It wasn't supposed to be like this, you know, one day someone asked me,
Megan:like, what does home mean to you?
Megan:And it just came out.
Megan:Like home sometimes is rooted and sometimes it's wild.
Megan:And that's when this program started coming alive because
Megan:I was like, oh, that's it.
Megan:You have to know when you're being called to be rooted.
Megan:And when you're being called to live wild and give yourself permission to
Megan:not make that mean anything, and just let yourself live, let yourself live
Megan:in both rooted ways and wild ways.
Megan:And so this program came alive, um, and I'm very excited in 2022.
Megan:It is now out into the world.
Shawna:That is incredible.
Shawna:And those, they take time.
Shawna:Those things have to grow and get to the place where they can just
Shawna:come to be in that level., I love the title and I love how much it reflects
Shawna:the way you've lived your life.
Shawna:To some extent, it sounds like the way your brother lived
Shawna:his life as well, that he had
Shawna:his moments where he was able to do both of those things also.
Shawna:How can people connect with you and get connected to this?
Megan:You can find me pretty much anywhere online with my name, Megan
Megan:Seamans @MeganSeamans on Instagram.
Megan:My website's MeganSeamans.com.
Megan:So you can find me there.
Megan:Instagram's my favorite place to hang out.
Megan:So you can always find me sharing on stories and reels and, lots of fun tips
Megan:and tricks, and you can find info for rooted and wild over there as well.
Shawna:Ooh.
Shawna:So we get to follow you on your adventures.
Megan:Yes,
Shawna:I love that.
Shawna:I love that.
Shawna:And we'll definitely have that in the show notes to make that easy
Shawna:for you guys to find her as well.
Shawna:And it's Seamans with an S at the end, too, the other thing that
Shawna:we also talk about on our show is self care, cuz we care about that.
Shawna:So what are some things that you do to take care of yourself?
Megan:Hmm.
Megan:I love this question.
Megan:Selfcare is so important.
Megan:Uh, oh my goodness.
Megan:Let me give you a list of like a hundred things.
Megan:No.
Shawna:That works.
Shawna:That works.
Shawna:People need examples, cuz honestly it's something hard to fit in sometimes.
Shawna:And so a hundred examples is a good thing.
Megan:I love it.
Megan:So my personal favorite self care is always gonna be getting outside in nature.
Megan:Like it is incredible what, even just stepping outside barefoot, putting my
Megan:feet in the grass for like 30 seconds can do that is always gonna be my all time.
Megan:Favorite self care.
Megan:I would say one of my other favorite self cares is working with the
Megan:coach, working with someone who can give me outside perspective.
Megan:I always feel good after a good coaching session and knowing
Megan:like, oh, okay, I can do this.
Shawna:Yes.
Shawna:I don't think people recognize enough of doing that.
Shawna:Like when I talk to my friends about finding a therapist, finding
Shawna:a coach, finding that support, that really is "me" time that is you
Shawna:taking care of yourself and nurturing yourself to give yourself that space.
Shawna:Cuz we all have things to navigate and finding and
Shawna:finding the time to quiet down.
Shawna:If you have the discipline to do that on your own, that is amazing.
Shawna:but it's, if you have a dedicated time each week or once a month, or whenever
Shawna:you have that space to sit with somebody and do that reflection and do that,
Shawna:adjusting your compass and, and having that focus and diving deep, that's an
Shawna:amazing thing to be able to make time for.
Shawna:So that's, that's incredible.
Shawna:That's a great one.
Shawna:Awesome.
Shawna:Give us, give us one more.
Shawna:Give us one.
Megan:One more, one more.
Megan:Let's see, I'll say another favorite self care is following my threads of joy.
Megan:So sometimes that's gonna look like, you know, meditating for a bit and
Megan:sometimes that's gonna look like going out to get my favorite donut.
Megan:But whatever that thread of joy is for me in the moment
Megan:is always gonna be self care.
Shawna:I like it.
Shawna:I like joy.
Shawna:We like joy.
Shawna:We like being in the moment.
Shawna:That's
Shawna:awesome.
Shawna:So one things that we have, we actually have coloring books
Shawna:that we offer that we sell.
Shawna:And part of that is for folks to have something they can use to have
Shawna:those little moments of self care.
Shawna:And we.
Shawna:All of our guests, a free coloring book.
Shawna:Yay.
Shawna:So since you travelling internationally, we're gonna send you the PDF copy.
Shawna:And then when you get back stateside, you can always say, Shawna, send
Shawna:me the physical copy and I sure
Shawna:will.
Shawna:But Would you like the Vintage Mermaid and Magnificent Ocean or the You've Got
Shawna:This with funny inspirational quote?
Megan:I'm gonna take vintage mermaid.
Shawna:Awesome.
Shawna:Well, I am definitely making note of that and we will send that
Shawna:to you and you'll have to let us know what you think about that.
Megan:This is so fun.
Megan:I've never received a gift on a podcast.
Megan:And I feel like I just wanna like cue confetti
Shawna:I still remember when I lived in Boston, I used to
Shawna:do workshops for families and for teachers and for different things.
Shawna:And the first time I did one and they gave me a gift card to Barnes and noble,
Shawna:it might have been for $10, but the first time they gave me a little, thank
Shawna:you like that, I was over the moon.
Shawna:I know they paid my agency.
Shawna:That was my job.
Shawna:Right.
Shawna:And I got paid to go to these things.
Shawna:But the first time I got a little thank you.
Shawna:That was like, oh, so thank yous are.
Shawna:I love thank yous and you're not getting paid to be here.
Shawna:So you should at least get a thank you.
Shawna:Right?
Megan:oh my goodness.
Megan:Yeah, this is so exciting.
Megan:I literally feel like, Ugh, I, everyone go celebrate someone today
Megan:because it is the best feeling.
Shawna:the best feeling.
Shawna:We'll take it, we'll take it.
Shawna:And the big thing we like to do for all of our audience too, is
Shawna:to give them something actionable that they can walk away with.
Shawna:And so is there a way that people can find out what their human design is?
Shawna:Is there some little piece of information they can take away from today that
Shawna:they can go implement tomorrow or this afternoon into their lives?
Shawna:Tell us.
Megan:Yeah, absolutely.
Megan:So you can get your human design online for free.
Megan:You can literally just look up human design chart and you'll
Megan:find several different places.
Megan:You can input your birthday time and location, and you'll see your.
Megan:Energy type, like the five types we talked about today, you'll see that, in writing.
Megan:So you won't have to like decipher anything or anything like that.
Megan:So you can pull that and start to integrate some of the things
Megan:you heard in this episode today.
Megan:And also I would encourage you to journal around what in your life
Megan:feels like friction and what feels.
Megan:Fun.
Megan:So you're starting to kind of take that inventory of where am I using
Megan:my energy in the most aligned way.
Megan:And where am I maybe perhaps draining it out?
Shawna:Oh, I love that.
Shawna:All right.
Shawna:So journaling, finding friction, finding fun, getting a little
Shawna:more of that alignment.
Shawna:And then it is that simple that once you know the words, human
Shawna:design, you can just Google.
Shawna:and go find your human design type.
Shawna:You do need to know your birth time.
Shawna:So strangely, if you're like me and you don't know that, and I don't have a mom
Shawna:to easily ask, she's no longer with us.
Shawna:So hopefully you have someone you can ask who knows easily, I'm gonna be
Shawna:impressed with my dad knows I'm still.
Shawna:I think even once I find it, I on my birth certificate, I'm still gonna.
Shawna:Dad, do you know what time I was born?
Shawna:He has four kids.
Shawna:So I'm really gonna be surprised if he even knows if it's morning or night
Megan:Yeah.
Shawna:but he, he pro he probably does.
Shawna:And then also looks silly, cuz I was surprised.
Megan:And may I offer one more tip for your audience if they
Megan:don't know the time of birth?
Megan:Okay, cool.
Megan:so if you don't know your time of birth and you're like, ah, I
Megan:can't find it like, um, of course.
Megan:Yeah.
Megan:Look, see if you can get your birth certificate, there are public records.
Megan:Like if you call your hospital, you were born out, so you absolutely can do that.
Megan:You can also just sit with someone who knows human design and you can.
Megan:Input different times of the day and see what lands with you, because at the end of
Megan:the day, human design is coming back home to you and you're gonna know your way.
Megan:So I will not be surprised if you were spot on and knew
Megan:exactly what your type was.
Megan:But yeah, you can sit with someone who does know human design and
Megan:they can tell you like, oh, if it's this time, then this changes.
Megan:If it's this time, then this changes.
Shawna:Oh, nice.
Shawna:Those tricky, tricky little lines.
Shawna:That was wonderful.
Shawna:So thank you so much, Megan.
Shawna:This has been amazing.
Shawna:It was a delightful to meet you.
Shawna:And I think we've all learned a lot today, which has been wonderful.
Shawna:Thanks for being here, Megan,
Megan:Thank you so much.
Megan:I'm so grateful
Shawna:for the rest of you take care of you.
Shawna:You're the only one of you that this world has got, and that means something