The Projector Experiment Part 2: A Conversation with Mike Litven

The Projector Experiment Part 2: A Conversation with Mike Litven

In this episode, James sits down with Human Design analyst Mike Litvin for a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to live your design as a somatic, embodied practice. Mike is a 6/2 emotional Projector with power view. He's on the Left Angle Cross of Alpha. In addition to his Human Design work, he is a writer, cartoonist, publisher, and mystic. He lives in Santa Fe, NM. He and James met at the first High Desert Human Design Conference in 2021 and spent years as neighbors in Santa Fe, logging countless hours of conversation that probably should have been recorded. This is their first time doing exactly that. Topics covered: * Mike's origin story with Human Design and the role of aura in deepening the experiment * What projector recognition actually feels like from the inside — and why it has nothing to do with the words someone is saying * The not-self trap of trying to make things happen as a projector * What waiting really means — and what it definitely isn't * Attention hygiene and why doom-scrolling hits Projectors differently * Triple split mechanics: why variety, movement, and different locations matter * The Generator's experience of Projector recognition — James tracks the mechanics from his own side * Sacral response beyond the grunt: how to read genuine generator alignment * Why Human Design stays an intellectual system for so many people and what it takes to move past that * The somatic piece of the experiment * HD-informed therapy and where Mike's practice is heading * Living the experiment long enough that the system just comes with you Connect with Mike:https://www.attunement.info

Going Deep on Emotional Authority

James and Teresa take a break from the guest series to dig into one of their favorite topics: emotional authority. Both are emotional, both have lived it for years, and this episode reflects that depth. They cover what it actually means to wait through your wave, what clarity feels like in the body, and why the way emotional authority has been taught in the field leaves a lot out. The conversation moves through the three wave phenomena Ra identified, why none of them are actually part of the decision-making process, what emotional intensity has to do with clarity, and how the mind gets emotionally defined people stuck in ways they often don't recognize. They also get into what it's like to navigate the world as an emotional person alongside splenic people, what non-emotionals get wrong about emotional maturity, and how somatic awareness changes the whole experience of living with a defined solar plexus. TOPICS COVERED Teresa's first introduction to Human Design and why emotional authority landed immediatelyWhat Ra got right and where his teaching stopped shortThe difference between wave phenomena and the actual clarity processWhat emotional clarity feels like somaticallyThe three wave types: spike and lock, crash wave, and ratchet wave, and why none of them are decision-making toolsHow the mind amplifies and distorts the emotional processRaw emotional data vs. feeling as interpretationThe splenic/emotional divide and different relationships to time, depth, and informationCo-regulation, emotional empathy, and when you need a splenic person to cut through the fogIntegrating splenic awareness and emotional authority when you have bothWhat non-emotionals misunderstand about emotional maturity FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM The New School of Human Design on IG // ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/newschoolofhumandesign [https://www.instagram.com/newschoolofhumandesign] James Alexander on IG // ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/james_alexander_coaching [https://www.instagram.com/james_alexander_coaching] Teresa Brenneman on IG // ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/teresaabrenneman [https://www.instagram.com/teresaabrenneman/]

The Projector Experiment Part 1: A Conversation with Nils Kunisch

For the next episode of our series focusing on Type, James sits down with Nils Kunisch, a 3/5 Self-Projected Projector, certified NSHD analyst, and seven-year Human Design experimenter based in Germany. Nils works alongside his partner — a trauma therapist with over 15 years of experience — combining Human Design with somatic practice. This is a rare and honest look at what the Projector experiment actually feels like from the inside. Nils and James cover self-projected authority and how to somatically tell the difference between the mind speaking and the G-Center, the sternum sensation as an Inner Authority marker, and what recognition really feels like versus being projected onto. Nils shares about Desire motivation and its transference to Innocence, Projector energy and what success actually looks like without motors, the Generator-Projector dynamic from both sides of the aura, and why presence is a Projector's most underestimated gift. They also get into the no-choice conversation, nervous system work as the real foundation of deconditioning, and the traps that even experienced HD students fall into — including forcing Human Design as an explanatory lens onto everything. Nils is a certified analyst with the New School of Human Design. To learn more about his work or book a session, visit his site https://paths.to/nils.kunisch Follow Nils on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nils.humandesign/

The Generator Experiment: Tegan Parkinson and Carina Dusseldorp

In this episode of the Type series, we explore what actually shifts when you live as a Sacral Generator, moving from mental understanding into embodied response, capacity, and trust in the body. In this conversation, we're joined by Tegan Parkinson and Carina Dusseldorp and we explore lived changes that emerge when Generators stop forcing, stop future-tripping, and begin honoring their sacral energy in daily life, relationships, work, and parenting. * The shift from over-analyzing Human Design to living strategy and authority * What sacral response actually feels like (and why it’s not always loud or dramatic) * Navigating fear, money pressure, and survival energy as a Generator * Capacity, boundaries, and giving from overflow instead of people-pleasing * Trusting the body over the mind, especially in high-stakes moments * Why simplicity, presence, and patience create sustainable satisfaction Tegan Parkinson 2/4 Sacral Generator | Cross of the Maya Tegan shares her grounded, embodied approach to Human Design, shaped by years of self-work around anxiety, presence, and nervous system awareness. Human Design became a validation, not a rulebook, helping her trust not knowing and live in deeper alignment with her sacral response. She also does Akashic Records readings. 🔗 Book with Tegan: https://teganparkinson.com/ [https://teganparkinson.com/] 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teganparky [https://www.instagram.com/teganparky] Carina Dusseldorp 5/2 Sacral Manifesting Generator | Cross of Industry Carina brings a deeply somatic and holistic lens, reflecting on growing up misunderstood, learning to trust her defined spleen and ego, and creating freedom through honoring her body’s needs. Her work bridges Human Design, embodiment, and parenting through differentiation. 🔗 Book with Carina: https://newschoolofhumandesign.com/profiles/carina-dusseldorp/ [https://newschoolofhumandesign.com/profiles/carina-dusseldorp/] https://holistics.nl/aanbod/human-design/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carinadusseldorp/ [https://www.instagram.com/carinadusseldorp/] Follow us on Instagram: The New School of Human Design on IG // ⁠⁠@newschoolofhumandesign⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/newschoolofhumandesign] James Alexander on IG // ⁠⁠@james_alexander_coaching⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/james_alexander_coaching] Teresa Brenneman on IG // ⁠⁠@teresaabrenneman⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/teresaabrenneman/]

Tangible Changes from Living Your Design

We're back for Season 2 of Nine Centered to explore how life actually changes through the Human Design experiment and what it's like to live it. This episode kicks off a four-part series on living your design beyond conceptual Human Design, starting with Generators and Manifesting Generators. In the following episodes, we'll hear from all types and a mix of unique perspectives and voices. * Living your design beyond theory and legacy narratives: what does it tangibly look like? * Observing Human Design from birth as Teresa welcomes her baby boy into the world * Emotional authority before and after Human Design and the reality of the wave * Confidence, the 2/4 profile, and responding to callouts * Letting go of optics and external validation, how relational dynamics have shifted * Fear, the body, and deconditioning the spleen * Chronic health issues as communication from the body * Expansion of the NSHD analyst community and featuring more voices on the podcast Interested in Analyst Training? Semester 2 begins early March and you can still join. ⁠Apply here!⁠ [https://newschoolofhumandesign.com/analyst-training-2025-2026/] Book sessions: ⁠Teresa⁠ [https://newschoolofhumandesign.com/profiles/teresa-brenneman/] ⁠James⁠ [https://newschoolofhumandesign.com/profiles/james-alexander/] ⁠Check out our team of Analysts⁠ [https://newschoolofhumandesign.com/profile-group/analysts/] Follow us on Instagram: The New School of Human Design on IG // ⁠⁠⁠@newschoolofhumandesign⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/newschoolofhumandesign] James Alexander on IG // ⁠⁠⁠@james_alexander_coaching⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/james_alexander_coaching] Teresa Brenneman on IG // ⁠⁠⁠@teresaabrenneman⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/teresaabrenneman/]