20 July 2023

What Does Human Design Have to do with Health?

Discover how your unique energetic blueprint can help you regulate your nervous system, build self-trust, and support your health and well-being.

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This is Where it All Begins


If you're new to Human Design, this is the place to start. The Earth Guide is where you set a solid foundation for how to cultivate and deepen your own self-trust.


What is Human Design?


Human Design is like a blueprint for your body's energy.


Just like we study the nervous system or digestive system to better understand our health, Human Design shows you how your energy naturally flows - helping you live with more alignment and self-trust.

It can help you understand:


  • how to make clear, aligned decisions
  • how much rest and stimulation you need
  • how you relate to others and environments
  • how to feel more like yourself - in work, relationships, parenting, and beyond

The Barking Dog Analogy


Imagine someone is standing on a dog's tail. The dog barks - loudly - to signal pain.

Now imagine trying to quiet the bark without asking, "Why is the dog barking?"


When we suppress symptoms without listening, we can miss the root cause.


The same thing happens in your body.


How Does Human Design Support Your Health?


When energy is repressed or ignored, it can show up as:


  • recurrent illness (e.g. sore throats, sinus issues, digestive problems, skin flare-ups)
  • emotional burnout or chronic fatigue
  • disconnection from our self and our body


Each energy centre in your design connects to real physiological function. When we suppress and repress certain energy in our bodies it can create dis-ease and illness.


Ever had a really sore throat, lost your voice and felt like you had a huge lump in your throat? It could be connected to your throat energy centre and repressing your voice.


If you are someone who is designed to have a powerful voice and had an urge to speak and say something but you metaphorically bit your tongue and didn't say anything - this can have a big impact on your health.


Our bodies are incredibly complex and everything is interconnected: Mind, body, emotion, nervous system, immune response, digestion - are all speaking to each other.


Trauma expert Dr Gabor Maté even takes it a step further. “To say that the mind is connected to the body is incorrect,” he says. “To say that the nervous system is connected to the immune system, and the immune system is connected to the emotional apparatus, all of which is connected to the hormone system, is incorrect. They are not connected; they are the same system.”


If one system goes down, so to speak, it can take down other systems with it too. And just like the analogy of the dog barking - sometimes the system that is shouting the loudest, isn't where the core issue is coming from. Human Design helps to give you a map.




Why Human Design Belongs in Whole-Body Health


True healing begins when you:


  • reconnect with your body's messages
  • understand your own energy blueprint
  • stop overriding your needs to meet external expectations
  • regulate your nervous system with self-knowledge and compassion


This is the foundation of self-trust.


What is the Earth Guide?


The Earth Guide is your customised Human Design PDF - a personal introduction to how your energy operates here on Earth.


You'll receive:


  • a beautifully designed, personalised guide translating your Human Design chart
  • insights into your type, strategy, authority, profile, energy centres, and more
  • practical suggestions to support your nervous system regulation
  • tools for building self-trust and deeper embodiment


Once you understand your design, you'll begin to:


  • say no without guilt and yes with clarity
  • feel empowered about your unique gifts
  • honour the way your energy naturally moves through life


It's your permission slip to be fully you - not who you've been conditioned to be.


Why I Created the Earth Guide


Hi, I'm Olivia Sutherland - I created the Earth Guide because understanding your energy is life-changing. This guide isn't just informative - it's transformational.


It's for those who are ready to:


  • stop second-guessing themselves
  • reconnect with their body's inner wisdom
  • make decisions with clarity and calm
  • heal their health by trusting their design


This is how we reclaim our health, our trust, and our truth.


Ready to Begin?


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What People Are Saying


“I love my earth guide by Olivia. It literally helps you to understand yourself and I think to love yourself to a point if that doesn’t sound corny. Olivia presents it in a way that it’s clear to read and understand. Many parts of it are relatable but then you put it down and go back to it over and over, then more things make sense to you. It’s a reference for who you truly are. I would 100% recommend the earth guide to anyone who’s thinking about it. Olivia’s guides are a super reasonable price and she is the best!”


— Kaliska (5/1 Splenic Projector)



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