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In this Q&A-style episode, Hillary sits down with Ashlee - a 3/5 projector, close friend, and the biggest support behind her business - to unpack a concept that's been resonating deeply on tour: making the small things big. Recorded during Virgo eclipse season, when opponent voices tend to be loudest, this conversation is about learning to notice the quiet, minimized stories running in the background of daily life - the ones we dismiss as "not a big deal" - and recognizing them as the actual root of our biggest patterns. Hillary and Ashlee trace how "small" stories (people-pleasing, seeking approval, minimizing accomplishments) quietly shape major life outcomes, and why awareness alone can shift as much as 50% of the pattern. The conversation moves into distinguishing intuition from the opponent voice - both of which "sound like you" - and why intuition never asks for proof, while the opponent always offers a reason not to act.  In this episode: Making the small things big: how minimized stories quietly run the showAshlee's personal breakthrough on belonging and self-worth from the Brisbane tour stopThe difference between intuition and the opponent voice - and why both "sound like you"Why intuition never needs proof, but the opponent always offers a reason to stay smallThe three states of consciousness: to-me, for-me, and through-meEase versus easy - why comfort with discomfort is the real goalStaying discerning about where energy and attention go in a distraction-heavy worldBecome CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

In the podcast's first guest episode of the year, Hillary sits down with Dr. Sue Morter - renowned speaker, pioneer of bioenergetic medicine, and author of The Energy Codesand Anatomy of Awakening - for a conversation on divine love as our true, underlying nature, not a fleeting feeling. They explore why pain and constant self-monitoring signal we're "off center," why friction is a natural part of high-frequency consciousness moving through physical form, and how triggers can be turned into wisdom instead of repeated patterns.  The episode also touches on how consciousness takes physical shape, why embodying truth matters more than explaining it, and closes with reflections on blessing as a constant state and Mary Magdalene as an embodiment of unconditional love. In this episode: How to recognize when you're operating from illusion versus your true, grounded selfWhy friction and resistance are a natural byproduct of high-frequency consciousness meeting physical formTurning triggers into "circuitry" instead of repeating the same patterns indefinitelyA physics-based model of consciousness compressing from the unified field into human formWhy embodying truth is more powerful than trying to explain or convinceBlessing as a constant, unearned energetic state — not something you have to createReflections on Mary Magdalene and the embodiment of rooted, unconditional loveBecome CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

In this episode, Hillary unpacks the difference between small desires and big desires, and why so many of us get distracted by the byproduct of our work instead of the actual point of it. Using the bus stop analogy from Dr. Sue Morter (coming to the podcast soon) and a Kabbalistic teaching on tikkun, she walks through why every person, relationship, and challenge in your life is a vehicle — not the destination. She shares the story of the "blue diamond" — the one thing your soul actually came here to bring back — and why so many of us get to the end of a chapter having built everything except that. Plus: a real client story of a training that didn't sell out the way she wanted, and the full transformation that happened because of it, not despite it. If you've been in a season of asking for answers, feeling the pressure to perform, or wondering why things aren't going "your way" — this episode is the reframe you didn't know you needed. Become CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

Feeling unexplained anxiety, restlessness, or a pull toward change these past few weeks? This episode breaks down the spiritual significance of the September energetic window - and gives you a practical framework for setting intentions for the next 12 months. If you've felt an unusual wave of anxiety or a sense that something is shifting beneath the surface, this episode explains why - and what to do about it. Hillary connects Virgo season with Rosh Hashanah, the Kabbalistic new year, framing the 48-hour window between September 11th–13th as a spiritual seed point: whatever energy you embody during this time sets the tone for the next 12 months. If you're looking to understand seasonal energy shifts, set intentions for the year ahead, or simply make sense of why things feel heightened right now - this episode offers real language for what's happening and how to move through it consciously. In this episode: The spiritual meaning of the September 11th–13th energetic window (Rosh Hashanah)Why anxiety and restlessness often show up before a personal breakthroughRecognizing the "opponent voice" when it shows up right after a boundary winWhy judgment is a low-frequency energy, even when it feels righteousA real-time example of responding consciously instead of reactivelyHow to use this window to set intentions for the next 12 monthsBecome CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

Feeling stuck in life, your career, or your purpose?  This episode reframes stuckness as a story your mind is telling you — not your reality — and gives you a practical, spiritual framework for dissolving it. This episode is especially relevant if you're a Generator or Manifesting Generator in Human Design, feeling low motivation, creatively blocked, or unsure of your next step in business or life.  In this episode: Why "feeling stuck" is a story, not a reality — and how to reframe itThe science and spirituality behind why energy can never truly be blockedHow stuckness shows up specifically for Generators and Manifesting GeneratorsWhy full self-expression, not the end result, is what actually dissolves the feeling of being stuckConnecting this teaching to the "opponent voice" from last week's episodeThe Power Practice: a step-by-step tool for pausing instead of reactingWhy taking one small, imperfect step matters more than having the whole planWhere to find Hillary's live tour and final certification enrollment datesBecome CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

If you've ever talked yourself out of the thing your intuition kept nudging you toward — this is the episode that names exactly what was happening, and how to move through it next time. In this episode Hillary shares a powerful teaching module from inside The Expansion on what she calls the opponent voice: the inner critic, the ego, the friction point.  Hillary breaks down the opponent voice as a positive force disguised as a negative one — a mechanism designed to test you right before expansion, not to destroy you. She walks through how to tell the difference between resistance that's protecting your comfort zone and resistance that's simply forcing something misaligned. And reframes doubt, fear, and mental resistance not as signs you're off track, but as proof you're on the edge of your next level.  In this episode: What the "opponent voice" is, and why it shows up loudest right before a breakthroughThe difference between resistance that's protecting your comfort and resistance from forcing misalignmentA practice for interrupting the opponentWhy "99% committed is the same as 1% committed," and what full surrender actually looks likeReflections from the Bondi Beach tour stop, and lessons on receiving support after years of self-relianceBecome CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

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Are you a generator living from obligation instead of desire? In this episode, Hillary breaks down the generator energy type — the life force behind 35% of the population, including icons like Beyonce and Oprah — and why so many of them are exhausted, frustrated, and disconnected from their own power. You'll learn why the generator's gut response is the single most important tool they have, how to tell the difference between a real yes and a settled-for maybe, and why chasing what you want is actually pushing it away. Hillary shares the "perfect pair of jeans" analogy that will change how you make decisions forever, plus why satisfaction — not happiness — is the true sign you're aligned. If you've ever felt stuck, dulled, or like you're swimming upstream in your own life, this one's for you. ENJOY LOVE YOU! Become CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

Manifestors make up roughly 9% of the population. In this episode Hillary breaks down why their bigness, their intensity, and their need for total independence aren't things to shrink, instead they're the entire point. This one's essential listening whether you're a Manifestor yourself, raising a Manifestor child, or in relationship with one who's constantly being asked to be smaller than they are. Hillary walks through the mechanics of the Manifestor's closed, impactful aura — why they're not designed to be for everyone, why trying to please the room is the fastest way to lose their true tribe, and why their strategy isn't to wait or respond, but to follow inner urges and inform the people around them before they act.  She also unpacks anger as the Manifestor's not-self signal, why it should be released rather than shamed, and how peace — not productivity — is the sign they're living aligned. Plus: a beautiful reframe on initiating from a feminine, receptive place rather than force. If you've ever been told you're "too much" — this is the episode that tells you why that was never true. In this episode: What makes Manifestors the rarest energy type, and why their aura is felt before they say a wordThe strategy of following urges and informing others — and why informing isn't asking permissionJ.K. Rowling, Adele, and Ra Uru Hu as Manifestor archetypes who stayed true to their visionWhy a closed aura means Manifestors were never meant to be for everyoneAnger as the not-self clue, and how to move through it in a healthy wayPeace as the Manifestor's signature sign of alignmentInitiating from a feminine, receptive place instead of forceAdvice for parents and partners of Manifestors on when to step back and let them leadBecome CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

If you've ever felt guilty for your own evolution, quitting something you "should" have stuck with, or juggling five different interests at once — this episode is the permission slip you didn't know you needed. Hillary breaks down the Manifesting Generator energy type: the gut-driven, multi-passionate, constantly-evolving force that the old paradigm of "master one thing and climb the ladder" was never built for. At the center of it all is the sacral response — the gut's yes or no — which Hillary calls the only true decision-maker in an MG's body. She explains why frustration isn't a personality flaw but a direct signal that energy is being spent somewhere it shouldn't, and why letting go of something you've outgrown isn't quitting — it's self-abandonment's opposite. This is the energy type that isn't meant to know twenty steps ahead, just the next gut-yes in front of them. Hillary also gets into the specific mechanics of working with a sacral response: how to ask it yes/no questions, why it can't answer "what's my purpose," and why an MG's aura becomes magnetic the moment they stop being wishy-washy about what they want. If you've been told you're flaky, scattered, or can't commit — this is the episode that reframes all of it as your actual design. In this episode: Why the sacral gut response is the only real decision-maker for a Manifesting GeneratorThe old paradigm of "pick one thing" — and why it drains an MG's life force energyFrustration as the key not-self signal, and what it's actually telling youHow to ask your gut yes/no questions (and why it can't answer "what's my purpose")Why juggling multiple projects at once creates more energy for an MG, not lessThe difference between quitting and honoring a gut-noWhy owning your pivot — instead of hedging it — is what makes other people believe in it tooBecome CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

Human Design helps a Projector feel seen in a way almost nothing else does — and this episode, one of Hillary's most-listened to transmissions, breaks down exactly why. It's a full reframe of what it means to be a Projector: not someone who waits on the sidelines for permission, but someone whose entire gift is built on presence, discernment, and knowing their own worth before anyone else confirms it. Hillary unpacks the Projector strategy of "waiting for the invite" — and dismantles the most common misunderstanding of it. She draws the line between the handful of moments you truly need an invitation and the long list of things you never do. She traces her own path from feeling disempowered by the word "Projector" to building a business entirely on recognition, energy exchange, and never chasing.  Plus: why invitations can expire, why rest is a Projector's real productivity hack, and a quoted reflection from Ra Uru Hu on the difference between healthy recognition and the "not-self" trap of attaching to people who were never truly yours to begin with. If you're a Projector who's tired of proving your worth — or you love one and want to understand what they actually need — this is the one to listen to. In this episode: What it means to be a Projector, and the gift most Projectors were never taught to seeThe real meaning of "waiting for the invite" (and why it's not about waiting at all)The only three times a Projector actually needs an invitation — and everything they don'tWhy invitations can expire, and how to know when to say noThe mantra "I attract, I don't chase" and what it looks like in practiceA personal story of turning down a misaligned invitation, even when it looked good on paperWhy presence, not productivity, is a Projector's true measure of successA quote from Ra Uru Hu on recognition, and the difference between being seen for who you are versus who you're pretending to beBecome CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

This week I'm feeling into the Leo energy of visibility, self-expression, and freedom of authenticity — and going deeper into what the fear of being seen actually is. Spoiler: it has nothing to do with the right hook on Instagram or saying the perfect thing to your partner. It's the fear that there's something inherently wrong with you, that you'll be found out, that you're not fully healed, not there yet. I break down what's actually happening when this fear shows up and why the more evidence you collect from hiding, the lonelier and more disconnected you become, in your relationships, your career, everywhere. I share a real conversation with my partner about needing him to simply respond when I share something that lights me up, and how reclaiming the word "needy" changed everything for me. Then I take you through my own story and how exposure — real, repeated, uncomfortable exposure — became the thing that set me free. We get into true humility versus hiding, giving from overflow instead of seeking validation, the cringe mountain, and why people respect authenticity even when they don't understand it. If you've ever held yourself back from saying the thing, sharing the thing, or being fully yourself, this one's for you. We cover:  What the fear of being seen really is (and why it's not about the hook)The conversation with my partner about needing to be heardProjection: how we make others the judge when they're notMy story of how I avoided being seenMoving overseas, blocking my hometown, and starting from zeroThe cringe mountain and why it gets easierGiving from overflow and connecting to the divine before you shareTrue freedom is being all of you, everywhereBecome CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

With all the talk of Lion's Gate portals and lucky, magnetic timing, this felt important to share: luck isn't something you receive, it's something you become a vessel for. And this episode is about exactly what that takes. There is only one Plan A for your soul — and no, that's not a metaphor. Hillary breaks down why life will keep engineering the exact same lesson into your relationships, your business, your friendships until you finally meet it, and why the real cost of avoiding it is repeating the whole thing again next lifetime. Inside, she gets honest about manifestation — why it has nothing to do with vision boards and everything to do with willingness — and tells the story of her client Ally Blanche, who posted one divisive reel, refused to back down, and tripled her following in a week. Plus: the shame Hillary used to carry about her own career, why she stopped getting asked "so what do you actually do?", and a gutting excerpt from Conversations with God about the difference between flirting with your spiritual path and actually living it. She also opens up about the identity shift she's moving through right now — planning a wedding, stepping into a more selfless season, and what it's teaching her about freedom. If you've ever wondered what life is actually asking of you — this is the one to listen to. In this episode: Why there is no Plan B in your soul's evolutionThe real definition of manifestation (it's not what you think)Ally Blanche's viral reel and the willingness behind itThe shame Hillary carried about her career — and what happened when she healed itA gutting Conversations with God excerpt on playing the spiritual game for realA personal update on marriage, identity, and the season aheadMentioned in this episode: Ally Blanche — follow along, especially if you're a parentConversations with God by Neale Donald WalschThe Empowered Human Design Certification — final live round now open!!Become CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

Hillary is coming to you fresh off the first stop of The Expansion Live Tour in Brisbane, and she's bringing back the reflections that are still moving through her. In this episode, she talks about the birth canal moment she experienced right before walking on stage, the nerves that nearly got the better of her, and the reminder from her friend Cass that the only way is through. From there, she opens up one of the central ideas of this episode: our biggest struggles rarely come from the big, obvious things. They come from the small, quiet inclinations we've learned to brush off — the constant hum of urgency, the need to prove, the low-level self-judgment that runs in the background of an ordinary day. Hillary walks through how these inclinations, not our circumstances, are what actually create our triggers, and why naming them is the first step to transcending them. She also shares a real-time example from her own life, an unexpected moment of losing her laptop the morning after the tour, and how choosing to respond from trust rather than lack changed the entire experience. Along the way, she touches on human design centers, the difference between reacting to a person and reacting to a story in your head, and why she believes judgment, not fear, is the true opposite of love. This is an invitation to look at what's quietly driving your days, to make the small things big, and to meet your own resistance as a sign that real expansion is close. Become CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart

If you've spent the last few years doing the inner work — the shadow work, the deconditioning, the healing, the nervous system regulation — this episode is your permission slip to step into what comes next. Because here's what Hillary is seeing in the collective right now: the invitation is shifting. We are moving out of the healing era and into the creation era. And if you've been feeling restless, called toward something bigger, or like the healing-focused identity no longer quite fits — that's not a sign something is wrong. That's your soul initiating you into your next phase. In this episode: The collective shift from 2020-2021 healing era to the creation era — and why now is the time to step upWhy constantly looking for the next block or shadow is actually a lower consciousness focusThe restlessness you're feeling right now is not a problem — it's your soul outgrowing maintenance modeFrom healing your darkness to becoming a conduit of light — what this identity shift actually looks likeYou are a frequency holder and a bridge for the new paradigm — what that means in practical termsThe matriarchal, sovereign woman identity: how to see yourself as the leader you already areWhy being half in, half out is costing you — and what happens when you fully lock inAuthenticity is an energy, not a strategy — and it's the most magnetic thing you can transmitThe next ten years are important: why now is the time to birth what has never existed beforeHow to act as the identity you're stepping into before you feel fully readyYou are not lost. You are exactly where you're meant to be — and this is your thresholdBecome CERTIFIED in HD in the Advanced Human Design Certification THE EXPANSION: Expand into your highest potential and timeline for conscious business owners, coaches and entrepreneurs  InstagramGet your free Human Design Chart