
The Human Design Podcast #483. The Hidden Link Between Human Design and & Beauty, Aging and Empowerment with Mikaela MacLean
Oct 2, 2025
In this captivating discussion, Mikaela MacLean, a Human Design reader and auric esthetician, shares her transformative journey from ballerina to beauty healer. She emphasizes that true beauty arises from energetic authenticity rather than superficial fixes. Mikaela explores how understanding one's Human Design can empower self-acceptance and visibility. They discuss aging gracefully, the significance of the North Node in personal growth, and how inner healing reshapes outer appearances, offering practical rituals for embodying confidence.
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From Doctor To Ballerina To Esthetician
- Mikaela planned to be a doctor, trained seriously in ballet, then ruptured her Achilles at 15 and fell into depression.
- She later discovered esthetics and skincare, which reignited passion and became her career pathway into medicine-adjacent work.
Inner Healing Shapes Outer Beauty
- External treatments like lasers and creams are often cosmetic 'cherries on top' that can't fix internal unhappiness.
- True beauty and confidence stem from energetic authenticity and inner healing, not only physical fixes.
COVID Sparked Her Human Design Career
- During COVID lockdown Mikaela read Human Design for people all day, every day and felt 'high' sharing it.
- That intensive practice launched her shift from clinical esthetics to energetic and Human Design work.



