

#107 Healing with Human Design - An Interview with Dave Rowan
10 snips Apr 4, 2021
In this enlightening discussion, Dave Rowan, a former corporate engineer turned entrepreneur who battled severe anxiety and depression, shares his transformative healing journey using Human Design. He highlights the importance of self-responsibility and daily practices that foster progress. Dave reflects on childhood moments that shaped his beliefs and explores nonlinear healing with setbacks. He introduces practical tools like gratitude rituals, reveals insights from Human Design that clarified his emotional patterns, and emphasizes the significance of self-love and embracing uncertainty.
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From Corporate Success To Hospital Admissions
- Dave Rowan describes checking himself into a mental hospital multiple times due to severe anxiety and depression despite external success.
- He credits later work with Emma Dunwoody and Human Design for major improvements in his mental health.
Outward Success Hides Inner Collapse
- External success does not protect against internal collapse; public wins can hide deep mental health struggles.
- Dave and Emma stress that depression often arises without a single dramatic trauma, from cumulative life transitions and unmet inner needs.
Show Up With An Agenda
- Take responsibility for your results and show up with an agenda for help sessions.
- Use daily disciplined exercises as concrete actions to change patterns instead of wandering in sessions.