The Current

Want to learn more about Human Design and being a Manifestor? Head to ⁠Moonrise⁠, Sam and Nadia's newest dedicated Human Design venture with tons of free resources to learn more: ⁠Moonrise Human Design Podcast⁠ ⁠Moonrise Human Design YouTube Channel⁠ ⁠Moonrise Human Design Instagram⁠ Manifestors are the only energy type in Human Design that hold the creative vision and contain everything within themselves to get their ideas started. Other types need to wait for something whether it’s an invitation (Projectors), something to respond to (Manifesting Generators and Generators), or a full lunar cycle to drop into their unique energy (Reflectors). Manifestors don’t need to wait for anything, they receive the lightning bolt of inspiration within themselves, all they need to do is “inform” or let people know where they’re going. Manifestor energy is incredibly powerful and self-contained and it’s our deep belief that we need more empowered and creatively inspired Manifestors on the planet right now to cultivate collective growth and healing. We reframe and evolve the traditional language that Manifestors are “repelling” and instead empower Manifestors to observe the way they impact people around them. In this episode Sam and I interview our dear friend Carolyn who introduced us and kicked off our co-creation a little over a year ago. Talk about getting things started! We interview her about her unique Manifestor energy. For those familiar with Human Design, Carolyn is a 2/4 Emotional Manifestor born under the right angle cross of penetration. We cover a lot of ground in this episode, including: What does a Manifestor urge feel like? How can Manifestors understand their closed (opaque) and impactful aura? What does Manifestor anger feel like and how can Manifestors work with it in healthy ways? What are the common Manifestor wounds and challenges? How can Manifestors learn to trust the rest to recharge their undefined Sacral motor? Bonus: Inner inquiry prompts to understand the type of impact you are designed to make in this lifetime If you are a Manifestor, we hope you take this episode as an invitation to trust and move toward the creative inspiration that flows through you unimpeded. Play big! Take up space! Go where you wanna go and be who you wanna be! We’re all waiting for your inspiration to get us all started. Sending you love on your journey of self-reclamation and inner power.  --- Interested in diving deep into all the nuances of Human Design? Open enrollment for the Spring '23 cohort of Human Design Training is now open. You can reserve your spot at nadialast.com/humandesigntraining. --- About Nadia: Nadia Last is an intuitive therapist, spiritual mentor, and host of The Current podcast. Nadia also co-teaches Human Design Training alongside Sam (learn more about Sam below). You can book a reading with Nadia or learn more about 1:1 mentorship at www.nadialast.com. About Sam: Sam Pfotenhauer is a healer, coach, human design reader and psychic channel, as well as the host of the Wild River podcast. She is one of Nadia’s closest friends and they co-teach Human Design Training together. You can find her on Instagram at @wildriver and learn more about her offerings at wildriver.live. --- Website: nadialast.com Instagram: @nadialast_ Music: Chihiro by Yoste Photography: www.mandeerae.com

Generators are here to be our life-giving doers, creators, and builders. If you are a Generator, you were imbued with the life force energy to commit to and master a process and skill, and bring an idea to life. Your superpower is that when you’re doing what you love, you get more energy as you work, naturally regenerating your gas tank as you go. In this episode, Sam and I interview Mandee Rae, a prolific artist and photographer who actually took the cover photo for this podcast! We cover a lot of ground including: What is a Generator? How special the Generator archetype really is What a sacral yes and no feels like Characteristics of an empowered Generator What satisfaction feels like What frustration feels like Generator lifestyle including sleep strategy Mandee's website: www.mandeerae.com --- Interested in diving deep into all the nuances of Human Design? Open enrollment for the Spring '23 cohort of Human Design Training is now open. You can reserve your spot at nadialast.com/humandesigntraining. --- About Nadia: Nadia Last is an intuitive therapist, spiritual mentor, and host of The Current podcast. Nadia also co-teaches Human Design Training alongside Sam (learn more about Sam below). You can book a reading with Nadia or learn more about 1:1 mentorship at www.nadialast.com. About Sam: Sam Pfotenhauer is a healer, coach, human design reader and psychic channel, as well as the host of the Wild River podcast. She is one of Nadia’s closest friends and they co-teach Human Design Training together. You can find her on Instagram at @wildriver and learn more about her offerings at wildriver.live. --- Website: nadialast.com Instagram: @nadialast_ Music: Chihiro by Yoste Photography: www.mandeerae.com

Projectors are here to be our guides, seers, visionaries, leaders, and teachers. They are bravely ushering us into a new paradigm of leadership. One that doesn’t need to roll up their sleeves and work the hardest to prove their worth. Rather, Projector leadership guides others through their ability to step back and observe. Today’s podcast episode is a deep dive into the Projector energetic archetype where Sam Pfotenhauer interviews Nadia about her experience discovering and owning her Projector gifts. --- Interested in diving deep into all the nuances of Human Design? Open enrollment for the Spring '23 cohort of Human Design Training is now open. You can reserve your spot at nadialast.com/humandesigntraining. --- About Nadia: Nadia Last is an intuitive therapist, spiritual mentor, and host of The Current podcast. Nadia also co-teaches Human Design Training alongside Sam (learn more about Sam below). You can book a reading with Nadia or learn more about 1:1 mentorship at www.nadialast.com. About Sam: Sam Pfotenhauer is a healer, coach, human design reader and psychic channel, as well as the host of the Wild River podcast. She is one of Nadia’s closest friends and they co-teach Human Design Training together. You can find her on Instagram at @wildriver and learn more about her offerings at wildriver.live. --- Website: nadialast.com Instagram: @nadialast_ Music: Chihiro by Yoste Photography: www.mandeerae.com

Human Design gives you the confidence to embody who you really are. In today’s episode Nadia is joined by her good friend and creative collaborator Sam Pfotenhauer to unpack what Human Design is. Together, we discuss: What Human Design is and how it was founded The four ancient wisdom systems Human Design draws from (Western Astrology, the Hindu Chakra system, the Chinese I Ching, and the Jewish Kabbalah Tree of Life) A breakdown of Nadia and Sam’s energy. Sam is a 4/1 emotional Manifesting Generator and Nadia is a 4/6 splenic Projector What we’ve learned about ourselves and our life paths through Human Design Realizing the wisdom available in our open centers (specifically, Sam’s open Ajna and Nadia’s open Solar Plexus) How Human Design can be used in parenting An introduction to the top 5 energy types: Projectors, Reflectors, Manifestors, Manifesting Generators, and Generators How Human Design can boomerang you back into your soul's purpose --- Interested in diving deep into all the nuances of Human Design? Open enrollment for the Spring '23 cohort of Human Design Training is now open. You can reserve your spot at nadialast.com/humandesigntraining. --- About Nadia: Nadia Last is an intuitive therapist, spiritual mentor, and host of The Current podcast. Nadia also co-teaches Human Design Training alongside Sam (learn more about Sam below). You can book a reading with Nadia or learn more about 1:1 mentorship at www.nadialast.com. About Sam: Sam Pfotenhauer is a healer, coach, human design reader and psychic channel, as well as the host of the Wild River podcast. She is one of Nadia’s closest friends and they co-teach Human Design Training together. You can find her on Instagram at @wildriver and learn more about her offerings at wildriver.live. --- Website: nadialast.com Instagram: @nadialast_ Music: Chihiro by Yoste Photography: www.mandeerae.com

Of course, no one person can answer this question, but in this solo episode to kick off "season two" of The Current, host Nadia Last posits a few hypotheses for you to chew on. As always, this is an invitation to take what resonates and leave the rest. If you'd like to join us for the upcoming journey of Soul Group, the next cohort sets sail early February 2022. You can learn more by visiting nadialast.com/soulgroup or emailing Nadia directly at hello@nadialast.com. --- Website: nadialast.com Instagram: @nadialast_ Music: Chihiro by Yoste Photography www.mandeerae.com

In this solo episode, Nadia gets vulnerable and shares one of the wounds she’s been working through in her own life: a deep-seated fear of rejection. We are wired for love and connection. One of the most fundamantal human needs is belonging. And that is why disconnection can be such a detrimental blow to our emotional wellbeing. In today’s society, kids are often ostracized or made fun of when they stick out in any way. It then becomes difficult in adulthood to dredge up our uniqueness, because in many instances we learned to suppress our natural gifts in our early years.  Nadia shares openly about a few experiences from her childhood that led her to unconsciously develop a habit of keeping people at arm’s length. She shares how she’s learning to let people in, to feel safe being seen, and source self-worth within herself rather than unconsciously seeking external validation. It’s been a long road, y’all! And it will continue to be a lifelong journey.  Also in this episode:  Working with your dreams to heal childhood experiences How to reparent yourself, giving your inner child what they needed back then now Soul purpose is often cultivated through the pain you’ve experienced and ultimately alchemize for others to learn from Learning how to keep people in your life by consistently watering and tending to your “relationship garden" Mentioned: Journey of Souls by Michael Newton The next cohort of Soul Group is launching September 7th. If you’re ready to explore and be seen for who you really are in sacred circle we would be deeply honored to have you. Learn more at nadialast.com/soulgroup --- Website: nadialast.com Instagram: @nadialast_ Music: Chihiro by Yoste Photography www.mandeerae.com

In this episode Akashic channel and Reiki master Dani Dillard unpacks the Akashic Records, what they are, and how someone can connect with that energy that encodes the blueprint of our soul’s path in this lifetime. Dani channels a few messages from the Akashic Masters during this episode and it’s so special. Opening yourself up to receiving guidance from your guides can be life-altering. Dani also discusses reiki energy, the Japanese art of connecting to life force, Shakti energy through hands-on or distant healing. Also discussed: Moving through and really sitting with the thickness of depression Answering the call when your soul is yearning for a move to a different physical location, even when it makes little logical sense Learning how to marry the mystic, the wanderer, and the leader archetypes in life and work Allowing your body space to catch up to the expansion of your consciousness How to set psychedelic ceremony Dani is currently offering coaching and energy healing with a focus on Akashic Records, reiki energy healing, somatic practices, yoga, and writing. What feels most alive for her right now, in her own words, "Full experience of devotion to goddess energy and Shakti power. Devoting my creation to the service of my own heart, humanity and unity. My destiny is to be creative and free.” Dani’s Instagram: @daniwild333 Dani’s website: www.danielledillard.com --- Website: nadialast.com Instagram: @nadialast_ Music: Chihiro by Yoste Photography www.mandeerae.com

Nadia and Sam, of Wild River (@wildriver), share an intimate conversation about what it feels like to navigate a post-pandemic world. After more than a year of COVID-19-related restrictions, the country is beginning to reopen. With that comes a jarringly faster pace of life, opportunities to gather and travel again, and new anxieties and stress. Sam begins this episode with a grounding meditation to connect to the Earth. Nadia and Sam then back and forth about their experiences starting their businesses and returning to “normal.” Some of the other topics we discuss: Connecting to the Earth through somatic practices and grounding meditations Daily practices for allowing yourself to feel deeply and leaning into your own emotional wave Morning rituals to start your day inward before going outward Inner child healing through dream journaling --- About Nadia: Nadia Last is an intuitive therapist, spiritual mentor, and host of The Current podcast. Nadia also co-teaches Human Design Training alongside Sam (learn more about Sam below). You can book a reading with Nadia or learn more about 1:1 mentorship at www.nadialast.com. About Sam: Sam Pfotenhauer is a healer, coach, human design reader and psychic channel, as well as the host of the Wild River podcast. She is one of Nadia’s closest friends and they co-teach Human Design Training together. You can find her on Instagram at @wildriver and learn more about her offerings at wildriver.live. --- Website: nadialast.com Instagram: @nadialast_ Music: Chihiro by Yoste Photography: www.mandeerae.com Photography www.mandeerae.com

In this episode, Nadia interviews her former therapist and mentor, Clare Johnson, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who is evolving her practice to include psychedelic assisted therapy, or the use of mind-altering substances and subsequent integration to incite deeper therapeutic healing and catharsis for individuals and groups. "Psychedelic” literally means to make your soul visible. Derived from the Greek psyche ("soul"), and deloun ("to make visible").  In this episode, Clare discusses how the use of psychedelic medicine can reconnect you with the parts of yourself that you do your best to avoid in daily life, ultimately bringing you into greater wholeness and wellbeing. We cover a lot of ground in this episode including: The current state of legalized psychedelic therapy in the US and where we’re headed over the next few years Clare’s own experience with psychedelic plant medicine on her personal healing journey How journeying inward with a trained guide mitigates having a “bad trip” What it was like to be a therapist during the global upheaval of 2020 Clare’s own connection to spirituality and an energy beyond each of us that connects us all   Mentioned by Clare:  In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan   Learn more about Clare and her work at http://clarejohnsontherapy.com or email her at clarejohnsonmft@gmail.com. Follow her journey on Instagram @clareapy.   --- Website: nadialast.com Instagram: @nadialast_ Music: Chihiro by Yoste Photography www.mandeerae.com

Journaling is the top recommended tool for self awareness, personal growth, and connecting with your intuition. It’s a tool we all know we should be doing, but very few of us actually do it. Why? Because for many, journaling invokes a mental image of a middle schooler recounting what they had for lunch to a diary. We also have no clue what to write.  In this episode, Nadia unpacks why journaling is the single most important tool that aided her on her spiritual journey. In fact, this podcast wouldn’t exist without journaling.  The simple fact is that when you dutifully show up day after day to unpack the contents of your heart and your mind, you get clear on what it is you actually want and value and what your soul is truly yearning for. Seeing longings show up on your pages day after day eventually leads you to do something about it. This is the magic of journaling. Journaling will help you unlock a connection with your higher self. It provides a constant stream of higher order wisdom and a rudder for making decisions in your life. Journaling is a free tool for introspection and mental clarity.  What we cover in this episode:  The main blockers that keep you from starting a journaling practice  Tactical tips for starting your own practice (+ journal prompts!)  Overcoming and working with your inner critic  Getting over the initial hump of feeling silly and not knowing what to write --- Website: nadialast.com Instagram: @nadialast_ Music: Chihiro by Yoste Photography www.mandeerae.com