Unshakeable with Human Design - A Human Design For Business Podcast

October is the month the Human Design transits walk the sun through every gate of the spleen, and the spleen speaks the language of fear. Add Venus turning retrograde in Scorpio on the 3rd and Mercury turning retrograde before the month is out, and you get a month that keeps asking you to hold still right when everything in you wants to push. Nicole reads the month solo this time and makes the case that October was built for taking stock, and that the people who lean back now get the clarity in November that everyone else will still be chasing. If you have a launch on the calendar, a decision you keep circling, or a business you love that has picked up a few things you don't, this is the month to look at what you've been carrying on autopilot, and why. Key takeaways - Why the whole of October runs on the frequency of fear, and what that fear is actually building in you. - Venus retrograde turns the month into a review of what you value, and the review goes straight to your patterns. - The first two weeks reward leaning back over pushing forward, and pushing anyway costs more than momentum. - Two dates in the middle of the month bring relief and a nudge to act, and only one of them is ready to be trusted. - The retrograde nobody likes can deliver the biggest insight of your fall, if you use it the way it's asking to be used. HD Authority Lab: We have a NEW HD membership community where you get ALL of our monthly HD Masterclasses included and so much more!! It is all about creating alignment, action, and consistency in your business with Human Design. To join The HD Authority Lab at the special Founding Member rate click the link below or DM Nicole "Lab" on Instagram for info. nicolelaino.com/lab Readings: To book a Human Design Foundation Reading, Business/Purpose Reading, or Relationship Reading with Nicole go to nicolelaino.com/human-design-readings If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me: Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tag me @nicolelainoofficial on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!

Human Design has talked about 2027 for years, and most of what got said landed in one of two camps: everything collapses, or everything gets better. Pluto in Aquarius has been running alongside it since late 2024, and together the two are already giving us a preview of what's coming. It looks less like an ending and more like the moment we stop being able to lean on the systems we built our lives around. What that means for you is where your authority goes once the old one stops being reliable. Nicole makes the case that this shift can make it easier to hand your power to somebody new, and that Human Design was never meant to be the next place you hand it. If you've felt more called lately to use your voice and to be led by yourself, this episode names why, and what the people who already feel it are here to do. What you'll learn - The difference between a system collapsing and a system you can no longer blindly rely on, and why the second one is what's actually in front of us. - Pluto in Aquarius and the 2027 change ask the same question about power, and it starts with who handed it out. - Decentralization gives everyone access, and access is a very different thing from freedom. - You can leave one authority and outsource yourself to another without noticing you did it, and the new one can condition you just as well as the old one. - What being sovereign actually means, and why it has nothing to do with refusing to listen to anyone. HD Authority Lab We have a NEW HD membership community where you get ALL of our monthly HD Masterclasses included and so much more!! It is all about creating alignment, action, and consistency in your business with Human Design. To join The HD Authority Lab at the special Founding Member rate click the link below or DM Nicole "Lab" on Instagram for info. nicolelaino.com/lab 2027 Change Podcast Episodes To listen to Episode 216: 2027 and The Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix go to www.nicolelaino.com/podcast/episode216 To listen to Episode 448: The 2027 Change from The Cross of Planning to the Sleeping Phoenix go to www.nicolelaino.com/podcast/episode448 Readings To book a Human Design Foundation Reading, Business/Purpose Reading, or Relationship Reading with Nicole go to nicolelaino.com/human-design-readings If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me: Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tag me @nicolelainoofficial on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!

Human Design has a precise answer for the powerful, intelligent woman who feels the call to leap into her next evolution but can't seem to pull the trigger. She's capable of more and she knows it. What she's reaching for now asks her to trust something a plan never asked her to trust, and that is where a lot of very accomplished women stall. Nicole names the five patterns she keeps seeing in the women she's sitting with right now, and the one belief under all of them. Human Design was built to take that belief apart, and she's had every pattern on the list herself, so this lands as a call up rather than a call out. The next level turns out to be a much smaller step than it looks from inside the plan. What's discussed - Five patterns that stall a powerful woman right at her own next level, and why every one of them can pass for strength from the inside. - The single belief running under all five. Most women will say it isn't theirs, so there's a look-again test for that. - The most productive-looking item on the list is also the sneakiest way of choosing your limitations. - What "ready" actually is, and why it has nothing to do with forcing. - Choosing yourself is a gift to the people in your house, and you've already lived the proof. Business By Design Doors to Business By Design are open. To learn more go to nicolelaino.com/enroll. To book a free clarity call with Nicole and find out if it's right for you, go to nicolelaino.com/clarity or DM Nicole "CLARITY" on Instagram at @nicolelainoofficial 2027 Change Podcast Episodes To listen to Episode 216: 2027 and The Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix go to www.nicolelaino.com/podcast/episode216 To listen to Episode 448: The 2027 Change from The Cross of Planning to the Sleeping Phoenix go to www.nicolelaino.com/podcast/episode448 Human Design Readings To book a Human Design Foundation Reading, Business/Purpose Reading, or Relationship Reading with Nicole go to nicolelaino.com/human-design-readings If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me: Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tag me @nicolelainoofficial on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!

Human Design says every one of us arrives with a purpose, and the conscious entrepreneur who's been sitting on hers has just watched the reason for waiting disappear. Who people listen to has changed. The system that used to be able to drown out one person couldn't do it this time, and the space that used to belong to the loudest and the shallowest is open, with not nearly enough people filling it. In this episode, Nicole makes the case that a new era leader is a choice and never a default, says out loud what it costs the rest of us when the deep ones stay quiet, and shares the very expensive decision she just made about her own next level. In this episode - The system that used to take people down couldn't do it this time, and what that means for anyone with something real to say. - Why wanting to be chosen is the wrong energy, and the one thing that gets you chosen anyway. - The deep ones have been early, and the window they've been waiting for is open right now. - What it actually costs you, and everyone else, when the message stays inside you. - The two ways entrepreneurs misdiagnose their own business, and why it's so hard to read the label from inside the bottle. Business By Design: Doors to the Business By Design Mastermind are open. To learn more go to nicolelaino.com/enroll. To book a free clarity call with Nicole and find out if it's right for you, go to nicolelaino.com/clarity or DM Nicole "CLARITY" on Instagram at @nicolelainoofficial HD Authority Lab: We have a NEW HD membership community where you get ALL of our monthly HD Masterclasses included and so much more!! It is all about creating alignment, action, and consistency in your business with Human Design. To join The HD Authority Lab at the special Founding Member rate click the link below or DM Nicole "Lab" on Instagram for info. nicolelaino.com/lab Readings: To book a Human Design Foundation Reading, Business/Purpose Reading, or Relationship Reading with Nicole go to nicolelaino.com/human-design-readings If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me: Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tag me @nicolelainoofficial on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!

Human Design can show an entrepreneur what her business is actually attracting with, and it is rarely the strategy. You can post consistently, say all the right things, run a launch that looks like everyone else's, and still feel like nothing you put out has any pull. The energy underneath the work does more of the selling than the work does, and three centers in your chart govern that energy. In this episode, Nicole names the three she believes every entrepreneur has to master, defined or undefined, and how each one shapes what you attract and how far you're able to go. One thing she's clear about up front: your chart shows you the potential. Living up to it is the work. Key takeaways - The thoughts running in the background of a launch carry a frequency, and it shows up in the results. - Your business does not attract with what you think, and the center that does the attracting works very differently depending on your chart. - "I'm fine, everything is fine" sends out a signal of its own, and the people you want to work with can feel it. - Be, do, have runs in that order, which is why changing your thoughts and your habits can still leave you at the same level. - An open identity center shifts faster than any other kind, once it's in the right room. The New Era Expert Masterclass - To sign up for The New Era Expert, Nicole's free 5-day masterclass, go to nicolelaino.com/masterclass or DM Nicole "MASTERCLASS" on Instagram at @nicolelainoofficial HD Authority Lab - We have a NEW HD membership community where you get ALL of our monthly HD Masterclasses included and so much more!! It is all about creating alignment, action, and consistency in your business with Human Design. To join The HD Authority Lab at the special Founding Member rate click the link below or DM Nicole "Lab" on Instagram for info. nicolelaino.com/lab Readings - To book a Human Design Foundation Reading, Business/Purpose Reading, or Relationship Reading with Nicole go to nicolelaino.com/human-design-readings Be sure to visit nicolelaino.com/podcastlinks for all of the current links to events, freebies, and more! If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me: Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tag me @nicolelainoofficial on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!

Human Design can name your mission with more specificity than you'll ever find on your own. Monetizing that mission is the part most entrepreneurs are stuck on. You know you're here for something bigger, and maybe you're already out there putting content into the world, and the people watching still aren't buying. In this episode, Nicole makes the case that getting paid as a thought leader now takes three things working as one system, and most of us are running on one of them. She's the proof: over $500,000 in revenue from this podcast alone, with a team of two. What you'll learn - Why copying someone else's strategy used to work, and why it's stopped. - The missing piece between knowing your mission and making a living from it. - If people are watching but not buying, more visibility won't fix it. - Every thought leader you can name has one thing in common, and it isn't a social media account. - A podcast can keep selling for you years after you record it, even when downloads dip. LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE The New Era Expert Masterclass - To sign up for The New Era Expert, Nicole's free 5-day masterclass, go to nicolelaino.com/masterclass or DM Nicole "MASTERCLASS" on Instagram at @nicolelainoofficial 2027 Change Podcast EpisodesTo listen to Episode 216: 2027 and The Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix go to www.nicolelaino.com/podcast/episode216 To listen to Episode 448: The 2027 Change from The Cross of Planning to the Sleeping Phoenix go to www.nicolelaino.com/podcast/episode448 The 2027 Change Workshop: To purchase The 2027 Change: Humanity's Evolution & How to Lead Through the Shift DM Nicole "PHOENIX" on Instagram at @nicolelainoofficial or go to nicolelaino.com/phoenix. PLEASE NOTE: Members of The HD Authority Lab, Aligned Brand Builder, and Business By Design all get access to this workshop. No need to purchase. The free 2027 Shift Guide: To download the FREE 2027 Shift Guide DM "2027" to Nicole on Instagram instagram.com/nicolelainoofficial or go to nicolelaino.com/2027 Readings: To book a Human Design Foundation Reading, Business/Purpose Reading, or Relationship Reading with Nicole go to nicolelaino.com/human-design-readings If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me: Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tag me @nicolelainoofficial on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!

Human Design sorts entrepreneurs into two camps, and the two look nothing alike from the outside. One of them never stops moving. The other one can't get started. Most people know which one they are within about four minutes of this. The first is running twelve offers across four or five platforms, and almost all of it came from somebody else's playbook. She's wearing herself out, and the results come nowhere near what she puts in. The second has been getting ready for two years. Every result she doesn't get turns into a block that needs clearing, and she has the certifications to clear it with. Nicole has been both of these women and says so. She goes through what each one's chart tends to look like, the particular trouble each talks herself into, and the one thing that moves them both, which almost nobody is actually using despite having been handed it on day one. She also opens with a question and answers it at the end. One of these two is about to have a considerably harder time than the other in the era we're heading into. See if you can guess which one before she tells you. Register for The New Era Expert, Nicole's free 5-day masterclass, September 14 to 18 at 12pm CT. Go to nicolelaino.com/masterclass or DM Nicole "MASTERCLASS" on Instagram at @nicolelainoofficial HD Authority Lab - We have a NEW HD membership community where you get ALL of our monthly HD Masterclasses included and so much more!! It is all about creating alignment, action, and consistency in your business with Human Design. To join The HD Authority Lab at the special Founding Member rate click the link below or DM Nicole "Lab" on Instagram for info. nicolelaino.com/lab Readings - To book a Human Design Foundation Reading, Business/Purpose Reading, or Relationship Reading with Nicole go to nicolelaino.com/human-design-readings Be sure to visit nicolelaino.com/podcastlinks for all of the current links to events, freebies, and more! If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me: Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tag me @nicolelainoofficial on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!

Human Design and visibility usually get talked about as an Instagram problem. Nicole thinks that's the smallest possible version of it, and this episode is her case for what being visible actually means. She starts by taking away the exit most people are hoping for, which is that Human Design will hand them a third option and let them skip the part where they face themselves. Then she redraws the definition. There's being visible, and there's being visible in a way that works, and you need both before any of this pays you. Then she goes where most visibility content stops. Most people assume the fear of being seen is costing them followers. Nicole has been watching it cost the same women something far more expensive, in places that have nothing to do with a feed. There's a client story in here about the most respectable reason any of us has ever given for staying quiet, and what Nicole said back to her in about four seconds. And there's Nicole's own version of all of it, including the part she's working on at this exact level, and why it keeps turning up in different clothes. The New Era Expert - Register for The New Era Expert, Nicole's free 5-day masterclass, September 14 to 18 at 12pm CT. Go to nicolelaino.com/masterclass or DM Nicole "MASTERCLASS" on Instagram at @nicolelainoofficial The HD Authority Lab - We have a NEW HD membership community where you get ALL of our monthly HD Masterclasses included and so much more. It's all about creating alignment, action, and consistency in your business with Human Design. To join The HD Authority Lab at the special Founding Member rate click the link below or DM Nicole "Lab" on Instagram. nicolelaino.com/lab Readings with Nicole - To book a Human Design Foundation Reading, Business/Purpose Reading, or Relationship Reading with Nicole go to nicolelaino.com/human-design-readings If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me: Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tag me @nicolelainoofficial on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!

Human Design will not build your business for you, and Nicole thinks the harder you push it to, the less useful it becomes. She's been pairing Human Design with business for nearly seven years, and the same pattern keeps showing up: someone treating the chart like a decision-maker. What the offer should be. Whether the launch should look like this or like that. She understands the pull completely, because it's what she went looking for when she started. In this episode she draws the line between what a chart can genuinely hand you and what it was never built to hand you, and she names the moment she watches people give their power away to it. There's a distinction underneath all of it that she's been teaching for years, and it separates the people who get a decade of use out of their chart from the people who quietly put it down disappointed. Then she goes where most Human Design business content stops. Nicole makes her case for the business fundamentals nobody gets to skip in the new era, why the thing you find hardest isn't the evidence you think it is, and what she says to someone who's convinced her design is the reason she can't stay consistent. Register for The New Era Expert, Nicole's free 5-day masterclass, September 14 to 18 at 12pm CT. Go to https://nicolelaino.com/masterclass or DM Nicole "MASTERCLASS" on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nicolelainoofficial/ The HD Authority Lab - We have a NEW HD membership community where you get ALL of our monthly HD Masterclasses included and so much more. It is all about creating alignment, action, and consistency in your business with Human Design. To join The HD Authority Lab at the special Founding Member rate click the link below or DM Nicole "Lab" on Instagram. http://nicolelaino.com/lab Readings with Nicole - To book a Human Design Foundation Reading, Business/Purpose Reading, or Relationship Reading with Nicole go to https://nicolelaino.com/human-design-readings Be sure to visit https://nicolelaino.com/podcastlinks for all of the current links to events, freebies, and more! If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me: Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tag me @nicolelainoofficial on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!

September asks for a decision, and Human Design says the answer isn't ready yet. In their monthly transit episode, Nicole sits down with astrologer Christina Luna on the day of the lunar eclipse to walk the whole month, and the first thing they agree on is that the fog over the first ten days is doing something useful. Nicole reads September as a march down the body graph. It starts in the head and the mind, moves into the feelings, then asks for your whole heart, and only lands somewhere you can trust at the very end. Which is why forcing clarity in week one costs you the thing you were trying to get. Christina takes the sky, day by day, including the single date in the middle of the month when a handful of things change at once, and the day two weeks later that reopens a question about whose measuring stick you've been using. They also get into the two kinds of commitment the South Node is currently asking about, and why the difference between succeeding and quietly stalling comes down to the reason you said yes in the first place. Then it goes somewhere neither of them planned. Christina brings up the portrait painters who lost their trade to the camera, and what that says about the part of being a person that can't be done better by something else. Stay to the end for Nicole's answer to a client who didn't want to add to the noise, and for the version of visibility she'd actually defend. The New Era Expert — free 5-day masterclass, September 14 to 18, 12pm CT. Five days on becoming the expert people come looking for, on purpose. DM Nicole the word MASTERCLASS on Instagram at @nicolelainoofficial, or register at nicolelaino.com/masterclass. Follow Christina Luna. Christina's quarterly readings turn over at the start of September and she has openings for this quarter. Website lunation.live, Instagram @lunation.live, YouTube @Lunascopes. Or DM Nicole the word Christina on Instagram and she'll send you everything. Join The HD Authority Lab. The Human Design membership community where all of the monthly HD masterclasses are included. It's all about creating alignment, action, and consistency in your business with Human Design. Join at the special Founding Member rate at nicolelaino.com/lab, or DM Nicole "Lab" on Instagram for info. Book a reading with Nicole. For a Human Design Foundation Reading, Business/Purpose Reading, or Relationship Reading, go to nicolelaino.com/human-design-readings. If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me: Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tag me @nicolelainoofficial on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!