In Episode 87 of Real Human Design Stories, I’m sitting down with Alex Negrete, a 2/4 Self-Projected Projectorwith the RAX of the Sphinx, to talk about direction, identity, and what happens when the life that looks like “success” stops fitting.

Alex shares how a major health wake-up call at 21 became the beginning of a completely different path, and how Human Design later gave him permission to stop forcing a life that wasn’t his. We explore what it means to be Self-Projected (where clarity and direction are revealed through the voice), how the Cross of the Sphinx shows up as real-life course-corrections toward soul-aligned direction, and why faith is often the bridge when you don’t have the whole map yet.

We also go into Alex’s work with hypnotherapy and past-life exploration, including why receiving can feel hard when you don’t feel safe, how openness in the chart can turn into carrying what isn’t yours, and what changes when you build energetic hygiene and trust your system.

Timestamps

00:00 – When “success” stops fitting

03:08 – Early visibility and the wake-up call that changed everything

05:32 – How Human Design came back around (timing + deconditioning)

08:44 – Self-Projected direction: truth through the voice

12:17 – Hypnotherapy + past lives: subconscious healing and soul-level clarity

15:58 – Human Design mechanics: magnetic monopole, “driver,” and the soul question

20:52 – Hypnosis myths, safety, and trust

25:50 – Why it can feel like “it doesn’t work for me”

29:27 – Openness, sensitivity, and energetic boundaries

34:24 – Energetic hygiene: not carrying what isn’t yours

44:45 – Gate 55: faith as the antidote to fear

52:24 – What’s next for Alex: teaching, groups, and expanded offerings

54:14 – Wrap-up

To work with or connect with Alex: https://alexnegrete.com

To work with or connect with Kathy: https://kathybochonko.com

Episode 86 · Collective Souls at a Turning Point

with astrologer, Human Design analyst, and author Daljeet Peterson

Imagine first bumping into Human Design in the middle of a dust storm at Burning Man… and then setting it aside for a decade until life brings it back around at exactly the right moment. In this episode, Daljeet shares how 25+ years of astrology, a spiritual name with a big message behind it, and a love of story all came together in his work as a practical mystic and cosmic storyteller.

We unpack how astrology, Human Design, and the Gene Keys can talk to each other, why your chart can feel “unfinished” until you see it through another lens, and how understanding generational cycles can turn frustration with “other generations” into compassion, context, and real conversation. We also talk about Daljeet’s new book, Collective Souls: Generations, Astrology, and the Future of America, and what it means to be born for these times.

• How Daljeet first met Human Design at Burning Man and came back to it ten years later

• What happens when astrology, Human Design, and the Gene Keys start mirroring each other

• Seeing “weird” parts of your astrology chart differently through the bodygraph

• Polarities, Incarnation Crosses, and why the Sun/Earth axis is such a powerful spine in your design

• How to relate to your chart as a living relationship that deepens over time

• Using big planetary cycles (Saturn return, Chiron, Pluto) to frame your life stories

• Living as a 3/5 “martyr–heretic” and why trial-and-error is not a mistake, it is the path

• Godheads, chemistry, and working with rich archetypal story in Human Design

• Generational astrology, the U.S. Pluto return, and why this moment feels so intense

• Turning generational judgment into intergenerational conversation and shared purpose

• The meaning behind Daljeet’s spiritual name and what it asked him to grow into

00:00 – Introduction to Human Design and astrology

01:32 – Meet Daljeet: astrologer, Human Design analyst, and author

05:04 – Daljeet’s journey from astrology into Human Design

09:09 – Integrating astrology, Human Design, and the Gene Keys

18:53 – The power of polarities and Incarnation Crosses

21:54 – Deepening the relationship with your chart over time

34:27 – Navigating life’s major cycles (Saturn, Chiron, Pluto)

36:07 – Understanding the 3/5 “martyr–heretic” profile

40:33 – Exploring the concept of Godheads

46:33 – Generational astrology and crisis cycles

49:46 – Why intergenerational conversations matter

55:07 – Introducing Collective Souls

58:29 – Daljeet’s spiritual journey and name story

01:00:31 – Closing thoughts and where to go next

• Substack (writing, videos, and offers): mutablefire.substack.com

• Book: Collective Souls: Generations, Astrology, and the Future of America

  
  

  • Purchase on Amazon: https://a.co/d/7TkEEYm

  
  

You can run your free Human Design chart and find current ways to work with me at:

🔗 https://kathybochonko.com

• Podcast site, episodes, and guest charts: https://realhumandesignstories.com

• Learn more about sessions, workshops, and ongoing support in your Human Design experiment at kathybochonko.com

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In Episode 85, I sit down with a guest after my own Projector heart. We get practical about two things that keep your energy clean and your voice clear: soundboarding and play. We also dig into environmental authority in real life and how that leads to decisions you can stand behind.

Laura Michelle Wolff is a 3/5 Mental Projector (Right Angle Cross of the Four Ways), ghostwriter, full-service book publisher (Wolff & DeVos Publishing), Human Design Specialist, and professional psychic-medium. With FBI-honed interviewing skills, a background in therapy/forensics and marketing/SEO, she helps you publish a non-fiction book that actually sounds like you.

00:00 – Teaser & setup

01:25 – Laura’s Human Design origin story (3/5 Mental Projector)

03:21 – Business struggle → HD breakthrough

06:54 – Why play powers Projectors (and everyone’s clarity)

15:44 – Environmental authority & soundboarding without being steered

25:18 – Marketing/SEO, working with Karen, and podcasting

32:01 – From “invisible” to seen: nervous system + attention

33:07 – Embodiment as the point of Human Design

38:44 – Psychic-medium journey & boundaries that work

49:43 – Founding a publishing company (writing vs. publishing)

57:32 – What the throat wants to say: authentic voice

01:02:12 – How to connect and work with Laura

01:04:18 – Close & outro

• “Play is the switch that turns our magnetism back on.”

• “I can hear myself lying.” (on soundboarding and hearing truth in the right space)

• “We speak our world into existence.”

• 📘 Pre-order Laura’s book, Designed to Captivate: https://a.co/d/dTjIhTR

• 💫 Readings with Laura: https://planethumandesign.com

• 📞 15-minute chat: https://talktolauramichelle.com

• 🖋️ Publishing (Wolff & DeVos): https://wolffanddevosspublishing.com

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Human Design, Mental Projector, environmental authority, soundboarding, Projector strategy, play and magnetism, throat center, authentic voice, ghostwriting, publishing, Right Angle Cross of the Four Ways, Radical Self-Trust.

If you’ve been feeling unseen, stuck, or speaking with someone else’s voice in your throat, this conversation is your permission slip: go play, soundboard in the right space, and hear your own voice.

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