492: Human Design Made Simple with Emma Dunwoody
The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant
Michelle Chalfant
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I'm joined by behavioral coach and human design expert Emma Dunwoody, author of Human Design Made Simple. Emma and I explore what human design really is (beyond the "woo"), how it maps your unique energetic blueprint and why understanding your type can feel like a deep exhale of self-permission.
This conversation is both practical and inspiring. We talk about why so many of us are exhausted and burned out, how women's energy cycles differ from the 24-hour "hustle" model, and how human design can guide the way you work, parent and build relationships. Emma shares powerful stories from her own life and business, and I share what I discovered in my own chart. Together, we explore how human design can help you shift out of shame and "shoulds" and move into a more aligned, authentic way of living, very much in sync with what it means to live from your Adult Chair.
In this episode, you'll hear:
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What human design is and how it combines ancient wisdom and modern science into an "energetic blueprint"
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A simple breakdown of the 5 human design types and what each is here to do
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Why so many Generators and Manifesting Generators end up burned out
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How women's ~28-day energetic cycle clashes with the push-to-produce 24/7 model
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How understanding design can transform your relationships and parenting
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What I learned about my own chart and why it felt so validating
Resources from this Episode:
Visit Emma's website & print out YOUR chart!
Listen to The Human Design Podcast
Check out Emma's new book Human Design Made Simple
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome again to the Michelle Shelfont show. |
| 0:06.7 | I'm going to say it again, happy new year. |
| 0:08.8 | I hope everyone's having a wonderful January 2026. |
| 0:14.6 | I am so happy to be in 2026. |
| 0:17.3 | It's going to be an incredible year. |
| 0:18.9 | I can feel it. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm wondering, do you feel the energy? It just, it feels so different than 2025. I love this. I talked about this in my newsletter. So, 2025, according to Chinese zodiac, is the year of, or was the year of the snake. So if you notice last year, there was a lot of shedding of the old |
| 0:40.7 | you. So now in 2026, you can start and step into the new you. Actually, I consider that to be the |
| 0:48.8 | real you. It's the you that's underneath all the false selves, all the masks that we all wear. So 2026, it actually begins in the |
| 0:57.8 | next few weeks, according to the Chinese zodiac, is the year of the horse. But it's actually the year |
| 1:03.1 | the fire horse. And it is all about moving forward quickly with intensity. It's going to be an |
| 1:10.7 | incredible, incredible year. But we're doing it from |
| 1:13.6 | this new place of the true self, which of course around here, we call your adult chair. So this is |
| 1:19.0 | why I was really excited to have Emma Dunwitty on the show. She is just someone that I've known |
| 1:25.9 | for years. She's been on the show before. She's talking about |
| 1:28.9 | human design. I love, love, love, love, love, human design. In fact, my husband just walks |
| 1:35.0 | around the house down and he'll say, this is just who I am. It's my blueprint. It's in my design. |
| 1:39.8 | So when you were born, if you look at the time of birth, where you were born, the date of your |
| 1:46.0 | birth, it will specifically give you your human design chart that tells you so much about |
| 1:54.4 | who you are. For me, it gave me permission to be myself completely. No excuses anymore. |
| 2:00.1 | It's just who I am. So we're going to break |
| 2:03.4 | this down today. This is one of these episodes, you guys. It's going to just help you so deeply |
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