In this episode, I dive deep into the nervous system in Ecocentric Human Design and introduce the framework of resistance versus resonance—two fundamental states that shape our deconditioning journey.

Resistance is a state where opposition and withholding create turbulence. When we're in the not-self, resisting what we know we should do and searching for shortcuts, we only prolong our journey and create more suffering for ourselves. Resonance, conversely, is a high-vibrational state that lifts everything around us. When we're congruent and have done the gritty work to find the ecocentric self, we vibrate at this higher frequency.

Most people don't understand that you can't skip steps in the deconditioning process. We want shortcuts, but true transformation requires moving through the entire spiral. The challenge is that most of us are operating in a non-optimal state—we're not even at our baseline. We're constantly in fight, flight, freeze, fawn, or functional freeze, stuck in extremes of either hypo-activation or hyper-activation.

I teach Human Design on a spectrum rather than simple dichotomy. On one extreme, we have hypo-activated states: functional freeze, fawn responses, shoulds, waffling, going through the motions. On the other extreme: hyper-activated states like fight, flop, burning it all down, blaming others. In the middle lies the congruent, ecocentric self.

Here's what makes deconditioning so challenging: there are actually seven different presentations of the not-self that layer on each other—the Repressed, the Triggered, the Unempowered, the Victim Self, the Superiority Self, the "Save Yourself" Self, and the Societal Self. These stack depending on your unique design, creating a complex web that requires deep work to unravel.

The deconditioning process follows a four-phase spiral: Immersion and Integration (moving from knowing to feeling in the body), Cocooning (where real transformation happens as the old is shed but the new isn't fully formed), Metamorphosis (testing your new self in the real world), and Summoning Forth (establishing the ecocentric self). And you go through this spiral again and again with different aspects of your design.

I share my own journey—spending the first two years in detriment, then building new baselines through multiple cycles with my Projector self, emotional authority, defined heart, and 3/5 profile. Each time strengthens my ability to return to center when I get activated.

Most of us carry lowercase "t" trauma—cumulative conditioning from school systems, career expectations, and societal shoulds. Unlike uppercase "T" trauma with identifiable incidents, this layered conditioning requires deep nervous system work to process. It's why we end up in detriment, having given away pieces of ourselves along the way.

My core message: Give yourself grace. This work isn't quick or easy. It's nuanced, complex, and takes time. But you can get back to the ecocentric self. You can establish new baselines. You can learn to come back to center when activated. The work is worth it.

This is what makes Ecocentric Human Design different—we understand and honor the complexity rather than offering surface-level solutions or quick fixes.

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Join Jamie Palmer, a three-five triple split emotional projector, as she introduces Ecocentric Human Design - a revolutionary approach that goes beyond traditional Human Design knowledge to help you get back to the nature of who you are before the world told you who you should be. This inaugural episode explores the difference between knowing your design and truly living it through integration, embodiment, and becoming your authentic self.

What Is Ecocentric Human Design?

Ecocentric Human Design is fundamentally about "getting back to the nature of who you are before the world told you who you should be" [6:26]. This isn't just another human design system – it's a comprehensive approach focused on moving "from condition to congruent, resistance to resonance" [7:20].

The philosophy centers on more than just understanding your design chart. It's about "living it, breathing it, integrating it, embodying it, and becoming it" [7:54]. This means embracing your fears, trauma, self-doubt, and perfectionism while questioning the beliefs you've been told you should have [7:54].

Beyond Knowledge: Integration and Embodiment

What sets Ecocentric Human Design apart from mainstream approaches is its emphasis on practical application. While traditional human design often transfers knowledge from "up here" (the mind), this approach brings the work "down here" (into the body and felt experience) [11:54].

The goal isn't to create more human design readers, but to develop people who "understand how to hold space for people to get back to the ecocentric self" [13:13].

The Spectrum Approach

Unlike traditional human design that presents concepts in simple dichotomy (congruent self versus not-self), Ecocentric Human Design recognizes a spectrum of expression [17:37] [19:03]. At the center lies the "happy, congruent self," with different forms of activation on either side – from perfectionism and outsourcing decisions to starting-and-stopping patterns and blame [17:57].

This spectrum understanding acknowledges that two people with identical designs can present their "not-self" in completely different ways – one might be "activated ready to fight" while another is "activated ready to run away" [19:26].

The Lighthouse Metaphor

Your human design serves as your personal lighthouse [20:54]. As you become more congruent and return to your ecocentric self, your light shines brighter, making you feel safer to venture further into the world and make authentic decisions [21:09].

A Journey of Becoming

This approach recognizes that rebuilding trust with your body and authentic self takes time – there's no "shortcut or trend or hack or quick fix" [9:30].

Ecocentric Human Design offers "a practice space for you to practice living, integrating, becoming, and getting back to the nature of the ecocentric self" [22:15]. It's about developing the willingness to "take up space, to spread your wings, to really be unstoppable" through quiet inner knowing and confidence [8:49].

The Depth of Experience

This system emerged from years of practical application and refinement. The creator has "trained a hundred plus 150 people so far in Ecocentric Human Design and supported thousands in my HD Your Biz Offerings" and has run training programs multiple times since 2022 [5:59] [3:22]. The approach incorporates "blood, sweat, tears, effort, hours" of development to create unprecedented "depth and nuance" [12:40].

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Ecocentric Human Design represents a commitment to mastery over not just knowledge, but "actual integration and embodiment and becoming of the ecocentric self" [14:47].

RESOURCES:

HD for Biz Program: Jamie's Human Design for business program [0:27]

HD Wild Program: Human Design training and certification program, running its ninth cohort [3:22] [4:33]

Ecocentric human design.com: Website for charts and practitioner support [23:41]

Introduction to Ecocentric Human Design