There are five energy types in Human Design: Projectors, Manifesting Generators, Generators, Manifestors, and Reflectors. Each energy type has its own energetic signature and a specific way they're designed to engage with the world around them. To honor the culmination of the third quarter of the year in Human Design, all about relationships and bonding, Sam Pfotenhauer and host Nadia Last unpack all the ways in which Human Design shows up in relationship. How can you support each of the five...

Life and death, they are inextricably tied. In fact, there is no life until we make space for something to die away. Metaphorically and physically. I’m back on The Current today sharing more about what I’ve been reflecting on since getting engaged this past summer. Some themes from today's solo episode: The telltale signs of “purpose anxiety" Honoring death as a natural part of the rebirth cycle Choosing to view our upcoming wedding as an initiatory rite of passage Generally working...

Clare Johnson returns to the show and Nick Baker comes on for the first time to dive deep into psychedelic-assisted therapy and the healing properties of plant medicine in group. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation, including: Nick’s path into psychedelic journey work from ER nursing Clare’s path into this work as a licensed psychotherapist What makes a guided journey different than a recreational psychedelic experience The unique magic of group settings versus individually...

Shame is the most insidious and destructive emotion, and yet it’s something that we all experience, usually in isolation. Today I'm joined by my good friend and business collaborator, Sam Pfotenhauer (@wildriver), to discuss ways we've each learned to move shame through the body, particularly by sharing our voice. We share personal stories of ways we used to keep ourselves small and how we learned to overcome fear, shame, and stuck-ness to share more of ourselves, even when it feels like a...

We each have a synchronistic life path or current that carries us into specific life experiences, relationships, and lessons. It's a journey to recognize and trust the current when it takes you places that directly oppose what you expected a particular season of life to look/feel like. When you do hit your stride, it can become all too easy to start paddling even faster, frantically trying to get somewhere by a certain fabricated timeline. It's an art form to instead learn how to listen to...

We're back to unpack the last 5 Human Design authorities: ego-projected (Projectors), ego-manifested (Manifestors), self-projected (Projectors), sounding board (Projectors), and lunar authority (Reflectors). Having any one of these rare authorities means that you have a lot of openness in your chart, meaning you take in a lot of energy from the world around you. We focus on practices to decondition your open centers and come back to your body to hear the subtle cues of your unique form of...

My dad is celebrating 15 years of sobriety. As a special edition Father’s Day episode, Nadia interviews her father, Jim, about his journey from addiction to recovery. Some of the most important work we do on this plane is healing and drawing more awareness and compassion into our family lines. Perhaps my dad’s biggest work in this lifetime is interrupting a generational pattern of drinking. Content warning: if you or someone in your life has or is currently experiencing substance abuse and...

Our world is evolving at breakneck speed, with 90% of our time now spent indoors—the majority of that time spent in front of screens. Most of this change has only taken place over the last 100 years. Our bodies—having evolved over millennia—haven't had the opportunity to catch up. Becca Piastrelli's work is helping us look back to the ways things used to be, reconnecting us to our ancestral ways of living. She helps folks come back into communion with the land they inhabit, live seasonally,...

Pain is an inevitable part of being a human alive on this planet right now. Our world is unquestionably hurting. This is an important conversation with divine guidance around how to alchemize our most painful experiences into love. Emily the Medium is back on The Current for the second part of this expansive two-part conversation. We cover a lot of ground including: The unique energetics on our planet right now—particularly victim consciousness, or the belief that things are happening to...

Emily the Medium is back on The Current for an expansive two-part conversation about intuition and what it means to be alive on the planet during this unique and transformative juncture of human history. In part 1, we're focusing on connecting to and living an intuitive life including: How to identify your unique, subtle intuitive faculties that are here to support you during your human experience How to move from mind-based intellectualizing into the body and intuition Recognizing the...

We are back with an episode unpacking another foundational aspect of Human Design: inner authorities. Our inner authority is the unique place in each of our bodies that we can access to make better decisions that are in alignment with our unique gifts and life path. Human Design shows us that our human minds have enormous computing power, but it’s only by connecting to the wisdom of our bodies that we can truly know what is best for us. It also teaches us that we truly are our own best...

The fastest way to the other side of that big emotion or that recurring thought is in and through.  We can spend a lifetime trying to evade emotions or thoughts that feel uncomfortable. We're conditioned away from pain, hurt, shame, sadness, grief, anger. Learning how to move TOWARD the scary feelings and thoughts (sometimes with a licensed professional such as a trauma-informed psychotherapist!) is the fastest way to liberation. In this episode, Nadia's back for another solo adventure...

Birthdays (referred to as "solar returns" in Astrology), are an annual opportunity to reflect, receive, and reorient yourself along the next threshold of your life path. Birthdays are a time when the energy on the planet most resembles the moment when you were born. Each year the sun comes back to the place it was at the moment of your birth and asks, “how YOU were you this past year?” Many of us wait for others to celebrate our birthdays or dismiss the idea of celebrating a birthday...

In Human Design, there are 6 profile lines. Each person has two profile lines listed as a fraction. For instance, Nadia’s a 4/6 and Sam is a 4/1. In this episode, Nadia and Sam unpack each of the 6 profile lines and how you can live out your purpose with more ease, flow, and alignment by understanding each of the profile line archetypes. There are 12 profiles in total: 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6, 4/6, 4/1, 5/1, 5/2, 6/2, and 6/3 and each profile tells a unique story of how your life is...

Reflectors are our sacred mirrors, showing us where we’re out of alignment and guiding each of us back into our innate gifts and purpose to lift up our communities and level up collective consciousness. This episode is chock full of creative and tactical day-to-day wisdom for Reflectors as they learn to move through the world. Sam and I interview Tanya Reyes, a 5/2 Reflector with a fully open throat meaning she doesn’t have a single gate or gift connected to her undefined throat center....

Episode 22 on the eve of 2022! Today’s episode is a deep dive into the Manifesting Generator energetic archetype in Human Design. Grab some tea and a journal and dive in with Sam and Nadia as they explore what it means to be a multi-passionate doer and creator in this lifetime. Manifesting Generators are just what the name implies: a Generator (builder, creator, doer) with a bit of Manifestor (initiating) flare. To be an empowered MG in this world will mean bucking convention in all its...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 [email protected]. --- Website:...

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,...

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...

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...

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 to incite deeper therapeutic healing and catharsis for individuals and groups. The term “psychedelic” is derived from the Greek words psyche (meaning “soul”) and deloun (meaning “to make visible”). Literally translating to “making the soul more visible.” In this...