Hand analysis was the primary “go to” in my business for identifying key traits to someone’s personality and life mission.

A Fateful Encounter

Then, something happened that would be another watershed moment in my personal journey and my ambition to bring the consciousness of life purpose to the masses.

After an ecstatic dance class in Los Angeles one Saturday in 2014, I was eating lunch with my dear friend, Christina. She said to me, apropos of nothing, “Hey, do you know what TYPE you are in human design?”

“Hmmm,” I said. “About 10 years ago someone ran a chart for me and told me I was a Generator… but I blew it off. Why do you ask?”

“Well, I’m a Generator, too. I’ve really started to connect with it. There’s this thing about ‘waiting to respond,’ meaning you have to wait to be asked about something – an opportunity, a relationship, etc. - and then to stop and listen to your inner guidance to see how the request feels for you. You aren’t meant to initiate your ideas… or you’ll meet resistance.”

The Beginning of the End of Resistance

That’s about all she said and I felt something beautiful and colorful expand in my brain like a lotus flower opening up in a time-lapse movie.

My memory flooded with instances of resistance, trying to make things work – pursuing relationships, opportunities, goals, only to be frustrated, disappointed and upset with myself for failing yet again to find satisfaction.

“Wait to respond, huh?” I replied. “This ought to be interesting.”

After that fateful lunch, I dove into studying all things Human Design. In 2017, after trying out the material for about three years on myself, I brought the knowledge to my clients who were studying hand analysis with me.

Together, we discovered that combining the wisdom of both systems makes for an unbeatable combination for understanding both your personality and your unconscious drivers.

On the personal side, some truly miraculous things have occurred from learning how to ‘wait to respond.’

Human Design for Inner Guidance…a Revolutionary Approach to a Happier Life

Discovering and studying Human Design revolutionized how I approach my life.

The Reward of Patience is Patience

~ St Francis of Assisi

Firstly, I don’t rush anymore. I’m learning to fall in love with waiting.

As Ra Uru Hu, the founder of Human Design, said, “Everyone is in a hurry to wait.”

I realize that this may not sound revolutionary, but let me assure you, IT IS.

Pre-Human Design, I ran on adrenaline, stress and anxiety… always worrying about meeting the next deadline, ensuring that my clients were happy and satisfied, all the while, trying to carve out the time to market my business regularly.

I’ve always loved my work and achieving my goals, but discovering and studying Human Design helped me to ask a crucial question I’d never thought to ask myself before.

“But, at what cost?”

Often running on fumes, feeling depleted, exhausted, overwhelmed, constantly tired. Going through under-eye concealer at a ridiculous pace.

Back then, I saw this as the price you have to pay to have a successful business. After all, whoever heard of a relaxed, successful entrepreneur who didn’t work 24/7? Unless they’d retired .

Learning to savor waiting and allowing the right timing for decisions has been the difference between unrelenting frustration (the “not self” experience of the Generator – and I’m a Generator) and the sweet taste of satisfaction…my “signature” of fulfillment.

Easily Making Major Decisions

For example, in mid-March 2020, when the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, I knew it was time for my partner and I to leave Los Angeles.  I “responded” to this news. I felt a clear, steady pressure in my solar plexus saying, “Pack and go.” As I live my life based on my Human Design, there was no indecisiveness, weighing the pros and cons.

I just “knew.”

Within five weeks, we had moved back East to Maryland to help his parents. It was a lovely time of togetherness for all of us.  Ironically, my partner’s issues came to a head that he knew he had to handle within himself and his family that I couldn’t help with. I knew I needed to end the relationship and leave. 

Synchronistically, a friend invited me to stay with her in New Jersey for a couple of weeks. I did and fell in love with her town.

Making the Right Move

In September 2020, I officially made New Jersey my home. I’ve never been happier living anywhere. (You’ve probably heard plenty of bad press about New Jersey – don’t believe it! It was created by very smart people to make sure the state doesn’t get overrun! It’s gorgeous here and there is everything a person like me could want – close to nature, NYC and Philadelphia are just a train ride away, and my family is just a short drive up the coast.)

Though I continue to be teased about moving from my penthouse apartment by the water in Venice Beach to New Jersey, and am often asked, in a disbelieving tone, “Why New Jersey?”  (Their unspoken meaning? “Why on earth would you move New Jersey?”)

My answer is: “Because it’s correct and I’m satisfied.”

That’s the bottom line now: “Am I satisfied?”

Your Fulfillment is a Priority

I am convinced of the power of Human Design to help you make excellent, authentic and fulfilling decisions. Because nothing matters if you aren’t fulfilled. You must come first in your life for your life to work FOR YOU.

Trusting my Human Design has nearly eradicated anxiety from my life, and brought to me the right team members, clients and associates to my business and made my personal life happy and fulfilling, even during these unusual times of change.

Let me tell you one more story about why you don’t want to wait a moment longer to live your Human Design…

Back in 2011, I got divorced. It was an expensive divorce – for me! I ended up paying out over $350,000 to my ex. And in the process, was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. The stress of the divorce certainly wasn’t helping my health.

What I know for sure is that had I listened to that first friend who tried to get me to understand my design, I would NOT HAVE AGREED TO THE DIVORCE TERMS. I would have fought for what was in our pre-nup. I would have ‘waited to respond’ rather than allowing myself to be pressured into complying with terms that I didn’t agree with out of fear and the desire to “be a good person” and just “get it over with.”

I don’t operate that way any longer. My health is improving, but as the maxim goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Oh don’t I know it. I’ve spent hundreds of thousands recovering my health – in addition to insurance premiums. I strongly believe had I stood up for myself in my marriage and during the divorce, I would have either not gotten cancer or dealt with it much more consciously and proactively.

Of course, we can’t do much with the past except learn from it and move forward. I share this story only to show you the the COST OF NOT KNOWING HOW TO MAKE CORRECT DECISIONS FROM YOUR TRUE SELF.

It took me seven years to complete the divorce decree stipulations. In human design, seven years is the cycle to complete inappropriate decisions of a lasting nature – marriage, divorce, etc.

Do you want to spend the next seven years of your life recovering from a bad decision? No, me either!

This was a hard-won lesson I won’t soon forget…If you don’t advocate for yourself, no one else will. And don’t let anyone tell you that you’re selfish…you’re not. Or push you into making a decision that’s not right for you.

You’re here on Earth for YOU. You aren’t here for anyone else. When you start living for yourself in a way that is correct and fulfilling, you naturally express your gifts and become of service to those around you. It can’t be otherwise. The greatest gift we give others is our joy, love and gratitude. These emotional states flow from being fulfilled personally and our ability to maximize our potential.

A gratifying comment I hear regularly from clients is:

“Baeth, I finally realize I’m okay doing things
the way I do things. It’s who I am –

and who I am is okay.”