Nine Centered: The New School of Human Design Podcast
Nine Centered is a podcast about Human Design hosted by James Alexander and Teresa Brenneman. They have grounded conversations on Design, Deconditioning, and life through a 9-centered lens. The show aims to bring clarity, practicality, and embodiment, diving deep into the real experiment of living your design. They ask critical questions, challenge 7 centered narratives, and explore new insights from years of lived experience. It is not pop HD or the pedantic legacy approach, but the New School of Human Design.
Episodes
Addressing a smear campaign and providing education around public manipulation tactics
This week we're stepping outside our usual programming to address a public post from Jessica Rein, founder of the Holistic Human Design Conference, that mischaracterized James and the New School of Human Design. We walk through the full history behind it: James and Jessica's years-long relationship as teacher and student, the Fall 2025 Oslo conference, the 4% film project, and the harassme
The Manifestor Experiment Part 1: A Conversation with Caroline Dijckmeester-Bins
Caroline Dijckmeester-Bins joins James and Teresa to get into what it means to live life as a Manifestor. The anger, the loneliness, the beached whale conditioning, and what it's taken to stop hiding behind other people's words. Caroline is a 4/6 Splenic Ego Manifester, certified Human Design analyst with The New School of Human Design, and a journalist based in Amsterdam. She works with p
The Projector Experiment Part 2: A Conversation with Mike Litven
In this episode, James sits down with Human Design analyst Mike Litvin for a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to live your design as a somatic, embodied practice.Mike is a 6/2 emotional Projector with power view. He's on the Left Angle Cross of Alpha. In addition to his Human Design work, he is a writer, cartoonist, publisher, and mystic. He lives in Santa Fe, NM.He and James met
Going Deep on Emotional Authority
James and Teresa take a break from the guest series to dig into one of their favorite topics: emotional authority. Both are emotional, both have lived it for years, and this episode reflects that depth.They cover what it actually means to wait through your wave, what clarity feels like in the body, and why the way emotional authority has been taught in the field leaves a lot out. The conversation
The Projector Experiment Part 1: A Conversation with Nils Kunisch
For the next episode of our series focusing on Type, James sits down with Nils Kunisch, a 3/5 Self-Projected Projector, certified NSHD analyst, and seven-year Human Design experimenter based in Germany. Nils works alongside his partner — a trauma therapist with over 15 years of experience — combining Human Design with somatic practice.This is a rare and honest look at what the Projector experiment
The Generator Experiment: Tegan Parkinson and Carina Dusseldorp
In this episode of the Type series, we explore what actually shifts when you live as a Sacral Generator, moving from mental understanding into embodied response, capacity, and trust in the body.In this conversation, we're joined by Tegan Parkinson and Carina Dusseldorp and we explore lived changes that emerge when Generators stop forcing, stop future-tripping, and begin honoring their sacral energ
Tangible Changes from Living Your Design
We're back for Season 2 of Nine Centered to explore how life actually changes through the Human Design experiment and what it's like to live it.This episode kicks off a four-part series on living your design beyond conceptual Human Design, starting with Generators and Manifesting Generators. In the following episodes, we'll hear from all types and a mix of unique perspectives and voices. Living yo
Embodiment First: Moving Beyond Intellectual Human Design
Are you over-intellectualizing the Human Design System and approaching it with dogma? In this new podcast episode, we explore our relationship with the mind: how it shapes our sense of self, how we orient to the Human Design system, and how we connect with others. We discuss the pitfalls of mental over-intellectualization in the Human Design field and why embodiment is essential for real transform
Exploring Relationships through Composite Charts
In this episode, we dive into the intricacies of Human Design composite charts—what happens when two charts merge to form a unique relational dynamic. What we explore:Composite “rhymes” like 9-0: Nowhere to Go and 8-1: Have Some Fun, and how different numbers of open centers shape relationship dynamics.The composite as a third entity—how new channels, authorities, and defined centers influence a p
Deconditioning through Motivation, View, and our Open Centers
Mercury retrograde may have thrown delays, mishaps, and communication snags, yet we're finally back with another episode!In this episode, we continue our conversation from the previous episode to dive into our personal deconditioning stories. We explore the subtle yet powerful ways the mind pulls us off track—whether through distraction in view, transference in motivation, or the conditioned patte
Deconditioning through PHS and Cognition: Our Personal Stories
In this episode of Nine Centered, Teresa and James explore the deeply personal terrain of deconditioning through the lens of Primary Health System (PHS), Cognition, and Embodiment in Human Design.Drawing from their own lived experiences, they unpack how these elements have shaped their growth, health, and relationships, offering real-life examples and gentle guidance for those navigating their dec
The Complex Reality of the 5th Line
In this episode, Teresa and James dive deep into the world of the 5th line. As a 5/1 with eight 5th line activations, James shares his personal experience of living in the projection field, while Teresa offers reflections from her perspective as someone close to that frequency.Together, they unpack the psychology, challenges, and potential of this powerful and often misunderstood archetype.What's
A Unique Take on Post-2027
In this episode, Teresa and James explore the coming shift from the Cross of Planning to the Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix, expected around 2027. They frame this as an evolutionary change in the background frequency that shapes society, technology, and spirituality.The Cross of Planning (current era)Gates 37 • 40 • 9 • 16Themes: community bargains, collectivism, marriage and religious contracts, r
The Surprising Truth about the Not-Self
In this episode, Teresa and James explore the often misunderstood concept of the Not-Self in Human Design, reframing it as a necessary and valuable part of the deconditioning process.Key Topics Covered:The Not-Self as IntegralThe Not-Self isn't separate from the True Self—it exists within both defined and undefined centers.Understanding the Not-Self is essential to understanding the Self.The Somat
Debunking Common Misunderstandings
In this episode, James and Teresa delve into common misunderstandings within the Human Design system. They emphasize a nuanced approach, moving beyond simplistic interpretations to offer a more practical and embodied understanding.Strategy & Authority: Ra Uru Hu emphasized strategy and authority, but it’s not the whole picture. The mind and nervous system also play vital roles in decision-maki
We're All Psychic
In this episode, Teresa and James dive into the world of psychic abilities—redefining them not as rare gifts, but as natural human capacities to tune into unseen frequencies and gather insight beyond logic. Through the lens of Human Design, they explore how our inner knowing speaks, and how we can learn to trust it.Rethinking the word "Psychic": Teresa and James unpack the stigma around psychic ab
Introduction and the Essence of Nine-Centeredness
In this inaugural episode of the Nine Centered podcast, Teresa Brenneman and James Alexander delve into the core principles of nine-centered consciousness, emphasizing differentiation, surrender, and embodied awarenessHow James and Teresa became friends and eventually began a professional collaborationThe creation of the New School of Human Design and their shared visionExploring nine-centered con
