Annie Richardson • Counsellor, Somatic EMDR & Human Design Mentor

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Annie Richardson • Counsellor, Somatic EMDR & Human Design Mentor

I help you reconnect with yourself

As a 5/1 Reflector, counsellor & somatic EMDR practitioner, I weave Human Design & Gene Keys with deep healing practices.

Together we explore your unique journey of self-discovery, deconditioning & authentic connection

18/01/2026

New moon • 19 January
28° Capricorn

New moons are often framed as a time to set intentions, plant seeds etc...This one asks for something quieter IMO

The sun, moon, mercury, and mars are all activating Human Design Gate 60.
The pressure of limitation.
The invitation to acceptance.

This new moon isn’t about forcing beginnings. It’s about noticing where life is saying NOT yet, and allowing that to be informative rather than frustrating.

What’s interesting here is the timing.

Venus is already in Gate 41, the gate of beginnings. The feeling of something wanting to start is present, even while we’re still sitting inside constraint.

And in the days that follow this new moon, the sun and other inner planets move into Gate 41 as well.

So there’s a natural shift.
From acceptance… into...

No rush.
No push.
Just timing.

This new moon invites us to listen rather than act.
To let acceptance stabilise the ground before anything begins.

Sit with it.

05/01/2026

We give the algorithm a lot of blame, but the truth is we have far more control over our inputs than we like to admit. What shows up in our feed is not neutral, and it is not harmless. It is exposure, and exposure shapes how our nervous system feels long before we realise it.

If an account consistently leaves you feeling anxious, pressured, behind, or subtly on edge, you are allowed to unfollow it. You do not need a dramatic reason. You do not need to make it mean anything about them. You are simply responding to what your body is telling you.

Your attention is currency, but your nervous system is the one paying the cost. Every scroll is a choice about what you let in, what you amplify, and what you ask your body to carry.

So this year, I am using the unfollow and "not interested" buttons with more intention. Not out of judgement, but out of care. If something takes my peace, I step away quietly.

Unfollowing is not rejection. It is regulation. And your nervous system is not a public service.

May you feel peace more often than pressure...

xx Annie

31/12/2025

Nerd alert. Do you love stats like I do?

A few years back I went deep into Human Design numbers. Reflector birth windows. Profiles. Incarnation crosses. The years Reflectors arrived in clusters and the years they were almost absent. From the 1930s right through to what’s still unfolding ahead. Once you start looking this way, you can’t unsee the patterns.

This is why this lights me up.

I am unsure if you have visited the site, but Jovian Archive have put together some seriously good Human Design stats. Types. Profiles. Crosses. All the nerdy layers that add context to what we’re actually living and breathing.

For me, stats don’t take the magic out of Human Design. They anchor it. They show where energy becomes common. Where it becomes rare. Where conditioning ramps up. Where certain themes move through the collective in waves. I've got a 1st line body after all.

I’m sharing a few screenshots here and giving full credit where it’s due.

If you enjoy this stuff even half as much as I do, go check out the stats pages yourself. Wander. Click. Notice what jumps out. Let the data meet your lived experience.

Human Design gets richer when curiosity leads.

Thanks

https://jovianarchive.com/pages/human-design-statistics

xo Annie

03/12/2025

The 5th line experience can be a beast, and as a therapist I have been really observing and noticing patterns over the past few years. I've concluded that there’s a reason so many 5th lines feel a natural short term client arc in their work. It’s not burnout. It’s not people losing interest. It’s pure mechanics.

At the beginning, the projection field is alive. People hear you with clarity because they’re meeting you through their own need. Your impact hits. It moves things. It shifts the story.

Then the projection dissolves. The frequency changes. And what you say no longer lands the same. Not because you’ve changed but because the cycle is complete. Fifth lines are catalytic. We’re here for the intervention, not the long haul.

If you’re a 5th line, may I lovingly invite you to reduce your stress about this, and instead see it as a purpose? Your profile shapes your entire life path. Not just your sun and earth. Your nodes matter. Your lines matter. Your mechanics matter.

Use it. Don’t fight it.

And if you want to sit in the nuts and bolts of your own 5th line or your full profile with me, I’m more available than ever over xmas and new years. Let’s go deeper and have some fun with my 1st line body.

xx Annie

30/11/2025

I went to share my latest podcast episode in a few Human Design groups because the conversation was so wholesome and real. Just Reflector to Reflector. Nothing to sell. Nothing to push. Just lived experience.

And I got denied.
The admin told me it was “self promotion” because it’s my podcast.

It landed in that familiar place…
Where exactly are we meant to share our stories.
Where do we go when we’re actually trying to live our design, speak from our experience, show our process… and we’re blocked because of rules.

Reflectors are constantly told to be in our flow.
To express what’s moving.
To share our inner landscape.
But then the moment we do, someone decides it’s not allowed.

It feels strange.
Like we’re welcome as long as we’re quiet, observing, absorbing, but not when we actually bring our voice to the space.

So I’m sitting with this.
And honestly… I’ll keep sharing anyway.
On my own platforms.
In my own way.
With the people who genuinely want to hear it.

Because sharing our lived experience isn’t self promotion.
It’s connection.
It’s medicine.

And Reflectors deserve places where we can speak without being shut down by someone else’s idea of what’s acceptable.

26/11/2025

Painting a front door has its own kind of power. It resets the system.. Well, my system.

We can often talk about self care like it’s massages or day spas, but what if self care is simply doing something that feels good for you.

For me, using my hands and physically creating something feels best. I don’t put on music or podcasts. I just slip into the moment and let my mind float. I'm present in life. I can hear the birds, my breath, my heartbeat.

The gift of this 28 hour power outage was time. I finally did things I’ve wanted to do but kept putting off. My client list had to be pushed out and I was anxious it would create a bottleneck for me as a therapist, that I’d have to work double time to catch up and blah blah blah. But today I just went, f**k it. I’m painting my door. And it reset me.

It let me create from my own well, from my own sense of wellbeing. Maybe it’s the 34 20 transit, but either way this is a reminder to do things simply for the sake of doing them.

xx Annie

22/11/2025

Let’s have a cuppa and a catch up

I’ve slipped into the end of my personal 9 year and I can feel that edge where one cycle dissolves and another begins. I’m also stepping into my seventh year in Human Design and it’s reshaping me again. I’ve been quiet. I know you’ve felt it.

Gate 27 has been tapping on my ribs reminding me to stop overgiving and come back to myself. It’s wild when you finally listen. The Chiron return has its own flavour too. It pulls up old stories, old patterns, and asks for truth instead of performance. I’ve needed space for that. Now it feels right to let you see a bit more of it. This is how we learn.

I’ve also been watching my Manifestor friends move through life with that clean initiating energy. They spark me awake without trying. It always fascinates me how we each have a type that orbits us. For me it’s Manifestors. They don’t ask permission. They just live. And somehow that gives me permission too.

So here I am again. Cup in hand. Heart open. More to say. More to share. More to unpack in real time with you.

If your type has been teaching you something lately, tell me. I want to hear it.

Talk soon Angels

xx Annie

10/11/2025

Each child arrives with their own energetic blueprint, their own frequency, their own way of moving through the world.

My son, a 4/6 Manifesting Generator on the Right Angle Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix, with a fully activated Will Centre, teaches me daily about value, integrity, and self-trust. He reminds me that connection thrives when I honour his independence rather than control it.

He doesn’t need me to shape him. He needs me to see him. To listen. To respect his rhythm and his right to change his mind.

Parenting by design isn’t about perfection. It’s about understanding the mechanics, meeting them where they are, and allowing who they are to shape who we become.

If you’re curious about your child’s chart, explore it. Sit with it. Feel it. Walk beside it for a moment and see what it reveals. And when in doubt, I can sit with you and help you see ways you can expand together, connect deeper, and meet each other through the lens of Human Design.

From my parental heart to your parental heart... I see you!

xx Annie

06/11/2025

That moment 7 years ago changed everything.
It cracked me open and led me to create this space - " Reflector Reflections ".

4 years of conversations, growth, and connection with incredible humans like you. 💖 Thank you!

Things are always shifting (when are they not… hello Reflector Life). But through it all, my dedication to truth, transparency, and community has never wavered... even when others tried to twist that truth or take what wasn’t theirs.

So here's CHEERS to honesty and integrity.
To those who build, not borrow.
And to the ones who keep showing up with heart, even when it hurts.

Full Poddy available for your listening via the usual channels 🎧

xx Annie

21/10/2025

Found it. The ultimate Human Design Reflector mascot.

None of this owl, octopus, unicorn business. Nup. A Lyrebird. 🤗

Here me out here, friends. The lyrebird, listens. It Absorbs, Reflects and then turns the whole world into mimicry.

Just like us Reflectors, it doesn’t copy. It becomes.

It takes in everything around it and mirrors it back in its own rhythm, tone, and timing. Tuned to the environment. Sensitive. Magical. A living amplifier of the collective.

Am I reaching here? 😂

Anyway, turn the volume up and listen to this magical animal....

Xx Annie

17/10/2025

Someone’s gotta say it… might as well be a 5th line.. ME! I’m the 5th line, it’s me.

This week I’m showcasing what it really means to stop mistaking neutrality for peace. Staying quiet doesn’t make you evolved, it makes you invisible. The quiet Reflector is the miserable Reflector who swallows truth just to keep the room calm. That silence festers and IT BITES.

Curious here for everyone, not just reflectors...

Why do we lose our courage when something’s not right?

Why do we apologise for calling s**t as it is?

For rattling comfort?

For refusing to carry everyone else’s emotional weight?

Maybe it’s time we stopped being palatable and started being powerful.

xx Annie

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