Hi, I’m Holly. I’m a journalist and a human design specialist.

I’ve been on a journey of integration where I once focused solely on data and reporting for some of the biggest media companies in the world (Conde Nast, Hearst, Rodale) to understanding that the mind isn’t the ultimate authority when it comes to answering our deepest questions; we must also listen to the heart (which is also an electromagnetic center).

After years of studying and applying human design to my own life and reading everyone’s body graph chart I know, I’m certified in Level 4 Quantum Human Design by Karen Curry Parker. In my readings and workshops, I combine intuition and various modalities. I am certified in Reiki Level 2 and am a trained yoga instructor from Sivananda Yoga Vedanta in Kerala, India.

As a 3/5 projector (if you don’t know what that means, check out my website and follow along here on Substack to learn more), I’ve always had a knack for recognizing the talent and gifts of others. At the same time, storytelling has also been central to who I am.

After getting my master’s degree in journalism from Syracuse University, I became a magazine editor, working at big media companies, including Conde Nast, Rodale, and Hearst. Always curious about people and what makes them tick, I thrived interviewing people from all different backgrounds, some of them well-known, such as Taylor Swift and Brene Brown, and others who weren’t on the national radar but who were sparking transformation within their families, communities, and workplaces.

In my late 20s, my love of people, stories, and nature spurred me to make a pact with two other friends in media to quit our jobs and embark upon the ultimate adventure: a year-long, round-the-world trip. We chronicled our travels in a blog at a time when there weren’t many women travel writers, and wrote a memoir called The Lost Girls. Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World (HarperCollins, 2010).

In my 30s, I began to more fully recognize my ability to see the big picture, such as how individuals best fit into teams and organizations, or how individual experiences reflect larger systemic issues. This led me to leverage my storytelling skills into content marketing for social impact organizations to help drive awareness about group dynamics and the most pressing workplace issues and social movements shaping our time.

While the first half of my life was dedicated to exploring the outer world, I’m spending my second half exploring the inner world and sharing what I’m learning. As individuals exploring our interiors and understanding who we truly are in the larger framework, we can spark collective change. To help you see yourself more clearly, I’m sharing human design and many other practices and tools.

I give thanks to my teachers who generously share their wisdom so that others may better tap into their own, especially Quantum Human Design™ founder Dr. Karen Curry Parker and my reiki master and founder of Big Life Magic, Deb Driscoll.

I’m happy you’re here, and I hope you’ll join me in exploring your inner world together so that you can write a new story for your next chapter.

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All subscribers get a weekly newsletter where I’ll share rituals and practices I’m doing to stay grounded, as well as things I’m learning about various wisdom modalities and interviews with teachers and practitioners I admire. I believe the most important thing we can do in this moment in time is to do the deep work of knowing ourselves so that we can stand strong in the outer world and build something more humane. This isn’t pollyannaish—it’s a pathway for creating a more sustainable world.

My offering to paid annual subscribers is a free hour-long foundational human design reading. It’s my gift to you because I want to help as many of us as possible remember who we are and activate our unique gifts for good. It’s also a way for me to personally connect with every subscriber to build a real community. More details about the reading are below. I look forward to meeting you!

Foundational Reading

These sessions include a basic overview of human design and cover:

• Types, Strategy and Authority

• How understanding Type and Strategy can help you with various life areas, depending on where you want to focus, that may include money, relationships, parenting, health, and lifestyle

• Overview of the nine energy centers to help you discover how to process your energy and break old patterns or outdated stories to live more authentically

• How to make empowered decisions by helping you to connect to your internal compass, your Authority