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Ep 90: Glinda, Elphaba, and Your Midlife Awakening: A Human Design Look at Wicked

Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works

Release Date: 11/24/2025

Ep 100: Listen to the Ache: Understanding Midlife Longing through Human Design show art Ep 100: Listen to the Ache: Understanding Midlife Longing through Human Design

Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works

đź”— Get on the email list for readings access: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter  đź”— Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart đź”— Support the pod with a donation: https://tinyurl.com/MbDpodsupport Show Summary: In this milestone 100th episode of Midlife by (Human) Design, Lori explores a quiet but powerful midlife experience many women recognize yet rarely name: the ache for lives that were never lived. Inspired in part by the cultural response to Heated Rivalry and similar stories that awaken desire, connection, and intensity, Lori explores why many midlife women...

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Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works

đź”— Access to Human Design readings in my email: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter  đź”— Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart đź”— Support the pod with a donation: Shane & Ilya's astro charts by Astro Katya: Show Summary: In this episode, Lori offers a bit of "HRT"—Heated Rivalry Therapy—for the soul. She dives into the cultural phenomenon of the Heated Rivalry series and explores why the love story between hockey rivals Shane and Ilya resonates so deeply with women, particularly those navigating midlife. By examining the Human Design charts of these...

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Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works

đź”— Readings through the email list: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter  đź”— Get your HD & Astro Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart đź”— Support the pod with a donation: https://tinyurl.com/MbDpodsupport   Show Summary: In this episode of Midlife by Design, Lori explores the North Node through both astrology and Human Design as a lens for understanding why midlife often feels disorienting, tender, and quietly energizing. The North Node is a trajectory and a growth edge that invites us toward what we are becoming, even when it feels unfamiliar. Lori shares why...

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Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works

đź”— Readings, Coaching, & more on my email list: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter  đź”— Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart đź”— Support the pod with a donation: Show Summary: Inspired by the Eras docuseries, Lori looks at Taylor Swift’s chart and tour through the lens of Human Design—and what it reveals about midlife awakening, reinvention, and embodiment. Lori explores how honoring every era of your life can become a powerful deconditioning practice in midlife. Using Taylor’s publicly available Human Design chart as a case study, this conversation...

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Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works

đź”— Planning by (Human) Design system/planner: đź”— Intention-setting Workshop with Kim Horton: đź”— Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox:   đź”— Get your HD Chart: đź”— Support the pod with a donation: Show Summary: Do you notice fewer people our age setting New Year's resolutions? Maybe it's because we've failed so many times... In this episode of Midlife by (Human) Design, Lori offers a gentler (and far more effective) alternative to resolutions: heart-centered intentions, grounded in Human Design and the lived reality of midlife women. In this conversation, we explore: ...

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Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works

đź”— Planning by (Human) Design system/planner: https://www.lorilisai.com/planning-by-design đź”— Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter  đź”— Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart đź”— Support the pod with a donation: https://tinyurl.com/MbDpodsupport   Show Summary: As 2025 comes to a close, this short and intentional episode of Midlife by Human Design invites you to pause before rushing into the next year. Lori shares a curated set of reflective questions—pulled directly from the Planning by Human Design Planner—to...

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Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works

đź”— Planning by (Human) Design system: https://www.lorilisai.com/planning-by-design đź”— Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter  đź”— Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart đź”— Support the pod with a donation: đź”— Apply for coaching here:    Show Summary: In this episode of Midlife by Human Design, Lori continues the conversation around planning by design by exploring one of the most overlooked elements of the Human Design chart: your Profile. Rather than treating profiles as personality labels, Lori reframes...

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Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works

đź”— Get the Human Design planning system here: https://www.lorilisai.com/planning-by-design đź”— Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter  đź”— Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart đź”— Support the pod with a donation: https://tinyurl.com/MbDpodsupport Summary: In this preview-style episode of Midlife by Human Design, Lori introduces a brand-new way to plan your life using Human Design gate transits—think astrology forecasts, but far more precise. Focusing on the Sun’s movement through Gates 11, 10, 58, and 38, Lori walks...

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Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works

đź”— Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox:   đź”— Get the Human Design planning system here: đź”— Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart đź”— Support the pod with a donation: đź”— Apply for 1:1 coaching: Local workshops: đź”— Winter Solstice: 12/21 in Waterbury đź”— 2026 Intention Setting by Design: 1/11 in Burlington: email me đź”— Self-care by Design: 1/25 Summary:  Learn how to plan your week by design instead of conditioning. Lori shares a gentler midlife-friendly approach using your energy type, authority, centers, and even gate transits to...

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đź”— Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter  đź”— Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart đź”— Support the pod with a donation: https://tinyurl.com/MbDpodsupport Show Summary: In this week’s episode of Midlife by (Human) Design, Lori sits down with the luminous and deeply honest Megan Potter — a 3/5 Emotional Manifesting Generator whose 35 years have held enough twists, loss, reinvention, and spiritual unlearning to fill several lifetimes. Megan shares her journey from ministry to movie sets, from small-town Appalachia to a...

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Show Summary:

In this week’s episode of Midlife by (Human) Design, Lori dives into Wicked: For Good and unpacks why the story of Glinda and Elphaba hits differently in midlife--especially when you're shedding the “good girl” conditioning and stepping into your truth.

Drawing on decades of love for the book, musical, and now film, Lori explores how both witches are powerful mirrors for the midlife awakening: Glinda as the archetypal pleaser conditioned to fit in, and Elphaba as the intuitive truth-teller who refuses to shrink.

Lori weaves Human Design through both character arcs—from undefined centers driving people-pleasing to channels of power, identity, and intuition—showing how Wicked brilliantly mirrors the real process of deconditioning.

Takeaways:
✨ Why midlife is the moment you stop smoothing your edges
✨ The “Defying Gravity” moment in midlife
✨ How deconditioning can look through the lens of both characters
✨ The one thing awakening always requires
✨ How to use your inner authority as your broomstick (yes, really)

Check out Lori's brand-new live midlife-focused Human Design program, dropping with a special Black Friday offer. If you’re ready to finally understand your design in community and make your own midlife sovereignty non-negotiable, get on the email list to be first to know.

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