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Musings Special: The Plague of Overconsumption Part Two
Monday, September 14, 2026 • Duration 15:17
Part two of four. In a controlled trial, people eating ultra-processed food ate around 500 calories a day more than people eating unprocessed food… matched for sugar, fat and fibre. Same nutrients, just different processing. This one’s about why “I have no willpower around food” (or anything else, including the doom scroll) is the wrong description. Many of us have been sat in a pity party for one, when actually, we’ve been cleverly studied and sold back our weaknesses…
Musings Special: The Plague of Overconsumption Part One
Friday, September 11, 2026 • Duration 16:57
Part one of four. Lightbulbs engineered to burn out sooner. A man paid to find the exact point at which you stop getting bored of a food, so food could be engineered around your inbuilt stop mechanism. Infinite scroll, invented in 2006 by someone who now says he ‘regrets it.’ Bit late now. None of it is a conspiracy theory by the way, we’re in Virgo season, this is truth season… it’s documented industrial history, and it explains rather a lot about your consumption habits.
Reflections on astrology, human design, personal narrative and everyday language. Where does tradition begin to cloud our ethical judgement as we learn more and more about the power of language and suggestion?
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Musings #37: Drought, wildfires, and why knowing your patterns is crucial for turning the tide
Monday, August 17, 2026 • Duration 21:56
With the north node in Aquarius and Pluto retrograde in Aquarius, this is the energy of the individual. The north node draws our attention towards individual action forming collective difference, and Pluto, the planet of addiction, draws our attention within to understand how our personal wounds and stories are driving a collective wound now damaging our planet. There have been several fires near my home village - one lasted for 3 days but luckily didn’t take any of the houses with it. It’s time to really begin looking at how we can make a personal difference and lead by example.
It’s uncomfortable to look at, it really is, but it doesn’t mean we should avoid the pain and discomfort. The more we heal on an individual basis, our patterns of overconsumption, the more we change on a collective level. Government catches up with society, not the other way around…
Through the lens of human design, this episode is designed to ask you one question:
Where are my undefined centres feeding an individual and collective shadow of overconsumption?
The answers may not always be obvious. And you might not always like what you see either. The answers might leave you with more questions, more resistance, more anger. But that in itself, is important information. I also share my reflections on small changes I’m making in terms of my fossil fuel usage. I have a long way to go, but this isn’t about perfection, it’s about honesty. And honesty is the first step towards healing.
Ourselves. And our society.
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Dopamine fires on anticipation, not arrival, and most of us are living entirely in that loop. In this Musings I wanted to talk about this is a five-course menu I’ve developed for resetting your dopamine triggers slowly, built from moments already in your day: the kettle boiling, the walk to the front door, the meal you're eating anyway. Nothing extra to add, nothing to perform. I recorded a short introduction to walk you through it… have a listen, then find the full menu waiting in the Soul Map members area.
The Slow Dopamine Menu is now available within the Soul Map community for those with the latest version purchased after March 2026. Scan your QR code in your map and head to ‘step three: experiments.’ If you need to purchase or upgrade your Soul Map, you can do so here.
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And each time she traveled from space down to earth
She bought a lesson for all humans and a chance for rebirth
Beatrice Delight was her name, but her friends called her Bea
And she had many powers, many things she could see
And she used these powers to bring earth more light
Because more light was needed, which she bought with delight
She would travel with her little dog by the name of Chickpea
A scruffy little misfit, just like her owner Bea
As she traveled from Mintaka, her home far away
A place where whales and humans would play
A planet where peace was the vibe of the land
And all was so pure, even down to the sand
With her long white hair full of crystals and shells
And clothes long and flowing made of pretty pastels
Her eyes were so wide and as blue as the ocean
Her skin scaled and freckled; her bag full of potions
For each journey to earth she’d use one talent each time
She trusted the slowness, and the need to be kind
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Musings #35: The lost art of sacred birthdays
Monday, August 3, 2026 • Duration 09:55
Birthday’s, especially as we enter adulthood, can often be a time of busy-ness, ignorance, detachment, ‘head in the sand, don’t want to know my age’ discomfort. But in the ignorance of our modern understanding of birthdays, we’ve forgot the true sacredness of them. A day that represents our rawest, truest, most valuable essence - our sun sign - and I wanted to share a few ways we can truly begin to honour our birth-day. Because it’s an important aspect of who we are…
In the essence of remembrance, your Soul Map contains the full picture of who you are at your core, and how that journey is supposed to unfold through lifes initiations. It’s a reading of this purest version of you, taking into account the understanding of life, the nervous system, our ‘baggage’ and a map back home…
Musings #34: Escaping the Intensity Cycle + Experiments for Leo Season
Monday, July 27, 2026 • Duration 16:22
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Musings #33: Your Authority vs Other Peoples Projections
Monday, July 20, 2026 • Duration 18:58
Family’s. They’re one of the best spiritual training grounds you’ll find.
A complex mix of people and backgrounds, cultures and generations melted together and told to find common ground. Extended family literally chucks you into a spiritual battlefield at times. But in the name of growth… I wanted to share this reflection from a recent family gathering, which taught me a lot, even all these years on with Human Design, about decision making authorities.
It’s not enough for us to just know our decision making authority.
We have to use it, and be unwavered by other people’s triggers, projections and baggage at the same time - compassionately, but with conviction.
You see, learning about your authority is one thing. Using it in peaceful settings where you know it’s safe is another. But using it in challenging situations when you could just easily revert to fawn mode, knowing full well when you open you’re mouth you’re about to get a projection of someone else’s wounds pierce you right through the chest… that’s another thing entirely, and it’s often the reason we don’t follow through with our authority. Not because we can’t. But because to do so will trigger others, consciously or unconsciously, and we don’t feel safe in that triggered moment. People, when triggered are, afterall, unpredictable. And our body senses that.
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It’s a work in progress.
Where do you change your own decision to keep the peace with other people?
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Musings #32: Life is a Mountain Range
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And this time as she moved through space down to earth
She used her magical scaly skin for this work
As her feet touched the ground she saw faces of gloom
She sighed and yawned to help herself adjust to the room 1
People seemed nervous at first to speak to Bea
Perhaps they were concerned about what she might see
But to their surprise as they’d speak her skin would shimmer
And instead of speaking she’d turn into a mirror
And as they continued to share their woes and worries
Bea would simply nod with hushed tones helping build their courage 2
For Bea was not there today to offer advice or to see
She was there to help them be the earthling they needed to be
Each person had come with their own emotion or worry
Something they felt ashamed of or for which they felt sorry
As one person spoke of the shame that she felt
The mirror twinkled to show her how forgiveness could help
“Forgiving yourself is a hard thing to do,
Especially when those feelings live deep inside you.”
Another spoke of the blame she put onto another
And as her eyes caught the mirror she saw how she would recover
“The blame you point at others is still there within your bones
A shadow that’s been triggered, to call your soul home. 3
One person shared that she felt anger indeed
A feeling that made her hot headed and seethe
Sometimes the anger would build like a rage
And she’d let rip like an animal bursting out of a cage
“This anger you feel has been inside for some time
It’s not a part of your personality to cover and hide. 4
“That rage that you feel is asking to be unleashed
And the less you listen daily, the more you will see that beast
And as the room started to see the healing that can happen
They all lined up to remember what they had long forgotten
And one by one as they started to see
The emotions they came in with began to ease
Bea didn’t say all that much to each of them as they stood
And spoke of their problems to see if it did any good
One man came in looking all puffed up and arrogant
He’d attended a private school in a place he called Harrogate
Full of long words and explanations aplenty
When he sat at the mirror he saw himself in his 20’s
After a terrifying ordeal where his father passed away
He’d taken it upon himself to carry his energy this way
Needing to take on the load of the family
And big himself up so he could live happily 5
But as he stood still and saw himself in the mirror
It was his eyes that indeed started to shimmer
The release of the tears showed Bea all she needed to know
This was someone wearing a costume and acting in a show 6
“It’s ok, it is safe, to be who you want to be
You have nothing to prove, what is it you see?”
The man replied “I’ve lost the fun part of myself
I haven’t laughed in so long, thank you for your help. 7
And with that he broke out of his arrogant demeanor
Smiled and said thanks, knowing why he needed to see her
As he left the room he looked a lot calmer and lighter
Even his white smile shined a little bit brighter
Another person stepped forward to use her mirrored skin
Stating “It’s not very often I look at what’s hidden within”
A mind so full of self doubt and pin pointed control
Is a mind weighed down by the heaviness of it all 8
“Our brains are not there to overload them with baggage
When we expect too much of our minds we cause ourselves damage”
“A good way to think of your mind or your head
Is to imagine it as a viewing platform,” Bea said
“And instead of expecting everything to work out
You watch all the opportunities and options play out.”
“But don’t get caught in the trap of that same viewing mind,
climb down from the platform that turned your intuition blind. 9
“Make decisions instead from feelings or sense
Help your mind out and stop it feeling too intense”
As the lightbulb went on in the mind of that person
They realised they could live as a newly healed version
Their mind did not hold all the answers they sought
But their body had a whole heap of tools for them to resort 10
The final person on Earth that Bea saw that day
Was a woman who’d bitten all her nails away
She worried and panicked and breathed so short
That her body had started to shrink and contort 11
It was like she’d become a shell of herself
And constantly swallowed her cries for help
Always taught to be seen and not heard, never make a fuss
Had caused her to go within on herself and almost combust 12
Bea taught her to breathe before she looked in the mirror
So she could hold and feel the emotions she would see there
And as soon as the woman breathed three deep breaths
Grief lept from her shoulders and from her body it left
Just this simple action didn’t mean she was healed
But it meant she was finally able to feel
And from the feeling she could start to defrost and thaw
All the emotions inside her that were still so raw
“These feelings attach to memories I’d blocked out long ago,
I see now it’s time to begin processing the memories below.
“I can’t keep blaming others for what I feel
I see from the mirror that to feel is to heal.” 13
But no matter what other worries people lined up with that day
Beas humble ability to mirror was a gift from far away
“If earth beings could learn to listen and not react,
They’d get along better,” Chickpea agreed with a yap.
All they really needed to do was see themselves
But life on earth was so busy they needed Beas mirror to help
Someone to say ‘stop’ and shine a light on their darkest parts
To help them heal on their own and find their light in the dark
And as the day turned to darkness and the stars began to sparkle
Bea and Chickpea packed up their belongings without debacle
They hopped in their spaceship, content with the day
And flew off to Mintaka, their home far, far away.
Written by Rebecca Lovatt
Illustration by Ian Lovatt
Notes for messaging
* Did you know? Yawning isn’t lazy or a sign you’re tired, but a sign that your body is relaxing and rebalancing its energy.
* Stories told in safe places are as healing as giving any advice. Practice your skill of listening each day. Sometimes we say it best when we say nothing at all.
* Sometimes the most annoying things we see in other people are just a reflection of what we feel about ourselves.
* Emotions like anger aren’t part of who we are as a person. Sometimes we just need to feel the emotion and use it as fuel, rather than letting it bubble and boil.
* The emotions we show people aren’t always how we feel
* Sometimes we feel safe putting on a front or a show to others rather than just be honest with how we feel. This has historically been shown as being vulnerable and unsafe.
* Often when people are down they’ve forgotten how to have fun and do things like sing, dance and play. Life has become too serious and overwhelming.
* Our heads can easily become a mess of tangled spaghetti and we need to get better at draining the weight in there.
* We spend so much time in our heads trying to figure everything out that we miss the opportunity to just live from the rest of our body. To touch, to feel, to smell, to sense, to taste… we have so many other ways to make decisions and create safety, not just from our brains.
* Mindfulness is a fantastic practice for bringing yourself back to the body after periods of overwhelm. See, taste, touch, feel, smell and listen to prevent brain overwhelm.
* Anxiety can present in many different ways, but often it will look like shallow breathing, constant nail biting, and a heightened sense of alertness.
* People pleasing can harm our nervous system and create a false sense of safety. If you don’t want to do something and it feels unsafe, say no for you, not yes for someone else.
* Somatic healing involves moving and breathing through stored memories as a form of therapy. For most therapies and trauma healing there needs to be a feeling attached to a memory to clear it from our system and begin healing.
Ps, if you need to start consciously working with your authority, it’s contained in detail in the Soul Map and the Remembering Path audios and weekly live zooms. Come and join us as we make self-knowledge fun and useful! https://mysoulmap.co.uk/grab-your-soul-map
