Creation by Design
About Creation by Design
For years I needed help.
My life felt like an uphill struggle. I was endlessly searching for answers, trying to work myself out and, ultimately, trying to fix myself.
I had counselling a number of times and whilst it certainly has its place, I felt like I was just going around in circles. I kept revisiting old stories, creating new ones around them and adding more weight to memories that were already heavy enough. Rather than helping me move beyond them, I felt as though I was embedding them even deeper inside me.
However, I knew there had to be more so I kept searching.
In the years that followed I began practising mindfulness. Meditation, in particular, became my go-to tool for quietening my mind in a way that hours of talking never could.
This led me to study the Law of Attraction and through both I began to understand just how powerful my mind could be. I realised how much my thoughts, beliefs and expectations had shaped my experience of life so far and that meant I also had the power to change what came next.
Maybe I didn’t need fixing after all.
Many years later, my Mum and I were having a conversation over lunch when she mentioned biorhythms. Typically for me, I was curious so I went online to investigate and up popped this weird-looking chart for something called Human Design. My interest was piqued!
So, I created my chart and my mind was blown. It was like someone had looked deep into my soul and put what they saw onto paper. Even the small amount of information contained in a basic chart was enough to make me want to go further.
For the first time in my life I began to realise that I wasn’t weird. I wasn’t deeply flawed.
This was me and it crossed my mind that maybe I didn’t need fixing after all.
I became hungry for more, spending hours researching online, reading books and listening to podcasts. And the more I discovered, the stronger I became. More confident. More comfortable with who I was.
And I began to see myself.
This is when everything changed.
Instead of becoming lost in the endless stories my mind created - the paranoia, the depression, the constant questioning of myself, I began learning that I am OK. That I am worth listening to. That I’m here for a reason.
Finally, I began to feel my way through life rather than trying to think my way through it and from there, my real exploration began. Human Design opened the door to Kabbalah, astrology, the I Ching, quantum physics and many other ancient wisdom traditions as well as leading me back to nature.
Each layer revealed something new to me, yet somehow they all seemed to be pointing towards the same thing:
What we are searching for is already within us.
It has been there all along. It just gets covered over by conditioning, expectations, experiences, other people’s opinions and everything else we collect along the way.
Creation by Design was born from my journey.
It is a place where I’ve brought together everything I discovered along the way - a space to explore Human Design, self-discovery and natural living, with ways to bring what you discover into your everyday life. To help you slow down, reconnect with yourself and remember who you are beneath the conditioning, expectations and stories we collect as we move through life.
I created this space because it’s what I needed first.
Perhaps something I discovered along the way will help you on yours.
I’m glad you’re here.
Amanda x
Awakening Voices
If you’d like to read more about my journey, I was honoured to share part of it in Awakening Voices - a collection of real stories from people sharing their own experiences of change, growth and self-discovery, brought together by spiritual medium Hannah Macintyre, founder of Spirit Social.
You’ll soon be able to find it in my shop or, in the meantime, on Amazon.