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

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

14/10/2025

What if the reason your business feels heavy isn’t because you’re doing it wrong, but it’s because your energy wants to move differently?

You’re not meant to run your business, parent, relationship or live JUST like anyone else. Your energy has its own rhythm, its own timing, its own way of creating. And when you start to understand that, everything changes.

No more pushing s**t uphill. No more forcing yourself to keep up. You start to flow with your energy instead of fighting it.

That’s what I'll be sharing with some amazing humans this Thursday at the Mums in Business Brisbane City event - how your Human Design actually wants to work for you!

We’ll look at how to align your energy, your nervous system, and your business, so you can show up in ways that feel natural, powerful, and sustainable.

If you’re tired of trying to make things fit and ready to understand how you are designed to work, come join us.

It’s a real, practical conversation, and not a “how-to,” but a remembering of what’s true for you.

🗓 Thursday, 11:30am
📍 Victoria Park Golf Club
🎟 Tickets are still available - message for details.

If you’d like me to bring your chart along, grab your free Human Design chart and send it my way. I’ll print it out and speak directly to you on the day.

Can’t wait to share this space with you.

xx Annie

P.S - Annie is a 5/1 Reflector with the Left Angle Cross of Distraction. She's been experimenting, studying and implementing Human Design for nearly 7 years. She's formally trained as a Live Your Design Guide and is internationally recognised in her qualifications.

09/10/2025

Got a bit pi**ed off today which reading the usual bulls**t on the internet. Good way to fuel my creativity and get s**t off my chest.

You're welcome.

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