Episode 181

Human Design and Your Health

Published on: 18th January, 2023

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store. 

In this week's episode, Jenn discusses Human Design and how it impacts our daily living. Jenn provides an overview of the five different types in Human Design and gives some resources on how to learn what your Human Design is. She then dives into a deeper understanding of each design and how it impacts different areas of our lives, from sleep to activity types. Lastly, Jenn walks through how each center in the Human Design chart, similar to the chakras, impacts each of us in terms of our health, relationships and more. This is a great introduction episode to Human Design, allowing you to understand the first level information and where you may want to dig deeper. Tune in today to learn how your Human Design is impacting your life and how to use this information as another tool for working with your body and with your personality instead of fighting it. 

IN THIS EPISODE:

●   [4:01] What is Human Design?

●   [9:31] Type 1: Manifestor 

●   [11:20] Type 2: Generators 

●   [13:27] Type 3: Manifesting Generators 

●   [17:44] Type 4: Projectors

●   [20:02] Type 5: Reflectors

●   [25:04] How does each design handle sleep?

●   [27:05] How does activity impact each design? 

●   [33:17] What does head center mean, and how does it affect each design?

●   [36:03] How is will/willpower impacted?

●   [40:00] What is the root center, and how does it affect each design? 

●   [41:37] The emotional solar plexus - our emotional center. 

●   [44:04] How the spleen and immune function work with each design. 

●   [47:15] Why understanding the basics of your human design can be enough.

●   [47:15] Why understanding the basics of your human design can be enough.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

●   Understanding human design is important because it helps us better appreciate each individual's unique value and strengths. It also allows us to create environments that support and nurture the development of each person, enabling us to maximize our potential. By understanding how humans are designed, we can create better workplaces, educational systems, healthcare systems, and social systems that truly benefit everyone.

●   Self-awareness and recognizing when we are in the flow, when things feel right, when life is fun, and there is ease, do more in that direction of life. 

●   Understanding your design type and how our type impacts our health, nutrition, and personality can create freedom for us to pursue our passions and fully come alive. 

QUOTES: 

“If you find yourself exhausted and you’re a manifestor or certainly a reflector, even projectors too, sleeping alone can be really helpful.” - Jenn Trepeck 

“Understanding that some of these things are naturally how our energy works can lighten the load and take some pressure off our shoulders to say it’s not about judging ourselves, it's about recognizing, understanding and moving forward and saying ok here is what's going to be the better fit.” - Jenn Trepeck

“This is about you being you and following your path and your decision making strategy based on your type. Take what fits for you and ditch what doesn’t. We don't have to get stuck on the pieces that aren't making sense to us.” - Jenn Trepeck

RESOURCES:

Understanding Human Design

My Human Design Website

Become A Member of Salad with a Side of Fries

Jenn’s Free Menu Plan

A Salad With a Side of Fries

A Salad With a Side of Fries Instagram

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
Nutrition tips that actually work. Real-life healthy eating, balanced diet tools, and weight loss tips you can use today with coach Jenn Trepeck.*

If you have searched for nutrition tips, tried to keep a healthy lifestyle, or felt stuck following popular weight loss tips, this podcast is for you. Get straightforward wellness advice that works in real life, plus strategies for a balanced diet, sustainable healthy eating, and a smarter approach to fitness and nutrition. Is your diet making you hungrier, crankier, or less healthy? Tune in and find out.*

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Welcome to Salad with a Side of Fries, where wellness meets real life. Award-winning host Jenn Trepeck, health and lifestyle coach and author of Uncomplicating Wellness, cuts through the noise with clear answers you can trust. Ranked in the top 1.5% of podcasts worldwide, the show won Ear Worthy’s Best Health Podcast in 2024 and 2025 and was nominated for Best Independent Podcast both years. Jenn also won Women Who Podcast’s Stellar Interview award in 2025 after being named one of Podcast Magazine’s 40 under 40 in 2022.

Jenn’s motto is “wellness without the weirdness.” With more than 17 years coaching after solving her own food struggles, she knows how confusing the industry can be. Each week you get the foundations of a balanced diet, sustainable healthy eating, metabolism basics, and long-term holistic health, plus straight talk on fad diets and supplements.

What you will get by listening:
✅How to eat and how to cheat, guilt-free
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✅How to build a balanced plate at home, on the road, and eating out
✅Smart strategies for sustainable habits that include your favorite foods
✅Evidence-based insights on fitness and nutrition
✅Conversations about holistic health that go beyond food
✅Wellness advice you can use right away


About Jenn Trepeck:
Jenn is a health coach, speaker, and consultant who blends humor with practical science. She has helped thousands improve energy, metabolism, and confidence in their choices through one-on-one coaching, group programs, her book, and this podcast.

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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!