You’ve found the hut, now…
MEET THE WITCH
I’m Annika and it’s nice to meet you
I’m going to give you two different introductions… one through the lens of Human Design (because I think it’s important to see the way my world is flavoured) and of course the classic version (who I am in the regular world).
But first let me tell you about the Witch. The Witch the a keeper of wisdom and a conduit of transformation. The Witch holds embodied wisdom. She’s in touch with the natural world as much as she is the magical ether. She is mystical yet holds the practical spells, potions and rituals to create change. The Witch is a symbol of alchemy. The Witch isn’t afraid of the dark places that we traverse. She’s at peace in the quietude but always willing to share her magic with those that seek it. The Witch is who I’m choosing to embody to share the magic of my expression, knowledge and skills.
Through the lens of Human Design
I am a Projector - I know myself through the other. I crave depth and once you’re in my field you’ll get my focused attention. I am inconsistent. I know this and don’t apologise for it. I am a life long student - I thrive when I know the details of the system (hence the relationship with HD!)
My authority is self projected - so you know there will be a lot of talking. I may monologue but this is where you’ll find my magic. That’s the potency of my expression. I only have two defined centres - the G centre and the throat so my expression of who I am, the directions I know and the unique character I play will flavour everything for me. I find that this chart definition allows me to see uniquely into the other, their direction and how good it can be.
I’m a 4/6 profile - my unconscious wisdom is being learnt and gathered through my relationships. The quality and deliciousness of my relationships determines the richness of my life. I am certain that my success falls into my lap when I lean into my existing relationships instead of looking towards strangers.
I have a single channel - and it’s unconscious! The channel of the Alpha (my design sun and mercury having a date). I can see how resources and energy are best arranged in a system which means I am often looked to as a guide or leader in a given situation. I also have the ability for natural specialisation which once processed internally can be externalised and influence those around me. This energy can feel foreign to me and I tend to recognise its presence retrospectively.
My completely open solar plexus has given me some deep lessons in the waves of others and I find it easy to recognise and support someone in the thralls of their emotional process.
I have direct light determination. I like light. I like watching what light does to things. Light and I have a love affair. Practically this means I operate best in the mornings. I get up earlier and go to sleep earlier. And I like to eat my dinner by 4-5pm. I digest and alchemise the information and wisdom I collect best in the light. I also search for information that feels illuminating and that moves me towards a more enlightened state.
I have taste cognition. Things in my environment need to be to my taste. I am particular. I like beautiful things. I like complex flavours. My experience of taste is, an almost pickiness of what is around me (including what is on my plate). My defined G also guides me directly to the things that are to MY taste. My decisions also have to TASTE right when I speak about them - this is how I know my authority is at work.
I have narrow valleys environment. Music and the sounds around me are very important. I like to be at the centre of the information. I like to see what is happening and feel like I am at the source so that I can both observe and share at the right times (be observed).
I have guilt motivation and possibility view. I see the highest and most unimaginable possibility in everything. I can imagine things working out in a way that has a lot of people baffled (the best when things do turn out the way I imagined). I do this for myself and I can see the wildest possible futures for you too. I am also motivated to provide solutions. I can see when things aren’t being used to their greatest efficiency or where there is power left over for something that is not yet manifest - I act to shed light on these things. This is partially where FOCUS sessions were born - in the desire to solve one perceived problem and create a ripple of possibility in someone’s life as a result.
The Brain’s Bio
- the way I explain who I am, where I’ve come from and what I do in the “regular” world!
I grew up in a small town in the middle of the Australian outback (QLD) - which I have a love hate relationship with. The heat in summer used to make me want to dig a hole to other side of the earth, then every winter I settled back into delight. About a year ago I moved to Tasmania so that I can bask in the crisp air, delight in the fresh produce and culture and hide in the forest.
I went to university straight out of school and lived alone at the age of 17 after moving to my capital city (Brisbane). I studied nutrition and exercise science - I’ve never worked directly in the field but it’s come in handy in more ways than one - it gave me the foundation and love of the human body that is now part of the foundations of my WITH work.
I worked in a cafe out of uni (before doing some travel), a little admin, a few years as a part time travel agent, I partially studied some yoga teacher training, meditation teaching and life coaching. I have now realised I’m not built for formal education - the pressure of deadlines and assignments is a no for me! About 6 years ago I bought a cafe from a friend and thus began the most illuminating and intense growth period of my life. I’ve since sold the cafe and moved into the space of human design, kinesiology, mentoring, branding and web design. I loved having a small team. I love having a businesses that allow me to create and play. I loved having the cafe as my system that I got to relate to. Business is my biggest expander. Nothing has made me grow and hold space for new iterations of myself more.
For 10 years travel was a big part of my heart. I loved the experience of newness. Seeing a new place through a wondrous lens. The joy of new tastes and smells. Old rich culture. Fresh air. I have been to 40 countries. Hiked to Mount Everest Base Camp. Gotten married in Vegas (not by Elvis.. but in front of the Bellagio fountains). Travelled internationally alone on at least 4 occasions. I have a love affair with Paris even though I hate cities. I know my way around there, we have a past life relationship. I also crave forests and frost. Snowboarding everyday if I could. Wanaka & Hokkaido have a wintery pull over me.
I have always (even before human design & kinesiology) felt the deep need to understand myself and the people around me. I started what people call “the work” I guess in 2018 when it became blatantly obvious to me that I was ill equipped to run a team if I wasn’t comfortable with myself. I needed to learn to set boundaries, to know what was mine and what wasn’t. And to interact with the world in a way so that I didn’t self-abandon at each turn to avoid confrontation or to please someone else. But to also deepen in my capacity for compassion and understanding of those around me. I dip in and out of needing to know myself and falling into a hole of exploring who I am before remembering that this isn’t hard and if I just let go of anything that wasn’t me my answer would be clear (including sometimes the modality that had me in a hold).
Cue Human Design and the Gene Keys. On top of a few years of coaching now, my own dives in the yogic mindset and meditation, these systems give me a permission slip to let go of all the things I know aren’t me, but that I am trying to maintain because “I am supposed to”. It gives me a language to describe what I already know and live. And now it gives me a language and system to use to gift others the same permission. Through every modality I explored all I wanted was to feel more myself and to help others feel more of their selves. This does that. I’ve been in relationship with these two systems since 2019 and it’s delicious, resourcing and ever changing. It’s a structure that stands sturdy to allow me to expand safely within it.
In 2024, I found myself in the weirdest year of my life. After having moved to Tasmania with my (then) husband I found myself in an unexpected divorce (we’re still friends - it’s better this way). That year had me complete my certificate in Neurolinguistic Kinesiology along side studying German New Medicine, spending 2+ months overseas, moving back in with my mum, creating and building a 5 star airbnb (The Picker’s Cabin), starting a wellness space (ALCHIVE) with the talented Jemma from Wild Nurturance, falling in love with someone on the opposite side the world, become a snowboard instructor (okay that was in 2025) and delve into rediscovering who I was outside of my previous relational conditioning (we were together for 16 years).
This year truly built the foundation for the work I want to do with WITH in the world. Healing heart break, while starting again and becoming well acquainted with the unknown and the art of surrender required me to lean into my Human Design authority like never before. It required me to have a deeper relationship with my body (somatic work) and clear and sit with the things (Kinesiology & GNM) that were happening in my body as a result of the way I was perceiving the world. The unexpected upheaval and gentle chaos of this has led me right to the work I want to be doing.
I love beautiful things. I love poetry. Music is essential. The right music for the right moment. Art and luxurious textures are necessary. I find joy in curating the life around me. I love deep conversations. I love long stories. I love writing. Hence the witch’s wisdom (over on Substack). A well curated airbnb is a love language and so is a good croissant. Moody beaches are my favourite. The smell of rain (especially on hot bitumen or a earthy forest floor) is heaven.
And that’s me.
(oh and I also get naked for photos in weird and wild places (quite often actually).
