Threshold guide

About Kristin

Most of the leaders I work with aren’t struggling. They’re succeeding at something that doesn’t quite fit.

Human Design Leadership Forty years of practice

I was one of them.

For twenty years I had a corporate career most people would call successful. I led teams and managed large organizations. I solved hard problems — how to reorganize the Cellular Business, what technology we should invest in for the company to thrive. People trusted me.

And still, something felt quietly off. I was introverted in a world that rewarded being loud, thoughtful in one that moved fast. I could do the work well — and still wonder if I was doing it right.

A shaft of light striking a still lake at dusk, its rings spreading into circles of sacred geometry

The turning

Then came the threshold.

One night, lightning struck our home. Something in me started to shift, too.

I left my corporate role and followed a pull inward.

I founded Flowering Heart Center, a meditation sanctuary that became a spiritual home for many. I studied in mystery schools in Australia and India, and learned to walk with others through their own turning points.

I’d found a part of myself I’d been missing.

But my two worlds — the practical and the spiritual — still felt separate.

A Human Design bodygraph drawn in light above a still dawn lake — its nine centres joined by channels, some filled with colour, some open

The missing piece

Then I found Human Design.

It was the piece that brought both worlds together.

In my very first session, so much made sense — why I’d needed to leave my old path, and why it had been right for me all along.

It gave me words for something I’d always felt: that we’re each meant to lead in our own way, and that the friction so many of us carry isn’t a flaw.

It’s a sign we’ve been living against our own nature.

What I offer now

Helping leaders trust what’s been true all along.

I help leaders see what’s been true about them all along — and trust it. I bring Human Design, gentle inner work, and a lifetime of both worlds to that conversation. I’m the author of Lead by Design, and I work with clients through sessions, courses, and one-on-one guidance.

Kristin Panek before a dawn lake, a flower-of-life pattern glowing softly behind her

Meet Kristin

Creating sanctuary at every threshold.

Where something’s ending and something’s beginning, and you need ground beneath your feet.

For forty years, this has taken different forms: Human Design consultant, meditation teacher, journey guide. Leadership development, heart-centered practice, sacred pilgrimage.

The form changes. The work stays the same.

  • Author of Lead by Design
  • Founder of Flowering Heart Center
  • Trainer with Robin Winn
  • Lead Facilitator, Human Design Mastermind

Testimonials

Real clarity. Real movement.

Clients describe feeling seen, grounded, and able to lead from what is already true.

“Kristin helps her clients create movement in their lives, restoring the courage to go past whatever obstacles they encounter… By her example, she challenges clients to meet their own issues head-on.”

Sonia Choquette NY Times bestselling author and spiritual teacher

“Kristin has created an amazing heartfelt and compassionate style of sharing the tools and teachings for true transformation. She holds her students in a safe and loving container to empower their own innate wisdom — going deeper so that the Authentic Self can shine.”

Laura Jane Mellencamp Murphy Founder & Director, Yoga Among Friends

Just for yourself. Not for anyone else’s approval.

Bring it to a clarity call. I’ll read your chart live and show you where the friction has been — and what your design says about the way through. If it makes sense to keep going, I’ll show you how.

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