Gate 23 - Why Coaches Overcomplicate Their Business (And How Simplicity Changes Everything)

The Gates in Real Life: Human Design & Gene Keys for Purpose Driven Coaches · May 14, 2026 · 41m

What if the thing slowing your business down isn’t a lack of strategy, but too much complexity?

In this episode of The Gates in Real Life, we explore Human Design Gate 23, the Gate of Assimilation (what Melissa calls The Custodian of Truth) and why so many coaches unintentionally make their business harder than it needs to be.

We talk about the tendency to overexplain, overthink, over plan, and overload both ourselves and our clients with too much information... all because somewhere underneath it, we don’t fully trust that simple can actually be enough.

This conversation explores the shadow…