Meet Dr Johanneke Kodde, the founder of ‘Body Mind Soul Doctor’, a seasoned medical professional with over 20 years of experience. With a unique blend of conventional medical expertise and spiritual exploration, Dr. Kodde guides individuals on a transformative journey through holistic health consultations, Human Design, Akashic Record readings, and mindset coaching. Join us as we delve into her remarkable professional journey and uncover the insights she shares about Human Design and the Akashic Records in her exclusive MysticMag interview.
Can you please introduce yourself and share a few details about your professional journey?
I am Dr Johanneke Kodde and I am the founder of ‘Body Mind Soul Doctor’. I’ve been a medical doctor for over 20 years and a family doctor (which is called a GP in the UK) for over 15 years. I was born and raised in the Netherlands and I was interested in spirituality from a young age, but when I went to medical school, I got distracted by life and by the conventional medical paradigm. I kept an interest in the body-mind connection and psychosomatic illnesses, as well as in people’s personal stories and all the deep questions about life. I’m a triple Aquarius (Sun, Moon, and Mercury in the 3rd house) and Scorpio Rising with Sagittarius North node so all the elements for deep thinking, learning, philosophy, and spirituality have always been there. Once I was a doctor, I moved to the UK with my husband and qualified as a GP. I became a trainer and an educator for other doctors for many years and I’m a qualified coach and mentor.
In the last three years, I’ve had a spiritual re-awakening, influenced by the pandemic, our teenage daughter’s illness, going through perimenopause, and my Chiron return. Our daughter developed severe tics and anxiety, which meant that she had to come out of school and we had to reduce our working commitments to accommodate her needs. With more time at home, I went head first into self-development, for my own and my family’s sake. I had my astrology birth chart done for the first time and I discovered Human Design, which was of great help to understand myself, as well as our children, our behavior, and each other’s needs better. I had several readings by mediums and intuitives who told me that I had psychic abilities, but I wasn’t really aware of them or using them.
After some time off work, I attended a retreat and realized that I actually wanted to make a change in my professional life too. I did a course to learn to read Akashic records, and found that this came to me quite easily, despite my conventional experience and training. I started reading for friends and the results were really remarkable, so I knew I had to incorporate this into my work as well. Last year, I stepped out of the family doctor partnership I had been in for 15 years and set myself up as an independent practitioner. I started offering holistic health consultations, Akashic records readings, and Human Design readings. I also have a 5-step transformational programme, which combines all of my experience and skills.
What is Human Design and how does it work?
Human design is a combination of ancient wisdom and modern science. It’s a system that incorporates Western astrology, Chinese teaching, Kabbalah (tree of life), the Hindu Chakra system, and quantum science. It’s often called the science of differentiation because it gives people a unique personal energetic blueprint based on their date, time, and place of birth. This provides a ‘manual’ to understand yourself better. It also gives a permission slip to be who you really are. It’s a way to understand how your energy works and how it is in exchange with other people. It can really be helpful to understand how to deal with what comes up on your path in your life.
Human Design looks at the planets and which of the 64 I Ching hexagrams, transits at your time of birth and three months before that. These numbers are projected onto a chart. That determines whether the channels between those numbers are activated and which centers (linked to the chakras) are defined. The configuration of the centers and channels determines which type you are.
The different types are Manifestors, which are initiators, Projectors, which are guides for others, Generators, which are the action takers, and Reflectors, which are completely open and therefore sample and reflect energy back (this is the rarest type). Finally, there is a hybrid called a Manifesting Generator, which is an action-taker who can also initiate when in response.
Knowing your type and how your energy flows is extremely helpful to understand why you might always want to be on the go, why you might need more rest, or why you might feel very emotionally affected by somebody else, and so much more.
What sort of information and guidance can a person hope to get through an Akashic Record reading?
The information and guidance you can get from an Akashic Record reading is vast and it very much varies and depends on what the person wants or needs, as well as the actual questions asked. The Akasha, which is sometimes called the “Book of Life,” holds all the quantum information about people’s lives, emotions, thoughts, interactions, beliefs, hopes and dreams, and future possibilities. It’s effectively energetic information that’s held in the ether.
The way I’ve been taught to read the records is that I clear the space from anything that shouldn’t be there, from any interference, and then we set the intention for the reading to be in that person’s best interest; in their highest and greatest good. We call in guides, teachers, and sometimes passed loved ones will make an appearance, to help with the reading. If there is somebody in this spirit realm who wants to be identified or to give a message, we might talk about that first. Then, depending on what questions somebody has, I will start by sensing the energy and seeing what messages I get through.
For some people, we might get scenes from previous lives, if that’s relevant. We can look at the soul contracts that people might have made with others. We can go in a lot of different directions with the reading. For example, a person may want to know why they feel a certain way, or if they are going in the right direction in life.
We might also uncover an agreement someone has made with themselves, like “I will never again…” Something like that might have made sense for a child, but it doesn’t serve them anymore, so we can undo this by transmuting it.
Sometimes we will ask questions about why a certain dynamic is going on or we can get clarity on future plans or desires. Generally speaking, the reading explains or confirms what somebody already knows deep inside and therefore can often be very affirming and can help them take the next steps or make decisions in their life.
What can you tell me about your 5-step programme?
My 5-step transformational programme currently has five sessions but can be extended to 10 sessions because there’s so much in it.
It starts with a Holistic Health consultation- Step 1, and takes stock of somebody’s situation. I use my Body Mind Soul Method for that. We do a deep dive into physical health, medical history, medication, and the emotional aspect of their life – thoughts, beliefs, and feelings, as well as mindset and temperament. The soul component explores job, desires, spiritual practices and future aspirations. We look at how all those elements are linked and I draw conclusions between them. Maybe a symptom will actually go back to a life experience or a relationship from before. Alternatively, it may be a message from the soul. Then I’ll make initial recommendations on what people can do to start improving their situation.
Step 2 is a Human Design reading as explained earlier. This is to understand how the person is designed to function and how they can be more authentically themselves. A person might think that they should behave in a certain way, but their life can flow more easily if they know their design.
Step 3 is an Akashic record reading. This step explores those elements that may be hard to be aware of consciously. It works more in the realm of the unconscious, personal, and collective. Similarly to some other spiritual modalities like Tarot readings, it can bring out blind spots and patterns that can benefit from being addressed energetically. This is my most channeled/intuitive reading, although I use my intuition throughout every session.
Step 4 is designed to work on mindset and creating your own reality. It uses visualization, coaching, the law of attraction, and manifestation techniques to really understand that how you are, what you think and feel, determines what you attract into your life. This can be quite exciting and empowering. I may guide you to meet your future self, create a desire statement, or really get clarity on what your goals are.
Step 5 is to look back at all the things that we have learned and done in this process, as well as what may be your pitfalls or risks and where you can future-proof yourself so that you can continue this process even without me. If you understand yourself deeply, you can use this now and continue to grow and deal with challenges in the future.
As I said, we can do the whole process in five sessions compactly, or we can do it in 10 more extensively.
Is there anything else about your work that you’d like to share that we haven’t covered?
I just want to say that I love having really deep and meaningful conversations with people in order to help them understand the connection between their physical, mental, and spiritual health and empower them to take their health into their own hands.
I also want to highlight that holistic health can be approached in different ways. If you’re more inclined to go the conventional route, my consultations could be a way into your mind and spirit, but if you’re more versed in spiritual routes, I can help you translate it to your physical health. As an experienced doctor, I am a safe pair of hands for both.
To learn more about Dr Johanneke and her work, you can visit www.bodymindsouldoctor.com
