Designing Wellness Podcast

Designing Wellness Podcast

By Priscille H JosephAlternative HealthHealth & Fitness
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Designing Wellness Podcast episodes

  • 26. How is the digital world impacting our lives, well-being and mental health ft. Pierre-Paul Couronne

    In this week’s episode, my special guest is Pierre-Paul Couronne, Media Specialist at Impact Media


    PPC is an expert in all things SEO, Digital Marketing, and Social Media. He has innumerable years of experience in the digital marketing sector and has collaborated with a diverse portfolio of creatives and brands. He was the Founder of World Repair, Co-Founder of The Anxious Empath, and Marketing Consultant and Web Developer of Moi D’abord/Me first.”


    During our conversation with PPC:

    • We talked about his mission.

    • Digital Marketing/Social Media and its impact on our wellbeing

    • Social Media and the concept of scrapbooking

    • Artificial intelligence, data, and wellness

    • Reference Links:

      Impact Media

      Linkedin

      Show Notes: lpdstudio.ca/ppc

      31 min
    • 25. How investing in a high-performance/sustainable home can enhance your health and well-being ft. The Conscious Builder

      In this week’s episode, my special guest is Casey Grey, The Conscious Builder.


      Casey is the founder of the award-winning sustainable building company, The Conscious Builder, the host of The Conscious Builder Podcast and The Conscious Builder Show on YouTube and the founder of The Conscious Builder Academy, an online course hub for future-focused builders who want to create better businesses. He has written almost 400 blog posts on topics such as marketing, branding, entrepreneurship, personal development, sustainability, and more. Casey is a husband, father, and dog dad to an Italian Greyhound.
      Casey is on a mission to help people build homes, businesses, and lives in a more conscious manner.


      During our conversation with Casey:

      • We talked about his mission.

      • What inspired him to start his own business and become The Conscious Builder

      • What is a High-Performance Home (HPH) and how is it sustainable?

      • Why should we invest in an HPH or Sustainable home?

      • How does a sustainable home impact our well-being and overall health? 


      • Reference Links:

        Casey Grey Homepage

        The Conscious Builder Homepage

        The Conscious Builder Academy

        The Conscious Builder Podcast


        Show Notes: lpdstudio.ca/casey-grey

        27 min
      • 24. How to promote childhood independence through everyday life skills ft. Carol Bishay

        In this week’s episode, my special guest is Carol Bishay, Occupational Therapist.


        Carol is an occupational therapist based out of Ottawa, Canada. She is a bilingual mom to a new baby girl, holds a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Ottawa, mental health advocate and speaker. Carol has a passion working with children as she focuses on helping optimize for their health through meaningful activities. 


        During our conversation with Carol:

        • We talked about her mission.

        • What inspired her to become an occupational therapist

        • What is the benefit of meeting with an occupational therapist and how does it improve the child’s well-being?

        • What are elements that should be implemented in the child’s bedroom to enhance their mental health and well-being? 

        • How should the room be designed to promote childhood independence and everyday life skills?

        • How to create a space that encourages organization and planning?


        • Show Notes: lpdstudio.ca/carol-bishay

          17 min
        • 23. Faith, health and wellness ft. Jennifer Scarr
          In this week’s episode, my special guest is Jenn Scarr, educator and sweet potato and Hallmark Christmas movie lover.
          With years of experience in education, Jenn has a passion to advocate for health and wellness while holding on to faith. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Psychology major, Carleton University, a Bachelor of Education, Primary/Junior division, University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Religious Education (BRE), Master's College and Seminary. Her teaching career began in November 2013, and during that year, God stirred up her heart to go back to school for a BRE (Bible College). Jen shares the wild and faith-filled journey with God through health challenges and through a season of shaping, changing, stretching, and guiding as she takes life one step at a time.
          Looking back at her life in the early twenties, Jenn has life changing advice she wish her young self would know. She’s on the show today to share her journey and let you in on the one advice that can enhance your well-being.
          During our conversation with Jenn:
          We talked about her mission.
          What is the definition of wellness in her life
          Navigating early 20s with health challenges and searching for answers
          How to nurture womanhood (20s)
          One piece of advice you’d give to your 21 year old self
          Show Notes: lpdstudio.ca/jenn-scarr
          35 min
        • 22. The benefits of living an eco-conscious and sustainable lifestyle ft. Tasha Medve

          In this week’s episode, my special guest is Tasha Medve, Sustainable Lifestyle Blogger of The Purposeful You

          With years of experience in Real Estate, Marketing and Broadcasting, Tasha is now a full-time eco influencer. She is a blogger, writer, teacher, sustainable mama to toddle Quinn and the founder of The Purposeful You. Tasha birthed The Purposeful You, an eco-conscious lifestyle blog when she was expecting her sweet baby Quinn. Since then she has been focused on creating content around sustainable living to inspire others to live a holistic lifestyle. Tasha has been featured on The EcoParent, Waste Free Planet, Virgin Radio 107.3, and RedFin.”

          During our conversation with Tasha:

          • We talked about her mission.
          • What inspired you to shift to a sustainable and eco-conscious living lifestyle? How did she start?
          • How does conscious living positively impact everyday life?
          • How to justify the initial investment of transition into an eco-friendly and sustainable lifestyle.
          • Why should someone start an eco-conscious lifestyle?
          • What are 3 practical ways or applications that can be implemented today?
          • Show Notes

            20 min
          • 21. What are the benefits of sustainable homeware and how does it impact our sleep quality ft. Kuljit Rakhra

            In this week’s episode, my special guest is Kuljit Rakhra, Co-Founder of Takasa Lifestyle Company Inc.

            With over 15 years of experience in the financial industry, Kuljit took a huge leap of faith in his personal life and career as he left his banking job in Chicago and moved his family of 4, now 5 back to Vancouver, Canada to step into becoming a social and environmental conscious entrepreneur and the Co-founder and COO of Takasa Lifestyle Company Inc. Takasa is Canada’s first organic and Fair trade Cotton homewares brand. They have been featured in Apartment Therapy, Sustainably Chic, The Marilyn Denis Show, HGTV, Ottawa Citizen, The Eco Hub, Elle Decor, National Post, The Globe and Mail, and BC Living, just to name a few.”

            During our conversation with Kuljit:

            • We dived into his mission and what inspired the birth of Takasa.
            • Why a fair trade and sustainable brand?
            • Why should we use fair trade cotton?
            • What are the health and financial benefits and how does it positively impact our sleep quality and well-being?
            • What can we implement in our home today to enhance their well-being?
            • What type of fair trade cotton homeware would you recommend investing in?
            • Show Notes

              Podcast Homepage

              18 min
            • 20. How to enhance your health and wellness without diet and nutritional restrictions ft. Sloane Elizabeth

              In this week’s episode, my special guest is Sloane Elizabeth, Food Freedom Coach.

              She is a yoga teacher, speaker, podcaster, and ice cream lover! She has an undergraduate from Vanderbilt University, and currently working on her Masters in Holistic Clinical Nutrition at the Maryland University of Integrative Health. Her passion is to help women eat and LIVE with love & intuition. Her goal is to coach women to feel properly nourished, satisfied, and confident in their bodies.

              During our conversation with Sloane:

              We learned about what inspired her to become a Food Freedom Coach and how she helps women change their relationship with food. We dived in on how to care about our health and wellness without diet and nutritional restrictions and how nutrition plays a role in our well-being.

              Show Notes

              24 min
            • 19. How does our posture impact our sleep quality and our mental health ft. Dr. Nardine Bekhit

              In this week’s episode, my special guest is Dr. Nardine Bekhit, an Ottawa-based Chiropractor.

              She holds a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Science from the University of Ottawa and a Ph.D. from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. She’s a mom to the cutest little girl, speaker, educator, family wellness advocate and curly hair influencer!!

              She’s on the show today to give us practical applications on how to improve our sleep quality and mental health.

              During our conversation with Dr.Bekhit:

              • We learned more about her mission.
              • What inspired Dr.Bekhit to become a chiropractor
              • What does wellness mean to her
              • How does our posture impact our sleep quality and our mental health
              • Practical skills on how to improve our sleep quality and overall health
              • Show Notes

                17 min
              • 18. How to cultivate skills to live a healthier lifestyle and enhance our well-being ft. January Donovan

                In this week’s episode, my special guest is January Donovan, Self Worth Strategist, Founder Of The Woman School and The Wholeness Coaching School.

                She is a #1 best-selling author, an entrepreneur, and a mother of 8 children. January has over 20 years of experience training women in practical skills to help manage their lives. She grew a multimillion dollar company reaching 40 countries in under three years and becoming one of  Forbes Magazine’s top coaches.

                January’s passion fuels her discipline as a wife, mother, and business owner. She believes that it is time for individuals to understand the value of wholeness, not based on cultural standards but based on our own personal achievements.

                During our conversation with January:

                Share shared:

                • What inspired her to become the founder of The Woman School and how it all began.
                • The “Four integrated pillars of health”
                • Cultivating skills to live a healthy life that enhances our well-being
                • Show Notes

                  26 min
                • 17. How to start living a sustainable lifestyle ft. The Sustainable Brown Girl

                  In this week’s episode, my special guest is Ariel Green, host of The Sustainable Brown Girl Podcast:

                  A podcast that dives into the fundamentals of sustainability from a brown girl’s world/perspective. The podcast features many women of colour who are climate activists, farmers, beekeepers, zero waste shop owners, packaging engineers, and much more. The goal of Sustainable Brown Girl is to share incredible women's stories, support them and inspire other women of colour to make better choices for the health of our planet and the health of our bodies. Ariel is a wife, mama to a precious little girl, community activist, urban gardener and she’s on the show today to talk about sustainability.

                  During our conversation with Ariel:

                  We talked about:

                  • What inspired her to become The Sustainable Brown Girl and host of The Sustainable Brown Girl Podcast?
                  • What is the common denominator of sustainable living?
                  • How does it sustainable living impacts our over health and wellbeing?
                  • Show Notes

                    12 min

                  About Designing Wellness Podcast

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                  Welcome to the Designing Wellness Podcast, a space where we learn to design a lifestyle intertwined by nature, optimal health and wellness right at home. It’s all about bringing the sustainable + wellness community together, so join the conversation!