Karsten Mueller has both a Master's degree in Holistic Nutrition and a PHD in Ecology. He has decades of experience both in governmental positions and green real estate development projects that prioritize environmental health.

Over the years, Karsten became skeptical of the role of government in improving environmental health, especially after seeing the inefficiency of politics firsthand working in government...and even more so after experiencing the alarmist, ineffective, and misguided public health policies governments issued during Covid.

In this conversation, Deb and Karsten cover practical and enjoyable ways anyone can care for the environment that benefits us physically, financially, and communally in the long run. Going green is comfortable, healty, beautiful and creates resilience that builds community health. Where we live and our building or city's design have a huge impact on the quality of our everyday lives.

If you want to learn more from Karsten, you can email him at [email protected]!

Marlo Fisken is a world-renowned movement educator, pole dance problem-solver & wiggle advocate! She is well known for helping a huge number of people discover that fluid, creative, dance-based movement doesn't have to be complicated or intimidating.

She has been a professional dancer for 30 years, taught for 18, and has a degree in anthropology and public relations. She was an early innovator in pole dancing waaaaaaay before it became popular and the body of work she has developed is called Flow Movement.

In this conversation, Marlo and Deb chat about practical ways to design a lifestyle that creates more fluid, organic, healthful, playful, and enjoyable possibilities!

You can find Marlo at www.flowmovement.net or on Instagram @marlofisken.

Despite having a doctorate in clinical physical therapy, even Dr. Astorga hit a dead end with conventional medical approaches when he experienced a severe neck and head injury.

Instead of settling for possibly lifelong incapacitation, he found the help he needed from a movement researcher/therapist who helped him fully recover by shifting his understanding of how the body is designed to move.

As a result, he brought the work to his patients and then to other physical therapists, coaches, and personal trainers so that they could also help their clients restore movement freedom.

In this interview, Deb and Shaun talk about a variety of types of support that can make lasting change.

Dr Shaun Astorga has a clinical doctorate in physical therapy. He is the founder of AMP Performance Rehab which provides physical therapy care and sports medicine in Chester, NJ. He also has a mentorship program for personal trainers, coaches, and physical therapists.

You can find Dr. Shaun on Instagram at dr.shaun.astorga and more about his direct client work and mentorship programs at www.ampperformancerehab.com.

Callie Cavanaugh is the Author of "Eating In by Design: The Essential Guidebook to Redesign Personal & Planetary Health from Home."

Callie experienced health issues due to a tapeworm and leaky gut. The more food she restricted, the more disconnected she felt. As a result, Callie spent a decade studying and researching ancient to modern modalities of healthy eating. As a trained chef and design professional, she brought her sense of design and aesthetics to discover what she calls The Eat In Method.

Given that healthy eating is one of the most essential activities we do to create well-being, Deb and Callie discuss various design decisions involved in creating both sustainable, enjoyable, and reduced-stress dining experiences.

Callie's book is on Amazon and you can contact Callie about food-related coaching or design thinking at https://calliecavanaugh.com/

When Deb recently easily went 113 days in a row without of not getting her hair wet and her hair health dramatically improved, she realized that there was also probably a better way to nourish her skin as well!

In this interview, Ayurvedic medicine practitioner Nicola Turner describes how using too much soap can damage your skin's protective microbiome and the restorative oiling practices that she learned and teaches her clients as an Ayurvedic medicine practitioner.

We also cover a few high-level Ayurvedic principles about healing, self-care, and transformation.

For more information about Nicola and how to get personalized in-person and remote support with Ayurvedic medicine, her website is https://www.nicolaturnerayurveda.com/

Hannah of Hannah Presence Yoga is a successful yoga teacher in the UK who has taught a lot of different types of yoga classes to a wide variety of people.

At one point in her career, her yoga practice stopped progressing. She visited a personal trainer and was shocked at not only how weak certain muscles were but how much more "flexible" she became once she got stronger!

She realized that part of what she and other yoga teachers characterized as muscle "tightness" was often a sign of muscle weakness and overstretching... So she redesigned her classes and her students also started to have breakthroughs.

We chat about how Hannah navigated these and other lifestyle changes.

You can learn more about Hannah and her offerings at www.hannahpresenceyoga.com

Her Instagram handle is unlearningeverythingthatisme

I once received a $350,000 medical bill for misdiagnosis, surgery, and medication that DIDN'T WORK to resolve a problem that a simple elimination diet mostly corrected a few months later for free.

Although I had insurance, I still had to pay a $20,000 copay for the useless and damaging interventions.

This unexpected experience catalyzed me to start a 17-year journey down a deep rabbit hole of root-cause health research to find practical alternatives to invasive, expensive, and often inappropriate medical procedures...and many were not only free but simple, enjoyable, and unexpected!

I used research and design thinking skills from my 25-year-long design research career to help my son heal from several "incurable" conditions. This show is to share this way of thinking so that more people can find unexpected, effective, enjoyable, and affordable ways to create health.

Deb Voisin

Host of The Architecture of Health and

Founder of Moving As Designed

www.movingasdesigned.com

Ankoor Bhattacharjee, founder of fractal.biomechanics, coaches clients to repattern their breathing with specific positions that feed whole-body regeneration. He helped Deb in 2022 when he taught her that hip problems were breathing problems!

In this episode, we discuss: inefficient breathing breath causes pooch-belly, the difference between diaphragmatic breathing and belly breathing, easiest ways to let go of muscular tension interfering with your breath, how "healthy" things like backbends and 6-pack abs can interfere with healthy breath patterns, why breath is the most important pattern you can train with the right blueprints that align with gravity/natural law.

Ankoor provides lots of free information and 1:1 coaching at his instagram account @fractal.biomechanics.

Bam Lionheart, the founder of Primal Movement, was a talented multi-disciplinary athlete and a professional personal trainer when he hit a wall applying to join Air Force Special Operations. No matter what he did, he could not meet the elite running criteria. This made no sense since he was already EXERCISING ALL THE TIME!

Bam discovered that he was running "in reverse" of the movement pattern needed to fun fast enough to make the cut....and finally understood why he had avoided running most of his life. It HURT!

From that point on, Bam not only qualified for Special Ops, he repatterned his movement to unlock ease and pleasure and power that he never imagined. He left the military to focus on helping many clients rebuild their movement foundations and become lifelong pain-free athletes!

In this podcast, Bam also shares simple and immediate ways to start rebuilding your movement foundation that align with our primal blueprint.

His website also has a great free intro class! He also offers professional running analysis and other coaching packages.

Bam Lionheart

Founder of Primal Movement

www.Primalmovement.org

Instagram @bamlionheart

Dr. Katherine Bell is both an expert on dreaming and has a PhD in AstroPhysics. She has spent decades cultivating her expertise in helping people unlock dreaming's power for self-discovery and authentic, very personal transformation.

In this episode, we discuss the neuroscience of dreaming, the dreamer's paradox, and practical ways to let your dreams work for you.

For more info about Katherine's various offerings including 1:1 work, podcasts, and writing, go to www.experientialdreamwork.com