Designing Wellness Podcast

In this week’s episode, my special guest is Isabelle C.

With years of experience in corporate furniture and design, Isabelle has a strong passion for transforming the end-user’s work experience to enhance their overall health and well-being through proper ergonomics. She is a Certified Office Ergonomics Evaluator that will help us address common questions such as “what’s the importance of ergonomics? why should I care? how does poor ergonomics impact my well-being what should I do?”.

She will share applications that you will be able to apply right away to enhance your well-being and productivity.

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In this week’s episode, my special guest is Pippa Lee.

With over 10 years experience in the architecture and construction field, Pippa is a registered wellness architect and the Principal and Founder of Pip+Pencil. She is a creative mom, director at Delos Australia and an advocate for health & wellness and sustainability. Pippa has a strong focus on health-centric design principles and integrating holistic design approaches within the built environment. She holds a Bachelor in Design Studies, a Master Degree in Architecture from University of Adelaide and is WELL AP.

Tune in this episode as Pippa, registered Australian Wellness Architect goes into depth on how you can make significant changes in your home today that will impact your overall health and wellbeing.

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The Canadian Sleep Society states that even on a rare night, the lack of sleep “has a number of immediate consequences including lower alertness, negative mood, reduced motor and visual acuity, longer response times, and impaired attention and memory. Chronic sleep restriction over days and weeks leads to cumulative deficits in alertness, mood and cognitive performance. As well, insufficient sleep can have long-term consequences for health including weight gain, diabetes, and heart disease.”

I'm here to provide you top interior design tips and recommendations from health expert Dr. Nardine Bekhit on how to improve your mental health and sleep environment.

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Why should you care about indoor pollutants?
Let me tell you. Poor air quality can lead to “Sick Building Syndrome (SBS).” As per the WELL Building Standards, “SBS symptoms include various nonspecific symptoms such as eye, skin and airway irritation, as well as headache and fatigue.” Whether you have asthma or not, it’s crucial that we take care of our health and ensure that our homes have the best indoor air quality as possible.

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Here we go! The question “everyone” wonders are, what’s the difference between interior design and interior decorating? First off, I want to say that Interior Decorating is a trade of its own. Decorating and design can sometimes overlap but they are fairly different.

The © 2019 Council for Interior Design Qualification, Inc. expresses the Full Definition of Interior Design as this:

Interior design is a distinct profession with specialized knowledge applied to the planning and design of interior environments that promote health, safety, and welfare while supporting and enhancing the human experience. Founded upon design and human behaviour theories and research, interior designers apply evidence-based methodologies to identify, analyze, and synthesize information in generating holistic, technical, creative, and contextually-appropriate design solutions. Interior designers contribute to the interior environment with knowledge and skills about space planning; interior building materials and finishes; casework, furniture, furnishings, and equipment; lighting; acoustics; wayfinding; ergonomics and anthropometrics; and human environmental behaviour. Interior designers analyze, plan, design, document, and manage interior non-structural/non-seismic construction and alteration projects in compliance with applicable building design and construction, fire, life-safety, and energy codes, standards, regulations, and guidelines for the purpose of obtaining a building permit, as allowed by law.

Are you wondering what's the difference between an interior designer and an interior decorator? Listen in as I'm interviewing a talented corporate designer / interior decorator. She is giving us insights into her education path and post-education experience.

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I was honestly the shyest child in grade school up to high school. I was that kid who had extreme anxiety when the teacher would call my name during attendance. I hated the fact that I had to raise my voice and say, "present". Looking back, there wasn't a doubt that I was an introvert. So what happen? How I did I become an entrepreneur, host my own podcast, speak in videos, and be the "Talking Thomas" at networking events?

Tune in as I share my personal story on how I conquered my fear of public speaking and became the woman, designer and entrepreneur that I am today.

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Want to become a creative but wondering what type of jobs are there for interior designers?

When I first started design school I didn’t know all the career possibilities and wondered if I can I make a living being an interior designer?Now that I’m in the industry, I can see that there are so many opportunities within the trade.

Tune in as I reveal the invariable opportunities in the interior design industry.

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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!

In this episode I talk all about my perspective toward the interior design industry and how we should use the trade and profession to impact lives.

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Designers: Jill Pable, Eve Blossom

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