The Healthy Architect

Hi, I’m Morgan Chawaga. Your future Career Coach and founder of The Healthy Architect. I understand the stresses we face in the architecture industry...from crunched timelines, minimal budgets, and maxed out egos...our industry is tired! We are stressed. And we have no option but to change....like yesterday. Trust me. I was in your ergnomic Herman Miller Aeron chair once upon a time...stressed to the max but with no solution in sight. I’m here to teach my stress management tools and tactics to other architects who want to be happier, healthier, more productive, and have guilt free hobbies outside of architecture. Throughout this podcast I will be teaching tactics so you can focus on what you do best, which is changing the world through impactful architecture You won’t want to miss an episode so be sure to follow this podcast!

E.18 Unlicensed Designer Increases Salary By $24,000 + Becomes Empowered A.F.

In this episode we discuss how I coach unlicensed architectural designer, Christine, how to successfully find a firm that aligns with her values AND increase her salary by +$24,000.   Through career coaching Christine also learned how to: 👉 Get comfortable in the discomfort.  👉 Become empowered A.F. and 👉 Shift her thoughts into a reality. . . . Are you ready to increase your income? (Yes, you are!) Are you ready to find an architecture firm that values YOU?  (Umm...yah.) Are you ready to know you are worthy? (Hell yes.) . . . 🔗 Book a career consultation call HERE. . . . 🔗 Change your career alongside other trailblazing women in architecture in THE FOUNDATION. __________________ Hi I’m Morgan. I teach architects and design professionals how to increase their INCOME + their IMPACT.  

06-15
38:57

E.17 The 30 Degree 5k vs. Your Architecture Career

In this episode we discuss the mental and physical similarities in slow jogging a 5K and your architecture career. Enjoy...and listen at your own pace. . . . Are you ready to increase your hourly rate? (Yes, you are!) Are you ready to change your career?  (Umm...yah.) Are you ready to stop settling for less? (Hell yes.) . . . 🔗 Book A Consultation Call HERE. 🔗 Change Your Career Along Side Other Women in Architecture in THE FOUNDATION.

04-06
13:50

E.16 Firm Owner Increases Hourly Rate By 65%

In this episode we discuss how I coach 1:1 client and firm owner, Erin, how to successfully increase her hourly rate by 65% but also:   👉 Tweak her intake form to magnetize her ideal client, 👉 Vacation while her business still makes money, AND 👉 Land her biggest client yet! . . . Are you ready to increase your hourly rate? (Yes, you are!) Are you ready to change your career?  (Umm...yah.) Are you ready to stop settling for less? (Hell yes.) . . . 🔗 Book A Consultation Call HERE.  🔗 Change Your Career Along Side Other Women in Architecture in THE FOUNDATION.  

03-09
31:14

E.15_3 Architecture Clients. 3 Emotions. 3 Steps to Resolve.

In this week's episode we discuss the emotions 3 of my architecture clients are experiencing and specifically how they resolve them.     👉 Architecture Client #1 Emotion: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁  👉 Architecture Client #2 Emotion: 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 👉 Architecture Client #3 Emotion: 𝗛𝘂𝗿𝘁 . . . Want to discuss how we can work together to change your MINDSET around your EMOTIONS? (Hint: Any architect can do it.)   Set up a FREE discovery call today! ______________________ ✨ 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟✨ Click HERE to chat with me about how to change your MINDSET around your emotions so you can negotiate a raise, negotiate maternity leave, reduce hours, reduce workplace stress, etc. _______________________  

02-08
13:34

E.14 Mother Architect Negotiates 38% Salary Increase + 32 Hour Work Week

In this episode we discuss how I coach Brittany how to negotiate a 38% salary increase AND a 32 hour work week in less than 3 hour long sessions together.   Don't think you have the time or energy to negotiate with your firm?  Brittany is a mother of a 2 year old little boy....What's your excuse now? :) 👉 38% salary increase starting immediately. 👉 Fridays off so she can take her 2 year old to the zoo. 👉 Less stress, more balance. ______________________ Want to discuss how we can work together to negotiate those things for YOU?   Set up a consult call today! ______________________ ✨CONSULT 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟✨ Click HERE to chat with me about how to negotiate a raise, negotiate maternity leave, reduce hours, reduce workplace stress, etc. _______________________

01-15
28:39

E.13 Manage your STRESS as an architect.

In this episode we discuss how evidence based stress management strategies help architects:   👉 Experience a higher quality of life. 👉 Have deeper conversation with their children around the dinner table. 👉 Step into leadership positions during OAC meetings.   ______________________ 🔥 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 🔥 Learn how to decrease your stress in less than 32 seconds. . . . _______________________ 🔗 Click HERE to download the masterclass. 🔗

11-16
11:09

E.12 “We are not just our job.”

After we pop licensed architect and yoga instructor Diana Yabuts (like Rabbit) podcast cherry, we discuss how she: 👉 Became a yoga instructor 👉 Overcame her family's expectations to have a “successful” job and 👉 Advocated for a stand up desk. ______________________ ✨ 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟✨ Hi, I'm Morgan. I empower architects to DESIGN + BUILD a healthier relationship with their careers.  Click HERE to book a FREE discovery call. _______________________

11-11
32:11

E.11 How Your MINDSET and THOUGHTS Impact Your Salary, Your Emotions, and Your Stress Levels.

In this episode we discuss how being an architect with a HEALTHY mindset has the ability to impact:   👉 Your salary. 👉 Your stress levels and 👉 Your conversations and relationships with contractors, colleagues, and clients. . . . Want to discuss how we can work together to change your MINDSET?  (Hint: Any architect can do it.) . . . Set up a FREE discovery call today! ______________________ ✨ 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 ✨ Click HERE to chat with me about how to change your MINDSET so you can negotiate a raise, negotiate maternity leave, reduce hours, reduce workplace stress, etc. _______________________

09-11
11:24

E.10 $18,400 Raise / Bonus - Anonymous Architect

In this episode we discuss how I help “Jill” professionally negotiate a raise, a bonus and a maternity leave policy where one didn’t previously exist!  We’ve also put in place a policy for her to negotiate bonuses every June and December in perpetuity.     How do you think “Jill's” life has changed since receiving these wins?  How do you think her boss respects her now? What do you think she’ll do with this extra money?  (Hint:  She purchases a condo!)   👉 $6,000 raise starting immediately 👉 $7,000 bonus starting end of month 👉 $5,400 raise once licensed and a 👉 Maternity leave policy (60 working days paid leave + 120 working days flexible remote work) ______________________ Want to discuss how we can work together to negotiate those things for YOU?   Set up a FREE discovery call today! ______________________ ✨ 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟✨ Click HERE to chat with me about how to negotiate a raise, negotiate maternity leave, reduce hours, reduce workplace stress, etc. _______________________

09-03
37:22

E.9 Design + Build those BOUNDARIES!

In this week's episode I discuss how designing and building healthy BOUNDARIES in your career will change your life.  I touch upon how implementing these boundaries into my career allowed me to: Dance in the kitchen alongside my husband with a smile from ear to ear (for the first time in years) Gain RESPECT from my boss, my clients, my colleagues and Create so much ENERGY that I signed up for a 12 mile Tough Mudder obstacle event...and was the first to on my team to finish. All while being  a bomb a$$ "successful" architect... ____________ Design + Build Healthy BOUNDARIES Masterclass is for you if are an architect or a design professional that desires: To be treated with RESPECT in the office, in OAC meetings, and on the job site. For others to value your TIME like it’s the most precious thing you own…because, well, it is. To have so much freaking ENERGY that you have to literally refrain yourself from signing up for every Tough Mudder obstacle event in a 60 mile radius of your home and office. GRAB YOUR SEAT HERE. 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦: Virtual Thursday, August 29th @ 12:00pm EST **Limited seats available and prices will only increase! ***Can’t make the live class? No worries. All students will be sent a recording of the class within 48 hours.

08-28
09:12

E.8 Be HUNGRY for Change

In this week's episode, I discuss:   👉 How my boss scheduled my annual review at 10 pm 👉 How to flip the page in this chapter of your stressful career through microshifts and 👉 How to create opportunity through change.   This is a must-listen episode for any of you architects who are ready for CHANGE.   Want immediate change?  Join other architects in THE WELLNESS HUB.👇 ______________________ 🌿 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗕 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀: 🌿 A virtual studio full of 15-minute classes aimed to reduce the stress of architects. (Corporate Desk Yoga • Corporate Journaling  • Successful Sleep Classes • + More) _______________________

08-21
13:36

E.7 Journaling and Little “t” Traumas, Katherine Serrano Sosa

Katherine is the Founder and Principal Architect of Rooted Architecture Studio.  In this week's episode, Katherine and I discuss:   👉 How powerlifting impacts her redlines 👉 How therapy and little “t” traumas has allowed her to follow her purpose in life and  👉 How journaling led her to open her own architecture firm and have a greater impact on the Latino community.    Want to try journaling like Katherine? 👇 Join other architects in The Wellness Hub for Architects.👇 ______________________ 🌿 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗕 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀:🌿 A virtual studio full of 15-minute classes aimed to reduce the stress of architects. (Corporate Desk Yoga • Corporate Journaling  • Successful Sleep Classes • + More) _______________________ Guest: Katherine Serrano Sosa Business: Rooted Architecture Studio, PLLC  Website: rootedarchitecturestudio.com Email: katherine@rootedarchitecturestudio.com Instagram: @rooted_architecture and @katherineaserranososa

08-09
29:46

E.6  Journaling with Licensed Architect Kayla Barko

In this week’s episode Kayla and I discuss:   👉 how journaling has changed her architecture career.   👉 how she finds a conference room to journal in on her lunch break. 👉 her lack of fear to leave work at 5pm sharp.   Kayla uses journaling as a tool to calm her nervous system, provide calm in an often chaotic industry, and organize her thoughts when her to-do list seems never ending.   Not sure how to journal?  Me either.  GREAT NEWS!   Kayla will be teaching architects how to journal between OAC meetings, redlines, or Revit syncs.  You’ll leave feeling calm and focused.  Join us!   🌿 The Wellness Hub for Architects 🌿: Wednesday, August 7th @ 12:00pm EST Wednesday, August 14th @ 12:00pm EST Wednesday, August 21st @ 12:00pm EST and  Wednesday, August 28th @ 12:00pm EST ______________________ 🌿 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗕 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀: 🌿 A virtual studio full of 15-minute classes aimed to reduce the stress of architects. (Corporate Desk Yoga • Corporate Journaling  • Successful Sleep Classes • + More) Join us HERE. _______________________   Guest:  Kayla Barko, Licensed Architect & Owner of Build your Sanctuary Business: Build Your Sanctuary, LLC Website: Www.BuildYourSanctuary.com Instagram: @buildyoursanctuary

07-31
29:18

E.5  Meditation + Anxiety Attacks, Katerina Burianova

E.5  Meditation + Anxiety Attacks, Katerina Burianova In this week's episode, Katerina and I discuss her anxiety attacks, how she celebrates her small wins, and how meditation and breathwork help manage her stress.   Want to try meditation or breathwork like Katerina?  Join other architects in The Wellness Hub for Architects. 👇 ______________________ 🌿 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗕 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀:🌿 SIGN UP HERE! A virtual studio full of 15-minute classes aimed to reduce the stress of architects. (Corporate Desk Yoga • Corporate Breathwork • Successful Sleep Classes • + More) _______________________ Guest:  Katerina Burianova, Owner, Architect and Podcast Host Firm: Katerina Burianova Architecture Inc Website: www.kbarchitectinc.com Instagram: @fromthehoneycombpodcast

07-24
35:07

E.4 Divorce, Spiritual Journey and Body Movement, Scott Schwartz

In this week's episode, Scott and I discuss how body movement impacts our mental clarity, his divorce, what 10 years of no vacation looks like, and how his spiritual journey in 2010 has made him a better architect.   *Oh and shout out to Scott’s 81 year old mom who rides an electric scooter.* Want to be a healthier architect like Scott?  Try out The Wellness Hub for Architects.👇 ______________________ 🌿 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗕 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀: 🌿 SIGN UP HERE! A virtual studio full of 15-minute classes aimed to reduce the stress of architects. (Corporate Desk Yoga • Corporate Breathwork • Successful Sleep Classes • + More) _______________________ Guest:  Scott Schwartz, Principal Architect + Construction Manager Firm: FORM64 Architecture Website: http://form64.com/ Instagram: @form64_architecture

07-17
47:44

E.3 Breathwork Benefits for Architects, Cielo Stein

In this week's episode corporate breathwork instructor, Cielo Stein, and I discuss the power of breathwork and how we, as architects, can incorporate the practice into our workday to reduce stress.   Cielo will be teaching 15-minute breathwork classes for architects and design professionals on July 11th, July 18th, and July 25th!  You won’t want to miss this.   ______________________ 🌿 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗕 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 🌿 SIGN UP HERE! A virtual studio full of 15-minute classes aimed to reduce the stress of architects. _______________________   Guest:  Cielo Stein Breathwork Instructor and Owner of Cielo Breathwork Instagram: @cielo_breathwork  Website: www.cielobreathwork.com

07-05
31:17

E.2 Burnout, Motherhood, and Transitioning to Reduced Hours with Licensed Architect, Laurel Chadzynski

In this weeks episode, Laurel and I discuss her burnout journey, how she transitioned to reduced hours after motherhood, and how to CREATE a position where you can thrive. ______________________ Want to discuss how we can work together to negotiate those things for YOU?   Set up a FREE discovery call today! ______________________ ✨ 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟✨ Click HERE to chat with me about how to negotiate a raise, negotiate maternity leave, reduce hours, reduce workplace stress, etc. _______________________   _________________________   Guest: Laurel Chadzynski, AIA WELL AP Director, Parallel Sustainability VP of Engagement, mindful Materials Dyer Brown & Associates, Sustainable Design Leader Link Tree:  https://linktr.ee/laurelbennett LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurelchadzynski/  

06-29
40:43

E.1 Studio Culture at Age 18

In this week's episode Morgan, licensed architect and found of The Healthy Architect,  discusses where it all began: IN STUDIO.  She touches upon all nighters, time management and the conditioning young designers went through at the ripe age of 18.  Not only that but how this conditioning bleeds into the architecture industry as we know it today.   Follow The Healthy Architect on Instagram _____ This podcast is for educational purposes only.  The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

06-29
11:47

Start Here: Introducing The Healthy Architect

Hi I'm Morgan Chawaga, licensed architect, CEO and founder of The Healthy Architect, LLC.  I'm on a mission to change the architecture industry. I've helped architects from all around the world change their career path from stressed to empowered. Let's go architects!  Let's be the change in our industry.      

06-07
03:10

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