The Wellness Design Podcast

Cheryl & Rhea explore the idea of junk food in wellness design and the importance of creating a waiting room, treatment room, healthcare facility or medical space with items that have a soul. Listen to find out more.

What happens when your space starts to feel stuffy, energetically heavy and just plain sad? How to go beyond the physical cleaning of your wellness or healthcare environment and why it matters to your business.

What do you do when you and/or your team start to feel the pangs of burnout? How to create a nurturing staff lounge on any budget that keeps staff turnover low and your work family happy.

When Cheryl redesigned her Acupuncturist's treatment room she saw a big problem and helped her client fix it. Listen in for all the details and get free wellness design advice you'll be happy you didn't miss.

Cheryl & Rhea share stories of what NOT to do in the design of your treatment room, waiting room and other wellness spaces. Hint: A dentist's poster of The Three Stooges Mo pulling out Larry's tooth with pliers traumatized many of his young patients.

Cheryl shares stories about her Veterinary design projects and how designing for pets and their people is an opportunity to create a unique experience for both pets and humans. Hint: The waiting room becomes the living room.

Rhea walks us through her experience of being a patient at her acupuncturist’s busy practice and why she is one of 30% of the US population who spends money outside health insurance on cash-based complimentary alternative medicine.

Cheryl shares her story of being a patient on the exam table for her annual pap smear/gyn exam when her doc asked a design question. Find out Cheryl's answer and what came out of it. Hint: Leg stirrups and lighting

Learn how to instill optimism and hope into the design of your waiting room regardless of what type of wellness facility you have. Cheryl & Rhea give specific design examples to get you started on transforming your waiting room today without breaking the bank. Get ready to be inspired.

Get the inside scoop on the benefits of indoor plants in your healthcare or wellness space and why fake plants just don’t cut it.

After this wellness spa owner broke up with her boyfriend, she painted her waiting room walls red. Learn what paint colors are best for your wellness or healthcare space and how to avoid costly mistakes. Word of Warning: The word vagina is used several times in the episode.

One of the most challenging transitions in life is moving into a senior living facility after living independently your entire adult life. But what happens when the facility makes you want to stay in your room forevermore and never come out. Listen to a personal story about how Cheryl's Dad made the transition and how the design of your senior care living facility can make all the difference in helping the residents [and family members who visit them] thrive.

Learn the basics of how to design an exam room so you’re not on top of your patient. Hear what design challenges are easily avoidable and how to make the experience feel nurturing and safe for everyone.

Rhea helps you get clear on the do's and don'ts of selecting the best flooring design and materials for your healthcare practice, senior care living facility, medical office, and wellness treatment rooms. You'll learn about one of the most common vision impairments that gets worse with age and why flooring can make or break a patient or client's positive experience in your space.

Meet Rhea Mader of Tumbleweed Interiors and listen to her inspiring journey of how she came to specialize in health and wellness interior design. Little did she know that watching her grandparents go through the aging process would be the catalyst to a major career change.