If your Home isn't Healthy and Happy, find out why.

Nancy’s guest this week is wellness design consultant, industry speaker and author Jamie Gold, CKD, CAPS, MCCWC. Jamie’s latest book, Wellness by Design: A Room-by-Room Guide to Optimizing Your Home for Health, Fitness and Happiness (Simon & Schuster/Tiller Press, September 2020), is the first comprehensive consumer guide to this very timely topic. Wellness design was emerging as a trend before the pandemic. Covid has just accelerated the pace. With so many people spending so many more hours at home, everyone is evaluating how well their spaces are performing for them. In homes across the country Wellness design defined: Creating spaces that support the physical and emotional well-being of their occupants. What it can do to enhance your home and life For designers it gives you a framework for discussing it with your clients. For consumers it gives you criteria to prioritize your investments. Five Facets of Wellness Design: We’ll discuss what these terms mean, what products fit into them and how they can enhance people’s homes and health. The pandemic has made these items more urgent than ever. Health & Fitness Safety & Security Accessibility Functionality Comfort & Joy This podcast sponsored by Premier Lighting email questions to [email protected]