wellbeing X design

Wellbeing X Design restores the creative wellbeing of design leaders charged with sustaining performance, innovation and the creative vitality of their firms.

“Wellbeing is not just a nice-to-have, it is a vital part of doing business in today’s world.”

Deloitte

According to global business innovation experts Deloitte, wellbeing in the workplace is not just a nice-to-have, it is a vital part of doing business in today’s world. But wellbeing at work is broken; in fact, almost 100% of architects say they’re burnt out, and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average tenure of an architecture associate is 1.6 years–the same as a fast food worker.

Wellbeing X Design provides accredited CEUs, workshops, 1:1 coaching, and the WELLbeings X Design Vitality Circle wellness sanctuary to empower a multigenerational discipline to hold boundaries around the foundations of health. Neuroscience-backed micropractices help teams + individuals sustain inspiration, engagement, and creativity-on-demand. Clients cultivate inner resilience, leadership in design, and the ability to inspire cross-generational learning and wisdom. Associates + executives who integrate Wellbeing X Design’s micro practices report benefiting from enhanced resilience to stress, consistent clarity, a greater sense of wellbeing, and increased ease and flow of life.

Wellbeing X Design’s restorative model of Continuing Education serves design professionals in an industry struggling with burnout. The Creativity X Design CEU provides an energizing and empathetic experience. This interactive workshop qualifies for 1.5 Continuing Education Credits from the International Design Continuing Education Council

Wellbeing X Design tools for daily creative renewal contain neuroscience-backed micro practices that energize leaders with creativity, clarity and the ability to meaningfully integrate work, love and play in alignment with their authentic selves. Participants in the Creativity X Design and Sleep X Design CEUs receive two companion guides–The A+D Wellness Toolkit and The Sleep System: 28 Days to Better Sleep, while regular check-ins provide consistency, coaching, goal-setting and the benefits of practicing wellbeing in community.

Our science-backed BeWellLeadWell Pulse assessment illustrates how the foundations of health directly support the neuroscience of creativity, inspiration and innovation.

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CONNECTION

We know from studying Blue Zones that practicing wellbeing in community is essential to achieving the meaning and purpose that contribute to elevated quality of life and longevity. Join your health-minded associates for WELLBeings X Design: VITALITY CIRCLE. We share proven habits, hacks and natural remedies for SLEEP, MOVEMENT, MINDSET and NUTRITION, and we leave energized and happy! Email hello at wellbeingsXdesign dot com to be included.

MOVEMENT+YOGA

You are designed to move: a man’s body is designed to walk 12 miles a day. A woman’s body is designed to walk nine miles a day, but movement does not have to be sustained nor strenuous to counteract the effects of a sedentary lifestyle.

“Listen to your Body. Your body is your first teacher.”

Movement can be anything you enjoy that moves you: yoga, walking, gardening, tidying up, an impromptu dance party–even uproarious laughter all contribute to experiencing vitality throughout your day and optimal sleep at night. I’ll guide you in formulating a simple movement practice made for your body, preferences, and lifestyle–one you enjoy and look forward to doing every day.

HYDRATION+NUTRITION

How often do you feel light and agile on your feet? My approach to levity and longevity starts with a healthy hydration habit and nutrient-dense foods. Discover a diet that suits your unique genome and exposome (your genetic makeup in relationship to your environment). I also refer clients to some of North America’s most exclusive functional medicine practices for micronutrient testing, biological age clocks and genetic screening.

MINDSET+MINDFULNESS

You are a powerful creator. Thoughts are things, and therefore, your mind is the single most powerful tool for health. The culmination of ancient spirituality, quantum physics and neuroscience has proven that “mind over matter” is reality. Mindfulness has the power to change the body’s chemistry and reshape the brain (neuroplasticity); it taps into a new form of personal energy that allows individuals to transcend entropy, catalyze quantum leaps in creative performance, and reach next-level resilience.

YOUTHFUL X DESIGN: SHED YEARS NOT POUNDS

Based on functional medicine’s clinically proven lifestyle, nutrition, and movement habits, Youthful by Design is a potent eight-week reverse-aging regimen designed to restore energy, renew clarity and boost vitality. This intensive routine of nutrient-rich foods, movement and rest increases longevity and quality of life, and has been shown in clinical trials to prevent, stabilize or completely cure some midlife chronic conditions. Download complete information here or schedule a discovery call to learn more.

“Megan stokes new thoughts on the importance of sleep and creativity. I have watched Megan translate neuroscience and wellbeing into accessible, actionable insights for her audiences. Megan reaches participants by presenting scientific caliber research on the foundations of health, the neuroscience of sleep and how they support creativity. Her accessible and engaging instruction is anchored in movement and the five senses, a novel format that appeals to a designer’s sensibility. Through her Toolkit for Daily Creative Renewal and Sleep by Design presentations, Megan has begun to affect a mindshift in the design industry. Attendees are captivated by the interesting, fast-moving, interactive presentation woven with hard truths and activism, and softened by occasional humor. Megan’s thoroughly researched and organized facts, proof, theories and numbers appeal to the evidence-based architect and CEO, while creative minds are captivated by instruction that encourages the integration of applied knowledge to create professional environments that inspire harmony of mind, body and soul. I left Megan’s presentations feeling inspired and empowered with the knowledge to boost my wellbeing and support my creative processes.”

–Veronika Miller, CEO + Founder Modenus Media | Designhounds | Design Uncut

“As a seasoned interior designer, I look for continuing education that offers knowledge for my practice as well as my personal growth. Megan has taken me on a journey of learning how to nurture and sustain my creativity! We’ve continued our connection through other professional classes and groups that have been life changing! She is normalizing and prioritizing wellness for creative professionals, something we all need but sadly goes overlooked. Her knowledge, enthusiasm and good heartedness are refreshing and contagious. I’d urge individuals and organizations to connect with her for your wellbeing and prosperity, inside and out!”

–Lorrie Browne, NCIDQ, Lorrie Browne Interiors, Wellington, Florida

“I always look forward to my calls with Megan! When we talk, I have no idea what’s about to happen but I always know it’s going to be great. We’ve shared vulnerable stories and cried together. We’ve celebrated synchronicities, shifts, and the big and little dreams coming true. I’ve learned so much from Megan about healing, living in flow, and growing into my authentic self. Megan is one of the most generous, warm, and energetic people I’ve met and working with her is like having the sun in your corner.”

–Anna, YA Novelist, San Francisco

“Megan makes a heart-based connection. Her empathy, warmth, knowledge, expertise, and access to resources have been invaluable in my transformation journey. My progress over the past six months is in no small part due to my work with Megan.” 

–Daniela, Data Storyteller, Chicago

“Megan co-hosts the ‘Architects as Healers: Buildings as Medicine‘ podcast along with architect Angela Mazzi Monday mornings on Clubhouse. I have been both a participant on it and a frequent listener. Their guests range from established voices in architecture, design and construction whose work is cutting edge, delving into how spaces influence our well-being, to researchers and practitioners who are doing extremely valuable work, with quite perceptive insights whom I have never heard of prior, and whose work I’m eagerly compelled to follow from then on. As a WELL AP and individual living with a chronic condition, Megan brings her own experience to bear on how wellbeing is affected and shaped by architecture. I commend Megan and Angela for creating a space that fills a critical need of understanding this nexus, that is informative and non-judgmental and has contributed vastly to our collective knowledge.”

–Ganesh S. Nayak, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP, GGP, NGBS, Energy Star MF, ICC Accessibility Specialist & Principal, Metier Consulting, Inc.

Client List

• AIA Aspire, Asheville
• Novitá PR, New York City
• Kitchen and Bath Industry Show
• NeoCon Shows
• Wood-Mode Custom Cabinetry, Luxe Home, Chicago
• GE Monogram Appliances, Luxe Home, Chicago
• Modenus Media
• Sherwin-Williams, New York City
• Advocate Healthcare, Barrington, Illinois
• Hand2Mind, Vernon Hills, Illinois
• Marcel Kuhn International, Switzerland
• Angela Mazzi, FAIA, FACHA, EDAC, Principal, GBBN Cincinatti
• ELA Soccer, Lake Zurich, Illinois
• The Mindshift Company, Lake County, Illinois
• Yin Yang Pilates and Yoga, Lake Zurich, Illinois
• Total Body Yoga/To Be You Yoga Lake County, Illinois

Wellbeing X Design’s measurement tool illustrates how the foundations of health directly support the neuroscience of creativity and effective leadership. How do we know?

Wellbeing X Design invokes a science-backed leadership assessment used by global brands including Barilla, Roche & Coca-Cola–to track & verify the IMPACT and transformation of implementing wellbeing. Developed by Wisdom Works, LLC and science partner University of Colorado School of Business, the Be Well Lead Well Pulse measures 19 psychometrics–factors that facilitate thriving and resilience, to gauge the effectiveness of teams and individuals. Our clients cultivate inner resilience, sustain design leadership and creativity-on-demand with ease and flow, and inspire intergenerational teams to consistently perform their best.

Firms who take values-aligned action with care and concern for associates’ wellbeing and leadership development experience marked advances in positive engagement, innovation, attract and retain more diverse talent and expand associate tenure. See below for downloadable examples of a team report and an individual report.

We’re Empowered to Live Longer. We know from studying Blue Zones that practicing wellbeing in community is essential to achieving your ideal health. Join WELL Beings X Design, a global community committed to empowering us to hold boundaries around the foundations of health. During this weekly wellbeing sanctuary, we pool our wellbeing wisdom and share how we design our lives for optimal creativity, sleep, and vitality. Join me and other health-minded design professionals to reframe your mindset around rest and recovery, and other foundations of health that are essential to creativity, vision and innovation, and leave energized! To register, email hello at wellbeingsXdesign dot com