Media
Getting the word out about environmental wellness and the benefits of biophilic design is my mission for sure. Thank you to all the fantastic leaders in wellness real estate, healthy building, wellness, and science for having me on their shows to help promote these important topics.
There are many illness that are preventable that stem from buildings, how they are constructed and maintained. This podcast series reveals simple, effective and informative ways on how to understand more about the place where you dwell, learn and work and how if not paid attention to could wreak havoc on your health. Building Wellness is a great tool for real estate agents, homeowners, parents, builders, developers, architects and designers. I will have guests on who specialize in specific fields related to the work we do at DesignWell Studios, including EMFs, indoor air quality, construction, lighting, HVAC systems, Environmental Health, scientists, electricians, plumbers, etc. Welcome, we are glad you are here!
NTE Live! w/Michelle Ifversen, Designwell Studios
Andrew Pace -Founder, GDC/Building For Health
Andy Pace from Green Design Center and Non Toxic Environments Podcast invited me on to talk with him about all things biophilic design and healthy indoor environments. Click on the title or the photo to access the show. Featuring Jay Watts from AFM Safecoat!
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Wellness Real Estate
Here are some articles that I wrote for Wellness Real Estate Magazine about Biophilic Design and Environmental Wellness. Here’s a feature from the September 2021 Issue. Thank you Sheila Alston for including me in your excellent company of healthy home advocates and professionals!
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HEMPWOOD FLOORING
Here’s a recent article I wrote for Wellnes RE magazine on HEMPWOOD flooring, my new favorite, non toxic, healthy and sustainable flooring option. Just make sure you don’t use toxic adhesives or sealants.
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The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast with Neal Collins of Latitude Reality
The Importance of a healthy home with environmental wellness expert Michelle (Bexelius) Ifversen In this insightful interview on The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Neal talks with environmental wellness expert Michelle (Bexelius) Ifversen about the not-so-well-known things about our homes and lifestyles that impact our health. Michelle is the founder of designWell Studios, which helps people test their homes for toxicities, mold, and electromagnetic frequencies. This is a very eye opening conversation that is a must-listen to help people become aware of the issues we are collectively facing, as well as get insightful suggestions we can do to help keep our families healthy and thriving.
In this episode we’re in Portland, Oregon in the US with Michelle Ifversen of Design Well Studios - optimizing built environments for wellbeing. We cover biophilic art, testing for indoor air quality, EMFs in the home and building biology. Michelle and I dig into a term that is more common in the US than in Europe, namely ‘building biology’, which is a combination of healthy building strategies and Biophilia or nature-connectedness. Her in-person and virtual assessments of residential environments address issues affecting the health of occupiers, the risks of off-gassing from flooring and wall paint, how to mitigate the risk of Electro-Magnetic Fields (EMFs) in homes and how to safely manage your smart home technology. Michelle has a lot of strings to her bow, having co-developed a lab test for indoor air quality, launched her own collection of biophilic nature-inspired artworks and delivering landscape design services for clients as well to bring the outside world indoors. She’s devoted to all things natural and healthy in the home environment, so we had lots to talk about.
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Eco Nursery Design for HGTV
Several years ago Michelle and then business partner/naturopathic doctor Trevor Holly Cates curated and designed an eco friendly, safe and non toxic nursery for their clients. Everything from the paint to the diapers to the makeup we used were organic and healthy. For more projects like this connect with us, we’d love to do more, it was a blast!
Blooming Healthy Home Podcast with host Sheila Alston, Wellness Real Estate Agent and owner of Wellness RE Magazine
What is Biophilic Design? It's all about connecting with nature and bringing nature in as a design element within built environments to increase occupant connectivity and overall well-being. It's a concept used in commercial spaces, but Michelle Ifversen from Design Well Studios is blazing the way to bring biophilic design into our home environment. DesignWell Studios is an environmental wellness design and testing company that optimizes built environments that promote beauty, health + well being. They offer state of the art, professional environmental testing services that allow their clients to see if their home or workplace has issues from poor air or water quality, mold or high levels of EMFs that could have negative effects on their health and well being. They offer education, creative design hacks and products and services to help remedy spaces so people can thrive. Michelle has so much knowledge to share with us, we will have to have her on again, today we are focused on biophilic design in the home. So if you are wondering how you can create a space that not only looks good but feels good and it also supports the wellbeing of you and your family, you won't want to miss this awesome interview. Let's grow!
WORK IN MIND
The first knowledge platform dedicated to the connection between healthy buildings and workplace wellbeing.
Top 5 ways to boost your health and reduce your exposure to EMFs at work
Michelle (Bexelius) Ifversen, Owner/Environmental Wellness Director at DesignWell Studios exposes the top 5 ways to boost your health and reduce your exposure to EMFs at your workstation. Your office, your workstation, it’s the place where most people spend most of the time during the day. The human body is able to handle more during the day but how much is too much exposure from EMFs? You can do a lot in your own workspace as well as at home, it’s outside where it’s difficult to mitigate sources like power lines, cell towers or substations. It’s vital to take the time to craft a supportive environment so you can not only be inspired but aware and healthy so you can thrive to be your best at what you do!
WORK IN MIND
The first knowledge platform dedicated to the connection between healthy buildings and workplace wellbeing.
Working from home? Here’s how your home office can support your wellbeing
Inspiration from Michelle (Bexelius) Ifversen on how to set up a space that is supportive of your wellbeing and ideas on how to get through this surreal time. We need to support our wellbeing now more than ever. So, I thought introducing some elements of biophilic design would help create a healthy platform for many people wanting to improve their situation at home. Some people have a designated space for their computer, writing station, studio, garage to create their work, but some do not and it’s important wherever it is that it is a space that is supportive, healthy, functional and inspiring.
Eco-Friendly Homes with Madison Hopkins, Regenerative Real Estate Agent with Latitude Reality
Michelle is a biophilic designer and environmental wellness coach all wrapped into one person! And yes, she is that impressive! Come learn from Michelle all about testing your home environment for chemicals like formaldehyde, toxic mold, and electro magnetic frequencies (EMFs). At DWS, testing is the key component for living a healthy, wellness based, and even regenerative life! Without the certainty of home testing, you're just guessing when it comes to your home's health and wellness and your body's health and wellness. Additionally, Michelle has won design competitions that are based on biophilia (plants and nature). She incorporates nature into art pieces around the house and texturizes features to show off natural elements like movement and sunlight. Through this technique, even those without green thumbs can feel inspired by the great out doors!