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!
Episodes

Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
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
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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!
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✨ 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.
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Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
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.
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Want to discuss how we can work together to negotiate those things for YOU?
Set up a consult call today!
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✨CONSULT 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟✨
Click HERE to chat with me about how to negotiate a raise, negotiate maternity leave, reduce hours, reduce workplace stress, etc.
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Saturday Nov 16, 2024
Saturday Nov 16, 2024
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.
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🔥 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 🔥
Learn how to decrease your stress in less than 32 seconds.
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🔗 Click HERE to download the masterclass. 🔗

Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
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.
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✨ 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.
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Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
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.
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Want to discuss how we can work together to change your MINDSET?
(Hint: Any architect can do it.)
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Set up a FREE discovery call today!
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✨ 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.
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Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
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)
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Want to discuss how we can work together to negotiate those things for YOU?
Set up a FREE discovery call today!
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✨ 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟✨
Click HERE to chat with me about how to negotiate a raise, negotiate maternity leave, reduce hours, reduce workplace stress, etc.
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Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
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...
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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.

Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
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.👇
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🌿 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)
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Friday Aug 09, 2024
Friday Aug 09, 2024
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.👇
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🌿 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)
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Guest: Katherine Serrano Sosa
Business: Rooted Architecture Studio, PLLC
Website: rootedarchitecturestudio.com
Email: katherine@rootedarchitecturestudio.com
Instagram: @rooted_architecture and @katherineaserranososa

Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
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
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🌿 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.
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Guest:
Kayla Barko, Licensed Architect & Owner of Build your Sanctuary
Business: Build Your Sanctuary, LLC
Website: Www.BuildYourSanctuary.com
Instagram: @buildyoursanctuary