Welcome to the Wellness By Design podcast. I believe every one of us has the power to achieve optimal wellness not by reacting to the world around us but by intentionally designing a life based on what our own body needs. This show is for people who want to relieve pain and inflammation naturally by addressing root causes, rather than masking symptoms and by tapping into the wisdom of their body, mind and spirit. And I want to give you the tools to help make that happen.
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Discover how the mind-body connection and nervous system may play a role in the way we experience chronic pain.
In this episode, we will explore the surprising connection between chronic pain, emotional stress, subconscious patterns, and nervous system regulation. You'll discover why fear and stress can keep the body in a protective state, and why understanding this connection can open up a whole new way of looking at pain.
⏰ 21:49 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
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Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
Discover how therapeutic fasting may support your body's natural healing processes and why preparation, hydration, and proper guidance matter.
Join me and my guest, Loren Lockman, an expert in therapeutic fasting with decades of experience, for a fascinating conversation about the potential benefits of fasting, the science behind autophagy, hydration, rest, and what happens inside the body when we stop eating.
⏰ 58:00 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
Check out Loren Lockman's Bio:
Loren Lockman is one of the world's most experienced water fasting educators, having guided more than 12,000 fasts over the past 30 years. As the founder of Tanglewood Wellness Center and Fast to Rise, he has dedicated his life to helping people better understand the body's innate ability to heal through properly supervised water fasting, deep rest, and a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle.
273. Brain Fog After Surgery: What to Know Before You Go In
Season 6 · Episode 273
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 • Duration 58:03
Brain fog after surgery is real… anesthesia is one of the biggest neurological stress events your brain will ever face.
What if the conversation about post-surgery brain fog needs to happen before you go in, not months later when you're still struggling to find your words?
Join me and my guest, Sandra Bargeron, PA-C, CAA, founder of Beyond Brain Health™, to learn more about why it's not the anesthetic drugs that matter… it's the brain that walks into the operating room, and what you can do to prepare it.
⏰ 02:53 - What anesthesia actually does to your brain
⏰ 14:46 - The 1999 study that cut delirium 40%
⏰ 25:34 - The domains of neurologic resilience + the NSRI™
⏰ 35:54 - Good, better, best: how long you need to prepare
⏰ 52:12 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
Check out Sandra Bargeron's Bio:
Sandra Bargeron, PA-C, CAA, has spent 22 years in operating rooms as a PA first assistant and 16 years delivering anesthesia across more than 10,000 cases. After watching someone she loved experience significant cognitive decline after surgery, she made it her mission to protect brain health around anesthesia. She created the Neurologic Stress and Recovery Index™, wrote Break Through Anesthesia Fog introducing her HARP™ framework, and founded Beyond Brain Health™ to help patients prepare and recover.
272. Health Self-Advocacy: What Actually Works
Season 6 · Episode 272
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 • Duration 43:03
Told your labs are "normal" but you still don't feel like yourself? You're not imagining it… women with chronic pain and perimenopause symptoms are dismissed every day.
What if the most powerful thing you bring to your next appointment isn't a list of symptoms, but a completely different way of showing up in the room?
Join me and my guest, Katie Patel, PharmD, IFM-AFMCP, founder of Radiant Origins Wellness, to learn more about self-advocacy in a medical system that wasn't built for chronic conditions and the exact words, documentation, and nervous system shifts that change how your provider hears you.
⏰ 11:00 - Food, Root Cause, and Nervous System Readiness
⏰ 18:30 - Intuition and "Normal" vs. Optimal Labs
⏰ 27:00 - Inner Guidance, Micro-Moments, and Building Your Support Team
⏰ 34:30 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
Check out Katie Patel's Bio:
Katie Patel, PharmD, IFM-AFMCP, is the founder of Radiant Origins Wellness, where she works as a precision and functional wellness practitioner for high-achieving women 35 and up. Katie spent over 10 years in pain management across private practice and VA settings, working alongside physicians on chronic disease and pain management, before transitioning to full-time practice helping women understand what's actually happening in their bodies during perimenopause and midlife, rather than being handed a prescription and sent on their way. Her approach centers on calming the nervous system first, then getting precise with functional testing, so that healing has the right foundation to actually stick. She is based in Johns Creek, Georgia right outside Atlanta.
271. The Hidden Cost of Living in Protection: Perfectionism, People-Pleasing, and Chronic Pain
Season 5 · Episode 271
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 • Duration 30:58
Chronic pain can become a frustrating cycle of fear, stress, and nervous system dysregulation. But what if some of the patterns keeping that cycle going are happening beneath your awareness?
Could your thoughts and beliefs be influencing how your nervous system responds to pain? In this episode, we explore the hidden connection between subconscious patterns, the brain, and the pain-fear cycle. You'll discover why the brain can learn pain, and how awareness, nervous system regulation, and new thought patterns may help create a greater sense of safety and possibility.
⏰ 18:28 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
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Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
270. Chronic Pain: The Hidden Truth About Adhesions
Season 5 · Episode 270
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 • Duration 48:37
Tired of chronic pain that just won't go away no matter how much you stretch, strengthen, or push through?
What if the pain in your back, neck, or knees actually starts in your feet? In this episode, discover how tight fascia creates restrictions, miscommunication, and pain throughout the body and the simple practices you can use to release them and feel at home in your body again.
Join me and my guests, Deanna Hansen, creator of Block Therapy and fascia decompression, and Stacey McCarthy, master yoga teacher with 40 years of experience, to learn about The Unbound Method… a powerful fusion of yoga and fascia decompression designed to release adhesions, ease chronic pain, and help you reconnect with your body from the inside out.
⏰ 02:26 - How Deanna & Stacey Created the Unbound Method
⏰ 11:33 - A Health Crisis and the Discovery of Fascia
⏰ 17:42 - Block Therapy Meets Yoga: How the Method Works
⏰ 26:42 - Come Home to Yourself: Why Feet Come First
⏰ 36:42 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
Check out Stacy McCarthy & Deanna Hansen's Bio:
Stacy has delivered over 2,000 trainings and taught audiences as large as 1,000 people. She is an Integrative Wellness expert with a specialty in yoga and meditation. Her impact in the science of yoga and wellness is undeniable. She was named the 2021 IDEA World Instructor of the Year and co-created the first College Accredited 200- and 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training. As a celebrated speaker at events around the world, she's dedicated to unlocking the limitless potential within every individual.
269. Beyond Darwin: Bruce Lipton on the New Science of Human Evolution
Season 5 · Episode 269
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 • Duration 01:19:23
Struggling with chronic stress, pain, or feeling stuck in your health no matter what you try? Learn how reprogramming your subconscious mind can help your body heal and put you back in control.
What if 95% of your life is being run by hidden programs you never consciously chose… and what if rewriting them is the key to healing your body and your life?
Join me and my guest, Dr. Bruce Lipton, internationally recognized cell biologist and bestselling author of The Biology of Belief, to learn more about how your beliefs shape your biology, why the subconscious controls most of your day, and how to shift from victim to creator so your body can finally heal.
⏰ 12:29 - Collapse, Stress & the Real Cause of the Health Crisis
⏰ 20:23 - Epigenetics: Your Genes Don't Control You
⏰ 28:33 - How Your Subconscious Runs 95% of Your Life
⏰ 49:10 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
Check out Bruce Lipton's Bio:
Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., former medical school professor and epigenetic science pioneer, is the bestselling author of The Biology of Belief, Spontaneous Evolution and The Honeymoon Effect. Bruce received the prestigious Goi Peace Award (Japan) in honor of his scientific contribution to world harmony. For over ten years, Bruce has been listed in the top 100 of "the world's most spiritually influential living people" by United Kingdom's Watkins Journal. He will be releasing his new book, Beyond Darwin: How Epigenetics, Quantum Science, and Cooperation Shape Humanity's Future in 2026.
268. Breast Implant Illness: What Could Be Hiding Beneath the Surface?
Season 5 · Episode 268
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 • Duration 01:06:55
Struggling with unexplained fatigue, brain fog, pain, or inflammation? The hidden cause could be your breast implants… and here's what you can do about it.
What if the symptoms you've been told are "just stress" or "getting older" were actually connected to something hidden inside your body?
Join me and my guest, Dr. Rob Whitfield, MD, board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of the SHARP Method, to learn more about how surgery, genetics, detoxification, mitochondrial optimization, and regenerative medicine come together to create safer procedures, smoother recoveries, and better long-term outcomes.
⏰ 55:15 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
Check out Rob Whitfield's Bio:
Dr. Robert Whitfield, MD, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of the SHARP Method, a biologic recovery system integrating surgery, genetics, detoxification, and regenerative medicine. Nationally recognized for his work in Breast Implant Illness, he published the largest series of PCR-tested explant capsules, finding bacterial contamination in nearly 29% of cases. He has performed thousands of explant and fat transfer procedures, and practices in Austin, TX, working with patients worldwide.
267. Chronic Pain: What If Your Body Isn't Broken? with Jane Hogan
Season 5 · Episode 267
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 • Duration 30:35
Living with chronic pain and feeling like your body has turned against you? This episode offers a different path to healing… one that starts with understanding what your pain is actually trying to do.
What if the pain you've been fighting has been trying to protect you the whole time? Join me to learn more about why pain is an intelligent response, how the pain-fear cycle keeps it switched on, and a simple compassion practice you can try right now to help your body feel safe enough to heal.
⏰ 19:12 - The Pain-Fear Cycle & Hidden Protective Patterns
⏰ 23:17 - A Compassion Practice: "You Are Not My Enemy"
⏰ 27:12 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
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Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
266. Engineering an Awakened Life with Dr. Sue Morter | Jane Hogan
Season 5 · Episode 266
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 • Duration 01:08:31
Struggling to heal no matter what you try? Your body (not your mind) may hold the real pathway to self-healing, wholeness, and lasting well-being.
What if your spiritual anatomy isn't just a metaphor, but an actual mechanism you can switch on? And what if you don't have to wait until you're "healed, ready, or worthy" to start living your fullest life?
Join me and my guest, Dr. Sue Morter, bestselling author of The Energy Codes and her new book The Anatomy of Awakening, to learn more about the five hidden energy centers beyond the physical body, how consciousness shapes the reality you experience, and the simple daily practice that shifts you into a healing state.
⏰ 21:32 - Quantum science: how consciousness creates your reality
⏰ 32:42 - The "quantum flip" & why worthiness is a non-issue
⏰ 51:27 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
Check out Sue Morter's Bio:
Dr. Sue Morter is an internationally acclaimed speaker, master of Bioenergetic Medicine, and thought leader bridging science, spirituality, and human potential. She is the founder and CEO of the Morter Institute for Bioenergetics, and host of breakout podcast, The Art of Awakening and Gaia TV's Healing Matrix.
Loren is passionate about educating others on the principles of natural health, addressing the root causes of illness rather than simply managing symptoms. Through his online programs, educational content, and speaking engagements, he empowers people around the world to make informed decisions about their health and discover the remarkable healing intelligence of the human body.
Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
You can take our Resilience and Support Quiz (Mini-NSRI) to measure how well your brain can handle surgery, illness, and life. Check it out at https://beyondbrainhealth.com/
Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
Deanna Hansen is a pioneer in the field of fascia decompression for physical and emotional transformation. With more than 20 years of hands-on clinical experience, Deanna created Block Therapy™, a unique fascia-release protocol, to relieve chronic pain and dis-ease, encourage healthy detoxification, and reverse cellular aging.
Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
A leading expert in the clinical application of bioenergetics and co-developer of the Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique, Dr. Sue teaches how to reprogram the body's electromagnetic energy flow through a process she calls Embodiment. Through her globally taught Energy Codes® seminars, LiveAwake!® programs, JourneyAwake® retreats, and BodyAwake® Yoga trainings, she illuminates the relationship between consciousness, the nervous system, and sustainable self-healing.
With over 40 years of experience, Dr. Sue is a New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Canada's Globe and Mail, international best-selling author, Transformational Leadership Council award recipient, and respected voice in integrative healthcare and human awakening.
Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
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