The Healthy Architect

In this episode we discuss how I coach 1:1 client and architecture firm owner, Javier, how to: 👉 Increase his rate by +50%, 👉 Get out of drafting for good, 👉 Gift himself the option to purchase a fancy suits every 20% profit margin, plus 👉 Scaling his firm to a team of 3. . . . Are you ready to increase your rate? (Yes, you are!) Are you ready to work less?  (Umm...yah.) Are you ready to scale...

In this episode licensed architect and mother, Shawna, and I discuss how I coached her through multiple six-figure offers.  Spoiler alert: She didn’t choose the highest offer.  . . . Through her negotiation coaching Shawna secured: 💰 $10,000 above the initial offer 💰 $5,000 sign on bonus 💰 2 annual stipends for AIA conferences and  💰 Quarterly check-ins to ensure she was hitting milestones tow...

In this episode we discuss how I coach mother and firm owner, Courtney Lowry, how to increase her hourly rate by 33% without adding one additional hour of work.   In this episode, Courtney also learns how to: 👉 Start a waitlist instead of closing down her books 👉 Enjoy a vacation in Mexico with her family 👉 Hire her first 1099 contractor 👉 Enjoy a 30 day rowing challenge . . . Are you ready to...

In this episode we discuss how I coach unlicensed architectural designer, Christine, how to successfully find a firm that aligns with her values AND increase her salary by +$24,000.   Through career coaching Christine also learned how to: 👉 Get comfortable in the discomfort.  👉 Become empowered A.F. and 👉 Shift her thoughts into a reality. . . . Are you ready to increase your income? (Yes, you...

In this episode we discuss the mental and physical similarities in slow jogging a 5K and your architecture career. Enjoy...and listen at your own pace. . . . Are you ready to increase your hourly rate? (Yes, you are!) Are you ready to change your career?  (Umm...yah.) Are you ready to stop settling for less? (Hell yes.) . . . 🔗 Book A Consultation Call HERE. 🔗 Change Your Career Along Side Other...

In this episode we discuss how I coach 1:1 client and firm owner, Erin, how to successfully increase her hourly rate by 65% but also:   👉 Tweak her intake form to magnetize her ideal client, 👉 Vacation while her business still makes money, AND 👉 Land her biggest client yet! . . . Are you ready to increase your hourly rate? (Yes, you are!) Are you ready to change your career?  (Umm...yah.) Are y...

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 . . . Want to discuss how we can work together to change your MINDSET around your EMOTIONS? (Hint: Any architect can do it.)   Set up a...

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 t...

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.   ______________________ 🔥 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 🔥 Learn how to decrease your stress in...

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. ______________________ ✨ 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 ✨ Hi, I'm Morgan. I empower architects to DESIGN + BUILD a healthier relationship with their careers.  Clic...

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. . . . Want to discuss how we can work together to change your MINDSET?  (Hint: Any architect can do it.) . . . Set up a FREE discovery call today! ______________________ ✨...

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...

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...

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.👇 ______________________...

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 l...

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 sur...

E.5  Meditation + Anxiety Attacks, Katerina Burianova In this week's episode, Katerina and I discuss her anxiety attacks, how she celebrates her small wins, and how meditation and breathwork help manage her stress.   Want to try meditation or breathwork like Katerina?  Join other architects in The Wellness Hub for Architects. 👇 ______________________ 🌿 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗕 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀:🌿 SIGN UP...

In this week's episode, Scott and I discuss how body movement impacts our mental clarity, his divorce, what 10 years of no vacation looks like, and how his spiritual journey in 2010 has made him a better architect.   *Oh and shout out to Scott’s 81 year old mom who rides an electric scooter.* Want to be a healthier architect like Scott?  Try out The Wellness Hub for Architects.👇 _________________...

In this week's episode corporate breathwork instructor, Cielo Stein, and I discuss the power of breathwork and how we, as architects, can incorporate the practice into our workday to reduce stress.   Cielo will be teaching 15-minute breathwork classes for architects and design professionals on July 11th, July 18th, and July 25th!  You won’t want to miss this.   ______________________ 🌿 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘...

In this weeks episode, Laurel and I discuss her burnout journey, how she transitioned to reduced hours after motherhood, and how to CREATE a position where you can thrive. ______________________ Want to discuss how we can work together to negotiate those things for YOU?   Set up a FREE discovery call today! ______________________ ✨ 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟✨ Click HERE to chat with me about how to neg...

In this week's episode Morgan, licensed architect and found of The Healthy Architect,  discusses where it all began: IN STUDIO.  She touches upon all nighters, time management and the conditioning young designers went through at the ripe age of 18.  Not only that but how this conditioning bleeds into the architecture industry as we know it today.   Follow The Healthy Architect on Instagram _____ T...

Hi I'm Morgan Chawaga, licensed architect, CEO and founder of The Healthy Architect, LLC.  I'm on a mission to change the architecture industry. I've helped architects from all around the world change their career path from stressed to empowered. Let's go architects!  Let's be the change in our industry.