Chronic stress, self-doubt, and disconnection from the body can keep the nervous system stuck in survival mode until you learn to listen to your body's wisdom and access its powerful guidance for healing.

Did you know that your hand gestures reflect your emotions — even your subconscious emotions? Join me and my guest, Jen Aks, embodied leadership coach, TEDx speaker, and founder of The Power of Gesture®, to learn how simple hand gestures and body awareness can help you regulate emotions, reconnect with your body's wisdom, and shift into a calmer, more empowered state.

Is your brain keeping you in pain? Download my free 10-question quiz here: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/yourbrainandpain

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In this episode, you'll learn:

⏰ 00:00 - Introduction

⏰ 02:27 - Journey to Body Awareness

⏰ 08:30 - Understanding Multiple Intelligences

⏰ 15:22 - The Concept of Body Set

⏰ 19:24 - The Power of Gesture in Emotional Expression

⏰ 22:29 - Transforming Emotions Through Gestures

⏰ 24:17 - Common Gestures and Their Meanings

⏰ 28:33 - Practical Steps for Body Awareness

⏰ 30:19 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing

Check out Jen Aks' Bio:

Jen Aks is an embodied leadership coach, TEDx speaker, and author of Your Body is Speaking. She's the founder of The Power of Gesture®, a science-based somatic practice that reconnects people to three intelligence systems—emotional, somatic, and kinesthetic— to calm the nervous system and access the body's innate wisdom. With more than 30 years of experience as a dance educator and somatic practitioner, she guides leaders, creatives, and individuals worldwide to stop searching outside themselves for answers and instead trust the clarity, confidence, and self-direction that already lives within.

Jen Aks' gift:

You Know You're Capable of More. Bodyset Shows You How to Access It:

https://yourbodyisspeaking.org/5-day-r-e-s-e-t-challenge/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfZGY1mAbWs

https://yourbodyisspeaking.org/

Connect with Jen Aks:

Website: https://jenaks.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jen_aks

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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.

Learn more at https://thewellnessengineer.com

Connect with Jane:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHoganHealth/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewellnessengineer/

You've tried everything for your pain… but what if you're missing the most important data point? Join me and my guest, Dr. Steve Rondeau, a pioneer in EEG brain mapping and data-driven mental health care, to explore a fascinating question: What if your chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, or even hopelessness isn't just "in your head" but in your brain patterns?

Is your brain keeping you in pain? Download my free 10-question quiz here: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/yourbrainandpain

Concerned about the negative impacts of EMFs on your health? Save up to 50% on Harmoni Pendant here: https://thewellnessengineer.com/harmoni

In this episode, you'll learn:

⏰ 00:00 - Introduction

⏰ 02:45 - A Scientific Approach in Mental Health

⏰ 13:41 - The Importance of Creative Outlets

⏰ 19:39 - Exploring Trauma and Its Impact on the Brain

⏰ 24:50 - Building Resilience Through Data-Driven Conversations

⏰ 29:28 - Finding Individualized Treatment Paths

⏰ 34:51 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing

Check out Dr. Steve Rondeau's Bio:

Dr. Steve Rondeau is a physician and neuroscientist who is disrupting the standard "categorize and medicate" model of psychiatry. As the Founder of Axon EEG Solutions, he has analyzed over 50,000 brain scans to help clinicians and patients see the objective reality behind symptoms like anxiety, depression, and ADHD. He believes that we need to stop guessing and start looking under the hood. His work focuses on identifying root causes - whether that is inflammation, gut health, or simply a genetic mismatch with one's environment - to help people engineer a life that supports their biology rather than fighting against it.

Dr. Steve Rondeau's gift:

Dr. Steve's upcoming book, Think Like a Brain, acts as an owner's manual for the mind. It helps patients understand that they aren't broken, they just haven't been given the right map. In the meantime, listeners can visit https://axoneegsolutions.com/ to learn about qEEG and how objective data can help them design a better path to wellness.

Connect with Dr. Steve Rondeau:

Website: https://axoneegsolutions.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-steven-rondeau-148aa421/

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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.

Learn more at https://thewellnessengineer.com

Connect with Jane:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHoganHealth/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewellnessengineer/

Still in chronic pain even though your blood work is normal and scans show nothing is wrong? Discover why nervous system dysregulation and neuroplastic pain may be keeping your chronic pain alive, and how retraining your brain can calm the stress response and begin healing. You'll also be guided through a simple practice to help you shift your nervous system and lessen pain in real time.

Is your brain keeping you in pain? Download my free 10-question quiz here: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/yourbrainandpain

Concerned about the negative impacts of EMFs on your health? Save up to 50% on Harmoni Pendant here: https://thewellnessengineer.com/harmoni

In this episode, you'll learn:

⏰ 00:00 Introduction

⏰ 02:37 Chronic Pain and My Personal Journey

⏰ 08:38 The Role of the Nervous System in Pain

⏰ 14:38 Experiencing Safety and Grounding Techniques

⏰ 20:42 Empowerment Through Awareness and Action

⏰ 24:31 Breathing Exercise for Nervous System Relaxation

⏰ 30:41 Activating the Relaxation Response

⏰ 33:37 The Neuroplasticity of the Brain

⏰ 37:09 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.

Learn more at https://thewellnessengineer.com

Connect with Jane:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHoganHealth/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewellnessengineer/

Ever wonder why your body feels exhausted, yet all your tests come back "normal"? Join me and my guest, Miguel Bautista, CFS Recovery Expert, to uncover how chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID might actually be rooted in your nervous system and what you can do to start reclaiming your energy and life.

Is your brain keeping you in pain? Download my free 10-question quiz here: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/yourbrainandpain

Concerned about the negative impacts of EMFs on your health? Save up to 50% on Harmoni Pendant here: https://thewellnessengineer.com/harmoni

In this episode, you'll learn:

⏰ 00:00 Introduction

⏰ 04:40 Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

⏰ 09:13 The Role of the Nervous System

⏰ 14:28 Education as a Foundation for Recovery

⏰ 19:38 The Software Upgrade for Recovery

⏰ 24:11 Understanding the Body's Response

⏰ 27:07 The Journey to Recovery

⏰ 32:19 Common Mistakes in Healing

⏰ 37:32 Tools for Recovery

⏰ 40:50 The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing

Check out Miguel Bautista's Bio:

Miguel Bautista is the founder of CFS Recovery, a global recovery program helping people overcome Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, fibromyalgia, and related nervous system–driven conditions. After spending years severely ill and navigating the medical system without answers, Miguel fully recovered and developed a structured, practical recovery system centered on nervous system regulation and behavioral recalibration. Today, CFS Recovery has helped thousands of people worldwide make meaningful progress toward full health and independence.

Miguel Bautista's gift:

A Nervous System Health Assessment that helps individuals identify patterns driving their symptoms and provides clear next steps to support recovery and self-healing: https://www.cfsrecovery.co/wellnessbydesign

Connect with Miguel Bautista:

Website: https://www.cfsrecovery.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cfsrecovery

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cfsrecovery

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguel-bautista-85a188a9/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cfs.recovery

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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.

Learn more at https://thewellnessengineer.com

Connect with Jane:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHoganHealth/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewellnessengineer/

Worried that aging means decline and chronic pain? Discover how to influence your biological age and reclaim energy and mobility. Join me and my guest, Bettina Gordon-Wayne, to explore how your beliefs and daily habits affect your biological age and how to begin shifting it today.

Concerned about the negative impacts of EMFs on your health? Save up to 50% on Harmoni Pendant here: https://thewellnessengineer.com/harmoni

Is your brain keeping you in pain? Download my free 10-question quiz here: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/yourbrainandpain

In this episode, you'll learn:

⏰ 00:00 Introduction

⏰ 02:31 Cancer, Motherhood at 44 and the Wake-Up Call

⏰ 09:17 The Power of Mindset in Healing

⏰ 19:44 Scientific Evidence Supporting Mind-Body Connection

⏰ 26:29 Practical Steps to Reverse Aging

⏰ 33:13 How Your Mindset Can Impact Your Aging

⏰ 38:47 The Magic is in the Fundamentals

⏰ 42:11 Telomeres and Biological Age

⏰ 48:15 Aging is a Choice

⏰ 54:09 The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing

Check out Bettina Gordon-Wayne's Bio:

Bettina Gordon-Wayne is an international journalist, TEDx speaker, Certified Mental Strength Trainer, focused on mindset, longevity, and human performance. With over 20 years of experience interviewing world leaders and experts, her work is grounded in science, research, and real-world application.

Her focus on longevity became personal after becoming a first-time mother at 44 and facing cancer just a few years later. Rather than accepting decline as inevitable, Bettina immersed herself in the science of biological aging and neuroplasticity, discovering how mindset and lifestyle directly influence health.

She is the author of The Joy of Later Motherhood and the founder of Younger With Age, helping high-achieving women thrive mentally, emotionally, and physically… and redefine what's possible at midlife and beyond.

Take this fun quiz to find out if you're aging faster (or slower) than you think! Discover simple ways to influence your biological age and turn back the clock: https://www.bettinagordon.com/quiz

Connect with Bettina Gordon-Wayne:

Website: https://www.bettinagordon.com

TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7CfQI64uqQ

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bettina.gordon

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bettina.gordon/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bettinagordon/

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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.

Learn more at https://thewellnessengineer.com

Connect with Jane:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHoganHealth/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewellnessengineer/

Chronic pain feels like something is wrong with your body but what if pain is actually a protective signal from an intelligent nervous system?

If you're living with chronic pain, inflammation or autoimmune symptoms, this episode will help you understand why your body may be trying to protect you and how to begin shifting toward relief.

Have you ever wondered if your pain is communicating something deeper?

In this episode, I share how stress, emotional burdens and nervous system dysregulation can turn on chronic pain and why seeing pain differently can immediately lower its intensity. I also walk you through a simple practice to begin calming your nervous system so your body can feel safe enough to heal.

Is your brain keeping you in pain? Download my free 10-question quiz here: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/yourbrainandpain

In this episode, you'll learn:

⏰ 00:00 - Introduction

⏰ 02:55 - Why chronic pain is not the enemy

⏰ 05:26 - How to lower pain intensity

⏰ 10:55 - The nervous system's role in chronic pain

⏰ 14:27 - The missing puzzle piece in pain relief

⏰ 17:27 - 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.

Learn more at https://thewellnessengineer.com

Connect with Jane:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHoganHealth/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewellnessengineer/

Have you ever wondered how a family navigates a stage-four cancer diagnosis in their infant with strength and hope?

Ryan's son was diagnosed with stage-four cancer shortly after his first birthday. A month before he turned one, a lump in his lower back led to a series of scans. An ultrasound and MRI revealed multiple tumors, confirming the devastating diagnosis. In this episode, Ryan shares the family's journey through integrative and conventional healing approaches. His story offers hope, clarity, and empowerment to anyone facing a similar path.

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In this episode, you'll learn:

⏰ 00:00 - Introduction

⏰ 03:12 - Discovering Ryder's tumor and stage 4 Neuroblastoma

⏰ 12:20 - Blending chemo with integrative healing at home

⏰ 20:13 - Cancer today and the power of foundations

⏰ 23:11 - Cancer as disconnection from nature

⏰ 31:54 - Cancer support community and the birth of The Stern Method

⏰ 1:00:28 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing

Check out Ryan Sternagel's Bio:

Ryan Sternagel is the co-founder along with his wife Teddy of The Stern Method, a platform informing and inspiring families preventing or reversing cancer to succeed on all fronts.

In May of 2014 their son Ryder was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer of the nervous system, eleven days before his first birthday. Through an integrative approach leaving nothing on the table, and ridding their lives of all possible causes, including building a non-toxic house in the middle of the woods, today Ryder is thriving.

Through continually seeking out and interviewing the world's top integrative cancer doctors to stay up to date, their Going Integrative Plus member community, and Our Health Naturally supplement line, The Sternagels have committed their lives to making healing and prevention easier for others than it was for them.

👉 Download your copy of The Stern Method Guide to Strategic Supplementation: A Practical Framework for Healing & Preventing Disease Without Breaking the Bank: https://thesternmethod.com/supplement-guide

Connect with Ryan Sternagel:

Website: https://thesternmethod.com/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thesternmethod

Instagram: https://instagram.com/thesternmethod

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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 science that contribute to releasing pain and inflammation naturally.

Learn more at https://thewellnessengineer.com

Would you like to learn how to release pain by creating more peace and calm? Download my free guided meditation audio bundle here: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/audio-bundle

Connect with Jane:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHoganHealth/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewellnessengineer/