Inspiring Mindfulness and Wellness into the Built Environment with Sonja Bochart

Jul 9

Sonja Bochart is an inspirational thought-leader with 20 years of experience as a designer creating meaningful and healthy spaces in the built environment.

She is an avid speaker, facilitator, leader, and writer. Her design work promotes thoughtfulness and leading-edge innovations of holistic design with a focus on human health and wellness. This is an incredibly moving episode that will make you walk away feeling inspired and hopeful for the future of our world.

Show Notes

Sonja’s website
Sonja grew up in Arizona on a 20-acre homestead where she was immersed in the natural world
If design school didn’t pan out she would have chosen naturopathic medicine
Her work helps to bring in mindfulness and wellness through design approaches like multi-sensory experiences and biophilia
Sonja has been a part of the design team on many Living Building Challenge projects.
Despite physical challenges presented by COVID, she is finding inclusive path to connect people in her design workshops.

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Neal Collins (he/him)

Neal is the co-founder of Latitude, a regenerative-focused real estate company that works with change agents across North America. His work has brought him around the globe across three-continents as a business leader, consultant, and project manager. He has a dynamic background that combines sustainability with investment analysis and marketing and communications. He is the host of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, and is a public speaker, author, and father. He holds a Bachelors in Agriculture Economics, a Masters in Sustainable Development, and is Living Future Accredited.