Designing in 5D

Jodi Koch
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Thank you for joining and welcome to "Designing in 5D," the interior design podcast where we deep dive into the creativity and logic of transforming spaces. Our journey together transcends the conventional, exploring not just the how, but the why behind creating environments that inspire and uplift spaces. We will discuss how using the EED Process will protect your budget.  With each episode, we will navigate through one or all of my five steps of Designing in 5D.  

  1. 5d ago

    Episode 90: What If Timing Isn’t Luck? A Real Conversation on Data, Cycles, and Self-Awareness with William Henderson

    What if you are not inconsistent, unmotivated, or failing at your routine? What if you are simply trying to do the right thing at the wrong time? In Episode 90 of Designing in 5D, Jodi Peterman sits down with William Henderson, founder of LunarLife, to explore personal timing intelligence and the science of chronobiology. William is building an AI-powered platform that examines personal patterns alongside lunar phases, solar activity, geomagnetic conditions, tides, archetypes, and other environmental rhythms. William explains how LunarLife uses information such as your birth date, birth time, birthplace, and personal archetype to create individualized timing insights. Through tools such as Celestial Search and AstroPulse, users can explore when certain activities may fit their personal rhythms and begin tracking how they feel over time. Jodi and William also discuss the limits of traditional calendars, the connection between timing and intuition, why the same routine does not work for everyone, and how greater awareness may help us approach decisions, productivity, wellness, and rest with more grace. This conversation is not about giving up your judgment or allowing an app to control your life. It is about becoming more curious about your own patterns, listening to your body, and recognizing that sometimes the better answer is not to push harder. It may be to adjust the timing. ABOUT WILLIAM HENDERSON William Henderson is the founder of LunarLife, an AI-powered personal timing intelligence platform exploring chronobiology, environmental rhythms, and personalized data. LunarLife is designed to help users examine patterns that may relate to their wellness, productivity, activities, and decisions. IN THIS EPISODE • What personal timing intelligence means • Why humans experience time rhythmically rather than only through a linear calendar • How chronobiology studies biological rhythms • The information used to personalize the LunarLife experience • How personality and occupational archetypes provide additional context • Why a routine that works for one person may not work for someone else • How Celestial Search recommends a specific time and place for an activity • The relationship between calendars, intuition, energy, and decision making • How solar activity, geomagnetic storms, tides, sleep, and environmental conditions may be explored as part of a larger pattern • Why personal timing tools should support rather than replace good judgment • How skeptics can begin with one simple activity and evaluate the experience themselves • How AstroPulse helps users record personal data and identify patterns over time CONNECT WITH WILLIAM AND LUNARLIFE Website: https://www.lunarlife.me/ Email: inquiries@lunarlife.me Free Trial and Current App Access: Visit the LunarLife website and select “Start Your Free Trial” for the latest availability and instructions. The LunarLife website currently highlights tools including Celestial Search, Cosmic Calendar, AstroPulse, AstroCast, N-of-1 experiments, and its Archetype Assessment. PLEASE NOTE At the time this episode was recorded, William explained that the LunarLife beta was available for iPhone users through Apple TestFlight, with Android access planned for a later release. Visit the official website for the most current information. This episode is provided for educational and informational purposes only. LunarLife is an exploratory personal timing platform and is not a substitute for medical, psychological, financial, legal, or other professional advice. Always use your own judgment and speak with a qualified professional when appropriate.

    Episode 90: What If Timing Isn’t Luck? A Real Conversation on Data, Cycles, and Self-Awareness with William Henderson

  2. Aug 19

    Episode 89: Is Your Home Secretly Draining You? with Dr. Zoa Conner

    What if the reason you feel exhausted is not just your schedule, your inbox, or your lack of self-care? What if your environment is quietly draining you? In this episode of Designing in 5D, Jodi sits down with Dr. Zoa Conner, a physicist and systems-based wellness expert, to talk about the connection between our homes, our nervous systems, and the way we heal. This conversation goes beyond morning routines, supplements, and the usual self-care checklist. Jodi and Zoa talk about how light, air, clutter, layout, workspaces, travel, sleep rhythms, and even the energy of a home can either support your body or keep you running on low-grade stress. They also talk about why high-performing women often push through instead of resting, why you cannot always heal in the space that hurt you, and how to start noticing which rooms help you breathe easier and which ones quietly make your body tense. Zoa shares practical tools you can use right away, including a simple room-by-room nervous system check, ways to make your work environment more supportive, and how to think about travel through the lens of wellness instead of just logistics. This episode is for anyone who feels “fine” on the outside but knows their body is asking for something softer, calmer, and more supportive. Because your home should not be another thing you have to recover from. Learn more about Zoa: Wellness Travel Profile Quiz: https://intentional-vitale.com/quiz Wellness work: https://zenandvitality.com Follow Designing in 5D on Spotify so you do not miss what is next.

    Episode 89: Is Your Home Secretly Draining You? with Dr. Zoa Conner

  3. Aug 5

    Episode 88 Title: What If Money Was Never the Real Problem?

    In this episode of Designing in 5D, Jodi sits down with Jennifer Edwards, a certified financial planner and financial wellness specialist with advanced training in financial therapy, money trauma, and the psychology of money. This conversation goes beyond budgets, spreadsheets, and retirement planning. Jodi and Jennifer talk about the deeper stories we carry around money, why so many people feel shame, fear, avoidance, or panic when it comes to their finances, and how the nervous system plays a major role in the way we make financial decisions. They also explore the connection between money, safety, home, relationships, and self-worth. Whether you are looking at a remodel, a life change, a divorce, a business decision, or simply trying to understand why money feels so heavy, this episode offers a more grounded and compassionate way to begin. Jennifer shares practical ways to start shifting your relationship with money, including one simple phrase to carry with you: “I can be trusted with money.” This episode is for anyone who is ready to stop making financial decisions from fear and start moving forward with more clarity, safety, and intention.

    Episode 88 Title: What If Money Was Never the Real Problem?

  4. Jul 22

    Episode 87 Bonus Round: NorthStar Is Born!

    You do not need more ideas. You need a direction. In this bonus episode of Designing in 5D, I am officially introducing NorthStar, a new way to get clear before you make big decisions about your home or property. NorthStar is for the person who knows something needs to change but does not know where to start. Maybe you are buying a home, renovating a room, reworking an exterior, preparing to sell, investing in a property, or simply tired of spinning on what is worth doing first. Through a personalized 5D Property Vision Blueprint, we take your spaces, inspiration, goals, and real-life needs, then turn them into visual direction, preliminary investment guidance, trusted referrals when needed, and clear next steps. This is not about picking pretty things just to have something new. It is about creating a home that supports who you are now and where you are going next. NorthStar begins at $1,250 for three spaces, with options to add spaces and in-person travel when needed. Find your NorthStar here: https://portal.elizabetherindesigns.com/public/6a20dbf3c74528cc5996eae7

  5. Jul 8

    Episode 86: When Success Starts to Feel Like Burnout with Gemma Price

    You can be hitting goals, raising a family, building a business, and still feel completely disconnected from yourself. In this episode, Jodi sits down with master intuitive psychology coach and Purpose Panda founder Gemma Price to talk about the kind of burnout high achievers often miss: the kind that looks productive on the outside but feels numb, exhausting, and misaligned underneath. They unpack the early signs that you may be running on empty, why slowing down can feel unsafe when your identity is tied to achievement, and how to stop overriding the inner voice that is trying to get your attention. Gemma shares her traffic-light check-in, simple ways to regulate your nervous system in the middle of chaos, and a practical decision-making tool to help you reconnect with your intuition before you make another move from depletion. They also talk about creating spaces that help you exhale, using AI as a tool without losing the human connection, and what it really looks like to build a life that holds success, joy, and balance at the same time. This episode is for anyone who is “fine” but not really fine, and ready to come back to themselves.

  6. Jun 24

    Episode 85: Is Your Home Working Against You?

    We try to fix our lives with schedules, systems, routines, planners, apps, and all the things. But sometimes the problem is not your planner. Sometimes the problem is that your home is quietly working against the way you actually live. In this episode of Designing in 5D, Jodi talks about how your home affects your energy, your routines, your mood, and the way you move through your day. From morning coffee and journaling to kitchen flow, storage, rest, function, clutter, and emotional alignment, this episode is about looking at your space honestly and asking: is this home supporting who I am now, or is it still set up for who I used to be? This is not about making your home perfect. It is about noticing the friction. Where do you feel at ease? Where do your shoulders tighten? Where are you constantly adjusting, digging, shifting, or working around a space that no longer makes sense? Sometimes you need a renovation. Sometimes you need realignment. And sometimes the first step is simply understanding what your home is asking from you every single day. If your home feels like one more thing pulling energy from you, this episode will help you start seeing where the real problem may be — and what needs to shift so your space can support your next chapter. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why your home is either supporting you or draining youHow ease, flow, rest, function, and emotion show up in real lifeWhy familiar does not always mean functionalHow to spot the daily friction you may have normalizedWhy your home should reflect who you are now, not who you used to beWhy living well starts with alignment, not more stuffCTA: Follow Designing in 5D on Spotify and share this episode with someone whose home may be asking too much from them.

  7. Jun 17

    Budget Like a Designer: Why a Real Plan Protects Your Renovation

    Budget is the word most people want to avoid when they start a renovation, new build, second home project, or furniture plan. But here’s the truth: your budget is not what kills the dream. Starting without a real plan does. In this episode of Designing in 5D, Jodi breaks down why budget planning should happen before construction, before contractor pricing, before allowances, and before you start making expensive decisions without knowing how they all connect. This is not about being cheap or cutting everything you love. It is about knowing where your money should go, what matters most, what can wait, and how to protect yourself from the expensive surprises that happen when design decisions are made out of order. Jodi walks through how the 5D process helps clients design first, price real decisions, value-engineer with intention, and move forward with more confidence instead of reacting once the money is already gone. If you are planning a remodel, building a home, updating a second property, or trying to make smarter home investment decisions, this episode will help you understand why your budget is not a restriction. It is part of the blueprint. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why working off allowances can lead to expensive surprisesHow design-before-construction protects your renovation budgetWhy every dollar should be tied to real scope, real products, and real prioritiesHow to decide where to invest, where to pull back, and what can waitWhy budget planning creates confidence instead of killing the funCTA: Download the complimentary Decision Confidence Toolkit on the Elizabeth Erin Designs website to start mapping out your priorities before you begin making major design or construction decisions.

  8. May 27

    What Every Parent Needs to Know: Sarah Trop on Online Safety, Grooming, and Protecting Our Kids

    This is one of those conversations that is hard to have… but too important not to. In this episode of Designing in 5D, I sit down with Sarah Trop for a very real and deeply personal conversation about online safety, grooming, trafficking awareness, and what protection can actually look like in everyday life. Sarah shares her family’s story with incredible honesty and courage. What happened unfolded fast, and it’s a powerful reminder that situations like this don’t just happen somewhere else or to someone else. They can happen in loving, involved, attentive families too. That’s why this conversation matters so much. This episode is not about living in fear. It’s about awareness. It’s about having real conversations with our kids, building trust, and understanding how important it is to create support systems around them before something turns into a crisis. In this conversation we talk about: • how quickly grooming can happen online  • why this is not just a “bad parenting” issue  • the role of mentors and trusted adults  • how to stay aware without raising kids in panic  • rebuilding confidence after a traumatic experience  • ways families and communities can support survivors Sarah also shares about Her Song, the organization supporting survivors of trafficking and raising awareness about how prevalent this issue really is. This episode is for parents, grandparents, mentors, youth leaders, and anyone who wants to be more aware and more equipped to protect the people they love. If this episode speaks to you, please share it with someone who needs to hear it. Resources Mentioned Her Song  https://www.facebook.com/HerSongHQ/posts/human-trafficking-in-the-us-isnt-rare-its-rampantsome-estimates-say-there-are-ov/1328534145979385/ Connect with Jodi Koch Elizabeth Erin Designs Designing in 5D Podcast And remember to design a life you love with intention, grounding, passion, and that little sprinkle of magic.

    What Every Parent Needs to Know: Sarah Trop on Online Safety, Grooming, and Protecting Our Kids
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Thank you for joining and welcome to "Designing in 5D," the interior design podcast where we deep dive into the creativity and logic of transforming spaces. Our journey together transcends the conventional, exploring not just the how, but the why behind creating environments that inspire and uplift spaces. We will discuss how using the EED Process will protect your budget.  With each episode, we will navigate through one or all of my five steps of Designing in 5D.  

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  • Creator
    Jodi Koch
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    89
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Designing in 5D
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