The Architecture of Health

Deborah Voisin
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This show explores practical ways to build health into our everyday lives! We look outside of drugs, surgery, sedentary culture, and linear fitness to find more ways to create lasting health. The host, Deb Voisin, became passionate about regenerating health after helping her son heal several "incurable diseases" that started at birth and lasted the first 10 years of his life. She interviews experts from a variety of disciplines who share their unexpected breakthroughs and the practices and resources that worked. New episodes every 2 weeks. Deb's website is www.movingasdesigned.com.

  1. Jun 5

    Locomotion 2 0: Head Over Foot, Coil, and Re-coil with David Weck

    In this episode of The Architecture of Health, I sit down with movement visionary David Weck, inventor of the BOSU Ball, creator of WeckMethod, Rope Flow, and the upcoming ProPulse Power Vest.David shares his vision for Locomotion 2.0: restoring the timeless mechanics of human movement through head-over-foot balance, coiling core action, elastic recoil, and better relationship with gravity.We get into why walking and running are not just “falling forward,” why true balance is found in the next position, how coil and recoil create power without unnecessary strain, and why the best movement principles should work for elite athletes and regular people alike.We also dive into David’s new book, Every Step Stronger: Your Foundation for Winning at Life, and his belief that locomotion is the physical foundation for almost everything else we do.In this conversation, we explore:• Head-over-foot balance• Coil, recoil, and vertical force transmission• Why walking is more than falling and catching yourself• Rope Flow as a “Rosetta Stone” for integrated movement• The ProPulse Power Vest and spring-loaded training• Foot strategies for sprinting vs distance movement• Hypermobility, joint integrity, and tensional balance• Why “both sides utilized” matters• How better movement can be simple, powerful, and universalDavid’s work has deeply influenced how I think about gravity, rhythm, recoil, and movement education. This conversation is for anyone interested in walking, running, sprinting, fascia, athleticism, healthy aging, and reclaiming more joy and power in the body.Guest: David WeckWebsite: https://www.weckmethod.com/Book: Every Step Stronger: Your Foundation for Winning at LifeHost: Deb VoisinPodcast: The Architecture of HealthMoving As Designed: www.movingasdesigned.comWork with Deb: set up a free 10 minute phone call on my website#DavidWeck #WeckMethod #Locomotion #RopeFlow #MovementTraining #ElasticRecoil #NaturalMovement #HealthyAging #TheArchitectureOfHealth#DavidWeck #WeckMethod #Locomotion #EveryStepStronger

    1 hr

  2. May 18

    The Try-Harder Trap: Your Body May Need More Support, Not More Discipline.with Kate Deering

    What if your body is not failing? What if the problem is not that you need more discipline, more restriction, more fasting, more exercise, or more willpower?What if your body needs more support? In this episode of The Architecture of Health, I talk with Kate Deering, author of How to Heal Your Metabolism and Better Energy, about metabolism, cellular energy, under-eating, over-exercising, stress physiology, and the ways common “healthy” habits can backfire. Kate’s work challenges the idea that healing comes from constantly pushing harder. Instead, she teaches that many people need to rebuild energy, nourishment, digestion, sleep, warmth, thyroid function, and stress resilience before the body can feel safe enough to truly repair. We talk about why eating less and exercising more is not always the answer, why your symptoms may be intelligent signals, and how to begin working with the body instead of fighting it. This conversation is for anyone who has been doing “everything right” and still feels tired, cold, stuck, inflamed, stressed, or disconnected from their body.Your body may need more support — not more discipline. Guest Bio: Kate Deering is a nutrition and exercise coach, educator, and author of How to Heal Your Metabolism and Better Energy. Her work focuses on restoring cellular energy, supporting metabolism, improving stress resilience, and helping people move away from chronic restriction, over-exercising, and the “try harder” model of health.Learn more about Kate:katedeering.com Host Bio: Hosted by Deb Voisin, founder of Moving As Designed and producer and host of The Architecture of Health podcast.Deb teaches natural movement patterns, organic alignment, elastic strength, and movement education for people who want more freedom, durability, and ownership in their bodies.Learn more:movingasdesigned.com

    1h 10m

  3. Apr 29

    Juicy Beauty: Fashion, Body Types, and Becoming Real

    In this episode, I talk with Kaleigh Erin Mason, Registered Holistic Nutritionist and founder of Nutrition Elements, about real beauty, body types, fashion, ancestral food, and learning to become ourselves. We talk about everything from feeling awkward or “ugly” at home and on Zoom, to the way fashion trends often choose one body type and pressure the rest of us to reshape ourselves to fit in. We also explore ancestral eating, soups and broths, individual food needs, and the idea that “one person’s food is another person’s poison.” This is a juicy conversation about beauty, nourishment, self-love, and the freedom of not trying to become someone else. Find Kaleigh: https://linktr.ee/nutrition.elements

    1h 10m

  4. Apr 15

    Cruelty by Nature with Dr. Peter Salerno

    In this episode, I speak with Dr. Peter Salerno, author of Cruelty by Nature, about the deeper roots of manipulative and abusive behavior. Drawing from neuroscience, genetics, and clinical psychology, Dr. Salerno challenges the idea that cruelty is always just the result of trauma or bad upbringing. We explore how certain personality pathologies may be tied to stable biological patterns that bias some individuals toward exploitation, calculation, and harm. This conversation offers a bold reframe of abuse, accountability, and victim protection—and invites a more honest look at human cruelty, survivor validation, and what true healing and justice may require.Dr. Peter Salerno is a psychotherapist, educator, and author specializing in personality disorders, pathological abuse, and complex trauma. With advanced clinical training and a research-driven approach, he is the author of Cruelty by Nature. Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4dZzsvF Website: www.drpetersalerno.com Instagram: drpetersalerno

    56 min

  5. Mar 30

    We the Patients: Navigating Healthcare in a Broken System with Matthew Zachary

    n this episode of The Architecture of Health, I talk with Matthew Zachary — cancer survivor, patient advocate, founder of Stupid Cancer, and co-founder of We The Patients — about what happens when people are forced to rely on the US healthcare system at one of the hardest moments of their lives. This conversation is a little different from many of my episodes. I often talk about movement, prevention, and how to stay out of the medical system as much as possible. But Matthew works in the world of people who do not have that option — people facing cancer and other high-stakes diagnoses. We talk about his own experience with cancer, and about the larger system patients are thrown into when the stakes are high: insurance denials, shocking prices, and the strange reality that so much of American healthcare operates like a business, even when it carries the label “nonprofit.” This is not an episode about avoiding Western medicine. It is about seeing the system more clearly — especially when you or someone you love may need it most. Because when things get serious, it helps to understand what you are walking into. www.matthewzachary.com www.wethepatients.com www.wethepatients.org

    55 min

  6. Mar 16

    Clinical Levels of Self Care with David Crow, L.Ac.

    In this episode of The Architecture of Health, I sit down with David Crow, L.Ac., a clinical herbalist, acupuncturist, and educator who has spent more than four decades studying traditional medical systems including Chinese, Tibetan, Ayurvedic, and Western botanical medicine. Our conversation explores a concept David teaches called clinical-level self-care — developing enough health literacy to understand your body and participate intelligently in your own health decisions. Too often the health conversation becomes polarized. Some people reject modern medicine entirely, while others become completely dependent on it. David offers a thoughtful middle path. We discuss how modern medicine excels at emergency and acute care, yet often struggles with complex chronic conditions — and how both conventional and alternative health cultures can sometimes fall into what David calls “trendy wastebasket diagnoses.” As he explains, when complex health problems are reduced to simple explanations like parasites, heavy metals, or SIBO, these labels can become catch-all answers that stop deeper clinical thinking rather than advancing it. We also talk about another pattern he sees frequently in clinical practice: excessive detox culture. David notes that roughly half the people who seek his help are actually struggling with the effects of too much cleansing and detoxification, rather than too little. This idea echoes an old principle from Chinese medicine, attributed to a Daoist priestess: “Nourish the weak and cleanse the strong.” In other words, cleansing practices have their place — but many people today need restoration, nourishment, and rebuilding, not more aggressive detox protocols. Throughout the conversation we explore how people can live deeply connected to natural health practices while still appreciating the life-saving role of emergency medicine, and how to support recovery after powerful medical interventions such as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, and surgery. Ultimately, this episode is about restoring health literacy, discernment, and resilience — learning how to work with the body rather than against it. For more information about David and his many offerings, you can find him at www.crowconsultations.com.

    1h 4m

  7. Mar 2

    Energy Management: The Skill Behind Extreme Endurance and Everyday Health with JD Tremblay

    JD Tremblay completed one of the most extreme endurance challenges on the planet — a Deca Ironman: ten full Iron-distance triathlons completed back to back. You don’t finish something like that by simply pushing harder. You finish it by managing energy. And that’s where our worlds meet. In this conversation, we explore a powerful idea: what if many health problems aren’t strength problems, but energy management problems? What often looks like a lack of discipline may actually reflect something deeper — dependency. Dependency on tension, on inefficient movement patterns, on constant output without recovery, and even on false beliefs like “I’m special” or “I can’t do this.” These narratives can quietly drain energy just as much as physical misalignment or chronic stress, keeping people stuck in cycles of overexertion or avoidance. At the elite level, poor energy management ends races. In everyday life, it shows up as fatigue, chronic pain, burnout, and metabolic strain. The scale is different — but the principle is the same. JD learned through extreme endurance that you can’t override physiology forever. You can’t muscle through inefficiency without consequence — and you can’t sustain performance while clinging to stories that either inflate or limit you. The body always keeps score. So what if health isn’t about pushing harder… but about wasting less? This episode explores how the same principles that sustain ultra-endurance performance may also hold the key to graceful longevity — because both run on the same currency: energy. Learn more about JD and his work: 🌐 https://hunger4more.com/🌐 www.hungrywarrioracademy.com📸 Instagram: @jdtremblaytri

    1h 10m

  8. Feb 15

    Getting Unstuck: Acellerated Evolution with Andrea McManus

    In this episode, I share my personal experience working with Andrea McManus, an Accelerated Evolution practitioner who supported me through a deeply sticky time.I found myself repeating very old patterns — beliefs that once helped me survive a traumatic chapter of my life, but were no longer serving me. Accelerated Evolution (AE) is a verbally-guided process that combines multiple therapeutic and awareness-based modalities into one structured approach. It is designed to help identify and dissolve non-serving beliefs, emotional blocks, and internal conflicts. Rather than endlessly analyzing problems, the process focuses on safely uncovering where protective patterns formed — and allowing them to release — so forward motion can return. Participants are guided step-by-step to help resolve stored emotional tension, clear inner conflict, and restore a sense of flow, peace, and personal agency. What surprised me most was how holistic, gentle, and effective the work felt.Instead of pushing change, it helped me recognize where I had frozen — and begin moving forward again with more ease and peace. Sometimes getting unstuck isn’t about becoming someone new.It’s about restoring our capacity to move forward. Andrea McManus +1.720.726.0316 Instagram: everywhereyouwonder

    56 min
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This show explores practical ways to build health into our everyday lives! We look outside of drugs, surgery, sedentary culture, and linear fitness to find more ways to create lasting health. The host, Deb Voisin, became passionate about regenerating health after helping her son heal several "incurable diseases" that started at birth and lasted the first 10 years of his life. She interviews experts from a variety of disciplines who share their unexpected breakthroughs and the practices and resources that worked. New episodes every 2 weeks. Deb's website is www.movingasdesigned.com.

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  • Creator
    Deborah Voisin
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    65
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Deborah Voisin
  • Show Website
    The Architecture of Health

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