Homes That Heal | Transform Your Home Into a Health and Wellness Sanctuary
Welcome to the Homes That Heal podcast! A show that will help you transform your home into a health and wellness sanctuary.
Hi! I am your host, Jen Heller. I am a wellness educator, infrared sauna expert, home health consultant, and your go-to resource for creating a life and home of health and happiness.
I believe life happens for you, not to you. I struggled with being overweight and tried various methods, but nothing worked. I suffered a mild stroke and discovered that I was heavy metal toxic. Through my journey, I not only healed myself but also gained a tremendous amount of knowledge. I discovered game-changing tools and met a ton of incredible people who have honestly changed my life. I transformed my home into the ultimate wellness haven, and it's my passion and purpose to share these stories and experiences with you.
On this show, I will deep dive into how you can improve your health and well-being. I will share the best tools and techniques for optimal wellness, including infrared sauna benefits and how to choose a sauna for your home or business. I will teach you how to harmonize your home with simple feng shui practices and how to create more wealth and abundance with a bagua map. PLUS, I will be answering your frequently asked questions about saunas in "Ask Jen" minisodes.
Every week, you will hear inspiring real-life stories and learn actionable steps you can take to build a healthier life and home. I will interview clients I have coached and experts in various fields. Our conversations will be loaded with insightful ways you can incorporate these practices and tools into your daily wellness wheel.
If you are looking for ways to optimize your health and elevate your home, this show is for you. Get ready for life-changing stories and take action to create YOUR HOME that heals. Subscribe now, and don't miss an episode.
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Homes That Heal | Transform Your Home Into a Health and Wellness Sanctuary
Ep 110: Mold, Air Quality & Passive House Design for a Healthier Home with Paul Kealey
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Ep 110 | Most builders compete on price. Paul Kealey says the real cost of a new home shows up in energy bills, air quality, and your health.
Paul Kealey joins Jen to talk about why a newer home isn't automatically a healthier one, and what's really driving the mold and air quality problems hiding behind so many walls. We get into passive house design, his BURDEN framework for the hidden stressors in your home, and the real, current mold story unfolding in Jen's own family right now.
🕒 In this episode:
[00:00] – Intro
[09:10] – Passive house design and the five principles behind it
[13:17] – Testing for mold and radon, and what most people miss
[20:05] – Why "new" doesn't mean "healthy": the farmhouse vs. new-build myth
[23:30] – Jen's family mold story, and what the storm exposed
[27:50] – Symptoms to watch for: fatigue, brain fog, poor sleep, allergies
[30:05] – Paul's BURDEN framework and the hidden stressors in your home
[35:05] – House as medicine, and where to start
[39:30] – Where to find Paul and EkoBuilt
If you've never once considered that your house could be the reason you feel off, this conversation is going to change that.
✨ This episode is for you if:
- You've wondered why an old farmhouse can have better air quality than a brand-new build
- You've dealt with mold, allergies, brain fog, or poor sleep and can't pin down why
- You're building, renovating, or buying and want to know what questions to ask first
- You think your home should be supporting your health, not working against it
Meet Paul Kealey:
Paul Kealey is the founder of EkoBuilt and a Certified Passive House Consultant who has spent nearly two decades building high-performance homes across North America. He believes the real cost of homeownership shows up after move-in: energy bills, maintenance failures, air quality problems, and retrofits nobody budgeted for. Paul is convinced the housing crisis isn't just about price, it's about building science, and that we already have the knowledge and technology to build homes that are healthier, more resilient, and far less expensive to run over time. For Paul, this is about building homes that improve people's lives for generations, without cutting corners along the way.
🌿 Connect with Paul Kealey:
Website & Podcast: https://www.ekobuilt.com/podcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EkoBuiltpassivehouse/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EkoBuilt/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ekobuilt/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ekobuiltpassivehomes
🌐 Episode Website: https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/2026/07/21/mold-air-quality-passive-house-design-for-a-healthier-home/
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