Inhabit

Dr. Producer Lauren hits the road to NeoCon 2023 with interior designer—and Inhabit nerd—David Cordell. She shares highlights from his panel on the Principles of Sustainable Design, then heads into the podcast booth with him and co-panelist Joey Shimoda to get their hot takes on sustainability in design. Also: the Diddy clan.Click here for show notes.  Follow us @inhabit.podcast.  Inhabit is a a member of the SURROUND Podcast Network.

Erika, Eunice, and Lauren continue their food tour of Toronto's North York suburb with food writer Suresh Doss. Inside Dream Yunnan Chòng's new uptown location, they discover Suresh's tech roots and get his hot takes on big data's blind spots. Then the very person who inspired Eunice to become an urban planner, Dr. Zhixi Zhuang, shares her keys to planning an emotional city. Also: the Internet of Things.Inhabit is a member of the SURROUND Podcast Network.Click here for show notes. Follow us @inhabit.podcast.

Erika, Eunice, and Lauren take the subway north on the longest street in the world for Part 1 of an ethnoburb food tour with acclaimed Toronto food writer Suresh Doss. They start with lattes at a cozy third-wave coffeeshop on what urban planners call a "soft site." Then they go for juicy Shanghai baos at a complex on Yonge Street where developers have made growth AND cultural preservation possible. Also: Grandmas.Now a member of the SURROUND Podcast Network. Click here for show notes.

Head outside with hosts Eunice Wong and Dr. Erika Eitland as they kick off a new season focused on public space. Together they unpack the tension between who designs our public space and who occupies it. They also explore the power of design, policy, and research with Zahra Ebrahim, CEO and co-founder of Monumental, an organization that specializes in deep, community-led approaches to policy, infrastructure, and service design. Is public space really for everyone? Click here for the show notes. Follow us on Insta @inhabit.podcast.Now a member of the SURROUND Podcast Network. 

Inhabit is back for a third season! Over the coming weeks, co-host Eunice Wong welcomes us to their home city of Toronto. We talk to a food writer, a professor, a parks nonprofit, a public interest designer, a community center—and along the way we learn how to unlock the power of public spaces. Now a member of the SURROUND Podcast Network. Check out the Inhabit website here. 

Get to know David Favela on his own terms on his own turf—in the beer garden of Border X Brewing in Barrio Logan, San Diego. In this extended interview, the Chicano CEO and brewery owner shares his backstory in the technology industry, his hot takes on culture and sustainable development, and why his community needs a Chicano 2.0. Plus, meet Yanel de Angel, managing director of Perkins&Will's Boston studio and the genius behind ResilientSEE, a collaborative initiative to restore and sustain communities throughout her first home, Puerto Rico.Click here for the show notes.

The warm weather is long gone, but hosts Eunice and Erika are still nerding out about Border X Brewing and Barrio Logan in San Diego. In this episode, they ask how we put numbers on the success of thriving communities and businesses. For David Favela, the answer lies in the spatial and soulful statistics. To help understand this story, Eunice and Erika reflect on the importance of “mixing up” how we gather, analyze, and talk about data.Click here for the show notes.

Continuing the conversation with David Favela of Border X Brewing in San Diego's Barrio Logan, Eunice and Erika confront the hard truths about zoning, revitalization, and community engagement. Then David offers his strategy for gente-fication, a more human approach to community development that requires both perspiration and perseverance.Click here for the show notes.

Erika and Eunice invite you into their soulful conversation with San Diegan brewery owner and economic-development expert David Favela. They explore how cultural representation can unlock the power of design at any scale, from our neighborhoods to the beers we drink. They identify key ingredients for authentic design excellence and remind you that “you are cool.”Click here for the show notes.

Don't put away the beach bag just yet. The Perkins&Will podcast is back with a new co-host—hello, Eunice Wong!—and a special series focused on the people and places that bring us joy. Over three episodes, Erika and Eunice break down their recent conversation with Chicano brewery owner David Favela and how he designs for equity in Barrio Logan, San Diego.Click here for the show notes.

Hear the full interview with our expert guest from Episode 03, Tracy Washington Enger at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Find out how Tracy and the Indoor Environments Division turned knowledge into action with their Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools program and why this is our moment to make our schools "palaces of learning." Plus, hear a special introduction from Rachael Dumas, the K–12 knowledge manager at Perkins&Will.Click here to read the show notes.

Erika and Monica go back to school to understand the dire state of indoor air quality in the buildings at the heart of the Healthy Buildings Movement: U.S. K–12 schools. They connect with healthy schools advocates around the country and talk to Tracy Washington Enger at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about the rock stars who are making an impact in their school districts.Click here for the show notes.

Hear the full interview with our expert guests from Episode 02, Alison Mears and Jonsara Ruth, founders of the Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design. Learn about who holds the power to make our built environment healthier and a special case study featuring America's largest landlord, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Plus, hear a warm introduction from Kimberly Seigel, a research knowledge manager and co-director of our Material Performance Lab.Click here to read the show notes.

Hosts Erika and Monica seek out some tough love on one of our most intimate relationships: the one between buildings and our bodies. Learn what happens when chemical manufacturers withhold health information from consumers, specifically about a class of synthetic chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). You'll hear from environmental-health and design experts as well as Healthy Materials Lab founders Alison Mears and Jonsara Ruth.Click here to read the show notes.

Listen to the first installment of “In the Room With,” where we share the full interviews with our thought-provoking guests. Following on the heels of our first episode, we're taking you into the room for the longer conversation with Dr. Joe Allen, the director of the Healthy Buildings Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Plus, hear an introduction from Yehia Madkour, innovation director in Perkins&Will's Vancouver studio.Click here to read the show notes.

Get to know our hosts, Dr. Erika Eitland and Monica Kumar as they walk you through the movement that has brought us to this healthy buildings moment. They shed light on the obstacles to healthier spaces and talk to Dr. Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings Program at Harvard University. You too can use the power of design to make healthy, equitable environments for everyone.Click here to read the show notes.

Perkins&Will's podcast about the power of design arrives January 2022. In Series 1, hosts Monica Kumar and Dr. Erika Eitland dive into the Healthy Buildings Movement and why "design is a public health intervention."

We chat to our good friend Olivia Wolfe about her experiences of prayer as relationship and her creative practices. Olivia shares about the blurred lines between praying, journaling and writing poetry and gives some great insights into how you can develop these practices in your own life.

Benj has walked past and prayed for every house in Long Jetty. Barefoot. What a boss. You don't have to start with a challenge at that level, but in this episode we explore how powerful it can be walking the neighbourhood in prayer.

In this episode we explore liturgical prayer through the book 'Common Prayer: a Liturgy for Radicals'. We talk about the power that can be found in written prayers developed for specific occasions, and the helpful place liturgy can have in developing our prayer life. Get the Common Prayer app here: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/book-of-common-prayer/id1138857966

"Jesus, teach us how to pray." This week, we explore the OG prayer, straight from the mouth of Jesus himself, AKA the Lord's Prayer AKA the Our Father AKA the hexagon. Ok, so you may not have heard it referred to as a hexagon. Listen to the episode and find out why we do. Discover the incredible yet simple model this prayer gives us which can be used uniquely in your context. This model comes from Mike Breen and the 3DM team. Check out the book 'Building a Discipling Culture' if you are interested in learning more.

We've been speaking about prayer - but our desire is to help you pray. So, for the rest of this season, we're going to be releasing mini episodes like this one as resources to help you experiment with new ways to pray. In this one, Benj shares something he's personally found really helpful: 'circle prayer'. Listen in to learn how it works, then give it a go and let us know how you find it! Connect with us through our 'Inhabit Fam' group on Facebook.

Full disclosure, at the beginning of this episode we got distracted and followed some banter-iffic rabbit trails. BUT, that kind of illustrates one of the points at the heart of this episode. We are highly distractable beings. And we're busy. And we get bored. And these are just some of the practical obstacles we face when we are trying to develop a prayer habit. In this episode we have a conversation about these practical obstacles, and how we can begin to overcome them and get some skin in the prayer game.

What stops you from praying? We take a deeep dive in this episode as we consider all the philosophical challenges we face when it comes to prayer.

Prayer: basically everyone agrees it's important. Basically everyone finds it difficult. How do different people think about it, including different streams of Christianity? Why do people do it? What does research show about the benefits of it? We look at these and a bunch of other questions in our introduction to this season of Inhabit, which is all about prayer - both at a philosophical level and a practical level.

This is our LAST episode in this strange season loosely united by COVID-19 and our experiences over the last couple months. We talk about how hard it is to keep good habits going in Winter, how to clean your heart like a monk and the season of Inhabit we are working on next. There are at least two occasions in this episode where Benj burns Will.

We asked members of our Inhabit Fam Facebook group to hit us with some questions for a Q&R episode. Here it is. Questions we discussed included: •Conspiracies, corruption from a biblical perspective... eg New World Order, coronavirus etc! •Can someone have multiple "calling"s? How to discern if it is from God or just a really exciting idea? What to do when your "calling" doesn't mix with your family/ former or current beliefs/ monetary situation/ work situation? •Why has a movement of radical inclusion and love (Christianity) been so exclusionary, both historically and currently? For example, to queer folk.

We talk a big game about habits....so how are we actually going with our own ones? In this episode, we interview each other about some of the habits we've been working on and finding helpful in the current season of our lives. There are some great tips along the way and very simple habits that you may want to have a go of yourself! We touch on things like: fixed hour prayer, journalling, and some reflections from the film 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood'. As always, we'd love to hear from you. What habits are you working on right now? What would you like us to explore on future episodes? Connect with us in our 'Inhabit Fam' facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335728789947353/

So, we're obviously two white guys. White, christian, male, middle class....we tick all the boxes of privilege. But, both of us are grappling with the question, what does it look like for us to follow Jesus, in our unique contexts? If Jesus was to live in our time and place, how would he respond to issues of racial injustice? As followers of Jesus how can we participate in long-term, sustainable change that lasts beyond the news cycle? We don't necessarily have the answers...but if you're processing questions like we are, we hope that this can spark good conversation, and deeper listening where it's needed.

Knowing your Enneagram number makes for fun party talk, but until you start using it as a map for growth you're missing out on the real value this model has to offer. So we continue our mini Enneagram series with a discussion on wings and movements in stress and relaxation, and how these can help you grow in your self awareness and spiritual formation. Cookie the dog doesn't actually say anything during this episode, but she was present and it will probably make your listening experience better if you imagine her sitting on Benj's lap and nodding along to all our deep insights.

So you've been hanging around on this podcast feed (or the internet) long enough to know the 9 Enneagram types and which one you are. But are you familiar with the three intelligence centres? This episode is a deeper dive into how the different types approach decision making, which is really helpful to think about at any point in time, but perhaps more than ever when the world is going through major change like it has been lately?

We're going to do a series of episodes digging deeper into the Enneagram and how it can help us understand our best and worst responses in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this episode, we asked a couple of Enneagram 2s to join us for a case study on how they have responded so far. Big props to Melanie Gould and Aliesha Carreno for joining us for a chat. Even if you aren't an enneagram 2 this will really help you understand how some of the people around you may be feeling and what they need in order to be healthy during this season. Join our online community ('Inhabit Fam') on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335728789947353/

We recently started a Facebook group for all our Inhabit Fam. We asked what you wanted us to chat about. This is a special question and response episode where we go through some of the questions and reflections posted in the Facebook group and share our thoughts. Major themes included how to survive/form healthy habits during COVID-19, and a couple of Enneagram related reflections. Our next couple of episodes we'll be digging deeper into the Enneagram and spiritual formation in the time of COVID-19.

This episode is a special walking meditation experience for you this Easter. So grab your earbuds, head out for a walk, and re-trace the final steps of Jesus with us.

Our COVID-19 episode last week had the most listens we've ever had in the first few days. So we've decided to do a series of episodes exploring habits for this unique moment of time we find ourselves in. Healthy rhythms while navigating a global pandemic and things like social isolation etc.

Amidst the pandemic, your faithful pod-pastors got together to have a conversation about how this disruption might bring new opportunities to follow the way of Jesus here and now.

New year, new you baby. Great in theory, but not always so simple in practice. We have a conversation about how to start the year well and set your eyes on who you want to become, not just what you want to do. Thanks to the Hercus' for setting up beautiful chairs and a fern where we recorded this episode in the presence of a group of friends. Inhabit is a collaboration between NVBC and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online

We had the delightful opportunity to chat to our friend Joel McKerrow who has just released a book called 'Woven: a Faith for the Dissatisfied'. In this season of episodes on self-awareness, there are few guests we can think of who could speak better into this than Joel does. This conversation is filled with powerful stories, deep truths and grace for all who find themselves walking through difficult seasons of faith. You can grab the book here: https://www.joelmckerrow.com/woven-book Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online

You might have heard people talk about the Enneagram. Maybe you're sick of hearing about it. Maybe you wonder what all the hype is about? Maybe this is your first time ever seeing this strange looking word. Whatever your experience has been, for both of us the Enneagram has been an incredibly helpful tool for developing self-awareness and learning what our lives look like in greater health and unhealth, integration and disintegration. So. Join us for a basic overview of this ancient personality profiling system, and hear why we are both big time Ennea-fans. Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

Dr. Rod Pattenden has spent his life at the intersection between theology and the arts. He's an artist, art historian, and educational facilitator interested in the connection between spirituality and the arts. He has written and lectured widely on these aspects of the arts and creativity in Australia and overseas. He's also a minister at Adamstown Uniting Church. In our season on self-awareness, this conversation is a great example of bringing together seemingly disconnected spheres and finding a 'whole of life' approach to spiritual formation. Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

Carolyn Corkill & Ian Berry are two great humans who both know firsthand what it feels like when faith changes. When it moves through pain, doubt, joy, confidence, confusion and everything in between. So Benj and I asked them to join us for a conversation. It also happened to be in a tent with a crowd of friends. There was some real wisdom and beauty in this conversation. So join us in the tent. Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

We were lucky enough to speak with the amazing Jo Saxton, leadership coach, host of Lead Stories podcast and author of multiple books, most recently 'The Dream of You'. Jo shared so openly and generously with us around the lessons she has learned about the significance of self-awareness, and what holistic leadership looks like. We're so grateful we got to have this chat. It's full of gold. Enjoy. Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

So often when we try to improve our selves or our lives we want to start with a renewed burst of will-power and motivation, or the latest and greatest book, TED talk, diet etc.... There's nothing wrong with this stuff. But the way of Jesus leads us to confront the darkest parts of who we are. Our shadow side. And sometimes coming to the end of ourselves is really just another beginning. In this episode we talk about coming face to face with our limitations, our shadows, our self-sabotaging tendencies, as well as the liberation and new life that is offered when we are so radically honest with ourselves. Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

Life changes whether we like it to or not. What worked yesterday may not work tomorrow. How can we move through seasons of life and stages of faith well? In this episode we talk about when things fall apart. About deconstruction. About the hard seasons of faith. But we also talk about what's on the other side if we do the work. Renewal. Reconstruction. Growth. We'd love to hear your stories. What's helped you through these changes? What's been your experience of moving through stages of faith? Hit us up on instagram: @benjgould and @williamsmall Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

We're back again. With a complete disregard for our previously scripted intro. When we were trying to work out what to discuss in our third season of inhabit, we realised that all the habits we could choose to focus on (eg. prayer, meditation, study etc...) have one thing in common. We practice them as a unique self. With a unique story. And set of assumptions. And shadow. And strengths. So, we're going to dive into developing the habit of self-awareness....this season we'll be asking questions like: •How do we become more self aware? •How do we follow Jesus as a unique self? •How do we work through our 'shadow side' and how do we lean into our strengths? •How do we move through different stages of growth and development, rather than getting stuck and failing to grow beyond where we are right now? Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

In our final episode of Season 2 we talk about one of the major obstacles we face to creating rhythms of sabbath and rest in the world today - our 24/7 technology, and the billions of dollars being spent to keep our eyes looking at screens all the time. We invited our good friend Larissa Jones to share some of her story as a small business owner who both relies on social media for her income, while consciously and intentionally resisting the urge towards excess. We all share our practical tips and ideas on how to use technology constructively while keeping it in its right place in our lives. Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

Do you know the feeling of trying to rest or relax and being interrupted constantly by the thought of unticked items on your to-do-list? Or feeling like you're missing something important? Does it have to be like this? We believe how we engage in work has a huge impact on how well we set ourselves up for rest. So this episode is a practical conversation about the systems and practices we have implemented in our own lives to keep work at work when it's time to rest. In particular, we talk about David Allen's 'GTD' system: https://gettingthingsdone.com/ If you're interested in this stuff, it's worth reading David's book or perusing the resources on his website. Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

Burning the candle at both ends, filling every moment with stimulus, juggling various competing roles and responsibilities...if this sounds like your life, this episode is for you. We spoke to someone who plays a significant role in our own journey of health and self-awareness: Barney Weir. Barney is a counsellor, with a deep sense of calling to support people through journeys of healing and integration. In this conversation Barney is authentic about his own tensions, while dropping truth bombs left, right and centre about the importance of finding healthy rhythms and finding space in our busy lives. This is basically a free counselling session. Enjoy. Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

So far this season we've really focused on this one 'set apart' day of the week AKA 'sabbath'. But what about the rest of the time? If we rest well on one day each week, can we then push ourselves to the limits every other day? What does it look like to live lives that are full but not hurried? We chat to an absolute legend when it comes to this subject, Andrew Ranucci, founder of SoulLife Ministries. Check out Andrew's work here: https://www.soullife.org/biography Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

For a conversation between two Baptist pastors we've really held off on our tendency towards three-point lists that alliterate. That all ends now. In this episode we talk about three helpful ways of understanding the power of Sabbath and the ways it can change us from the inside out. Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill

So, we've convinced you about the value of sabbath and broken down some common objections. Once you decide you're into it, how do you actually do it? Just kick back and watch netflix? Or is there a little more to it? In this episode we first lay the foundations for developing a regular sabbath practice, and then we talk to two people in different contexts (a shift worker and a parent of young kids) about developing their own unique sabbath rhythms. Inhabit podcast is a collaboration between Narara Valley Baptist Church and Greenhouse Church, Long Jetty. nvbc.info greenhousechurch.online Hosts: Will Small & Benj Gould Music: Josh Corkill