PunkWellness is about being more experimental in discovering what being healthy and achieving balance looks like for you. It’s about being an advocate for you.
Join Jacqui Burge, founder of the PunkWellness movement, and journalist Kerstin Kühn as they dive into Jacqui’s latest wellness obsessions. Sleep, brainwaves, basic nutrition, the latest fad and long accepted truths about health and wellness are all fair game.
Because, let’s be honest, it’s all about finding what actually works for you.

STRENGTH (INSIDE AND OUT)
July 2022 | Consistency is key when it comes to building both inner and outer strength. It’s often crises that drive us to get healthy or find our way to a meditation mat, but imagine if we’d been consistently building those muscles before the crisis hit. Today we talk about building those muscles that help us move through everyday.
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ALL INCLUSIVE
June 2022 | We all know that feeling of being nervous to step into a new group fitness class; a sense of inclusion is essential for us to feel like we can try new things. Today Jacqui puts on her DeskYogi CEO hat and shares how the importance of diversity and representation of ethnicities, ages, ideas, and styles in her workplace welcomes us into a wellness that works for us.
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SPRING RESET
April 2022 | Tis the season of taxes, Spring Break travel, and wrapping the first quarter of the year. Often the apparently small changes introduced by these Spring shake ups can have big impacts on our minds and bodies. Half of the trick is noticing the shifts that might be affecting our sleep, stress-management skills, or mood. Today we talk about how we can begin to anticipate and support ourselves preemptively through some of these stress points so that we’re not always playing catch up.
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OPTIMIZING ENERGY
March 2022 | Whether we’re working at home, the local coffee shop, or back at the office, our surroundings impact our eating habits. Today we talk tips and tricks to incorporate conscious eating into your workday to not only skip that post-lunch slump but balance your physical, mental, and emotional body.
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MINDFUL MERRYMAKING
December 2021 | Even excitement registers as stress to the body, so how do we stay present and cultivate joy in this season of merrymaking? Jacqui and Kerstin talk simple, actionable tips and tricks to stay grounded into the new year. From taking an ugly exhale to inviting ‘no’ into your life to forgiveness, explore the choices you can make to set yourself up for successful self-care in 2022.
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HOLIDAY PRESENCE
November 2021 | In this episode, dogs Bumper & Mr. Bean snore in the background as dulcet tones of wind chimes waft through, providing the background to pause and contemplate what it means to take care of yourself so you can be more present for your family and friends. Maintaining routines and rhythms and focusing on traditions and gratitude can keep us grounded through the busy holiday season.
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PROJECT YOU
October 2021 | We are born to move. Movement is essential to health, but it is so much more than exercise alone. From type of movement to motivation, physical fitness to mindset, in this episode we explore what healthy movement is all about.
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SLEEP
August 2021 | Lack of sleep or poor quality sleep contributes to heart disease, type II diabetes and a host of other ailments. Sleep allows our organs time to cleanse and our bodies to reset. Today we talk about ways we can support deep rest from supplements to habits and practices to apps.
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Jacqui Burge
Renowned health and wellness entrepreneur,
Founder and CEO of Desk Yogi
Owner of move sanctuary,
Former lead singer of punk band STP,
Creator of the #PunkWellness movement
Kerstin Kühn
Journalist
Writer, editor and content creator of
youmeandojai.com
Theme Music “Wake Up” by Squirrel Suicide
Production & Editing by Kristen Ruth Smith