Healthy Home Guide
Hi, I’m Alex Kessler. I believe that everyone deserves to live in a home with fresh, clean air. Even renters. I share practical, budget-friendly (yet effective) protocols for creating a safe and healthy home, whether the word "home" refers to your house or your body.
My life path has pushed me to learn about many topics, from building science and indoor air quality to personal growth and healing. I have an innate tendency to meticulously test strategies for improving my quality of life, and have had to do so mostly out of necessity.
What qualifies me to speak about indoor air quality and building science?
1.) I myself have been severely chronically ill with CIRS from toxic mold exposure. It's become my mission to help ensure that what happened to me does not happen to others.
2.) I'm a translational scientist in the medical field. That means that it's my job to translate science into practice. Every day I read research studies and interpret their implications.
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Hey folks! I've done a lot of content about DIY, budget-friendly ways to improve your home's air quality and reduce mold exposure. Rest assured, I'll ALWAYS make that kind of content. But I'm also thinking about branching out a bit. And your opinion partially drives what kind of content I'll make. So I have to ask:
What kind of content are you most interested in seeing from me?
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If you’re mold-sensitive, where would you choose to live for your health?
1 month ago | [YT] | 6
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Which issue is the biggest dealbreaker when viewing a home?
Learn where to look and what to avoid, my DIY Mold Inspection kit is linked in the comments.
1 month ago | [YT] | 5
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Which type of filter do you actually need to remove VOCs (odors) from your air?
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When it comes to improving your indoor air quality, are you more of an air purifier person or a fresh air person? Do you HAVE to pick a side? Are these two strategies even at odds?? Check out my latest video to settle this matter once and for all haha.
2 months ago | [YT] | 18
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There’s a lot of bad advice out there about air quality...and I’m not done calling it out.
I have literally hundreds of video ideas lined up, and most of them challenge the core assumptions of mainstream indoor air advice.
Some of these ideas will make people uncomfortable. Some will piss people off. But they need to be said. Because what’s out there right now isn’t working. It’s surface-level. It’s designed for people who are already healthy. And it fails the people who are actually sick.
Creating this kind of content takes time, energy, and support. So I started a Patreon.
If my videos have helped you, or if you just want to see this kind of truth-telling continue, this is the best way to support what I’m building here. It’s not just about funding. It’s about independence, integrity, and momentum.
The link to my Patreon is in my About section and in every video description.
Thank you so much.
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This is a message to all my subscribers who are dealing with chronic illness like I am:
It’s one thing to push through a short-term illness where you know you’ll get better soon. But to wake up every day in a body that doesn’t function the way it should, to keep searching for answers when nothing feels like it’s working, to face setbacks over and over and still try again - that’s a level of resilience most people never have to develop.
And yet, you have.
Even when it feels like you’re not getting anywhere, you’re still here, still fighting for yourself. That’s not weakness. That’s not failure. That’s strength.
You deserve to feel better. You deserve the freedom to eat, to live, to just exist without having to analyze every tiny decision. You deserve to not have the medicine that’s supposed to help you make you feel sicker instead. And you’re not wrong for feeling angry or frustrated that it’s taking this long.
But you haven’t given up. And that means there is still hope. Because the people who don’t stop searching are the ones who eventually find their way through. Nothing is forever, including this.
I’m really glad you’re here, and I’ll keep walking through this with you. You’re not alone.
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I just posted a video about how I had to relearn what real rest actually is - not just zoning out or distracting myself, but deep, nervous-system-resetting rest. Turns out, what I thought was rest…wasn’t.
So I’m curious: what feels the most restful for you?
🎥 Watch my new video here: https://youtu.be/t_whJpeG4hM?si=coi8c...
7 months ago | [YT] | 8
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What contributes more to outdoor air pollution in cities?
10 months ago | [YT] | 8
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Do you understand the US climate as well as you think? Let's find out. Which of these two US cities has colder temperatures during cold snaps?
If this answer surprised you, you should watch my latest video titled, "Do you REALLY know the climate outside of where you’ve lived?"
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