Your At Home Self-Care Checklist

During these unprecedented times, it’s important now, more than ever, to focus on your wellbeing by practicing self-care. But what is self-care? “Self-care means paying attention to and supporting one’s own physical and mental health.” Self-care is different for everyone, but there are core foundations of good health such as getting the proper amount of sleep (7 or more hours for adults), eating healthy, and exercising. While you’re staying at home, what are the best ways…

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2018 Health and Wellness: Everyday Well Design

 2018 Health and Wellness: Everyday Well Design Health and wellness is about designing everyday well 2018 Health and Wellness: Everyday Well Design | Health and Wellness isn’t solely the absence of disease, it’s about designing everyday well. It’s about living joyfully in sync with your innermost self. It’s about nourishing your mind, body and soul. It’s mental well-being, physical well-being and spiritual and social well-being. It’s about designing a life and home you love with…

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10 Simple Healthy Habits to Design Your Life

Design your life (every day) with healthy habits for a vibrant and spectacular you. This piece focuses on 10 simple healthy habits you can do every day for a happier and healthier, more vibrant you. Do you think you need a complete and total overhaul to transform your life? Trust me, you don’t. Chances are that there are many good things working in your life so there’s no need for a complete overhaul, simple tweaks…

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Kitchen Hacks To Keep You Healthy

  Keep your foods fresh. Here are some simple kitchen hacks to keep you healthy and safe from bacteria that can cause foodborne illness. Foodborne illness is a public health problem, according to the website for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), foodborne illness is common, costly and preventable. Every year, one in six Americans get sick from contaminated foods or beverages and 3,000 people die. Here are some super simple kitchen hacks to…

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3 Healthy Design Tips for Stress Free Holidays

  Stay happy, healthy and stress-free with these three simple healthy design tips to help you glide through the holidays stress free and keep you on track for a fun and festive holiday season. 3 Healthy Design Tips for Stress Free Holidays Shine Bright This Holiday 1. Design your bedroom for a good night’s sleep. Don’t skimp on sleep. Let’s face it; if you’re not getting the right amount of sleep each night, it can wreak…

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How to Design a Happy and Healthy Home and Life

How to design a happy and healthy home and life Designing a happy and healthy home is synonymous with designing a happy and healthy life. It’s about taking action to achieve your health and happiness. A happy and healthy life is about living blissfully, with passion and purpose, and it’s about designing a life you love. It’s about being happy where you are in your life. It’s about relishing your surroundings and feeling happy in your…

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HEALTHY DESIGN | WHERE DO YOU UNWIND TO REDUCE STRESS?

    Where do you go to unwind to reduce stress?  Do you take time just for you? Do you have a place in your home where you go to unwind, relax and reduce stress? A place that brings you harmony, balance and happiness? A special sweet spot in your home where you can go to #take15minutes to focus on you?  I love this Tweet from Elle Décor Magazine, “A Colorful Look At The Home…

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Keep Calm And De-Stress

  The way harmony in your home creates balance and brings alignment to your space; harmony and balance brings alignment to your life. Balance and harmony ground us and help keep us strong and stress-free. One of the simplest things you can do each day to bring you harmony and balance is to put the focus on you. Every day take time for yourself. Even if it’s just fifteen minutes, take it. We all lead…

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