Intersection of Health + Design Can Help You Live Better Now

The Intersection of Health + Design BarbaraFicarra.com

  The intersection of health + design can help you live better now because the fusion can create harmony and balance. Designing a beautiful living space with purpose and passion can be aesthetically pleasing. However, designing a beautiful living space with healthy design elements, can help you live healthier and better. A well-designed beautiful healthy space can evoke joy. It may improve your well-being and help you live better because health is at the center…

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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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WELLNESS: 5 REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO ADD MORE YELLOW TO YOUR HOME AND LIFE

WELLNESS: 5 REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO ADD MORE YELLOW TO YOUR HOME AND LIFE

    Simply, wellness means health and happiness. Wellness for your home is simply about designing a healthy and happy home. Your home is a place to nourish your soul. Wellness is also about harmony and balance. To achieve harmony and balance, begin with small steps. Small steps can make a huge difference. Adding color to your home is one small step. Color is a very powerful design tool and adding pops of color to…

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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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Health: Everyday Well is healthy design for life and home

    Health: Everyday well is healthy design for you and your home.   What is everyday well?   Living everyday well means designing a life you love with style, passion and purpose. It’s chic and healthy lifestyle design. It means living blissfully bold. It’s about finding the beauty in the everyday. It means creating a happy and healthy home and life that you love. It’s about relishing your surroundings and feeling content and cozy…

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Six Seeds Pack a Healthy Punch

  DESIGN YOUR MEALS SMART HEALTHY EATING Six Seeds Pack a Healthy Punch By Jane Dummer, RD   Did you know that nine out of every 10 bites of food we eat today start with a seed? In my new book, The Need for Seeds – How to Make Seeds an Everyday Food in your Healthy Diet, I discuss the numerous health and nutritional benefits of seeds. Let’s explore my favorite six seeds that pack…

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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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3 Ways to be Healthy and Happy By Design

Healthy and Happy By Design – The Blueprint Start designing your healthy and happy life. Remember, it’s about taking small actionable steps. Small steps can have a big impact. Don’t get overwhelmed by thinking about too many things. Stay focused and start small. Your life is about being Healthy and Happy By Design. Just like in interior design, it’s the small tweaks, the small makeovers, the simple pops of colors that can have the biggest…

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3 SUREFIRE WAYS TO DESIGN YOUR OWN HAPPINESS

Think DESIGN when you think about your own happiness and health. What steps do you want to take to design a happy and healthy life? Do you think it’s possible to design your own happiness? A happy and healthy life is about living blissfully, with passion and purpose, and it’s about designing your life. The great news is that you don’t need a complete overhaul. Take simple and small actions every day to design the life…

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DESIGN AND BUILD YOUR EMERGENCY KIT

Design and build your emergency kit to include household items that you may need in case of an emergency. There are different types of emergencies, from medical emergencies to chemical emergencies to natural disasters etc. It’s easy to design and build your own emergency kit so you can prepare for the unexpected. This can help reduce stress in case an emergency occurs. Natural disasters range from hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and tornados to blizzards, windstorms and…

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