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Redesigning Your Space to Feel Better with Elisa Garcia
Episode Summary
It’s surprising how much influence our physical environments have on our physical and mental health and our habits. Learn about how you can tweak what you have in your home to optimize your wellbeing.
Episode Notes
It’s surprising how much influence our physical environments have on our physical and mental health and our habits. Learn about how you can tweak what you have in your home to optimize your wellbeing.
Elisa is an interior designer and founder of Zen Spaces, a California-based interior design-build firm. She synergizes psychology, neuroscience, aging, health, fitness, and mindfulness into the design of spaces that people thrive in.
Quotes to remember:
“I want to help people feel more alive. And for me, that means having more freedom.”
“I don’t think people realize how much their environment affects them.”
Takeaways:
- Research is me-search
- We spend >90% of our time indoors
- Hints of nature in a space, from color to sounds, will affect our physiology and reduce stress hormones
- Living indoors is fairly new and unnatural for humankind
- Design your spaces according to the function of the space and how you want to feel during those activities
- It’s important to have your own space/retreat/sanctuary where you can be with yourself
- Aim for 1 plant per 100 square feet of space
What you’ll learn:
- How to optimize your living space for wellness, better sleep, and physical health
- About Elisa’s custom sprinter RVs to bring your lifestyle back to nature
- Getting work-life balance while working from home
- How to create a meditation room in your home, using the space you have
- The most common mistake when designing a home space
- Quick tweaks you can do in your living spaces to improve your wellness
- How the layout of our home or office affects our habits
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