intentional healing design
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To Every Room, a Purpose Made Pleasant
Every home holds the same daily rhythms: sleeping, eating, grooming, tending, creating, restoring order. Each activity has its natural place, and each place can be shaped with small, intentional adjustments that steady the nervous system and make the work of living feel gentler. One Third of Our Life in One Room Begin with the bedroom.… Continue reading
emotional ecology, form and function, Foundations of Hearth Mysticism, functional purpose, Hearth Mysticism, Holistic Homemaking, intentional healing design, life, lifestyle, mental-health, mindfulness, nervous system support, pleasure and beauty, relaxation response, residential organizing, structure and order, trauma-informed care -
Gratitude in the Details
A practice of restoration, one overlooked detail at a time. What if the secret to a vibrant home isn’t new furniture or fresh paint, but simply noticing—and loving—the overlooked details? Dr. Joe Dispenza speaks of “loving another into life” as a healing technique. I’ve found that the same is true of our spaces: we love… Continue reading
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Turning Inward, Don’t Leave Out the Light!
We are now on the dark side of Winter Nights—the dawn of the cooling season, marked on 10/31-11/1. We light candles to symbolize warmth and light. Some of us get the woodstove warming the house for the first time since last winter. I’m conservative of firewood, so I wait until the downstairs gets a chill… Continue reading
