Design For Your Mind

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>It's an old story. We want to make changes but our home improvement resolutions hit a road block. Clutter lack of time energy skills or available funds the pull of other responsibilities and sputtering confidence can defeat our best intentions. But there are simple solutions that won't break the bank and won't call for resources we don't have. Small changes can make a big difference. </span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>DESIGN FOR YOUR MIND: </strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>How a Family Caregiver and Mental Health Therapist Renovated Her Home to Recharge Her Life--and Didn't Break the Bank</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> (B. D. Walsh Publishing) is more than a coffee table book. It's packed with over 95 color before and after photos and loaded with practical tips for refreshing your home that you can actually use. DESIGN FOR YOUR MIND shows you don't need to be a DIY queen to make design changes that have a big impact. Nor do you need money to burn.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Author and mental health therapist Annie Guest faced a dilemma after years of family caregiving. After her parents passed away she needed to find her spark again. Guest decided to tap into her lifelong passion for interior design and into what she understood about the human mind to renovate the house she inherited in ways that would help her jumpstart her creativity and refresh her life. In DESIGN FOR YOUR MIND Guest takes us through her journey of reinterpretation. She shows how she transformed her home sustainably and on a budget.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In DESIGN FOR YOUR MIND you will...</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>discover how to go bold and take chances without making choices you'll regret;</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>learn how to use contemporary furnishings and your favorite heirlooms to create a room that looks powerful and pulled-together;</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>discover how to make a room feel both stimulating and comforting so you can read and work in it for hours without feeling agitated or bored;</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>explore how a cluttered environment affects the ability to focus and heightens anxiety along with simple solutions for reducing clutter;</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>learn how to use each room in your home to serve your needs for sleep good nutrition regular aerobic exercise and social support. Examine why meeting each of these needs is essential to mental and physical health.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>consider ways to extend your healthspan and how you can design your home to support your mental and physical health for life. </span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Ultimately DESIGN FOR YOUR MIND is more than a coffee table book or even a book of inspired affordable interior design. It's a guide for anyone who wants to create a home that supports them through life's challenges and helps them thrive. It's a reminder that taking care of ourselves by taking care of our home is a worthy focus. For even in the most difficult of times our homes can lift us up and help us move forward.</span></p>