Intentional Interiors: Designing Your Home for Your Mental Well-Being with Anita Yokota

Badass Basic Bitch

In this episode, Anita Yokota discusses how our living spaces impact our mental wellbeing and offers tips to organize and declutter our homes in a more intentional way. Some key points:

• Our homes can make us feel more secure, calm and organized which improves our mental health and relationships. Intentionally designing spaces to connect with ourselves and others can be therapeutic.
• Clutter and disorganization cause stress while too much perfection can make a space feel sterile. Aim for a balance that allows you to function well and connect with family.
• Natural light, proper lighting and aromatherapy can instantly uplift a space. Recessed lighting is an affordable option.
• Using the "ski slope method" of organizing in small, bite-sized chunks makes the task less overwhelming.
• Family photos and memories in a space can serve as visual cues to pause and appreciate ourselves and each other, improving communication.
• The "holding box" method helps people decide what to keep or toss by embracing ambivalence for a period of time to determine how an item could intentionally serve them.

More about Anita:
Anita Yokota is a therapist turned interior designer and author of the bestselling book, Home Therapy. With a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT), Anita spent 20 years and thousands of hours in the field counseling patients before realizing she craved a more creative path. "As a working mom, my emotional plate was full. I felt depleted and decided it was time for a change."
With an architect for a father and a real-estate mother, Anita knew interior design was her next calling. What started in her own home quickly expanded to design clients throughout Southern California and grew to include a contracting business with her husband. The pair live in Southern California with their three daughters.

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• Website: https://anitayokota.com/
• Instagram: @anitayokota

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