Design For Your Mind: How a Family Caregiver and Mental Health Therapist Renovated Her Home to Recharge Her Life - and Didn't Break the Bank Hardcover – February 1, 2025

“…beautifully and profusely illustrated in full color throughout. Informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking, inspired and inspiring, thoroughly 'reader/user' friendly in organization and presentation, Design For Your Mind is a unique, original, and unreservedly recommended pick…”— Midwest Book Review“Guest astutely recognizes that knowing a little something about how our brains work can be a game-changer when it comes to creating a space we truly love.”—Anne Willoughby, designer, PorchLight Home Interior DesignsAuthor and mental health therapist Annie Guest shows you don't need to be a DIY queen to make design changes that help you become more focused and creative, better organized, and more productive. Nor do you need money to burn. DESIGN FOR YOUR MIND is packed with more than 95 color "before" and "after" photos and loaded with practical tips for refreshing your home that any of us can use.Annie Guest faced a dilemma. She needed to find her spark again. So 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.In DESIGN FOR YOUR MIND, you will learn...how to go bold and take chances without making choices you'll regret;the tricks to make even a small room feel spacious, so you’ll breathe deeply and feel free when you walk into it;how to use modern furnishings and your favorite heirlooms to create a space that looks powerful and pulled-together;how to design a room that feels both stimulating and comforting, so you can read and work in it without feeling agitated or bored;how a cluttered environment affects the ability to focus and heightens anxiety, along with simple solutions for reducing clutter;how to use each room in your home to serve your needs for sleep, good nutrition, regular aerobic exercise, and social support. You’ll learn why meeting each of these needs is essential to your mental and physical health. Read more