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    5 Tips for Incorporating Environmentally-Friendly Design to Elevate Your Health and Wellbeing

    by Sophia Smith Jul 14, 2021 4 minutes
    5 Tips for Incorporating Environmentally-Friendly Design to Elevate Your Health and Wellbeing by Sophie Smith. Photograph of an open house door, surrounded by plants by Arno Smit.
    Photograph by Arno Smit

    Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

    How you can make a positive change through eco-friendly design, sustainable choices, and smarter decorating decisions in your home.

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    Somehow, at some point, stress creeped its way into my life and became a “normal” part of my being. It took me a long while to recognize and admit it to myself or the worried people around me that something in my life was off. For years I have been immersed in my work and my career with little to no regard for the way I was living my life, how much I lacked sustainability and purpose and how much I allowed the hectic modern world to weigh me down.

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