83. How Your Home Is Quietly Affecting Your Health (And What to Do About It)

What if your home is either supporting your health or quietly working against it — and you haven't noticed yet?

In this episode, Kate sits down with France Brunel, holistic interior designer and RISD graduate working between Brooklyn and Paris. France combines sensory psychology, Ayurveda, and design expertise to help people transform their homes into active wellbeing tools — not just pretty spaces.

They explore France's three-step method — clear the stress, align with your space, design the support — and dig into the design pillars of beauty, order, color, and calm. France shares why your brain is constantly scanning your environment for safety cues, and how small intentional shifts can regulate your nervous system, improve your sleep, and reshape your daily habits.

Whether you're overwhelmed by clutter, intimidated by color, or just feel "off" in a room you can't explain, this conversation gives you practical, budget-friendly tools to start immediately.

What we cover:

• Why your home is a biological environment, not just a decorative one
• France's three-step method: clear, align, design
• How light levels and placement affect your nervous system after 6 PM
• The concept of "shopping your own home" before buying anything new
• How color works physiologically — and why it's not about warm vs. cool
• Designing for your actual personality, not your ideal self
• Simple changes that work for families, city dwellers, and small spaces

Find France Brunel at francebrunel.com and @iamfrancebrunel on Instagram.

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