Episode 050: Kid-Smart Spaces with Magalie René-Hayes

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KID-SMART SPACES WITH MAGALIE RENÉ-HAYES

It's finally September! To kick off this month on the podcast, I've asked my good friend, Magalie René-Hayes to share some tips with us for creating study spaces and kid-friendly spaces as well as using mindfulness to keep clutter at bay. Magalie has also just released her first book, Kid-Smart Spaces: Decorating a Classroom that Changes Lives and I'm excited to chat with her about the launch!

  • The Kid-Smart Spaces book

  • Conscious design

  • Design in schools

  • Designing multi-use spaces

  • Designing study spaces

  • Mindfulness and clutter

  • Marie Kondo and finding joy

  • Wealth and possessions

  • Sneaky clutter traps

Please remember to check out Magalie's new book and apply some of her wonderful tips to the spaces you share with kids! And as always, if you do use her advice, share photos with us! We want to see your holistic spaces!

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

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Magalie creates beautiful spaces for a better world through Consciously Design.   She takes a unique approach that combines holism, science, and design principles to create spaces that improve lives.  She is also the founder of Kid-Smart Spaces™, working with schools, educators, and parents to design inspired learning spaces for smarter, happier, healthier children.

Magalie launched Consciously Design and Kid-Smart Spaces in 2012 and has been transforming spaces ever since. She works on a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional projects in the New York Tri-State area, Los Angeles, and across the US, including several elementary and middle schools.

Episode 049: Organizing and Functional Spaces with Diane Lowy

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ORGANIZING AND FUNCTIONAL SPACES WITH DIANE LOWY

This month on the podcast, I'm excited to sit down with organizer and creator of "apartment solutions," Diane Lowy. Diane works at New York at Home to help New Yorkers create functional, organized spaces that help their lives to flow more easily, kind of like we do with qi! Also, check out this month's My Favorite Things, where Diane suggests some great options for getting organized for the school year and / or busy season!

  • Apartment functionality

  • How functionality relates to organization

  • Benefits to having a functional, organized home

  • Clutter and stress

  • Getting rid of what no longer serves you

  • The idealized self vs. the actual self

  • Accepting who you are

  • Knowing when to get rid of things

  • Organizing the right places

  • Organizing closets for work / school

  • Reducing clothing decisions

  • Back-to-school tips

Thanks so much to Diane for sharing these wonderful tips on organizing your space! A holistic space is almost always an organized one. :) Did you learn any new tips on how to manage your space? If so, let us know in the comments! 

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Don't forget to tune in next month when we chat Kid-Smart Spaces with my friend, Magalie Rene-Hayes!

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Diane Lowy has managed the New York spaces for diverse brands such as Google and Chanel. She also has a technical background from her years working on historic restoration projects in Central Park and at Columbia University. She studied installation art (a combination of sculpture and architecture) at Bard College with a focus on the way spaces can evoke emotions.  She also studied construction project management at New York University.

Helping groups of professionals use the same space in many different ways inspired her to apply this strategy to homes in order to identify small adjustments that can have a big impact. Read more about her at newyorkathome.com.