July 15, 2025 • 43 mins
In this episode of Home in Progress, sponsored by RepcoLite Paints and Benjamin Moore, host Dan Hansen explores the scientific underpinnings of color psychology and how different colors affect our mood and mental health. Dan delves into why blue is calming, red is energizing, and yellow can be overstimulating.The show also covers practical advice on what never to leave in a hot car, from pets to medications and electronics. To wrap up, Dan discusses the significant impact of one's environment on mental well-being, including an interesting study from Philadelphia showing how simple environmental changes like mowing grass can reduce crime rates.CHAPTERS00:00 Introduction and Overview00:17 The Science of Color Psychology00:36 The Power of Environment on Mental Health01:04 A Silly Personal Anecdote06:38 Things You Should Never Leave in a Hot Car19:05 The Impact of Green Spaces on Urban Safety21:33 Impact of Environmental Changes on Crime and Well-being22:09 Personalizing Your Space for Mental Health23:42 The Science Behind Clutter and Stress25:28 Small Changes, Big Impact25:55 Environmental Regulation and Emotional Ecosystems27:04 Practical Tips for Improving Your Home Environment32:23 The Psychology of Color34:34 Understanding the Effects of Different Colors40:54 Choosing the Right Colors for Your Home42:34 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey, everybody, Welcome to Home in Progress, brought to you
by Recolite Paints and Benjamin Moore. I'm Dan Hansen, and
today we're going to be diving into a few things
that might just change the way you see your home
and maybe your car for sure, your car. Maybe your
home for sure your car. First up, we're tackling color psychology,
but not the fluffy, you know, Pinterest style version. We're
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going into the real science behind why certain colors make
you feel calm, focused, or energized. Spoiler alert, It's not
just about preference. It's about how your brain and your
body physically respond to different wavelengths of light. So we'll
get to that. We'll also be digging into the power
of your environment. We'll look at a fascinating study from
Philadelphia that shows how mowing the grass and planting trees
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led to a drop in gun violence, and we'll talk
about what that tells us about the spaces that we
live in and how we can design them to a
little better support our mental health. And coming up in
a little bit, I've got a quick summer reminder. There
are some things that you should never ever ever leave
in a hot car. I've got the full list, and
a couple that you might not expect. I'll get to
that in a minute, but right now, I want to
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start with something silly. It's really not all that important.
There's not a whole lot of weight behind this. It's
just something I want to get off my chest. Here's
the deal. When I do anything, I've got this visual
all right, of what I think I look like. I
don't know how everybody's brain works, but mine works like
a movie. I'm always picturing scenes rather than thinking through
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words or you know, thoughts. Even my thoughts are movie scenes.
It's very very visual. That's how it is. Maybe that's
how everybody is. I don't know, but I've got this
visual and when I do things, I have this picture
of what I think I look like. And then every
once in a while I gain some insight into what
I really look like, and I'm stunned that that is me.
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For example, a case in point the other day driving
around and let me tell you, in my mind, I'm
mister cool, you know, mister cool. Indeed, I'm an action star.
I'm like Tom Cruise. You know. That's how cool I am.
That's what I picture. Anyway, I've got a mental image
of me driving with my arm hanging out the window.
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You know, my little elbow is resting on the open window,
you know what I'm talking about. My sunglasses are propped
down my face, giving me this ultra cool, you know,
ultra cool edge. My hair is just flowing serenely behind.
You know, my luscious locks are flowing in the breeze.
In my mind's eye, my back is utterly straight. My
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face it's like chiseled stone. My jaw is set in
this you know, no nonsense pose. And I've got one
hand firmly gripping the wheel. I mean, I'm cool in
my mind. That's how I picture it. Well. The other
day I pulled alongside a vehicle and I happened to
look over, and there reflected in the tinted windows was me.
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And oh my goodness, what an absolute loser, loser, capital
l loser. You know, I just told you what I
envision that I'm doing when I'm driving. Here's what's really
going on. First off, I'm slumped nearly in half, literally
slumped in half. I'm leaning forward so much. You know,
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I'm almost like a capital letter C. I'm a letter person.
I'm mister C. That's what it boils down to. I
said earlier, I'm mister cool. I'm not. I'm maybe close
to that. I'm mister C. Because I'm curled over like
a capital letter C. It was horrifying to see. I
couldn't believe that was me. But that was just the
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beginning of what unfolded and what I realized. You know,
that one arm resting on the window ledge thing that
I talked about, that that's how I picture myself driving.
I don't even know what I'm thinking about, right. I
drive a huge Chevy Silverado. My elbow can't reach that
ledge without being angled upward at like a forty five
degree angle. And you can't drive like that because that's
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not comfortable even remotely, all right, So that's not happening.
I'm just slumped forward, one hand on the wheel, absolutely,
one hundred percent not the case. I mean, I don't
even know why I'm picturing this because I'm sitting there,
hunched over like the letter C, and I've got my
hands at ten and two for supreme safety and control.
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That's how I drive on top of that, because I'm
short and hunched over. You know, I'm steering through the
steering wheel to see, you know, out the windshield, and
even then I'm kind of looking up into the sky.
Where's the road? Who knows? Who knows? I'm hoping that
there's tall vehicles so I can base where I'm at
on you know, their location, strong jawline, setting a no
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nonsense pose. What an absolute idiot for thinking that. No.
I looked at my face in that reflection, and this
was the worst part of all of it. This was
the most horrifying of all of it. The curved you know,
leaning over like the lef see was bad, But my
face in that reflection was so bad. I don't even
know what I'm doing. I don't know how to describe
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it to you. But my resting driving face has my
lower jaw, you know, sliding way back, way way back.
It's so much so that it appears like it's disappearing
into my neck. A profile of my face maybe this
will help explain it. If you would look at a
profile of my driving face, it would look like I
don't have a lower jaw. That my face just goes
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from my nose to my upper lip and then whoop,
gone goes to nothing, just meets my neck somewhere. I
am the furthest thing from an action hero when I'm driving.
I got no idea how my self perception could be
that profoundly off. And I really wish that all of
this was just a big joke, that I was making
it up, but I'm not. It's the truth. It's the
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literal truth. And now that I've seen it, it's all
I can think about. And so I'm cluing into my
posture as I'm driving, and sure enough, there's the big hunch,
there's the letter see again. There's the lower jaw thing
that I'm doing. You know, I'm picking up on all
these things now, and I fix them, you know, and
straighten myself up and pull my lower jaw out of
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my neck and my throat and you know, look like
I've got a normal profile. But then ten minutes later,
there I am again letter see and you know, huge overbite. Anyway,
I was so stunned about that revelation about how I
look when I drive that I just had to share
the whole thing. It was that or weep. So I
decided to laugh and share, and then weep later. Now,
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speaking about cars, let's move on to real important things.
I want to take a break and when we come back,
We're going to talk about some things that you should
never ever ever leave in a hot car. That's all
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All right, let's talk about cars in the heat. Not
cars in heat, because I don't know, I'd be a
crazy Disney movie, you know, an adult Disney movie. Let's
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talk about cars in the heat. I'm really sorry, that's
just ridiculous. We'll see if that stays in and makes
the final cut. Cars in the heat? How many of
you remember vinyl seats? Right in cars? Vinyl seats? How
many of you remember wearing short shorts? Who wears short shorts?
Dan wears short shorts. Who remembers wearing short shorts and
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having a car with vinyl seats in the summer? Oh
my goodness, Mom had a car just like that. And
I remember plopping down on the seat many a summer
day and almost when I did, having an out of
body experience as I shot up and tried to somehow
hover over that you know, fiery vinyl. But I never
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could hover long enough, and I always plopped back down,
and then I shot back up again. That vinyl was
so hot, and I, like I said, I had those
eighties shorts on those short shorts. Wow, what an experience.
You know, I probably have scars down there from that.
I'm not gonna go check, and I'm not going to
report back even if I do decide to go check,
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which I might, because once I start thinking about something,
it's hard for me to let it go. Anyway, moving on,
I'm sure that you've all got similar stories about how
hot cars can get in the summer. You know, I
remember a story. It's not mine. In fact, i'm sure
you've heard of it. I think it's an urban myth.
I don't think it's actually a true story, but it's
still pretty great. You know. It's a story about an
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elderly lady. Right she's at the grocery store getting her
groceries together. It's a hot, hot, hot day, and she
gets her stuff, pays for it, walks out to the car,
and just walking to the car is just taking it
out of her in the heat. And she gets there,
puts the groceries in the back seat, slides behind the
steel wheel, and just decides, I'm gonna rest for just
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a few minutes here. She rolls the window down and
just kind of closes her eyes, just to rest and
recuperate a little bit before the before the drive home. Well, anyway,
as she's sitting there, she hears what she sure is
a gunshot and then feels something hit the back of
her head. Well, freaked out, you know, naturally, she reaches
back and then feels all kinds of goo. You know,
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it's gotta be brains, right, It's got to be brains
leaking out. That's the conclusion she instantly jumps to. And
so she slumps forward and she kind of leans out
the open window, quietly calling for help, Help, help, help,
because if she says anything too loudly, you know, who
knows what's gonna happen with her wound? You know, the
brains are in there right now, she's alive, she's cognizant,
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But if she starts hollering and moving around, who knows
what's gonna happen. That's what she's thinking, so finally, help help.
She gets somebody's attention and they run over, and then
she explains, I've been shot. I'm horribly injured. My brains
they're leaking out. Well. The person you know, looks at
her and looks at the back of her head and
busts out laughing. Turns out it's not brains at all.
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She'd brought crescent rolls, you know, in one of those
little tubes, and in the heat, it burst open, made
the popping sound, and then sprayed the back of her
head with gooey crescent roll goodness that felt like brains
to the uninitiated. Hot cars, the temperature gets crazy in
them in the summer. We all know that. So let's
talk in this segment about some things that you absolutely
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should never, ever, ever know never leave in your car.
And obviously we all know about the really big one.
We're gonna start with this right away. Never leave kids,
never leave pets in a hot car ever, ever, ever, ever,
never do it, not even for a few minutes, not
even to just run into the store real quick and
get whatever and come back out. You know, nothing never
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goes as fast as you think it's going to go.
Do not do it, not even for a second. Even
on a seventy degree day, your car's interior can climb
to one hundred degrees in about twenty minutes. At ninety
degrees outside, your car can hit one hundred and forty.
It's dangerous, it can be deadly. It shouldn't need to
be said, and yet every year we read about tragedies
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where somebody did that. Don't do it, not even for
a few minutes. Don't leave people or pets in your car.
All right, that's the big one, And now we've got
it covered. So let's walk through a few more medications.
Maybe you've got prescription meds in your purse, in your glovebox,
your center console. If you do, you got to be careful.
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Heat can alter the chemical structure of certain medications, and
it makes them less effective, and sometimes it can even
make them potentially harmful. And that includes everything from insulin
to antibiotics to EpiPens. If a label on the medication
says store it room temperature or keep away from heat,
that's not just a suggestion. And it doesn't just mean
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you keep it away from the oven or the stovetop.
Keep away from heat dan can mean your car as well.
And it's not just a suggestion on your medication. It's
the real deal. It's something you got to pay attention to.
Room temperature means sixty eight to seventy seven degrees fahrenheit.
Once your car gets into the nineties, the hundreds, the
one hundred and twenties, you've left room temperature in the dust,
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and now your meds are questionable. All right, So don't
leave medications in a hot car. Electronics, right, this is
a no brainer. But we've all done this at times.
We've left a phone or a laptop sitting on the
front seat, the dashboard, or even buried under a jacket
in the back. Well. Heat and electronics don't go well
together at all. You know, your phone can overheat and
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shut down, or worse, you can actually permanently damage internal components.
You can reduce your battery life, you can even lose
your data. Laptops, tablets, cameras, they're all sensitive, of course,
they are to extreme heat. If you ever try picking
up a phone that's been sitting in the sun on
your dashboard, it's like holding a grilled cheese sandwich right
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off the pan and mushing it up against your face.
Don't put your phone through that. It's not made for
those kinds of temperatures. And I know that, we know that.
You know. It's all something that we're well aware of,
and yet we do it. We toss it on the
dashboard out of habit, and we leave it there, or
whatever we do try to break the habit. Keep in
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mind how bad things could get. A third thing, batteries.
A lot of electronics contain batteries, of course, but I'm
talking also about spare ones. You know, a pack of
double a's cordless drill battery in the back of your
work truck. He can cause them to leak acid, to swell,
to burst, They can lose their charge faster than normal.
All kinds of really undesirable things can happen when you
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leave batteries in your car. And depending on what type
of battery it is, you know, lithium ion, for example,
you could end up with something dangerously close to a
fire hazard. So don't leave those in your car at all.
Next thing, aerosol cans pressurized containers. You know, this one's
a little more exciting than the other ones, but it's
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probably exciting in the worst possible way. Aerosol cans They're
little pressurized bombs that are just waiting for the right conditions.
When heat builds up inside your car, the pressure inside
those cans increases, and if it gets high enough, who
knows what's going to happen. They can rupture, they can explode.
That could include you know, spray paint. It could be deodorant.
It could be hair spray. It could be cooking spray.
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It could be whipped cream. It could be a little
tube of crescent rolls that explodes in your car. Whatever
it is, it's not fun to come back to your
car and find it in that state. So don't leave
those things in there. Food and drinks. You know, I've
lost track of how many times I've left a water
bottle or a granola bar or a cookie in the
car and come back to find, you know, a science
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experiment waiting for me. Perishable foods they spoil incredibly fast
in the heat. Drinks, especially carbonated ones, they can expand
they can leak. They could explode under the right pressure.
You know, we talked about sealed cans that would include pop.
Even water bottles aren't innocent. Plastic can break down in
high temperatures, and that can potentially leach chemicals into your drink.
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So don't throw a big packet of water bottles into
the back of the car and just leave it there
all summer long, because you could be drinking stuff that's
full of chemicals that you really don't want to be drinking. Now,
you're probably fine if it's just a water bottle for
an hour or two, but you don't want to make
a habit of storing them in your hot car. Now. Sunscreen.
Here's another one. And this one seems ironic, doesn't it.
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You know, sunscreen, it's what we use to protect ourselves
from the sun, but if you leave it in the car,
it actually breaks down and becomes less effective. The expiration
date on the bottle that assumes that it's been stored properly.
In a couple of weeks of baking in your back seat,
that's not exactly FDA approved conditions. So technically you could
be putting on sunscreen, but it might not be doing anything,
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or it might be dramatically reduced, and you're gonna be sunburned,
you're gonna be miserable, you're gonna need allo, you're gonna
be walking around going ooh ooh, ooh, my shoulder shirt.
You don't want that. It's not a good look, it's
not a good anything. You don't want that. Don't leave
your sun's screen in a hot car. How about eyeglasses? Sunglasses?
I leave them in the car all the time, and
normally they're like crazy hot and they burn the bridge
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of my nose. And that's pretty severe. But even more important,
more concerning, is that the plastic frames can warp. The
lens coatings can bubble or appeel, and like I said,
they can be utterly miserable to throw onto your face
when you climb back into the car. Lighters, this one's simple,
it's kind of a no brainer, it's common sense. But
it is dangerous. The liquid fuel, of course, the liquid
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fuel inside the lighters can expand in heat. Potentially, it
can leak, Potentially, it could explode. Who knows. It's a
little thing, but in the wrong conditions it could become
a serious hazard. Musical instruments. I don't know how often
you're traveling with big old musical instruments in your car,
but guitars, violins, brass instruments, whatever it is. You know,
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high heat is brutal with these things. Wood can warp
varnish can bubble glue, joints can come undone. Even metal
instruments can be affected by expansion and heat stress. And
the last thing you need is to really heat up
that trombone and then wrap your lips around that thing
to blast out a tune or two at some you
know park event as everybody's showing up for music in
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the park. You don't need blistered lips. You don't need
to be that person. Don't leave those instruments in the car.
All right, random surprises. Let's get to the last bit
of things that I've got, the unexpected stuff, the everyday
items that you really don't even think about. Sometimes crayons.
Kids are traveling with crayons. They've got crayons in the car.
Don't leave crayons in the car. Melted puddles in the
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back seat, that's what those are, those crayons. Those are
melted puddles. Remember that. Markers and pens, they can leak,
they can dry out. They're drying out out. Who cares,
you know at that point. But the leaking that can
be a huge mass. You don't want that. Plants, of course, plants,
the heat stress, it's all heat stress and dehydration. That's
what's in the future for your plant. If you leave
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that in a car. Plastic containers, plastic bags, they can
end up melting. They can actually fuse to your upholsterreet,
your fancy tupperware can get all warped, and the lid
might not work ever again, you might not be able
to burp it appropriately anymore once you've left it in
your car. And if you've left goodies in it, oh
my goodness, it maybe is dead to you at that
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point because the stench and the stink that can come
off of that, that's something that's almost epic in nature.
Here's the thing. Your car heats up crazy fast, even
with the windows cracked. You know, studies show that it
barely makes a difference. So don't leave things that you
care about inside the car. Grab your bag, take your
electronics with you, bring in your groceries, and of course,
never ever ever leave your kids or your pets in
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a hot car, not even for a minute. Every single
year we hear heart breaking stories, and every single one
of them is preventable. So keep all that in mind,
all right. Coming up next, we're talking about the spaces
we live in and how much they actually shape the
way we feel, whether we realize it or not. We've
got some fascinating research out of Philadelphia showing how mowing
the grass, literally just that helped reduce gun violence. No
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major policies, no big initiatives, just trees, fences and grass.
We'll break that down, talk about what it means for
our own homes and why your environment might be influencing
your mood more than you think. That's all coming up
right after. This home in progress is brought to you
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Your next project is way easier than you think it's
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going to be. All right, here's a statistic for you
or some information that I think is really interesting and
it's going to get us jump started on this next topic.
Here's the scoop. In a series of Philadelphia neighborhoods, gun
violence dropped by nearly thirty percent, not because of new laws,
not because of more police, but because somebody mowed the
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grass and planted a few trees. Now, I know there
are a bunch of dads out there who are feeling
like I am. We're feeling vindicated. You know, the yard
matters everybody. Look, it does. Here's the stats that prove it.
We're not crazy for mowing every other day. We're doing
God's work for the people. Seriously, though, researchers took some
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of the most run down, trash filled vacant lots in
the city and they cleaned them up. You know, grass trees,
a little bit of fencing, and what happened on those
blocks Fewer shootings, less vandalism, a significant drop in burglary.
People said they felt safer, happier, less anxious. What I
want to talk about in this segment is why that works.
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You know, why physical spaces affect us as much as
they do. Why your environment, whether it's a city lot
or your living room or your bedroom or wherever, Why
your environment has the power to directly shape your stress levels,
your mood, and even how much control you feel over
your whole life. This isn't about decorating trends. Really, it's
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way bigger than that. It's about using the spaces that
we live in to support our mental health and well being.
You know, nothing but the best for everybody who's listening
to Home and Progress by Repcolite. So here's the scoop
here's what actually went down in Philadelphia. Researchers randomly selected
hundreds of neglected lots across the city. Now, some got
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the green up treatment, you know, trash removed, grass planted, trees, added,
fences installed. The others were left completely alone, you know,
no new programs, there was no extra security. It was
just a visual and environmental change. And the results gun
violence down nearly thirty percent, burglaries fell by more than
twenty percent, illegal tumping and vandalism dropped by thirty percent.
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But maybe more importantly, people living nearby reported feeling less hopeless,
less anxious, more connected to their neighborhoods. Now, we've known
for years that run down spaces always seem to invite trouble.
Exciting about this research is that the fix doesn't need
to be massive. You know, just greening a space up,
cleaning it up changes how people feel in that environment.
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And here's where it gets personal, where it hits close
to home. If planting grass and trees can lower crime,
what in the world is going to happen if you
tidy up your kitchen, you know, what is that going
to do for the stress levels in your home? What
could a code of paint do for your sense of calm. Now,
obviously painting our living room it's not going to prevent
a robbery. But the core idea is what I'm getting at.
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You know, when we clean, when we organize, when we
improve a space, we send a signal. You know, of
course it goes out to other people, but we send
a signal I guess, primarily even to ourselves, that this
space matters, that it's safe. You know, it's under control.
You know. For me, that's the bigger thing. I always
feel safe in my home, but I don't always feel
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that things are under control. And when you do feel
that things are under control and you feel safe, and
you feel like you've got to handle on what's going
on in that area in your home, in your space,
it's a really powerful thing. Because get this, Studies show
that Americans spend ninety percent of their time indoors. That means,
for most of us, the spaces that affect our mental
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health the most. They're not city parks, they're not city streets.
They're not our front yard or our backyard or whatever.
There are kitchens, our bedrooms, hallways, the basements, Oh my goodness,
the basement. If the basement has anything to say about
my mental health, you better lock me up now. Better
lock me up now. I'm not going to say any
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more about it because I don't need to spill the
beans about my basement anyway. If our indoor spaces are
dark or cluttered or chaotic, that's the world that our
brain lives in. If they're light and organized and peaceful,
even in small ways, that has real psychological effects. And
there's science to back this up. You know, I wouldn't
just be ranting about it and have science to back
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it up. For starters, clutter increases cortisol, which is your
body's main stress hormone. In one study, researchers found that
women who describe their home as cluttered or unfinished had
consistently higher corticol levels throughout the day compared to those
who describe their homes as RESTful or restorative. So if
your home feels cluttered, unfinished, a work in progress. If
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your home is a home in progress, oh my goodness,
buckle up. Your whole family's in for a crazy ride.
I'm not saying you got to get your home finished,
because I know that's not going to happen. But if
you can bring these rooms under control. There's going to
be a feeling of restfulness, of restorativeness. You're going to
feel better. In other words, you know, basically, your brain
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is going to know when your space is out of control.
And when it knows that things are out of control
and there's things that you got to do, it keeps
you on edge. Clutter also causes cognitive overload. Here's more
science for you. Every pile of paper, every misplaced item,
is just another demand on your attention. It's more visual
information that your brain has to sort through. Even if
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you're not consciously thinking about it. You know, your brain's
just sick of it. It wants that stuff out of
there so it can just rest a little bit. And
over time, when it can't rest like that and it
constantly is surrounded by all of this clutter, it wears
you down. It makes it harder to focus, harder to rest,
harder to feel calm. Now, the good news is that
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the opposite is also true. Small intentional changes can improve
your mood. Rearranging a room, cleaning off a desk, even
just adding light, you know, bringing in a plant, choosing
a new wall color. All of those things signal safety
and stability and care, not just to others. Like I said,
it's not just about other people. It signals all of
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that to you and your own nervous system. It's part
of what therapists and designers call environmental regular shaping your
surroundings to better support your emotional needs, environmental regulation. And
one of the leaders in this space is Anita Yakota.
She's a licensed therapist who became an interior designer, and
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she talks about how our homes aren't just backdrops to
our lives, they're emotional ecosystems. They affect how we feel,
how we relate to others, how we handle stress, all
of that in her work, again the name was Anita Yakota.
In her work, she focuses on helping people designed around
their core emotional needs. You know, not just what looks good,
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but what feels supportive. And that means choosing colors that calm,
creating spaces where people can reconnect, building layouts that foster
communication or privacy, you know, depending on what you need.
And she's not talking about a full renovation. Usually she's
talking about intentional choices. You know, a shift in lighting,
a change in wall color, a new system for clearing clutter,
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small changes. That's what makes it so wonderful. These are
small changes, but they have a big gigantic impact on
how we think and feel in our home. So where
do you start? Where do you start with all of this?
You don't need to gut your kitchen or call in
a contractor There are a number of things that you
can try, even this weekend. If you wanted to pick
a wall and painted a calming color, you know, that's
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one thing. Soft blues, light greens, off whites, something that
feels kind of like breathing room, something that feels calm,
you know, that could help you out. You could declutter
one space, and it doesn't need to be like a
space like my basement. That is a space, but my
basement space is full of little spaces. Maybe your time,
you know, the time that you've got today, maybe the
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time that you have left, you only have time to
get to one small space. Maybe it's a night stand,
maybe it's an end table, maybe it's a kitchen counter,
whatever it is, your entryway, find one space to clear,
you know, and just find out what that does to
your day and your mood when you've got that one
space cleared off. Even if all you declutter is your
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to do list, you know, because some of it isn't
just the space that we live in, you know, the
clutter of that space that can drive us nuts and
really play on our psyche. It can also just be
the weight of all the things that we've got to do.
I've got a to do list that seems to go
on forever, and the fact that it goes on forever
stresses me out after a while. If I could declutter
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that list, remove a few things from it, just a
few little things, you know, just every day, get one
or two things crossed off that list, I start to
feel more in control, I start to feel more calm.
So maybe that would help you out. You could add
something living, you know, first off, remove something dead. If
you've got dead plants in your home, get them out.
They're not helping your mood. I had this what was it, oh,
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an ivy thing. It's something that we had forever. My
mom told me it's impossible to kill this. You can't
kill it, Mom, guess what You're wrong. You can. You
can kill it by long periods of utter and neglect.
And that's what I did. I just kept forgetting about it,
and I found it the other day, and oh my goodness,
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it had reached down, you know, it had really sent
its little you know, it was ivy. So it was
just draped down this entertainment center like it was reaching
for love or something. I feel so terrible. It was
just reaching out. And now it's a shell of a thing.
It's dead. And when I saw it, I left it
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for a while, thinking maybe it'll come back. I watered it,
you know, an absolute gesture of just a complete wasted
time gesture. I'm watering this utterly dead plant, hoping against
hope that somehow it greens up again. Finally I got
it out. And let me tell you the weight that
lifted by not seeing that carcass in the living room.
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I recommend it to everybody if you've got a carcass
of a plant or anything, I mean, hopefully there's nothing
more than a carcass of a plant in your living room.
If there's more carcass is in your living room and
they're not plants, and they were other living things besides bugs,
you got other issues to worry about. But if you've
got dead plants, get them out. That's just a stupid,
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stupid tangent that I went down, Put a living thing
in there. Put a nice plant on the table, and
then keep it alive, fresh flowers, you know, even a
photo of nature. You know you, you know who you are.
You know, if you're going to keep something alive, or
if you're going to kill it in a week. Maybe
if you're going to kill it in a week, put
a picture of nature up on your wall. Whatever. Get
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something green in there that helps let in more light.
Open the blind, swap out a light bulb, move a
chair next to the window. Whatever. A friend of mine
repainted her hallway last year. I think it was yet
nothing big. He just swapped out a dark beige for
this soft gray blue that she found. She added a
mirror on the end to bring some light back around,
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you know, bounce it off of that, off of some windows,
and just send it down the hallway a little bit.
And she told me that the whole thing it's weird,
she said, actually feels like she's being lifted up as
she walks down the hallway, like a little movie scene.
What's she exactly feeling. I don't technically know what she's feeling.
Those are her words. All I know is that she's
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in the same house as she used to be. It's
the same walls, it's the same hallway, but she made
a few changes and now the whole thing feels way different.
She feels way happier. So, yeah, a new wall color.
It's not going to fix everything, but it really can help.
And world where so much is out of our hands,
you know, so much feels out of our control. Remember
that your home is a space that you can shape.
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You know. We can make them calmer, we can make
them brighter, we can make them lighter. We can build
spaces that reflect who we are. We can build spaces
that kind of reflect who we want to be. We
can create environments that kind of nurture us in our family.
If we're spending ninety percent of our lives in man
made spaces, makes sense to shape those spaces with a
little bit of care. So if you need help with
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any of that, you know there's a lot of people
out there who can help with all of that. We
can connect you with painting contractors, we can connect you
with interior designers. Just go to repcolit dot com, click
the find a contractor tab, write on the homepage, tell
us what you're doing, hit submit, and I'll send you
some names, so we can help you with that, but
we can also help you with colors. We can help
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you find the colors that will make your home feel
the way you want it to feel. All right, And
speaking of colors, I think I want to talk about
the psychology of color, and this is something that we've
done many, many times before, but this time I want
to go way deeper and talk about why colors do
what they do. And we're going to get to that
right after this. This is home in progress where the
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to do list is long, and that's all right. We're
not crabbing at you. We're not going to yell at you.
That's how it is. It's how ours is too. It's
probably supported by Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore because home
projects are easier when you've got people you can trust.
So we just finished up talking about how your environment,
your home environment, can impact how you feel, you know,
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how you relate even with the people in your family.
You know, it's a big impact on it. And in
that conversation I made a few passing references to color psychology,
largely about how blue and green and certain colors can
be calming. And that's what I want to dig into
a little bit next, because if you've ever read anything
about color psychology, you've probably come across the usual lists,
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and you know, we've already talked about them on the
show Ad Nauseum, And to be honest, this is one
of my least favorite topics. And I'm obligated to talk
about it because I work at Repcolite and we deal
with paint and we deal with paint colors, and so
I've got to talk about color psychology. But I don't
like it. And I don't like it because it's so
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touchy feely. You know, it's just touchy feely. When I'm
telling people blue is peaceful, Yellow's cheerful, red's exciting, green
is calming. All of that, it's ah, it's just so
touchy feely. It's subjective. I feel like it belongs on
a Pinterest board about throw pillows and essential oils. But
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today I want to dig deeper because I want to
go to the real science that underlies all of this stuff,
all these emotional responses. There really is science beneath it,
and we never really talk about that. We talk about
what the colors do, but we never really get to
the why behind it, Why does blue make us feel peaceful?
It's because our brains are physically responding to different colors
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in different measurable ways. And that's what this whole segment
is going to be about. So let's just jump right in.
Let's start with blue. Blue is consistently ranked as a
lot of people's favorite color. You know, it's used in banks,
it's used in hospitals, it's used on social media platforms.
A lot of police officer uniforms are blue. Business logos
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are often blue. And the reason they're that way, the
reason that color is used is because blue traditionally conveys
this idea of calm, you know, it inspires trust, it
makes us feel focused, all of those things. Now why
does blue do that though, Well, it all comes down
to light wavelength. There's two main reasons with blue. We're
going to talk about both of them, but one of
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them is light wavelength. Blue light has shorter, lower energy
wavelengths that hit the eye gently and that gentleness, that
sweet touch on our eye, Yeah, that just completely made
it touchy, ali and silly. That gentleness leads to a
biological response. You know, our brain slows down, it increases
alpha brain waves. That doesn't mean the brain waves of
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the leader, you know, the alpha brain waves. The alpha
brain waves are associated with a relaxed and focused state,
and all of that happens cycle. All of that happens
physiologically when we encounter blue. But it's not just the
mechanics of light. You know, for thousands of years, blue
skies and blue water meant something really important to people.
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It meant safety. If the sky is clear, then the
weather's going to be good. You're not worried about big storms.
If there's clean water, then your tribe probably gonna survive.
You know, all of that has been a part of
the human experience for thousands of years, and over time,
our brains have associated blue with stability and with peace.
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And that's why blue walls tend to feel calmer. That's
why blue bedrooms tend to help people sleep better. It's
not just taste that we really do like blue better.
It's biology at work. Now, let's flip the switch. Red
is on the opposite end of the light spectrum. It
has the longest wavelengths and it's the most stimulating color
to the human eye. Literally, your heart rate increases when
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you're exposed to red. Whether you feel it or not.
Your heart rate increases, your blood pressure goes up, your
brain releases adrenaline. Again, from you know, thousands of years
of human experience. From that standpoint, red meant something urgent
still does. Red means blood, fire, danger, can mean food.
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It definitely when you saw red, it triggered a decision
as am I going to fight or flight? Am I
going to go forward? Am I going to run away?
Am I going to look for a band aid? Am
I going to just lay down and just bleed out?
You know, take the sweet embrace of death? Who knows?
Either way? Red provokes some kind of response, and today
red still carries that same charge. Think of red lights,
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you know, stop signs, sale tags, even fast food branding.
They're all designed to grab your attention right now. And
that's why red can feel really intense or even stressful.
In a home. It demands your energy, It raises the steaks.
So that's red. Yellow. Yellow is bright, it's cheerful, it's
like painting your walls with the rays of the sun.
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But here's the catch. It's also very stimulating to the
human eye. It's very easy to overdo yellow. A little
bit of yellow, especially in kitchens or bathrooms or accent
pieces can lift your mood. It's associated, like I said,
with sunlight, warmth, fruit, vitality. It's a healthy, life giving space.
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You know. Yellow is like a big, warm sunny day.
You can't think of it any better than that. But
because it hits your visual system so hard, too much
yellow can actually lead to irritability and anxiety. It overstimulates
the emotional centers of your brain. Too much yellow can
overstimulate the emotional centers of your brain. In fact, studies
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have found that babies cry more in yellow rooms and
adults get more agitated in bright yellow offices. Guess who
just painted his living room bright yellow? Guess who's feeling
over stimulated almost all the time. Now, yeah, you got it.
And guess who probably doesn't need to be overstimulated. I'm
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already stimulated enough. I live on the edge, and now
I just pushed myself over it. Am I gonna keep
my yellow? Who knows? You'll find out as time goes by.
Just keep listening to the show anyway, yellow, Use it
like hot sauce. A little bit goes a long way.
That's a good way to think of it. What about green?
Green might be the sweet spot right. It falls right
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in the center of the visible light spectrum, which means
it's easy for our eyes to process. There's no straining,
no squinting, It's visually RESTful. And from a biological standpoint,
green has been shown to reduce cortisol, the stress hormone.
It activates the parasympathetic nervous system, the one responsible for
slowing things down, for digesting food, for calming us after
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a long day. And you know, traditionally, for the human experience,
green means life, foliage, food, shade, shelter, all of those things.
Green represents stability and abundance, and that's why it's used
so often in schools, in hospitals, nurseries, things like that.
It just tells you everything is okay. Thankfully, my dining
room and kitchen are green. So I go from the
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over stimulated yellow, and whenever I go to get a
snack out of the fridge or whatever, I walk through
the green, and I feel so calm, so rewarded, and
then I go back to the yellow, and the anxiety
amps up again. Purple is another one. It's very interesting.
It's not common in nature, you know, we don't see
it in large quantities. In nature anyway, and that rarity
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gives it a lot of power. You know, Purple's got
a lot of power. It's made by combining red and blue,
so in your brain it's kind of firing off two
different signals at once. Red's intensity and blues calm. And
that tension is kind of what makes purple feel creative
and imaginative and even a little bit mysterious. You know,
if you want to want to add a touchy feely
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word to this, mysterious probably sums up purple a little bit.
It's also historically associated with royalty, with spirituality, and that's
partly because dyes, purple dyes used to be incredibly rare
and very expensive, So purple carries the weight of elevation,
you know, reflection, creative thinking, all of those things. It's
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perfect for an art space or a bedroom. Maybe not
so perfect for a high stress office. All right, let's
wrap up with the neutrals. Black absorbs all light, you know,
it kind of gives a sense of depth and authority,
but too much can feel heavy or isolating. White it
reflects everything, you know, creating a feeling of cleanliness and clarity,
but it also can feel you know, sterile or cold
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if it's overdone brown, you know, the ultimate earth tone
signals comfort, warmth, practicality, all of that. It's the color
of tree trunks and soil. It's the color of home,
you know, it's color of my home. It really is.
Go drive past my home. It's brown. That's what it is.
I'm not just making some kind of gross joke. It's brown.
It's not flashy, but brown is stable. It's grounding, all right. So,
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color psychology it's not just you know, touchy feelies and
vibes and all of that stuff. It's hardwired in our brain.
It's biology, brain chemistry, all of those things. Color enters
through our eyes, but it affects your nervous system, your
brain waves, your heart rate, your stress hormones, all of it.
And that's why choosing the right paint color it's not
a trivial thing, you know, And not to add more
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stress to the whole color choosing process. There's enough us
on it. I don't mean to add more, but you
do want to make sure that you get it right.
And the first step to doing that is to understand
color psychology a little deeper. There really is solid science
behind how we feel about certain colors and you want
to work with that as you make your choices. And
also remember that at Repcolite, we have people who are
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ready and waiting to help you make the best color
choice possible for your home. Just stop in, bring your photos,
bring your couch cushions, your pillowcases, whatever you think is
going to help, whatever you need to bring, bring it
all in and we'll help you get the perfect color
for your space. All right, that's going to do it.
For this week's episode of Home in Progress, today we
covered a ton of ground, from the science behind color
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psychology to the power your environment has on your mood
and mental health. And you have a quick reminder not
to leave earbuds, medication, or chocolate covered almonds in your
hot car. You're welcome for that. If you found something
helpful or interesting on the show, be sure to subscribe
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show with a friend. It helps us grow and we
really appreciate it. Until next time, I'm Dan Hanson. Thanks
for listening, and we'll see you next week on Home
in Progress.
Hey, everybody, Welcome to Home in Progress, brought to you
by Recolite Paints and Benjamin Moore. I'm Dan Hansen, and
today we're going to be diving into a few things
that might just change the way you see your home
and maybe your car for sure, your car. Maybe your
home for sure your car. First up, we're tackling color psychology,
but not the fluffy, you know, Pinterest style version. We're
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going into the real science behind why certain colors make
you feel calm, focused, or energized. Spoiler alert, It's not
just about preference. It's about how your brain and your
body physically respond to different wavelengths of light. So we'll
get to that. We'll also be digging into the power
of your environment. We'll look at a fascinating study from
Philadelphia that shows how mowing the grass and planting trees
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led to a drop in gun violence, and we'll talk
about what that tells us about the spaces that we
live in and how we can design them to a
little better support our mental health. And coming up in
a little bit, I've got a quick summer reminder. There
are some things that you should never ever ever leave
in a hot car. I've got the full list, and
a couple that you might not expect. I'll get to
that in a minute, but right now, I want to
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start with something silly. It's really not all that important.
There's not a whole lot of weight behind this. It's
just something I want to get off my chest. Here's
the deal. When I do anything, I've got this visual
all right, of what I think I look like. I
don't know how everybody's brain works, but mine works like
a movie. I'm always picturing scenes rather than thinking through
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words or you know, thoughts. Even my thoughts are movie scenes.
It's very very visual. That's how it is. Maybe that's
how everybody is. I don't know, but I've got this
visual and when I do things, I have this picture
of what I think I look like. And then every
once in a while I gain some insight into what
I really look like, and I'm stunned that that is me.
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For example, a case in point the other day driving
around and let me tell you, in my mind, I'm
mister cool, you know, mister cool. Indeed, I'm an action star.
I'm like Tom Cruise. You know. That's how cool I am.
That's what I picture. Anyway, I've got a mental image
of me driving with my arm hanging out the window.
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You know, my little elbow is resting on the open window,
you know what I'm talking about. My sunglasses are propped
down my face, giving me this ultra cool, you know,
ultra cool edge. My hair is just flowing serenely behind.
You know, my luscious locks are flowing in the breeze.
In my mind's eye, my back is utterly straight. My
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face it's like chiseled stone. My jaw is set in
this you know, no nonsense pose. And I've got one
hand firmly gripping the wheel. I mean, I'm cool in
my mind. That's how I picture it. Well. The other
day I pulled alongside a vehicle and I happened to
look over, and there reflected in the tinted windows was me.
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And oh my goodness, what an absolute loser, loser, capital
l loser. You know, I just told you what I
envision that I'm doing when I'm driving. Here's what's really
going on. First off, I'm slumped nearly in half, literally
slumped in half. I'm leaning forward so much. You know,
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I'm almost like a capital letter C. I'm a letter person.
I'm mister C. That's what it boils down to. I
said earlier, I'm mister cool. I'm not. I'm maybe close
to that. I'm mister C. Because I'm curled over like
a capital letter C. It was horrifying to see. I
couldn't believe that was me. But that was just the
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beginning of what unfolded and what I realized. You know,
that one arm resting on the window ledge thing that
I talked about, that that's how I picture myself driving.
I don't even know what I'm thinking about, right. I
drive a huge Chevy Silverado. My elbow can't reach that
ledge without being angled upward at like a forty five
degree angle. And you can't drive like that because that's
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not comfortable even remotely, all right, So that's not happening.
I'm just slumped forward, one hand on the wheel, absolutely,
one hundred percent not the case. I mean, I don't
even know why I'm picturing this because I'm sitting there,
hunched over like the letter C, and I've got my
hands at ten and two for supreme safety and control.
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That's how I drive on top of that, because I'm
short and hunched over. You know, I'm steering through the
steering wheel to see, you know, out the windshield, and
even then I'm kind of looking up into the sky.
Where's the road? Who knows? Who knows? I'm hoping that
there's tall vehicles so I can base where I'm at
on you know, their location, strong jawline, setting a no
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nonsense pose. What an absolute idiot for thinking that. No.
I looked at my face in that reflection, and this
was the worst part of all of it. This was
the most horrifying of all of it. The curved you know,
leaning over like the lef see was bad, But my
face in that reflection was so bad. I don't even
know what I'm doing. I don't know how to describe
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it to you. But my resting driving face has my
lower jaw, you know, sliding way back, way way back.
It's so much so that it appears like it's disappearing
into my neck. A profile of my face maybe this
will help explain it. If you would look at a
profile of my driving face, it would look like I
don't have a lower jaw. That my face just goes
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from my nose to my upper lip and then whoop,
gone goes to nothing, just meets my neck somewhere. I
am the furthest thing from an action hero when I'm driving.
I got no idea how my self perception could be
that profoundly off. And I really wish that all of
this was just a big joke, that I was making
it up, but I'm not. It's the truth. It's the
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literal truth. And now that I've seen it, it's all
I can think about. And so I'm cluing into my
posture as I'm driving, and sure enough, there's the big hunch,
there's the letter see again. There's the lower jaw thing
that I'm doing. You know, I'm picking up on all
these things now, and I fix them, you know, and
straighten myself up and pull my lower jaw out of
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my neck and my throat and you know, look like
I've got a normal profile. But then ten minutes later,
there I am again letter see and you know, huge overbite. Anyway,
I was so stunned about that revelation about how I
look when I drive that I just had to share
the whole thing. It was that or weep. So I
decided to laugh and share, and then weep later. Now,
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speaking about cars, let's move on to real important things.
I want to take a break and when we come back,
We're going to talk about some things that you should
never ever ever leave in a hot car. That's all
coming up after this. You're listening to Home in Progress,
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All right, let's talk about cars in the heat. Not
cars in heat, because I don't know, I'd be a
crazy Disney movie, you know, an adult Disney movie. Let's
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talk about cars in the heat. I'm really sorry, that's
just ridiculous. We'll see if that stays in and makes
the final cut. Cars in the heat? How many of
you remember vinyl seats? Right in cars? Vinyl seats? How
many of you remember wearing short shorts? Who wears short shorts?
Dan wears short shorts. Who remembers wearing short shorts and
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having a car with vinyl seats in the summer? Oh
my goodness, Mom had a car just like that. And
I remember plopping down on the seat many a summer
day and almost when I did, having an out of
body experience as I shot up and tried to somehow
hover over that you know, fiery vinyl. But I never
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could hover long enough, and I always plopped back down,
and then I shot back up again. That vinyl was
so hot, and I, like I said, I had those
eighties shorts on those short shorts. Wow, what an experience.
You know, I probably have scars down there from that.
I'm not gonna go check, and I'm not going to
report back even if I do decide to go check,
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which I might, because once I start thinking about something,
it's hard for me to let it go. Anyway, moving on,
I'm sure that you've all got similar stories about how
hot cars can get in the summer. You know, I
remember a story. It's not mine. In fact, i'm sure
you've heard of it. I think it's an urban myth.
I don't think it's actually a true story, but it's
still pretty great. You know. It's a story about an
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elderly lady. Right she's at the grocery store getting her
groceries together. It's a hot, hot, hot day, and she
gets her stuff, pays for it, walks out to the car,
and just walking to the car is just taking it
out of her in the heat. And she gets there,
puts the groceries in the back seat, slides behind the
steel wheel, and just decides, I'm gonna rest for just
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a few minutes here. She rolls the window down and
just kind of closes her eyes, just to rest and
recuperate a little bit before the before the drive home. Well, anyway,
as she's sitting there, she hears what she sure is
a gunshot and then feels something hit the back of
her head. Well, freaked out, you know, naturally, she reaches
back and then feels all kinds of goo. You know,
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it's gotta be brains, right, It's got to be brains
leaking out. That's the conclusion she instantly jumps to. And
so she slumps forward and she kind of leans out
the open window, quietly calling for help, Help, help, help,
because if she says anything too loudly, you know, who
knows what's gonna happen with her wound? You know, the
brains are in there right now, she's alive, she's cognizant,
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But if she starts hollering and moving around, who knows
what's gonna happen. That's what she's thinking, so finally, help help.
She gets somebody's attention and they run over, and then
she explains, I've been shot. I'm horribly injured. My brains
they're leaking out. Well. The person you know, looks at
her and looks at the back of her head and
busts out laughing. Turns out it's not brains at all.
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She'd brought crescent rolls, you know, in one of those
little tubes, and in the heat, it burst open, made
the popping sound, and then sprayed the back of her
head with gooey crescent roll goodness that felt like brains
to the uninitiated. Hot cars, the temperature gets crazy in
them in the summer. We all know that. So let's
talk in this segment about some things that you absolutely
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should never, ever, ever know never leave in your car.
And obviously we all know about the really big one.
We're gonna start with this right away. Never leave kids,
never leave pets in a hot car ever, ever, ever, ever,
never do it, not even for a few minutes, not
even to just run into the store real quick and
get whatever and come back out. You know, nothing never
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goes as fast as you think it's going to go.
Do not do it, not even for a second. Even
on a seventy degree day, your car's interior can climb
to one hundred degrees in about twenty minutes. At ninety
degrees outside, your car can hit one hundred and forty.
It's dangerous, it can be deadly. It shouldn't need to
be said, and yet every year we read about tragedies
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where somebody did that. Don't do it, not even for
a few minutes. Don't leave people or pets in your car.
All right, that's the big one, And now we've got
it covered. So let's walk through a few more medications.
Maybe you've got prescription meds in your purse, in your glovebox,
your center console. If you do, you got to be careful.
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Heat can alter the chemical structure of certain medications, and
it makes them less effective, and sometimes it can even
make them potentially harmful. And that includes everything from insulin
to antibiotics to EpiPens. If a label on the medication
says store it room temperature or keep away from heat,
that's not just a suggestion. And it doesn't just mean
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you keep it away from the oven or the stovetop.
Keep away from heat dan can mean your car as well.
And it's not just a suggestion on your medication. It's
the real deal. It's something you got to pay attention to.
Room temperature means sixty eight to seventy seven degrees fahrenheit.
Once your car gets into the nineties, the hundreds, the
one hundred and twenties, you've left room temperature in the dust,
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and now your meds are questionable. All right, So don't
leave medications in a hot car. Electronics, right, this is
a no brainer. But we've all done this at times.
We've left a phone or a laptop sitting on the
front seat, the dashboard, or even buried under a jacket
in the back. Well. Heat and electronics don't go well
together at all. You know, your phone can overheat and
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shut down, or worse, you can actually permanently damage internal components.
You can reduce your battery life, you can even lose
your data. Laptops, tablets, cameras, they're all sensitive, of course,
they are to extreme heat. If you ever try picking
up a phone that's been sitting in the sun on
your dashboard, it's like holding a grilled cheese sandwich right
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off the pan and mushing it up against your face.
Don't put your phone through that. It's not made for
those kinds of temperatures. And I know that, we know that.
You know. It's all something that we're well aware of,
and yet we do it. We toss it on the
dashboard out of habit, and we leave it there, or
whatever we do try to break the habit. Keep in
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mind how bad things could get. A third thing, batteries.
A lot of electronics contain batteries, of course, but I'm
talking also about spare ones. You know, a pack of
double a's cordless drill battery in the back of your
work truck. He can cause them to leak acid, to swell,
to burst, They can lose their charge faster than normal.
All kinds of really undesirable things can happen when you
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leave batteries in your car. And depending on what type
of battery it is, you know, lithium ion, for example,
you could end up with something dangerously close to a
fire hazard. So don't leave those in your car at all.
Next thing, aerosol cans pressurized containers. You know, this one's
a little more exciting than the other ones, but it's
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probably exciting in the worst possible way. Aerosol cans They're
little pressurized bombs that are just waiting for the right conditions.
When heat builds up inside your car, the pressure inside
those cans increases, and if it gets high enough, who
knows what's going to happen. They can rupture, they can explode.
That could include you know, spray paint. It could be deodorant.
It could be hair spray. It could be cooking spray.
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It could be whipped cream. It could be a little
tube of crescent rolls that explodes in your car. Whatever
it is, it's not fun to come back to your
car and find it in that state. So don't leave
those things in there. Food and drinks. You know, I've
lost track of how many times I've left a water
bottle or a granola bar or a cookie in the
car and come back to find, you know, a science
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experiment waiting for me. Perishable foods they spoil incredibly fast
in the heat. Drinks, especially carbonated ones, they can expand
they can leak. They could explode under the right pressure.
You know, we talked about sealed cans that would include pop.
Even water bottles aren't innocent. Plastic can break down in
high temperatures, and that can potentially leach chemicals into your drink.
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So don't throw a big packet of water bottles into
the back of the car and just leave it there
all summer long, because you could be drinking stuff that's
full of chemicals that you really don't want to be drinking. Now,
you're probably fine if it's just a water bottle for
an hour or two, but you don't want to make
a habit of storing them in your hot car. Now. Sunscreen.
Here's another one. And this one seems ironic, doesn't it.
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You know, sunscreen, it's what we use to protect ourselves
from the sun, but if you leave it in the car,
it actually breaks down and becomes less effective. The expiration
date on the bottle that assumes that it's been stored properly.
In a couple of weeks of baking in your back seat,
that's not exactly FDA approved conditions. So technically you could
be putting on sunscreen, but it might not be doing anything,
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or it might be dramatically reduced, and you're gonna be sunburned,
you're gonna be miserable, you're gonna need allo, you're gonna
be walking around going ooh ooh, ooh, my shoulder shirt.
You don't want that. It's not a good look, it's
not a good anything. You don't want that. Don't leave
your sun's screen in a hot car. How about eyeglasses? Sunglasses?
I leave them in the car all the time, and
normally they're like crazy hot and they burn the bridge
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of my nose. And that's pretty severe. But even more important,
more concerning, is that the plastic frames can warp. The
lens coatings can bubble or appeel, and like I said,
they can be utterly miserable to throw onto your face
when you climb back into the car. Lighters, this one's simple,
it's kind of a no brainer, it's common sense. But
it is dangerous. The liquid fuel, of course, the liquid
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fuel inside the lighters can expand in heat. Potentially, it
can leak, Potentially, it could explode. Who knows. It's a
little thing, but in the wrong conditions it could become
a serious hazard. Musical instruments. I don't know how often
you're traveling with big old musical instruments in your car,
but guitars, violins, brass instruments, whatever it is. You know,
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high heat is brutal with these things. Wood can warp
varnish can bubble glue, joints can come undone. Even metal
instruments can be affected by expansion and heat stress. And
the last thing you need is to really heat up
that trombone and then wrap your lips around that thing
to blast out a tune or two at some you
know park event as everybody's showing up for music in
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the park. You don't need blistered lips. You don't need
to be that person. Don't leave those instruments in the car.
All right, random surprises. Let's get to the last bit
of things that I've got, the unexpected stuff, the everyday
items that you really don't even think about. Sometimes crayons.
Kids are traveling with crayons. They've got crayons in the car.
Don't leave crayons in the car. Melted puddles in the
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back seat, that's what those are, those crayons. Those are
melted puddles. Remember that. Markers and pens, they can leak,
they can dry out. They're drying out out. Who cares,
you know at that point. But the leaking that can
be a huge mass. You don't want that. Plants, of course, plants,
the heat stress, it's all heat stress and dehydration. That's
what's in the future for your plant. If you leave
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that in a car. Plastic containers, plastic bags, they can
end up melting. They can actually fuse to your upholsterreet,
your fancy tupperware can get all warped, and the lid
might not work ever again, you might not be able
to burp it appropriately anymore once you've left it in
your car. And if you've left goodies in it, oh
my goodness, it maybe is dead to you at that
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point because the stench and the stink that can come
off of that, that's something that's almost epic in nature.
Here's the thing. Your car heats up crazy fast, even
with the windows cracked. You know, studies show that it
barely makes a difference. So don't leave things that you
care about inside the car. Grab your bag, take your
electronics with you, bring in your groceries, and of course,
never ever ever leave your kids or your pets in
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a hot car, not even for a minute. Every single
year we hear heart breaking stories, and every single one
of them is preventable. So keep all that in mind,
all right. Coming up next, we're talking about the spaces
we live in and how much they actually shape the
way we feel, whether we realize it or not. We've
got some fascinating research out of Philadelphia showing how mowing
the grass, literally just that helped reduce gun violence. No
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major policies, no big initiatives, just trees, fences and grass.
We'll break that down, talk about what it means for
our own homes and why your environment might be influencing
your mood more than you think. That's all coming up
right after. This home in progress is brought to you
by Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore Top Toier Paint expert advice.
Your next project is way easier than you think it's
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going to be. All right, here's a statistic for you
or some information that I think is really interesting and
it's going to get us jump started on this next topic.
Here's the scoop. In a series of Philadelphia neighborhoods, gun
violence dropped by nearly thirty percent, not because of new laws,
not because of more police, but because somebody mowed the
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grass and planted a few trees. Now, I know there
are a bunch of dads out there who are feeling
like I am. We're feeling vindicated. You know, the yard
matters everybody. Look, it does. Here's the stats that prove it.
We're not crazy for mowing every other day. We're doing
God's work for the people. Seriously, though, researchers took some
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of the most run down, trash filled vacant lots in
the city and they cleaned them up. You know, grass trees,
a little bit of fencing, and what happened on those
blocks Fewer shootings, less vandalism, a significant drop in burglary.
People said they felt safer, happier, less anxious. What I
want to talk about in this segment is why that works.
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You know, why physical spaces affect us as much as
they do. Why your environment, whether it's a city lot
or your living room or your bedroom or wherever, Why
your environment has the power to directly shape your stress levels,
your mood, and even how much control you feel over
your whole life. This isn't about decorating trends. Really, it's
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way bigger than that. It's about using the spaces that
we live in to support our mental health and well being.
You know, nothing but the best for everybody who's listening
to Home and Progress by Repcolite. So here's the scoop
here's what actually went down in Philadelphia. Researchers randomly selected
hundreds of neglected lots across the city. Now, some got
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the green up treatment, you know, trash removed, grass planted, trees, added,
fences installed. The others were left completely alone, you know,
no new programs, there was no extra security. It was
just a visual and environmental change. And the results gun
violence down nearly thirty percent, burglaries fell by more than
twenty percent, illegal tumping and vandalism dropped by thirty percent.
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But maybe more importantly, people living nearby reported feeling less hopeless,
less anxious, more connected to their neighborhoods. Now, we've known
for years that run down spaces always seem to invite trouble.
Exciting about this research is that the fix doesn't need
to be massive. You know, just greening a space up,
cleaning it up changes how people feel in that environment.
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And here's where it gets personal, where it hits close
to home. If planting grass and trees can lower crime,
what in the world is going to happen if you
tidy up your kitchen, you know, what is that going
to do for the stress levels in your home? What
could a code of paint do for your sense of calm. Now,
obviously painting our living room it's not going to prevent
a robbery. But the core idea is what I'm getting at.
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You know, when we clean, when we organize, when we
improve a space, we send a signal. You know, of
course it goes out to other people, but we send
a signal I guess, primarily even to ourselves, that this
space matters, that it's safe. You know, it's under control.
You know. For me, that's the bigger thing. I always
feel safe in my home, but I don't always feel
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that things are under control. And when you do feel
that things are under control and you feel safe, and
you feel like you've got to handle on what's going
on in that area in your home, in your space,
it's a really powerful thing. Because get this, Studies show
that Americans spend ninety percent of their time indoors. That means,
for most of us, the spaces that affect our mental
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health the most. They're not city parks, they're not city streets.
They're not our front yard or our backyard or whatever.
There are kitchens, our bedrooms, hallways, the basements, Oh my goodness,
the basement. If the basement has anything to say about
my mental health, you better lock me up now. Better
lock me up now. I'm not going to say any
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more about it because I don't need to spill the
beans about my basement anyway. If our indoor spaces are
dark or cluttered or chaotic, that's the world that our
brain lives in. If they're light and organized and peaceful,
even in small ways, that has real psychological effects. And
there's science to back this up. You know, I wouldn't
just be ranting about it and have science to back
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it up. For starters, clutter increases cortisol, which is your
body's main stress hormone. In one study, researchers found that
women who describe their home as cluttered or unfinished had
consistently higher corticol levels throughout the day compared to those
who describe their homes as RESTful or restorative. So if
your home feels cluttered, unfinished, a work in progress. If
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your home is a home in progress, oh my goodness,
buckle up. Your whole family's in for a crazy ride.
I'm not saying you got to get your home finished,
because I know that's not going to happen. But if
you can bring these rooms under control. There's going to
be a feeling of restfulness, of restorativeness. You're going to
feel better. In other words, you know, basically, your brain
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is going to know when your space is out of control.
And when it knows that things are out of control
and there's things that you got to do, it keeps
you on edge. Clutter also causes cognitive overload. Here's more
science for you. Every pile of paper, every misplaced item,
is just another demand on your attention. It's more visual
information that your brain has to sort through. Even if
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you're not consciously thinking about it. You know, your brain's
just sick of it. It wants that stuff out of
there so it can just rest a little bit. And
over time, when it can't rest like that and it
constantly is surrounded by all of this clutter, it wears
you down. It makes it harder to focus, harder to rest,
harder to feel calm. Now, the good news is that
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the opposite is also true. Small intentional changes can improve
your mood. Rearranging a room, cleaning off a desk, even
just adding light, you know, bringing in a plant, choosing
a new wall color. All of those things signal safety
and stability and care, not just to others. Like I said,
it's not just about other people. It signals all of
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that to you and your own nervous system. It's part
of what therapists and designers call environmental regular shaping your
surroundings to better support your emotional needs, environmental regulation. And
one of the leaders in this space is Anita Yakota.
She's a licensed therapist who became an interior designer, and
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she talks about how our homes aren't just backdrops to
our lives, they're emotional ecosystems. They affect how we feel,
how we relate to others, how we handle stress, all
of that in her work, again the name was Anita Yakota.
In her work, she focuses on helping people designed around
their core emotional needs. You know, not just what looks good,
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but what feels supportive. And that means choosing colors that calm,
creating spaces where people can reconnect, building layouts that foster
communication or privacy, you know, depending on what you need.
And she's not talking about a full renovation. Usually she's
talking about intentional choices. You know, a shift in lighting,
a change in wall color, a new system for clearing clutter,
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small changes. That's what makes it so wonderful. These are
small changes, but they have a big gigantic impact on
how we think and feel in our home. So where
do you start? Where do you start with all of this?
You don't need to gut your kitchen or call in
a contractor There are a number of things that you
can try, even this weekend. If you wanted to pick
a wall and painted a calming color, you know, that's
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one thing. Soft blues, light greens, off whites, something that
feels kind of like breathing room, something that feels calm,
you know, that could help you out. You could declutter
one space, and it doesn't need to be like a
space like my basement. That is a space, but my
basement space is full of little spaces. Maybe your time,
you know, the time that you've got today, maybe the
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time that you have left, you only have time to
get to one small space. Maybe it's a night stand,
maybe it's an end table, maybe it's a kitchen counter,
whatever it is, your entryway, find one space to clear,
you know, and just find out what that does to
your day and your mood when you've got that one
space cleared off. Even if all you declutter is your
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to do list, you know, because some of it isn't
just the space that we live in, you know, the
clutter of that space that can drive us nuts and
really play on our psyche. It can also just be
the weight of all the things that we've got to do.
I've got a to do list that seems to go
on forever, and the fact that it goes on forever
stresses me out after a while. If I could declutter
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that list, remove a few things from it, just a
few little things, you know, just every day, get one
or two things crossed off that list, I start to
feel more in control, I start to feel more calm.
So maybe that would help you out. You could add
something living, you know, first off, remove something dead. If
you've got dead plants in your home, get them out.
They're not helping your mood. I had this what was it, oh,
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an ivy thing. It's something that we had forever. My
mom told me it's impossible to kill this. You can't
kill it, Mom, guess what You're wrong. You can. You
can kill it by long periods of utter and neglect.
And that's what I did. I just kept forgetting about it,
and I found it the other day, and oh my goodness,
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it had reached down, you know, it had really sent
its little you know, it was ivy. So it was
just draped down this entertainment center like it was reaching
for love or something. I feel so terrible. It was
just reaching out. And now it's a shell of a thing.
It's dead. And when I saw it, I left it
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for a while, thinking maybe it'll come back. I watered it,
you know, an absolute gesture of just a complete wasted
time gesture. I'm watering this utterly dead plant, hoping against
hope that somehow it greens up again. Finally I got
it out. And let me tell you the weight that
lifted by not seeing that carcass in the living room.
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I recommend it to everybody if you've got a carcass
of a plant or anything, I mean, hopefully there's nothing
more than a carcass of a plant in your living room.
If there's more carcass is in your living room and
they're not plants, and they were other living things besides bugs,
you got other issues to worry about. But if you've
got dead plants, get them out. That's just a stupid,
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stupid tangent that I went down, Put a living thing
in there. Put a nice plant on the table, and
then keep it alive, fresh flowers, you know, even a
photo of nature. You know you, you know who you are.
You know, if you're going to keep something alive, or
if you're going to kill it in a week. Maybe
if you're going to kill it in a week, put
a picture of nature up on your wall. Whatever. Get
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something green in there that helps let in more light.
Open the blind, swap out a light bulb, move a
chair next to the window. Whatever. A friend of mine
repainted her hallway last year. I think it was yet
nothing big. He just swapped out a dark beige for
this soft gray blue that she found. She added a
mirror on the end to bring some light back around,
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you know, bounce it off of that, off of some windows,
and just send it down the hallway a little bit.
And she told me that the whole thing it's weird,
she said, actually feels like she's being lifted up as
she walks down the hallway, like a little movie scene.
What's she exactly feeling. I don't technically know what she's feeling.
Those are her words. All I know is that she's
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in the same house as she used to be. It's
the same walls, it's the same hallway, but she made
a few changes and now the whole thing feels way different.
She feels way happier. So, yeah, a new wall color.
It's not going to fix everything, but it really can help.
And world where so much is out of our hands,
you know, so much feels out of our control. Remember
that your home is a space that you can shape.
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You know. We can make them calmer, we can make
them brighter, we can make them lighter. We can build
spaces that reflect who we are. We can build spaces
that kind of reflect who we want to be. We
can create environments that kind of nurture us in our family.
If we're spending ninety percent of our lives in man
made spaces, makes sense to shape those spaces with a
little bit of care. So if you need help with
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any of that, you know there's a lot of people
out there who can help with all of that. We
can connect you with painting contractors, we can connect you
with interior designers. Just go to repcolit dot com, click
the find a contractor tab, write on the homepage, tell
us what you're doing, hit submit, and I'll send you
some names, so we can help you with that, but
we can also help you with colors. We can help
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you find the colors that will make your home feel
the way you want it to feel. All right, And
speaking of colors, I think I want to talk about
the psychology of color, and this is something that we've
done many, many times before, but this time I want
to go way deeper and talk about why colors do
what they do. And we're going to get to that
right after this. This is home in progress where the
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to do list is long, and that's all right. We're
not crabbing at you. We're not going to yell at you.
That's how it is. It's how ours is too. It's
probably supported by Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore because home
projects are easier when you've got people you can trust.
So we just finished up talking about how your environment,
your home environment, can impact how you feel, you know,
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how you relate even with the people in your family.
You know, it's a big impact on it. And in
that conversation I made a few passing references to color psychology,
largely about how blue and green and certain colors can
be calming. And that's what I want to dig into
a little bit next, because if you've ever read anything
about color psychology, you've probably come across the usual lists,
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and you know, we've already talked about them on the
show Ad Nauseum, And to be honest, this is one
of my least favorite topics. And I'm obligated to talk
about it because I work at Repcolite and we deal
with paint and we deal with paint colors, and so
I've got to talk about color psychology. But I don't
like it. And I don't like it because it's so
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touchy feely. You know, it's just touchy feely. When I'm
telling people blue is peaceful, Yellow's cheerful, red's exciting, green
is calming. All of that, it's ah, it's just so
touchy feely. It's subjective. I feel like it belongs on
a Pinterest board about throw pillows and essential oils. But
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today I want to dig deeper because I want to
go to the real science that underlies all of this stuff,
all these emotional responses. There really is science beneath it,
and we never really talk about that. We talk about
what the colors do, but we never really get to
the why behind it, Why does blue make us feel peaceful?
It's because our brains are physically responding to different colors
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in different measurable ways. And that's what this whole segment
is going to be about. So let's just jump right in.
Let's start with blue. Blue is consistently ranked as a
lot of people's favorite color. You know, it's used in banks,
it's used in hospitals, it's used on social media platforms.
A lot of police officer uniforms are blue. Business logos
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are often blue. And the reason they're that way, the
reason that color is used is because blue traditionally conveys
this idea of calm, you know, it inspires trust, it
makes us feel focused, all of those things. Now why
does blue do that though, Well, it all comes down
to light wavelength. There's two main reasons with blue. We're
going to talk about both of them, but one of
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them is light wavelength. Blue light has shorter, lower energy
wavelengths that hit the eye gently and that gentleness, that
sweet touch on our eye, Yeah, that just completely made
it touchy, ali and silly. That gentleness leads to a
biological response. You know, our brain slows down, it increases
alpha brain waves. That doesn't mean the brain waves of
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the leader, you know, the alpha brain waves. The alpha
brain waves are associated with a relaxed and focused state,
and all of that happens cycle. All of that happens
physiologically when we encounter blue. But it's not just the
mechanics of light. You know, for thousands of years, blue
skies and blue water meant something really important to people.
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It meant safety. If the sky is clear, then the
weather's going to be good. You're not worried about big storms.
If there's clean water, then your tribe probably gonna survive.
You know, all of that has been a part of
the human experience for thousands of years, and over time,
our brains have associated blue with stability and with peace.
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And that's why blue walls tend to feel calmer. That's
why blue bedrooms tend to help people sleep better. It's
not just taste that we really do like blue better.
It's biology at work. Now, let's flip the switch. Red
is on the opposite end of the light spectrum. It
has the longest wavelengths and it's the most stimulating color
to the human eye. Literally, your heart rate increases when
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you're exposed to red. Whether you feel it or not.
Your heart rate increases, your blood pressure goes up, your
brain releases adrenaline. Again, from you know, thousands of years
of human experience. From that standpoint, red meant something urgent
still does. Red means blood, fire, danger, can mean food.
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It definitely when you saw red, it triggered a decision
as am I going to fight or flight? Am I
going to go forward? Am I going to run away?
Am I going to look for a band aid? Am
I going to just lay down and just bleed out?
You know, take the sweet embrace of death? Who knows?
Either way? Red provokes some kind of response, and today
red still carries that same charge. Think of red lights,
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you know, stop signs, sale tags, even fast food branding.
They're all designed to grab your attention right now. And
that's why red can feel really intense or even stressful.
In a home. It demands your energy, It raises the steaks.
So that's red. Yellow. Yellow is bright, it's cheerful, it's
like painting your walls with the rays of the sun.
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But here's the catch. It's also very stimulating to the
human eye. It's very easy to overdo yellow. A little
bit of yellow, especially in kitchens or bathrooms or accent
pieces can lift your mood. It's associated, like I said,
with sunlight, warmth, fruit, vitality. It's a healthy, life giving space.
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You know. Yellow is like a big, warm sunny day.
You can't think of it any better than that. But
because it hits your visual system so hard, too much
yellow can actually lead to irritability and anxiety. It overstimulates
the emotional centers of your brain. Too much yellow can
overstimulate the emotional centers of your brain. In fact, studies
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have found that babies cry more in yellow rooms and
adults get more agitated in bright yellow offices. Guess who
just painted his living room bright yellow? Guess who's feeling
over stimulated almost all the time. Now, yeah, you got it.
And guess who probably doesn't need to be overstimulated. I'm
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already stimulated enough. I live on the edge, and now
I just pushed myself over it. Am I gonna keep
my yellow? Who knows? You'll find out as time goes by.
Just keep listening to the show anyway, yellow, Use it
like hot sauce. A little bit goes a long way.
That's a good way to think of it. What about green?
Green might be the sweet spot right. It falls right
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in the center of the visible light spectrum, which means
it's easy for our eyes to process. There's no straining,
no squinting, It's visually RESTful. And from a biological standpoint,
green has been shown to reduce cortisol, the stress hormone.
It activates the parasympathetic nervous system, the one responsible for
slowing things down, for digesting food, for calming us after
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a long day. And you know, traditionally, for the human experience,
green means life, foliage, food, shade, shelter, all of those things.
Green represents stability and abundance, and that's why it's used
so often in schools, in hospitals, nurseries, things like that.
It just tells you everything is okay. Thankfully, my dining
room and kitchen are green. So I go from the
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over stimulated yellow, and whenever I go to get a
snack out of the fridge or whatever, I walk through
the green, and I feel so calm, so rewarded, and
then I go back to the yellow, and the anxiety
amps up again. Purple is another one. It's very interesting.
It's not common in nature, you know, we don't see
it in large quantities. In nature anyway, and that rarity
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gives it a lot of power. You know, Purple's got
a lot of power. It's made by combining red and blue,
so in your brain it's kind of firing off two
different signals at once. Red's intensity and blues calm. And
that tension is kind of what makes purple feel creative
and imaginative and even a little bit mysterious. You know,
if you want to want to add a touchy feely
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word to this, mysterious probably sums up purple a little bit.
It's also historically associated with royalty, with spirituality, and that's
partly because dyes, purple dyes used to be incredibly rare
and very expensive, So purple carries the weight of elevation,
you know, reflection, creative thinking, all of those things. It's
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perfect for an art space or a bedroom. Maybe not
so perfect for a high stress office. All right, let's
wrap up with the neutrals. Black absorbs all light, you know,
it kind of gives a sense of depth and authority,
but too much can feel heavy or isolating. White it
reflects everything, you know, creating a feeling of cleanliness and clarity,
but it also can feel you know, sterile or cold
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if it's overdone brown, you know, the ultimate earth tone
signals comfort, warmth, practicality, all of that. It's the color
of tree trunks and soil. It's the color of home,
you know, it's color of my home. It really is.
Go drive past my home. It's brown. That's what it is.
I'm not just making some kind of gross joke. It's brown.
It's not flashy, but brown is stable. It's grounding, all right. So,
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color psychology it's not just you know, touchy feelies and
vibes and all of that stuff. It's hardwired in our brain.
It's biology, brain chemistry, all of those things. Color enters
through our eyes, but it affects your nervous system, your
brain waves, your heart rate, your stress hormones, all of it.
And that's why choosing the right paint color it's not
a trivial thing, you know, And not to add more
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stress to the whole color choosing process. There's enough us
on it. I don't mean to add more, but you
do want to make sure that you get it right.
And the first step to doing that is to understand
color psychology a little deeper. There really is solid science
behind how we feel about certain colors and you want
to work with that as you make your choices. And
also remember that at Repcolite, we have people who are
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ready and waiting to help you make the best color
choice possible for your home. Just stop in, bring your photos,
bring your couch cushions, your pillowcases, whatever you think is
going to help, whatever you need to bring, bring it
all in and we'll help you get the perfect color
for your space. All right, that's going to do it.
For this week's episode of Home in Progress, today we
covered a ton of ground, from the science behind color
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psychology to the power your environment has on your mood
and mental health. And you have a quick reminder not
to leave earbuds, medication, or chocolate covered almonds in your
hot car. You're welcome for that. If you found something
helpful or interesting on the show, be sure to subscribe
so you never miss another episode. And if you've got
a second and leave us a review or share the
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show with a friend. It helps us grow and we
really appreciate it. Until next time, I'm Dan Hanson. Thanks
for listening, and we'll see you next week on Home
in Progress.
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