"We build our lives around what we love, and we build our homes around our lives." Talor Stewart, Architect Whether you are upsizing or downsizing, renovating or building new, you can have a home that looks beautiful AND enhances your life goals and values. Seen in NBC, FOX, USA Today and dozens of other news and media outlets, this #1 best selling book is both inspirational and practical. Before you invest 5, 6, or even 7 figures on your home, make SURE you have looked at the essentials, to ensure you get the best home to fit your new and changing lifestyle -.because the LAST thing anyone wants is to go through all the time, effort, and expense only to discover after the dust settles they wish they had done it differently. Conscious Home Design helps readers avoid this all too common problem, walking them through each area of the home, demonstrating how thoughtful planning actually supports health, happiness, and relationships. The actual truth is that the single biggest predictor of how long we live and how happy and fulfilled we are is the quality of our relationships. Architect and author Talor Stewart explores how design can play a positive role. In Conscious Home Design, he shows one room at a time how to literally build opportunities for connection into the very bones of our homes, so that the various needs of individual family members are well supported. "We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us." Winston Churchill In clear, jargon-free language, each chapter reveals how to transform a home, from living rooms, dining areas, bedrooms, kitchens, and baths to support families and help them achieve their lifestyle dreams. Drawing on studies from Harvard, NASA, and decades of architecture experience, the author guides readers in a non-sciency way on a quick, easy to read exploration, giving the "Big Idea" that will have every homeowner thinking differently about each room in the house. Conscious Home Design aims to help readers more easily achieve their dreams, while enhancing the journey. "Home design is one of the most powerful personal development tools there is. Creating your home around you represents a pinnacle of living life on your own terms, living life by design." Talor Stewart