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Designing Your Home for Peace: Trauma-Informed Design and the Nervous System

Designing Your Home for Peace: Trauma-Informed Design and the Nervous System

Designing Your Home for Peace: Trauma-Informed Design and the Nervous SystemMandi Pratt
Published on: 19/01/2026

Is your home helping or harming your nervous system? Mandi sits down with trauma-informed interior designer and author, Sarah Trop, to explore how our environments impact emotional safety, regulation, and peace. How can small, thoughtful changes make a big difference? This conversation is filled with practical ideas to help your home or workplace feel more supportive, comforting, and aligned with how you want to feel.

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