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Diana Navarro
Nov 19, 20203 min read
Zen Habits Anyone Can Do #3 of 5: Your Surroundings, The Zen Series
Design Your Life with Beauty--For You, Your home, Your Environment As someone who experiences chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety and is affected...
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Diana Navarro
Nov 12, 20205 min read
Zen Habits Anyone Can Practice #1 of 2: Your Perspective, The Zen Series
Design Your Life with Beauty--For You, Your home, Your Environment As someone who experiences chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety and is affected...
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Diana Navarro
Jun 4, 20202 min read
Lucky Bamboo, Easy, Attractive and Good Feng Shui
If you want a plant that you can place at your desk or almost anywhere and that require a minimum of care, then the lucky bamboo can be...
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Diana Navarro
May 18, 20202 min read
Tips for Decorating Your Apartment!
Here are some easy tips to decorate your home. Taking a few moments to think about your home will help you fully enjoy it. Think about...
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Diana Navarro
Apr 4, 20203 min read
Lift Your Spirits by Keeping a Neat, Clean Home
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be General transcript to podcast, excerpt Does clutter or dirt around the house nag at you mentally, adding...
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Diana Navarro
Jan 6, 20203 min read
Do You Know the Basic Elements of Your Home or Work Space? Here They Are!
Whether you are working with existing furnishings and fabrics or “starting from scratch” with an empty room, you should always use the...
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Diana Navarro
Dec 22, 20192 min read
Design of You, Home and Life
Interior designers do decorate but decorators do not design. Design and how it works I became interested in design by necessity. Growing...
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Diana Navarro
Dec 22, 20193 min read
Wabi Sabi--Finding Beauty in the Imperfect
As an oddball, I've learned to accept and appreciate imperfection. Wabi Sabi is the philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection--right...
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Diana Navarro
Dec 9, 20194 min read
Interior Design Versus Decorating--There is a Huge Difference and That's OK
Below is a full list from a Google search with various sites explaining the difference between Interior Design and Interior Decoration...
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Diana Navarro
Nov 27, 20193 min read
Interior Design Techniques That Reduce Stress
The way we design our home and work environments can have a dramatic impact on our stress levels and emotions. Learn to make your...
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Diana Navarro
Nov 11, 20192 min read
My Home is My Sanctuary and That's Why I Sleep Like a Baby
A peaceful home is a place where wonderful things can happen. This includes safety and comfort, enough for you to get the restoration and...
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Diana Navarro
Nov 10, 20190 min read
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Diana Navarro
Nov 1, 20193 min read
Clutter, Chaos and Organization--A Place Called Home Part 4
Excerpt From Oddball: A Memoir and Resilience Chaos, Clutter and Organization Just like our bodies, our spaces need upkeep because of the...
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Diana Navarro
Nov 1, 20192 min read
Home, Where We Dwell, Work, and Play--A Place Called Home Part 2
Excerpt From Oddball: A Memoir and Resilience What does home really mean? By the virtue of being physical beings, we are always in some...
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Diana Navarro
Nov 1, 20194 min read
Safety, Sanctuary and Boundaries: A Place Called Home--Part 3
This place called home can take various forms: Home can be from a specific spot in an open space shared with family members, community...
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Diana Navarro
Nov 1, 20192 min read
Designing, De-cluttering, and Organizing and How I Got Here—A Place Called Home: Part 1
Designing and Decluttering Even as a child I knew what spaces were safe, clean, and attractive. Perhaps it was the fact that I’m an...
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Diana Navarro
Sep 23, 20195 min read
My Pain Alleviation Technique-Memoir Excerpt
Chronic pain is unfortunately my constant companion. For waking to sleeping there is some part of my body that is in pain from past...
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Diana Navarro
Aug 9, 20193 min read
Understanding Self-Care: One Must BE Ready, Willing and Able
The Understanding True Self-Care Series This is an EXCERPT from Oddball: Building Resilience With Self-Care “Love is the outreach of self...
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