yourHOME by design

** New episodes every other Wednesday! **

Your home is more than just a place—it’s the backdrop to your life, shaping your mood, mindset, and overall well-being. In this podcast, Nico uncovers the powerful link between interior design and neuroaesthetics, exploring how your environment influences your brain, body, and sense of fulfillment.

From practical design tips that make your space more functional and beautiful, to the science behind how thoughtful choices can boost your mental, emotional, and physical health, each episode shows how your home can become a tool for personal growth. Nico dives deep into how small design changes can foster better habits, help you become the person you want to be, and support a lifestyle that aligns with your goals for wellness and fulfillment.

Whether you’re redecorating, renovating, or simply curious about the psychology of design, this podcast offers research-driven insights, expert advice, and heartfelt stories to help you create a home that doesn’t just look good, but feels good—and helps you thrive.

Join Nico, founder of yourPARO, as she blends design expertise with the science of neuroaesthetics and wellness, showing how your space can elevate your health, happiness, and lifestyle.

Host

Nico Smutylo

Nico is an Interior Designer, researcher and founder of yourPARO - an online video-based learning platform, geared to improve peoples lifestyle and wellbeing through the design of their home, using science centered design. A holistic approach to interior design.

Nico has spent years researching and understanding the relationship we have with our homes, to address how to boost lifestyle and wellbeing by the choices we make. Functionally, aesthetically, psychology and neurology the science, the studies. Prior to researching Nico spent 15 years working as an interior designer in Vancouver Canada before the birth of her first child.

Nico now focuses her time on building and growing yourPARO . Her focus is science centered design. She also work as an interior designer and has a small design practice. Paro Interior Design.

https://www.yourparo.com/home-page