It's the Little Things

Today we talk about how little things like sight, sound, smell and touch - all have an impact on our mood.  Taking the time to look at these things and how they make us feel allows us to make better choices which in turn sets us up for a better mood.

Transcript:

Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast, Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I use that word rebuild specifically, because we're designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

If that's you, I just want to say, from the bottom of my heart, I'm sorry.

I know how overwhelming and itchy it feels when all of your plans, all your hopes, all your dreams for the future have gone up in smoke.

And it really does.

It feels like you're starting over.

But I'm here to tell you, you are not alone.

You're actually in the right place.

There is hope.

It gets so much better.

So welcome.

I'm so glad that you're here.

As we get down to today's episode, today we're going to talk about our senses and how that affects our mood.

I think being conscientious of things is the first step to conquering being on top of our mental health and being aware of how things are.

So I think so much of my life, I did things kind of unaware, you know?

The way things affected my mood or whatever, I was just kind of a little bit oblivious to, and becoming really conscientious about how we interact with the world and how that affects our emotions, I think is a big step in our mental health and in taking control of it.

Instead of it controlling us, we control it.

And I think that's super important.

So I think, just taking the time to think about it, as like how our senses affect our mood.

So as we talk about our senses, well, the first sense that comes to mind is sight, right?

So what we see truly affects our mood.

And you know this, you know, if you see a sunset or a rainbow, it kind of puts you in a good mood.

You're like, oh, that's pretty.

But if you see a pile of trash or an animal that's been hit on the side of the road, that can put you in, oh, a not so good mood, right?

So how can we control this to affect our mood in a positive way?

Well, color has a big effect on your mood.

So really dark colors can sometimes, I mean, there is science of psychology behind this, that lots of blacks and lots of really, really dark colors kind of dampens your mood.

But bright colors lift your mood.

And it's slight.

I'm not going to say if you paint your whole house white and yellow, that you'll suddenly be in a better mood.

But colors truly do affect your mood.

And so I think the things you have around your house and the dominant colors matter.

I've noticed some design trends where you have an accent wall that's really, really dark, like navy blue or something like that.

If you're in a difficult season in your life and you're struggling not to feel depressed and sad, I would recommend having a very dark accent wall.

This went so far for me, even as the color of bedding that I chose.

I always tried to choose light bedding.

And then one time, I was on this deal website, and they had some bedding, and it was so pretty.

It was navy blue, paisleys.

It was really pretty, and I bought it, but I realized it just made my room feel dark and closed, and it didn't have the same effect.

And even though it was a beautiful comforter blanket, it really wasn't what I needed as I was going through a difficult season.

And it's not that anything was wrong with it.

It was just, I needed to have bright colors.

I had a bright