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    Let There Be Light, Just Not This Kind
    Manina Murphy
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Let There Be Light, Just Not This Kind

    If you use CFL's (compact fluorescent lightbulb) in your lighting fixtures then this is going to be a lightbulb moment💡 Let me enLIGHTen you! Years ago the incandescent light bulb was phased out and replaced with these little beauties - the household version of fluorescent tubes. The reason and big "improvement" was the energy efficiency factor. We're all familiar with the horrible buzzing sound and the flickering (both visual and non-visual) that is just accepted as a colla
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    Trauma-informed spaces proven to benefit recovery
    Manina Murphy
    • Jun 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Trauma-informed spaces proven to benefit recovery

    There exists a dire need to recognize the powerful influence of our surroundings on mental health.
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    Integrating the healing power of nature into design
    Manina Murphy
    • Jun 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    Integrating the healing power of nature into design

    That connection to nature is restorative and healing for our mental and physical health.
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    Design Your Emotional Wellness
    Manina Murphy
    • May 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Design Your Emotional Wellness

    Having a space of comfort and healing has become ever more important to our emotional well-being.
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    Home Sweet Home? Not for at-risk youth. A call to shelter them with dignity through design.
    Manina Murphy
    • May 7, 2020
    • 3 min

    Home Sweet Home? Not for at-risk youth. A call to shelter them with dignity through design.

    How can we expect the best result when we don't provide them with all the tools and supports to recover and thrive.
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    The Therapist's Chair and How Interior Design Can
 Improve Patient Outcomes
    Manina Murphy
    • Feb 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Therapist's Chair and How Interior Design Can Improve Patient Outcomes

    After many decades of research, we are now designing healthcare facilities with a human-centric approach. Evidence has proven that interior design is a transformational force in our ability to heal, engage and respond in positive ways. Improved patient outcomes is a fact. Evidence-based design is moving into other domains - slowly. For me, interior design has always had a deeper meaning - something meaningful, something more important than just fabulous throw pillows. That
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    Peter Leven, PhD, on how your furniture arrangement impacts clients.  That's evidence-based design.
    Manina Murphy
    • Nov 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    Peter Leven, PhD, on how your furniture arrangement impacts clients. That's evidence-based design.

    When treating clients with shame or trauma, how space is designed can make all the difference. Peter explains one simple change that practitioners can make to eliminate triggers of shame. https://www.nicabm.com/one-common-mistake-practitioners-make-that-can-heighten-a-clients-shame/ Let's take this one step further. What if your client is a veteran suffering from combat PTSD? Research indicates that certain design elements can both trigger or alleviate anxiety for these cl
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    Evidence Based Design - it's a thing!
How interior design impacts mental health
    Manina Murphy
    • Sep 23, 2019
    • 3 min

    Evidence Based Design - it's a thing! How interior design impacts mental health

    The emerging field of evidence-based design (EBD) is quickly gaining traction based on decades of scientific research. Largely applied in health care settings, this field of expertise has seen a new way of thinking in architecture and design of health care facilities to create integrative restorative environments that improve patient outcomes. Our physical surroundings have a direct and immediate impact on mood and behaviour. Pretty sure we already knew this on a basic leve
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