“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us,” Winston Churchill said in a 1943 speech. He recognized the impact of our built environment on our mental state, a correlation that has only become ...

Micro-actions are purposefully small and time-bound, designed to require very little planning, decision-making, or motivation. By keeping the task manageable, micro-actions lower the barrier to ...

You walk into your home after a long day, ready to relax and recharge. But instead of feeling relief, you feel a vague sense of unease. Nothing dramatic happened. There’s no obvious emergency. Yet ...

To remember well, you have to efficiently retrieve a memory from your brain. But what if that memory comes with lots of baggage or clutter? That’s what researchers believe is happening when healthy ...

In today's fast-paced world, it's easy to become overwhelmed by the constant influx of information and distractions that we encounter every day. Our minds can become cluttered with thoughts, worries, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Mental clutter doesn’t just reside in the mind—it manifests throughout the body, breath and ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - When most people think of spring cleaning, they picture taking a dust rag to the attic or sorting through the depths of the closet. A licensed professional counselor in ...

ACC recently joined forces with The Home Edit to teach students how to keep the clutter down for better mental health and academic performance. Kelley believes well-organized spaces have a huge impact ...

Dirty dishes piled up in your sink. Clean clothes mixed with dirty ones on the floor. Junk mail sitting on your desk. Oh, and is that an old food wrapper under the couch? If your home is messy or ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Summer may be in the air, but it’s still spring. That means spring cleaning, and a new study shows that it can be good for your brain. Spring cleaning is an annual chore that you ...

Tierney Malone is a deep cat who is forever breaking down the layers of stuff in his brain to arrive at answers. What distances Malone from the token deep thinker is that he’s able to translate his ...

Some people accumulate way too many things over the course of their lives. While it may not seem like a big deal to some, having a cluttered home can be a direct result of becoming overwhelmed by ...