A NEW YEAR OF CAREGIVER WELLNESS: Shawn Hallam, President of Instant Jungle, on How to Improve Home Air Care with Houseplants; Hugs for Health and Matthew Perry and the Loneliness Epidemic
Kicking off the 4th Season of our “Caregiving Club On Air” podcast which is all about caregiver wellness, corporate gerontologist, Sherri Snelling focuses on two of the seven key wellness elements from her new book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life. The first element is Environmental Wellness where Sherri talks with Shawn Hallam, President of Instant Jungle on how houseplants can improve health by creating better air care at home – just in time for January 10 National Houseplant Appreciation Day!
Shawn Hallam –
President of Instant Jungle
Caregiver Wellness News
In Caregiver Wellness News Sherri highlights the Social Wellness part of her book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life. The first topic is about the health benefit of hugging for January 21` National Hugging Day. Sherri explains how to harness your 4 feel-good hormones through activities like hugging that improve mental and physical health.
Another aspect of Social Wellness is how to combat the loneliness epidemic in the U.S. Sherri wrote a recent blog about how loneliness led to the death of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry.
For more on social health and loneliness, check out our podcast interview with Marc Schulz, co-author of of “The Good Life” and the co-director of the Harvard Adult Development Study on happiness, Season 3, Ep 20.
Well Home Design News
For Well Home Design News Sherri talks about the 5 best houseplants for air care and reviews how to bring your garden indoors – safely, cleanly and easily.
For more on communities that were built with biophilic design principles, there is no better example than Serenbe, located 30 miles outside of Atlanta. Check out our podcast interview with Steve Nygren, creator of Serenbe on our Season 2, Ep 11.
Me Time Monday Wellness Hack
As always, we end our episode with our Me Time Monday Wellness Hack. This episode we focus on the color psychology and the power of green to spark joy. You can read more about color psychology and how it affects health and wellness in Sherri’s book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life.
RESOURCE LINKS
Click here to find out where to buy Sherri’s Me Time Monday book and learn more about the workshops
Sherri’s Me Time Monday book GoodReads page
Elder Care Locator – eldercare.gov or call 1-800-677-1116
Sherri’s articles related to this episode
Caregiver Wellness
Can Loneliness Increase Your Alzheimer’s Risk? (USA Today)
“The One About Matthew Perry and His Lesson on Loneliness” (Sherri blog)
Environmental Wellness
Creating Dementia Friendly Home Design (USA Today – also view our free webinar on Dementia Friendly Design)
A new kind of 55+ community is wooing residents with wellness, nature and cultural connections (Marketwatch)
A New Study Reveals A Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease & Environmental Risks (PBS Next Avenue)
A Brand New Hue (Snug Home blog)
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