No matter how much time you spend there, your home is an important part of your life. It should reflect your taste and style, sure, but it’s even more important that it’s a place you feel comfortable. So many of the self-care tools and techniques discussed in this book can be done at home (which is an important part of a healthy self-care routine), but if your home isn’t a place you want to be, it can be hard to chill out enough to focus on self-care. It should never be hard to relax in your own home, but when it is, it’s next to impossible to form an effective self-care routine.

Everyone would love to live in a mansion with all sorts of space to dedicate to self-care. A private gym, maybe, or a dedicated meditation room sounds great, but they’re not really necessary to create an effective and constructive self-care routine. For many people, that’s not realistic. The good news is that it doesn’t matter! Any home can be optimized for self-care regardless of how big it is. With minimal effort, a few strategic changes, and maybe a few houseplants or scented candles, your house can become a spa-level self-care palace.