5 Questions to determine your home's health

When our hearts are unhealthy, our whole body suffers. Likewise, an unhealthy home impacts us negatively on all levels.

Is your home healthy? Ask the following 5 questions to help you make an accurate diagnosis.

• Is there a clear and steady rhythm of life and work and leisure and laughter and fun?

• Do relationships flourish within its walls?

• Do friends feel welcomed and nurtured as they walk through its doors?

• Is it the seat of our true selves, representing and reflecting our spiritual beliefs, our core values, our love for those who share the space with us, our dreams, our passions, our valued treasures, our gratitude for life's smallest blessings, our commitment to and practice of informative, instructional, inspiring and jovial conversations, our penchant for making loving gestures, our commitment to preparing delicious and healthy meals, our mindful attention to regular chores and occasional projects?

• Is there a special place where we can retreat for personal time to relax, refresh and renew our bodies, our minds and our spirits?

Just as we are adopting "green living" principles and practices, let us also cultivate a healthy home on this level - where the heart of our homes tick with the vibrancy of a happy, fulfilled and passionate life with loving relationships, nurturing spaces and healthy practices.

Here's to your home's health.