Episode #18
2618 Does Your Home Help You Thrive or Hold You Back? with Kim Costa
How do you feel when you walk into your home each day? Is it possible that you could create a haven that supports your personality, dreams and goals vs creating feelings of overwhelm, drain and responsibility? Maybe your home once fit your life and no longer does. Maybe it never really worked for you in the first place. Either way, you may find yourself wondering: Is it time to stay, go or renovate? In this episode of Living the Good Life, I’m talking with Kim Costa, a REALTOR®, author, speaker, podcast host and creator of Lifestyle Foundations and the Wheel House Assessment. With more than 30 years of experience in residential construction, design and real estate, Kim helps people look beyond bedrooms, budgets and square footage to consider a bigger question: Does your home—and the environment around it—help you thrive, or quietly hold you back? Kim explains how our surroundings can affect everything from our health, relationships and work to the ways we rest, create and connect. She also shares how her own home supported her through a major season of reinvention—and the wonderfully serendipitous story of eventually living in the kind of cottage she had imagined years earlier. We talk about: Recognizing the everyday friction your environment may be creating Why “familiar” doesn’t necessarily mean “right” Looking at your needs before deciding whether to stay, move or renovate Creating space for the parts of yourself that need to refuel Kim’s simple “front door feeling” exercise Making one meaningful change instead of trying to fix everything at once You don’t have to be buying, selling or remodeling a home to get something from this conversation. Sometimes the first step is simply noticing how your surroundings make you feel—and asking what might help life work a little better. Kim is the author of Live in Your Wheel House: An Empowering Guide to Stay, Go, or Reno. Connect with Kim Costa: Website: Lifestyle Foundations Virtual Workshop Instagram Facebook LinkedIn For more conversations about creating a life with greater freedom, purpose and intention, visit Living the Good Life and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Join the conversation: Come hang out with us in the Living the Good Life Facebook community for: Episode previews Bonus content Guest Q&A opportunities A community of people choosing to live with more intention and joy Join the Living the Good Life FB Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LTGLCommunity Every episode proudly sponsored by http://SwitchtoUSAMade.com Contact Kimberly Henrie at https://livingthegoodlife.us/ If this episode resonated with you, take a moment to leave a review or share it with someone who might need a little nudge toward their own version of the good life.
