How Your Home Shapes Your Happiness, Mental Health & Relationships & The Simple Changes That Make A Difference Ft. Moll Anderson

Michael Bosstick (0:01)

Welcome to The Bossticks.

Starring Lauryn Bosstick and Michael Bosstick. Together, they are The Bossticks.

Lauryn Bosstick (0:14)

Moll Anderson. She is on the show. We are talking about the art of living well. Master your space, curate your life, and live more intentionally. I was introduced to Moll through my stylist, Isabel, and I was blown away at how she curated and edited her home. She's a lifestyle expert, author, designer, and someone who has spent decades studying the connection between how we live and how we feel. Moll Anderson, welcome to The Bossticks.

Isabel styled both of us today, so if you want to see our outfits, they're complimentary, sorry, Michael. You can see it on YouTube. And then we had Chris Dillon do our hair, and we had Chloe do our makeups.

I initially fell in love with you because Isabel was showing me pictures of your incredible house, but the way that you think about the environment. Like she showed me that you had sunflowers with the petals pulled out and a big bowl of green apples. Just, it was very creative. And you can tell that you're someone who really cares about the environment and the space that you're in.

Moll Anderson (1:16)

I do.

Lauryn Bosstick (1:17)

And I'm hoping from this episode that we can sort of romanticize everybody's life.

Moll Anderson (1:21)

I would love that. I live to romanticize everyone's life.

Lauryn Bosstick (1:25)

So tell us first one thing that anyone can do right now that's free to make their environment feel more functuated.

Moll Anderson (1:33)

Well, first of all, the reason for doing it is I want people to become more sensory aware.

Meaning, you know, we learned in first grade that we had five senses, correct? And then we never talked about it again. But it's so important because the way we look at something, the way the something, the scent of something, the way it feels, audible, you know, all of it, it becomes so important. And somehow we've lost that. And part of my goal with all of this that we're going to be talking about is that I want people to raise their children to be sensory aware. To say, I want you to see these beautiful green apples I put in a bowl. And I want you to understand that there was a farmer who grew these. And that beautiful color green, it just accentuates the way the whole kitchen looks and it feels so good, but we can eat them.

And it's a wonderful thing and we should be grateful for them and understand that somebody really took the time and their whole life was about growing those apples. It's a different way of thinking.

Lauryn Bosstick (2:33)

Why do you think people have lost touch with the five senses?

Moll Anderson (2:36)

Because we stopped talking about it. We stopped talking about it after the first grade. And so I really got into it with my last book because I thought this is so important. And sense memory also plays a part in that. You know, when we pick colors and choose colors, when we look at color, it's not just with our eyes, it's with a full sensory experience, meaning we have memories tied to colors from the time that we're small children until today. So there may be a reason you hate a certain color and you don't know why.

Because you have not looked back and looked at sense memory and what does that mean? Why do I have an aversion to this color? What is it? Did something happen to you? Did something wonderful happen? So you love that color because it makes you feel good?

There's always a reason we either love or hate a color.

Michael Bosstick (3:26)

That's why you don't like that pale dusty pink color.

Lauryn Bosstick (3:29)

No, I don't like pale dusty pink because it reminds me of a hospital and I have an aversion to hospitals.

Michael Bosstick (3:34)

No, it's because that kid threw up on you when we were in sixth grade.

Lauryn Bosstick (3:36)

That's true. That has to do it.

Moll Anderson (3:37)

Sounds like there were several things. So wait, you spent a lot of time in a hospital?

Lauryn Bosstick (3:41)

No. I'm scared of hospitals and that pink, you know, the pink kind of like syrupy kind.

Moll Anderson (3:48)

Yeah.

Lauryn Bosstick (3:48)

It has to be the right tone.

Michael Bosstick (3:50)

I'm in the tone. Our child was sick recently. You know, the kids get sick, they throw up.

Moll Anderson (3:54)

Yes, of course. We're trying to talk about the five senses, Michael.

Michael Bosstick (3:57)