Designed for Happiness

Loneliness

How to Design Spaces for Human Connection

Erin Peavey on May 14, 2024

By embracing human-centric design, intentional spaces become platforms for community engagement and social integration and combat loneliness.

By embracing human-centric design, intentional spaces become platforms for community engagement and social integration and combat loneliness.

Loneliness

Building Connected Communities

Erin Peavey on October 30, 2023

Takeaways from a week at Harvard University with the U.S. Surgeon General paving the way to foster connected communities.

Takeaways from a week at Harvard University with the U.S. Surgeon General paving the way to foster connected communities.

Trauma

How School Design Can Help Children Feel Safe

Erin Peavey on September 23, 2023

Strategies from trauma-informed design can help more children feel safe and mentally well at school.

Strategies from trauma-informed design can help more children feel safe and mentally well at school.

Loneliness

6 Ways to Design for Social Connection and Community

Erin Peavey on May 4, 2023

Want to use the built environment to foster social connection? A few simple evidence-based design strategies can help prevent and ease loneliness.

Want to use the built environment to foster social connection? A few simple evidence-based design strategies can help prevent and ease loneliness.

Career

The ABCs of Creating a Brain-Healthy Workplace

Erin Peavey on March 9, 2023

Work got you down? A few brain-healthy adjustments to your workplace habits can help.

Work got you down? A few brain-healthy adjustments to your workplace habits can help.

Creativity

How Social Design Can Heal Our World

Erin Peavey on January 20, 2023

Overlapping crises can feel nothing short of an existential threat; but what if instead we saw them for the invitation they are?

Overlapping crises can feel nothing short of an existential threat; but what if instead we saw them for the invitation they are?

Loneliness

3 Evidence-Based Strategies for More Connected Workplaces

Erin Peavey on June 2, 2022

More than half of workers are lonely, and remote workers have an increased risk of loneliness. Find out why and what you can do to design for greater connection in the workplace.

More than half of workers are lonely, and remote workers have an increased risk of loneliness. Find out why and what you can do to design for greater connection in the workplace.

Intelligence

The Work of Rest: Investing in Yourself With a Sabbatical

Erin Peavey on December 31, 2021

Do you want a life more filled with joy and meaning? The revolutionary act of rest can go a long way.

Do you want a life more filled with joy and meaning? The revolutionary act of rest can go a long way.

Relationships

The Ties That Bind: Why Social Networks Matter

Erin Peavey on November 22, 2021

Social ties can improve employment, health, and childhood education. Here's how to create places to foster connection and combat loneliness.

Social ties can improve employment, health, and childhood education. Here's how to create places to foster connection and combat loneliness.

Self-Talk

3 Olympic Athletes Who Helped Me Stop Competing

Erin Peavey on August 12, 2021

Struggling to balance it all? How to listen to your inner voice and redefine your worth.

Struggling to balance it all? How to listen to your inner voice and redefine your worth.

Loneliness

Is Your Environment Making You Lonely?

Erin Peavey on May 3, 2021

Does where you live impact how connected or isolated you feel? Learn how the built environment can help combat loneliness and create social well-being.

Does where you live impact how connected or isolated you feel? Learn how the built environment can help combat loneliness and create social well-being.