What makes a space feel good to you?
Atmospheric designer Teresa Olson joins me to explore the spaces, relationships, and everyday rhythms that shape how we feel. Through her design practice and experience as a 6/2 Markets Reflector, we consider how to recognize our own needs — and make room for them as life changes.
About this conversation
Teresa owns Olson House in Milwaukee, where her Nordic heritage informs a collection of Scandinavian goods, curated vintage, and local art. Her atmospheric design practice considers how a space feels, sounds, and smells, as well as how it looks.
Drawing on her training in neuroaesthetics, biophilia, and colour theory, we explore where her work meets Human Design Variables. A room full of favourite objects might comfort one person and overwhelm another. What can we learn by paying attention to those differences?
We also enter Teresa’s world as a Reflector: growing up sensitive, finding belonging through music and community, and preparing to come off the roof as a 6/2. She shares how lunar authority and soundboarding work in her life, including the recognition that some opportunities arrive after she has already been waiting for them.
Her experience of living with metastatic breast cancer brings us into a conversation about care without blame. Teresa shares how she supports her mental and physical wellbeing alongside treatment, and how healthcare costs and tariffs have affected her life and livelihood. Our surroundings include the systems we depend on, too.
From dancing in the bathroom to choosing a favourite texture, we explore the small, specific ways Teresa makes room for joy while navigating a world she feels deeply.
Inside this conversation
Explore atmospheric design, neuroaesthetics, and our sensory experience of space.
Consider colour, lighting, natural materials, and Nordic design through the lens of individual needs.
Hear Teresa’s experience as a 6/2 Markets Reflector preparing to come off the roof.
Explore lunar authority, soundboarding, and what waiting looks like in everyday life.
Reflect on sensitivity, relationships, and the people who become our environment.
Hear Teresa’s experience of living with metastatic breast cancer and caring for herself without blame.
Consider how healthcare costs and tariffs affect her work and daily life.
Find inspiration in music, movement, community, and everyday rituals.
Connect with Teresa Olson:
Website & Shop → olson-house.com
Interior Design Services → Explore Teresa’s services
INSIGHTS is a conversation series on the Vaness Henry Channel exploring the art of healing, Human Design, and the evolution of consciousness.
