Like many people, Amy Morin, a psychotherapist and author of “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do,” loves to be surrounded by the color blue. So much so, in fact, that she lives on a sailboat in ...

This segment originally aired in December 2023. It aired again in March 2025. Every other Friday on Morning Edition, the Outside/In team answers a question from a listener about the natural world.

Cool color like blue calm and relax your space. While it can be nice to have a room that’s bright and cheerful to motivate creativity and productivity, you probably don’t want your whole house to be ...