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Detox Your Home in 5 Steps: A Physician's Guide
By Dr. Meg Christensen | Updated December 2025
Whether you're motivated by a New Year's reset, overwhelmed by conflicting advice, or not sure where to start with creating a healthier home, I made this guide for you.
After years of consulting with people just getting started on making their homes non-toxic, I noticed a pattern: they were often experiencing a lot of fear and worry about things that didn't matter much, while overlooking more important things. For example, stressing about a Prop 65 label on a lampshade while not considering their water quality. I think scary-sounding things (like Prop 65 stickers!) can sometimes confuse the hierarchy of what actually matters for your health. It’s so easy now to get swept away by fear or fixate on certain objects, especially with so many fear-based Instagram accounts listing off all the dangerous toxic things in your home without any nuance. I don’t think it’s fair.
So yes, as a culture we should move toward avoiding the creation of Prop 65 lampshades in the first place, but one that’s already in your house won't affect your health much at all. This is because the chances any part of it will get into your body are incredibly low—lampshades are low-touch items that don't off-gas, and there's no friction to create chemical-laden dust. On the other hand, water contaminants are a near-constant daily exposure straight into your body through both drinking it and bathing in it. Context, and exposure pathways, matter a lot, and they’re not always obvious.
Second, if you're anything like me and want to do everything all at once when you get excited about something, this is the practical advice I learned after I ran into the realities of budget and time. I got swept away trying to make my entire home non-toxic immediately, but quickly understood I had to prioritize. Annoying! (Haha.) So, this guide also comes from direct experience.
In short, the areas to focus on first are:
Air
Water
Dust
Pillow
Cookware
This approach considers the time and proximity you have with each thing—essentially, the closer you are to something and the longer you're exposed, the more chances it has to have a negative (or positive!) effect. You're constantly breathing air, so it makes the top of the list.
This approach also considers how much potential for harm something has. Memory foam in a pillow is very likely worse for you than microfiber sheets, so even though you're in closer contact with your pillowcase, the pillow is what wins a spot in the top 5.
Finally, it's strategic, so you benefit from the highest impacts across your various activities of daily living. For example, while you could start by improving the health of your entire bedroom (sheets! mattress! duvet cover! pillow protectors!)—focusing on just a pillow first, then an affordable non-toxic pan buys you time to save and plot your next bedroom steps while cutting out a high-impact daily source of toxins in the kitchen.
All that said, this is not a rigid prescription. My goal is to give you a reasonable framework to reduce overwhelm and so you can make an informed decision about what's right for you, without unnecessary worry. In my case, while I knew this was the most rational way to proceed, I was definitely more motivated to buy pretty linen sheets than a water filter, and did exactly that. Not the most logical choice, but fun and enjoyment matter during this process, too. Do what you need to do. You don't have to be perfect. You don't even have to be consistent. All baby steps are good steps.
Alright. I've included free and easy options throughout, plus ready-made kits at every budget level if you just want to start with a curated set. At the end of the guide, I also have my rationale for why a few things didn’t make the top five, and how to organize prioritizing them and the rest of your house.
Here we go!
Clean Your Indoor Air Quality
Why this matters: You take around 20,000 breaths daily. Indoor air is typically 2-5 (up to100!) times more polluted than outdoor air, and you can’t necessarily see it or smell it when it’s dirty. And, if you’re like most Americans, even if you’re active outside, you likely still spend more than 90% of your time indoors breathing that air. Indoor air is worse than outdoor air because indoor air pollution gets trapped by walls, and contains VOCs from furniture, cleaning products, and building materials, plus particulate matter (PM) from cooking, allergens, and outdoor pollution that makes its way inside. Larger particles can irritate your throat and lungs, and VOCs and ultra-fine particles pass directly through your lungs into your bloodstream, which is how they cause body-wide effects, including certain cancers.
Free Options:
Minimize use of scented products: this doesn’t just mean candles and incense, but also synthetically fragranced hand soaps, garbage bags, and air fresheners. These add harmful VOCs to the air, and avoiding them instantly improves your air quality.
Open windows: open your windows daily to let polluted air out. Crack the windows while you’re sleeping at night to let carbon dioxide escape. CO2 builds up quickly, and high levels can disrupt sleep.
Use the exhaust fan every time you cook: this helps remove harmful particulate matter (PM 2.5) and VOCs. If you’re skeptical about how much regular cooking worsens indoor air, watch how fast levels rise in my house in my short video here.
Contact your county or state about a free radon test kit: Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US, and since it’s odorless, tasteless and invisible, you have to test to know it’s there. It comes from the bedrock under 7 million homes in the US. Testing can literally save your life, and some cities and states offer them for free. You can check here.
Lower-Budget Option. Use the free methods, plus:
Affordable bedroom air purifier: a sub-$200 air purifier with a true HEPA filter can capture harmful PM 2.5 very effectively, during the 8 hours per night your body is healing and recovering. PM 2.5 is linked with asthma and heart problems, and more and more research is coming out showing effects on immune function and oxidative stress. An air purifier is a super easy way to reduce levels and protect your long-term health.
Mid-Range Option. Use the free methods, plus:
Air purifier with both HEPA and carbon filtration: VOCs, gasses, and odors are too small to be captured by a HEPA filter, which is where activated carbon or zeolite comes into play. It is able to adsorb VOCs, removing them from your air. For effective removal, you need at least 1 pound of carbon, and some machines even have 15 pounds and are able to remove formaldehyde. This adds an extra level of protection beyond PM 2.5. Prioritize the bedroom and consider one for your main living area, too.
Use a long-term radon test kit: use a 90-day radon test kit. 4 day kits are really good for understanding if there is a current radon problem, however, radon fluctuates a lot week to week and throughout the year. A 90-day kit will give you a much more accurate picture of your radon situation, and they’re still quite affordable.
Higher-End Option. Use the free methods, plus:
Multiple air purifiers for whole-home coverage: also consider medical-grade HEPA filters or large amounts of VOC adsorbent.
Indoor air quality monitor with continuous radon monitoring: use an indoor air quality monitor in your main living space (kitchen or living room), and consider separate ones that track at least CO2 in your office and bedroom. They help you see the invisible and understand whether you should open the windows while cooking to release high PM2.5, or track VOCs from new building materials or furniture, indicating when to turn up your air purifier. CO2 builds up surprisingly fast in rooms with closed doors and can make you sleepy when trying to focus on work, and if levels get very high, wake you up at night.
See detailed side-by-side reviews of what I recommend:
Or, jump down to the ready-made kits for each budget level at the bottom of this guide.
Purify Your Tap Water
Why this matters: You use water to cook, bathe, and for drinking water throughout the day. Since you consume 11-16 cups of water per day through both food and drinks, it’s a huge opportunity to remove contaminants that would otherwise go straight into your body. Your skin is great at keeping most contaminants out while bathing or showering in water, even lead, though PFAS are an emerging area of concern. I’ve heard lots of skepticism about the need to filter tap water — “cities do a good enough job cleaning it up; I drink it and I’m fine!” but even major governmental organizations recognize it’s not as clean as it should be. A big study by USGS from 2023 showed that PFAS were detected 45% of US drinking water samples. And, it’s also well known that limits on contaminants in municipal water supplies are not set with health standards as the sole focus. Limits also take into account the difficulty and expense of filtration technology— how much taxpayers are willing to pay.
Free and Easy Options:
Find out what is in your water: look up your city’s water data using your zip code on the Environmental Working Groups’s website.
Free city-supplied testing and filters: many cities offer free water testing kits and filters! This is more common in places with older homes or with known water supply issues, but it’s absolutely worth googling or calling your water supplier about this.
Lower-Budget Option. Use the free methods, plus:
Countertop water filter: certified countertop water filters, like pitchers or gravity dispensers, can remove pharmaceuticals, PFAS, VOCs, pesticides, and other contaminants from water. They’re less expensive than under-sink 3-stage setups or reverse osmosis and still effective.
Basic shower filter: a basic shower filter is such an easy way to reduce your daily exposure to chemicals and some are very inexpensive while still being certified. They screw in to your existing water spout quickly and easily, and remove chlorine from your water, which can help with dry, frizzy hair, asthma, eczema, and other dry skin conditions. Some are even certified to remove PFAS and microplastics, so they offer health benefits in addition to aesthetic ones.
Mid-Range Option. Use the free methods, plus:
Under-sink water filter with multi-stage filtration: three-stage filtration removes more than a countertop filter does, and almost as many contaminants as a reverse osmosis unit does. These are a good, comprehensive way to reduce daily water contaminant exposures for not just your drinking water, but cooking water and hand-washing water, too.
Shower filter + bath filter: choose a shower filter that’s certified to remove PFAS and microplastics in addition to chlorine and consider a bath filter set-up, too. If you have little ones that take baths or if you’re soaking in the tub for a long time (like I do), it’s nice to know that the water is free of irritating chlorine, PFAS and more.
Higher-End Option. Use the free methods, plus:
Under-sink reverse osmosis with remineralization (consider multiple): reverse osmosis is the gold standard for water filtration, and removes nearly every contaminant. Prioritize your kitchen, since you use that water for both drinking and cooking, but consider one for under your bathroom sinks, too. You could also consider a whole-house filtration system. I haven’t rated these like I have other water filter types yet (it’s complicate!) but I trust Aquasana for their consistent transparency, NSF certified testing, and results sharing.
See detailed side-by-side reviews of what I recommend:
Or, jump down to the ready-made kits for each budget level at the bottom of this guide.
Reduce Toxic Dust in Your Home (Then Replace Furniture That Creates It)
Why this matters: Dust isn't just little bits of dirt and dead skin cells, like I thought it was growing up. It's actually one of the major ways we’re exposed to chemicals. Harvard has done a handful of studies on dust, with unsettling results showing that people are exposed to 800+ different chemicals in rooms furnished with standard furniture, and that the chemical mixture blocks sex and thyroid hormones. We’ve known for years that cats get hyperthyroidism because of the flame retardants that fall out of standard foam, and we’re learning now that we’re vulnerable to these chemicals and others, too. Additives fall out of foam and fabric over time, they don’t stay locked in. Adults actually ingest around 50mg of dust daily, and kids 100mg, from hand-to-mouth exposure. So, cleaning up dust, as much of a chore as it is, is a super important way to improve your health.
Free and Easy Options:
Take your shoes off at the door: this reduces pesticides, lead dust, and outdoor contaminants so you’re not adding anything to the indoor burden
Damp dust weekly: a wet cloth traps particles instead of redistributing them
Vacuum your couch and mattress surfaces weekly: it sounds a little silly, but flame retardants and other chemicals are released from foam, and vacuuming these up from the source is a great way to reduce levels before they spread into other areas of your home.
Minimize clutter: fewer surfaces means less dust accumulation and easier cleaning
Lower-Budget Option. Use the free methods, and consider:
A substantial outdoor mat, an indoor boot tray, and dedicated house slippers: remove as much debris from your shoes as possible before walking in, store your shoes on a boot tray made without styrene rubber that catches any extra, and wear shoes or slippers that are only for indoor use.
Mid-Range Option. Use the free methods, plus:
Choose an air purifier with a large pre-filter to capture dust: air purifiers won’t eliminate dust, but they are capable of reducing the amount that stays in the air and settles on surfaces. An air purifier with a large washable pre-filter is ideal, because it’ll capture a large amount of dust that you can easily clean off and re-use.
Use a HEPA-rated filter vacuum: most vacuums re-release dust and ultra-fine particles back into the air. A HEPA vacuum with allergy seal permanently traps them inside, so your hard work isn’t undone.
Consider a non-toxic or organic mattress topper: if you have a little more room in your budget, an organic mattress topper is a good way to reduce friction on a foam mattress underneath and is more affordable than replacing the whole thing.
Higher-End Option. Use the free methods, plus:
Replace the sources of toxic dust: this is part of the long-term journey. When the time is right, start by replacing the large foam items that may contains flame retardants as well as other foam additives like stannous octoate. Swap for a non-toxic couch and mattress first, followed by other soft goods like throw pillows, rugs, and curtains, then work your way toward solid furniture. At the very end of this guide, I have a list of how to prioritize the rest of your home after taking care of the top five.
Jump down to the specific recommendations I have for each budget level.
Detox Your Bedroom: Pillow First
Why this matters: Your pillow is the object you're in closest contact with— it’s pressed against your face for a third of your life, during the hours your body is recovering and healing itself (your body literally repairs your DNA while you sleep!) Pillows are also more affordable than mattresses, and since they wear out more quickly, it’s likely that you’re due for replacement anyway. Memory foam pillows are full of chemical additives, often including flame retardants, and wrapped in heat-trapping polyester (a plastic fabric.) Putting something organic under your face that won’t expose you to unnecessary chemicals is an easy, great way to start detoxing your bedroom.
Free and Easy Options:
Wash your existing pillow: this will remove dust mites, allergens, bacteria, some of the fabric-processing chemicals from the encasement, sweat, and oil, improving your health immediately. If you have a memory foam pillow, you can’t wash it in the washing machine, but you can remove the encasement and wash that.
Lower-Budget Option:
OEKO-TEX certified polyester pillow: polyester isn’t ideal, but it is very affordable, and when it has OEKO-TEX certification, it is tested to be healthier than standard pillows with fewer chemical additives remaining in the final product.
Mid-Range Option:
Certified organic pillow: there are so many great truly organic and natural pillows, including ones made with organic latex, kapok (a fluffy fiber), organic cotton, and wool. Choose one that supports your sleeping position, so your neck and spine stay happy and aligned all night, another important part of your health.
Higher-End Option:
Don’t stop with just the pillow: use the pillow as a jump-off point for detoxing the rest of your bedroom, too. When budget is an issue, a pillow is a high-impact, affordable way to start, but of course if you can make the investment in an organic mattress, bedding, decor, and furniture, your bedroom is the first place to start. Again, it’s the room you spend the most time in, and the room you’re doing your nightly recovery in.
See detailed side-by-side reviews of what I recommend:
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Or, jump down to the ready-made kits for each budget level at the bottom of this guide.
Detox Your Kitchen: Replace Non-Stick Cookware First
Why this matters: Ingestion (eating and drinking) is one of the three primary routes of exposure. Cookware comes into direct contact with your food, meaning whatever is in it makes it into your body when you eat. Cookware is actually more important than silverware, plates, and cooking prep tools because heat, long simmering times, and acidity are involved. Heat, acid, and time are the main ways that harmful chemicals are extracted out of cookware. Non-stick coatings with PFAS, modern “non-toxic ceramic” non-toxic coatings, reactive metals, and questionable glazes can leach into your food daily.
Free and Easy Options:
Stop using scratched or damaged nonstick immediately: a non-stick pan showing signs of wear means the coating is degrading and making its way into your food and body.
Use lower heat and avoid scratching the surface: if you have class non-stick pans, this reduces the degradation of the coating.
Turn on your exhaust fan: if you’re using a non-stick pan coated in Teflon or other PFAS, these can be volatilized into the air, so removing that air with your exhaust fan or an open window every time you cook will immediately help.
Lower-Budget Option:
Get one all-purpose healthy pan: a totally non-toxic, deeper pan that’s oven safe can be used for sautéing, simmering, and baking. Uncoated titanium or cast-iron is perfect for this. You can read more about exactly what to look for to avoid toxic coatings (and what “non-toxic ceramic” really is) in my detailed, free Coatings Guide.
Mid-Range Option:
Get a non-toxic cookware set: avoiding PFAS in the classic non-stick cookware (still being sold today!) and lead that contaminates some cheap, imported metal cookware, are no-brainer ways to reduce daily toxic exposures. A full set of pots and pans ensures that no matter what you’re cooking, you’re safe. Titanium, cast iron, stainless steel, and nickel-free stainless steel (if you have an allergy) are the healthiest options, and there are some less toxic versions of ceramic non-stick as well. You can read all about it in my Steel Guide and Coatings Guide, compare options side by side on my Non-Toxic Pots and Pans page (paywalled), or just jump down to see my specific recommendations, organized by budget.
Higher-End Option:
Don’t stop with just the pots and pans: eliminating toxic cookware from your kitchen is first, but the kitchen overall is the second most important room to focus on after your bedroom because you eat, drink, and breathe so much of it in. Replace coffee makers, tea set-ups, and mugs next, since they make and hold daily hot beverages. Switch to cleaner bakeware after that, then your dishes, and your small appliances last.
I organize my Pots and Pans, Bakeware, and Dishes guides into the Look Inside section of my website, which is $4/month for access. You can use code PEEK for your first month free, sign up by clicking on any page, and cancel anytime. Or, I also have a top pick from each section in the ready-made kits, up next!
Ready-Made Kits by Budget
Free
Here is a summary of all of the free methods you can use to detox your home, organized into a checklist by daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly habits. Click on it for access— you don’t need to download anything or sign up— it’s just hosted on Canva so you can view it anytime. Right click on it when it’s open to save it as a PDF or print it out.
Under $500: Foundation Reset
With just these five changes, you've covered your 24/7 air and water exposure, upgraded your closest sleep contact, eliminated toxic cookware, and are taking meaningful steps toward harmful dust reduction. This is a complete foundation. (FYI, prices accurate as of December 2025.)
Air
Winix air purifier for your bedroom— $179
Water
Elite Brita filter in their pitcher, or pour into your own glass carafe— $40
Dust
Always take off your shoes at the door and wet-dust weekly— free
Cookware
Around $2,000: Complete Core Upgrade
This builds on the foundation with higher-capacity filtration, certified organic sleep surfaces, and professional-grade cookware that will last decades. You're covering all your constant contact exposures thoroughly, with more focus on your bedroom and kitchen, where you spend so much of your life. (FYI, prices accurate as of December 2025.)
Air
Air Doctor 3500—$379. Plus, Radonova 90-day radon test kit — $59
Water
Clearly Filtered 3-Stage under-sink filter — $495. Plus, the Weddell Duo shower filter + bath filter —$89
Pillow
Avocado organic pillow— $107+
Cookware
$5,000+: Long-Term Investment
This is the comprehensive approach—whole-home air and water purification, premium certified organic bedding, kitchenware, and furniture replacements that address your main dust sources. You're setting up systems built to last 10+ years with minimal ongoing costs. (FYI, these are non-sale prices accurate as of December 2025.)
Air
Medify medical-grade HEPA filters with VOC adsorbent— $549, plus Airthings indoor air quality monitors
Water
Cloud reverse osmosis filter in kitchen (consider bathrooms) —$749+
Dust
Over time, upgrade to a flame retardant free organic couch, then other furniture — $3,000+
Pillow
Start with a luxury Avocado pillow and organic mattress and start working toward a fully detoxed bedroom —$1500+
Cookware
Start with Our Place 10 piece titanium cookware set, coffee makers and bakeware —$500+
What Didn’t Make the Top Five and Why
All of the following are great places to start if they speak to you and you want to do it! There is no perfect path, but here’s a little bit about my thinking that went into why these didn’t make the top five:
Circadian Lighting
On my original Top Five list, circadian lighting didn’t make it on this guide, because it was replaced with cookware. Sure, I could have changed this to Top Six, but I wanted to keep things tight. I thought about this change a lot, and here’s why I decided to do this:
Circadian lighting is really important. This is because your body’s 24-hour cycle, also called the Circadian Rhythm, is a delicate and orchestrated set of signals telling your body what to do at the right times. It’s synced with the sun and moon, and light is the main way hormone release is triggered— for example, low light in the sky in the evenings tells your body to start making the hormone melatonin, so you get sleepy. While that’s the most well-known example, your circadian rhythm also releases hormones that control your blood pressure, bowel movements, hunger, and heart rate, and more, all depending on the time of day. When your circadian rhythm is disturbed, especially over years like it is for people working the night shift, it is linked with an increased risk of breast and prostate cancer. It’s a big deal! In 2017, the Nobel Prize was given to a group of circadian rhythm scientists that discovered how clock genes work, and since then, the field of chronobiology has grown rapidly. Although most of us know that too much blue light at night is bad for sleep, researchers are starting to learn about all of the other implications of the circadian rhythm and how disordered light exposure affects our entire body.
While bright blue light is natural in the early morning hours and helps improve sleep, mood, and alertness, the increasing amounts we’re exposed to in the afternoons and evenings presents problems, especially as LED bulbs have taken over households. Lightness, darkness, and the gradations in between are a 24/7 exposure with real health implications.
But, ultimately, I decided that non-toxic cookware is a higher priority. That’s because, while we have some information about how circadian lighting affects us, it’s still a relatively new field and it takes more extreme conditions to cause health issues beyond insomnia (like being a night nurse for many years.) For normal use in the home, we don’t know enough yet. On the other hand, the research on PFAS is overwhelming and definitive. There is no doubt they are bad for us, in normal levels of exposures in every home, especially through non-stick surfaces like pots and pans.
So, for now, safer PFAS-free cookware wins. I still think it’s worth improving your circadian rhythm -friendly lighting methods, and here are a few tips:
Change your TV display settings to a warmer (more yellow or red) tone. It is barely noticeable, and can help reduce sleep-disruptive blue light exposure when it matters most.
Do your morning activities in rooms that get sunlight. Open the blinds!
Cover up any small blinking lights in your bedroom— you can use electrical tape or objects. Amazon even has inexpensive stickers just for this purpose.
Use blackout curtains to reduce the amount of artificial street light entering your bedroom. I recommend these options, which are not only good for blocking light, but are also safer from a material health perspective — most other conventional blackout curtains are made with PVC or other plastics that can off-gas in the heat of the sun.
Use a totally dark alarm clock without LED indicator lights, or a sunrise alarm, instead of your phone, which can light up the room.
Use healthy light bulbs throughout the day — full-spectrum ones in the morning, amber ones in the evening, and no-blue or red ones at night. These are the circadian rhythm friendly light bulbs I recommend.
Mattress and Couch
I often see mattresses and couches recommended as the best place to start when creating a healthier home because they are large objects, conventional foam is toxic, and you spend a lot of time on them. I understand this reasoning, and so did include them in the top five, sort of— as extra steps after taking care of your pillow and after reducing household dust load. I did this for accessibility reasons, and because pillows and dust are slightly higher impact places to start. While your body is very close to your mattress, your face is even closer to your pillow and represents all three routes of exposure directly on it (ingestion, inhalation, and absorption.) Problematic dust comes from many sources in your home, including electronics, personal care and cleaning products, plastics shedding from rugs, abrasion of coatings on tables and chairs— in short, not just the couch and mattress. Many people cannot buy a truly organic couch and mattress right away, but if you can, I do think these are great places to prioritize, too.
Kitchen Plastic
It is absolutely a good idea to swap out plastic food storage and water bottles, and making the move to a healthier and lower-plastic kitchen overall is also another extra step I recommend after taking care of your cookware. That’s because cookware is in contact with your food in conjunction with heat, acid, and time, moreso than anything else in your kitchen (maybe with the exception of plastic storage tupperware for hot leftovers— wait until it’s cooled down to store it.) This makes cookware the highest impact focus to work on first. Additionally, cookware’s toxicity is not only plastic-based coatings or PFAS, it can also contain heavy metals, or allergens like nickel. Finally, it’s hard to say all plastic in the kitchen is all bad — there are shades of grey here. For example, all water filter membranes are made with plastic, but they also literally remove 99%+ of microplastics from tap water (read my discussion of this at the bottom of my Under-Sink Water Filters page.) The plastic components of a food processor are in contact with cold food, pretty infrequently, and there are no home-use food processors that are completely plastic free at a reasonable price point (most are for commercial use and $1,000+). So yes, make the move to glass food storage and move away from plastic whenever it is reasonable to do so! But, this is why cookware won for the Top Five.
How to Prioritize Other Toxic Products in Your Home
If you need help deciding where any other product category falls on the priority list of toxic things to avoid in your home after the Top Five list above, I recommend asking yourself these four questions:
What the chemical of concern is: is it a Prop 65 sticker on the bottom of a solid wood furniture for wood dust, which is for the workers protection, and doesn’t actually apply to you? Is it aluminum, which our bodies are excellent at keeping out? Is it formaldehyde-based glue, which is a definite concern?
Whether or not it’s likely to come off of the product into your home: will it evaporate into the air as a VOC, or fall out through abrasion into dust? Does it need to be coaxed out of a surface with acid and heat?
How likely it is to move from your home and into your body: are you touching a chemical that can be absorbed by skin (lead doesn’t go through skin, for example)? Is the chemical of concern in dust and you will breathe it into your lungs, or are you a baby on the floor with your hands touching the dust and going into your mouth?
How intensely and often you’re being exposed to it: is this a lamp’s wire sitting in a corner that you touch maybe once a year? Or is it a tabletop that you’re constantly resting your arms on and eating off of?
It’s complicated, and I don’t want this to make it feel more complicated. Instead, I hope these questions, as well as everyting above, helps emphasize that not everything toxic is an emergency to take care of immediately. Give yourself lots of grace and space and take your time!
