The Human Side of Real Estate with Gretchen Schmidt #leadership #sellerimpact #realestate #podcast

27 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this podcast excerpt, the host asks Gretchen Schmidt how she helps clients who relocate from sunny Southern California to regions with prolonged gray, overcast weather. Schmidt’s primary recommendation is to use a full‑spectrum “Happy Light” for daily light therapy, placing one in the bathroom for morning use and another in the kitchen for coffee‑time exposure. She also advises planning sunny vacations in November and February, noting that without a break she feels extremely low. The conversation highlights practical, low‑cost strategies to counteract seasonal mood dips and maintain motivation during darker months.

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What is the best Gretchen advice for the people who do move there from somewhere like sunny Southern California? They're not used to it. How do you help people lift themselves up? Because the gray days obviously cause all of us to want to lay on the couch. It's just human nature. How do you get people to adjust to it?
Well, my biggest advice is get a happy light and plan a vacation in November and February because by about February, I want to slit my wrist if I haven't gone somewhere sunny. But, but the best thing that helped me, because I am very affected by it, is getting one of those full spectrum light, the Happy Light. And once it starts getting dark, I just have it in the bathroom. I get up in the morning, I turn it on. I also have one downstairs in the kitchen. So I'm making my coffee, like, I have to get a dose of bright light, or I have a hard time.