photo credit Has January gotten off to a slow, cold start for you? Do you feel like you’re just now finding your groove for 2011? If so, it may be because you are more in alignment with the day much of the world considers the beginning of 2011. February 3rd marks the Chinese New Year. And this year is the Year of the Rabbit. What does this mean for you? Perhaps the Tiger of 2010 didn’t agree with you. Well, this year we have the...

Are you using your children as an excuse for your cluttered home? If so, you’re not alone. When I go to people’s home for feng shui consultations, I often hear clients immediately apologizing for their clutter. And then they point the finger at their children (and then their spouse!). While it is true that having a child or children is cause for more things in the house, it doesn’t mean your home has to be cluttered...

One of the best things about being a writer is that there is virtually no overhead. All you pretty much need is a computer and some discipline. However, it is for this reason that a designated office space is often overlooked for writers, not to mention a feng shui-ed office space. Whether writing fiction or non-fiction, blogs or books, a writer spends her day pouring herself out, emotionally and intellectually, onto paper and into the...

Do you find yourself constantly striving to find a balance in your life? Because we live in a world of dualities, simple things such as work and play OR complex things such as the energy centers within our body can easily become out of balance. Ultimately all of our challenges come down to BALANCE whether it is stress, relationships, or health. And so is the case within our home. Feng Shui is all about balance. Just as yoga is about the...

We see it all the time. Sports figures retire, un-retire, re-retire, un-re-retire, and finally retire. If it wasn’t Michael Jordan, it was Magic Johnson, Jimmy Connors, Lance Armstrong, and now Brett Favre.  And while they go through this in front of the world, we all go through a similar struggle without the media attention. This struggle that I am referring to is the attachment to our “identity.” And as our world undergoes...