This is a repost from Unclutterer.com. We all know that a cluttered home or cluttered desk causes a cluttered mind. But researchers at the Princeton University Neuroscience Institute have backed this claim up. They published the results of a study they conducted in the January issue of The Journal of Neuroscience that relates directly to uncluttered and organized living. From their report “Interactions of Top-Down and Bottom-Up...

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...

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...

This is a repost from The Elephant Journal originally posted on October 19, 2010. My favorite quote and the mantra I try to live by is Ghandi’s ”Be the change you want to see in the world.” But there is another Ghandi quote that to me is equally poignant.  He says: “Our contribution to the progress of the world must consist of setting our own house in order.” As a feng shui consultant, this is music to my...

One of the things I love about living in a historical neighborhood is that no one has garages, or at least attached garages. For the most part, everyone parks on the street or in a short driveway and walks in their front door. You wave to your neighbors sitting on the front porch or walking by with their dog and/or child in tote. There is a sense of connection (albeit sometimes too much connection!). In the suburbs, people disappear through...