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I broke a major Feng Shui rule the other day. Yes, me. And I’m a Feng Shui consultant!
Gratitude and Value
We should always exchange gratitude in advance of getting something, whether it be from a person or the life-giving energy of Feng Shui called Chi.
We also exchange value for services or goods provided, regardless of our need for what we receive. We can pay for those goods or services with money, return of other services, other goods, etc. But, nothing of value in life comes for free. The same is true with Feng Shui.
Along with a sad story, an acquaintance recently asked me to take a look at their home and provide Feng Shui advice for free. And I reluctantly agreed.
I get these sad stories and requests all of the time. After all, rarely do people seek out Feng Shui advice when everything in life is perfect. Many people seeking a Feng Shui consultant’s advice are having difficulty with money and have relationship or career challenges. These are the aspects of their lives that they want to change.
From my experience, those who don’t pay consulting fees don’t truly value the consultant’s experience and expertise in Feng Shui. They tend to second-guess their consultant’s advice, which often makes things worse. It happens every time.
But, when people truly follow good Feng Shui advice, they seriously end up with more wealth, improved health, stronger relationships, etc.
Road Map to Success
As it pertains to your personal life, think of professional Feng Shui advice as a road map. If you were at your hotel and received directions from the concierge on how to drive to the local 5-star restaurant, you don’t stop following the directions after the first or second turn.
Rather, you need to follow the directions until you reach your desired destination. Otherwise, you may end up someplace else entirely… and potentially in a very unsafe neighborhood!
Feng Shui is like a road map with directions to get from where you are to where you want to be. Just as with Google Maps, there are multiple ways to get to your destination.
If you go to three different Feng Shui consultants, you may very well get three different schools of advice on how to change your life, just as you may get differing directions from three different hotel employees to get to that 5-star restaurant.
Does that mean that any of those consultants or hotel employees are wrong? Absolutely not!
Should you, however, take only part of any one set of advice or even take parts of everyone’s advice? Probably not. You may end up much worse than you started.
Your Next Steps
If you are looking to make real positive change in your life:
1) Find someone you trust, whether it is a Feng Shui consultant, a life coach or a potential mentor.
2) Offer them something of value to help you, whether it is their consulting or coaching fee, a few nice lunches, or a service like painting their garage.
3) When they accept to help you, take their advice seriously. Take notes, ask questions, and make sure you completely understand all of the steps necessary to make the changes you need to take.
4) Implement their advice — step-by-step. Do not skip anything.
5) Be patient and double-check to make sure you followed all of the steps correctly.
6) If you have questions, just go back and ask.
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Kaley Cuoco Hires Feng Shui Consultant
I’m normally not one to gossip, but…
In case you hadn’t heard, Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco proved that, despite the character she plays on TV, she may actually be one of the smarter actors on the cast.
She and husband Ryan Sweeting reportedly hired a Feng Shui consultant to cleanse the old marital home of Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom not long after they closed escrow.
The 27-year-old actress is probably best known for her role as Penny in the award-winning comedy The Big Bang Theory. Her husband is Bahamian-born American professional tennis player Ryan Sweeting.
The Purchase
The two bought Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom’s home in Tarzana, CA for $5.5 M shortly after the two split in December of last year.
Sadly, the marriage of Kardashian and Odom got frigid when the 34-year-old professional basketball player was caught engaging in… extramarital activities. Evidently, he was also not willing to accept professional help for his drug addiction.
So, it would make sense to rid the home of the negative energy that may have been causing such a toxic marriage with a Feng Shui cleansing, right? Unfortunately, I think that there is a lot more to it than that.
The Cleansing
According to a source for In Touch Weekly magazine, “Kaley and Ryan hired a Feng Shui expert to restore the positive energy. Kaley doesn’t want their future affected by anything left behind.”
Smart girl. Particularly with negative energy like the Kardashian/Odom home, a Feng Shui cleansing is a great start to putting things right again. When combined with an ideally situated and laid-out home, proper interior decorating according to Feng Shui Bagua principles should keep the positive energy flowing for Kaley and Ryan, right?
Feng Shui Success?
Based upon her recent successes, it wouldn’t surprise me if Kaley has been utilizing Feng Shui for several years.
For instance, she has a hit TV show that has won several awards. And it wasn’t her first. But how about more recently?
Sweeting proposed to Cuoco a few days after they made a significant red carpet debut together at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. The couple got married on December 31st, 2013 (perhaps the rush was for a tax deduction).
Something may have been right in the Love & Relationship Corner of her old home.
As she told Cosmopolitan magazine, “I admit it happened fast, but that’s who I am. When we met, I knew he was the one.”
“[At the wedding], I felt like a rock star and a bad**s. What was amazing in that room, it was so full of love. It was like nothing I’d ever been to before, and it was exactly what we wanted it to be. It was the eighth wonder of the world, the greatest wedding of all time,” she added.
Unfortunately, that may be where the good news stops for Kaley. As a big fan of The Big Bang Theory and Kaley, in particular, what I have to point out next saddens me.
The Property
My feeling is that Kaley (and even Khloe) should have gotten some quality Feng Shui advice on the home before before making their purchases. First off, it is at the end of a cul-de-sac, which is where energy can become overwhelming and destructive.
The front door can’t be seen from the street. Hidden houses have the opposite effect as the cul-de-sac, where not enough energy comes in. Also, the front door faces a hill, resulting in a potentially uphill battle for the Career Area.
The pool straddles the Fame & Reputation Area as well as the Relationship Corner. The key element of the Fame & Reputation Area is fire, which is doused by the water of the pool.
How about a fire pit in the Relationship Corner? Only if the residents want fiery relationships with her spouses.
The Interior
There are also reports that Kaley has kept at least some of the furnishings that Khloe and Lamar had in their home. Pictures have surfaced showing her with the same couch pillows and blankets as those seen in pictures that Khloe had been crying on earlier.
So, I took a look at some interior listing pictures. If the reports on the furnishings are true, I have some free advice for both the Big Bang star as well as for Khloe when she furnishes her new home.
In the home, you could find a sad and lonely portrait of Marilyn Monroe, as well as a painting of a single woman dancing. Keeping these items in the home may result in a sad and lonely outcome for its residents, as it did for Khloe & Lamar.
The home also had a floating Buddha head in the foyer and detached angel wings. You never want to have detached body parts, especially of religious symbols. A complete Buddha should be placed higher, as if on an alter. The ideal spot is in the Helpful People Corner.
Kaley’s Next Steps
If Kaley were my client, I would suggest she throw it all out and start over again. Don’t do a cleansing and keep all of the innately harmful elements in the home. Unfortunately, Feng Shui doesn’t work like that.
So, Kaley, if you’re reading… call me. We’ll make sure to keep your life and career harmonious and balanced through Feng Shui. You are a great actress and I really want you to remain successful and happy.
It is my hope that Khloe Kardashian also finds a peaceful and happy life, perhaps through Feng Shui.
Celebrity Use of Feng Shui
Celebrity use of Feng Shui is nothing new. Steven Spielberg, Courtney Cox, George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey are but a few that practice the 3,000 year old art and science.
One of the richest men in the world, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, is also a fan of Feng Shui. His home is located such that the hill behind it offers protection and boosts his Fame & Reputation Area. In front of the home is Lake Washington, which enhances the Career Area of his house. He also has a dragon and tiger on each side of the home, which are used to attract Chi, or Feng Shui energy, and to provide protection.
Billionaire investor and real estate mogul Donald Trump says, “I don’t have to believe in Feng Shui. I do it because it makes me money.” Trump used Feng Shui principles in the construction of Trump International Hotel & Tower by placing it so that it faced Central Park in New York. He believed it would increase positive Chi for prosperity and success.
Your Next Steps
If you, too, are looking to create a harmonious and balanced life through Feng Shui, start with your home.
Spend some time learning about the Feng Shui Bagua to ensure proper Chi flow in your home or office.
Does your home have the negative energy or harmful elements that I pointed out in Kaley’s new home? If so, contact me to inquire about a Space Clearing and/or Feng Shui Consultation because the disharmony caused by such negative or destructively-flowing energy can be very dangerous to your health, career, marriage, fertility, etc.
Considering buying a new home? Take a look at the recent new home projects where my Feng Shui consultation services were utilized or contact me so I can make sure you purchase a property with good Feng Shui.
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Grand and Spiral Staircases in Feng Shui
We’ve all heard that front doors opening directly to stairs are bad for Feng Shui. In fact, I’ve written about it in a previous post where I described that such designs lead to income problems.
Just as dangerous to a home or office’s Feng Shui is a spiral staircase or even a grand staircase. I want to get into why they can be so harmful and, of course, give you some remedies.
Feng Shui, translated as “wind-water”, is about harnessing the flow of a natural energy called Chi just as boulders in a riverbed work to temporarily divert the flow of water.
Spiral Staircase Dangers
When working with home builders, I always recommend against designs with a spiral staircase. Even though they are an efficient use of sometimes limited space, the benefits simply don’t outweigh the dangers. Potential buyers conscious of Feng Shui will see a spiral staircase and simply walk out.
Consider a spiral staircase to be like a corkscrew digging into a particular section of the Bagua in the home or office. Please also keep in mind that each section, or Gua, of the Bagua represents a part of the body.
As an example, a spiral staircase in the middle of a home, or Health Area, will figuratively dig into the heart of the Bagua. I have found that those living in such a home frequently have health issues related to the heart or blood pressure.
Many spiral staircases are made of metal, which only exacerbates the digging effect. The same goes for any staircases (spiral or otherwise) with metallic coloring, whether they are gold, silver, bronze, copper, etc.
Any staircase with the color red is morbidly characteristic of blood flowing down the stairs. Circulatory issues are common with residents of such homes.
Another problem related to most spiral staircases is the empty space between each step, preventing Chi, that natural flowing energy, from rising to the upper levels. Rather, energy only flows down — and painfully so.
Spiral Staircase Cures
What if you have a home that already has a spiral staircase? Certainly, replacing the staircase isn’t usually financially feasible.
First and foremost, find a creative way to cover the openings between steps. I suggest using wood because it has the energy of growing up, like a tree. Feel free to cover it in a fabric, such as carpeting.
Use neutral colors instead of black, red or metallic colors. It is better to use the colors of plants or trees.
Now, we need to find a way to work against the downward corkscrew energy. To do this, I recommend the use of lighting and plants.
The lighting should point upward from below, again pushing Chi up the stairs and working against that painfully downward force.
The use of certain plants and trees also move energy upward. Tall trees based at the bottom of the stairs will do the trick. Ivy along the railing will further influence the energy to move upward.
Grand Staircase Dangers
Luxury builders often want to utilize grand staircases. They are beautiful, opulent and, well, grand. They are also very dangerous to the Feng Shui of a home.
Because of their often circular nature, any energy that flows up the left staircase at the Family Area just goes right back down the right staircase at the Creative Area, completely bypassing half of the second floor’s Bagua.
Thus, grand staircases often prevent Chi from giving life to the upstairs offices and bedrooms representing the Wealth Corner, Fame Area and Relationship Corner. That’s simply bad for business and bad for the business of love.
The same rules apply here as with other types of stairs — metals and the colors of metals are bad. Likewise with the bloody effects of red.
When working with builders, I often suggest some very specific modifications to the design to ensure proper energy flow while maintaining the grand effect of the staircase.
Grand Staircase Cures
Again, what remedies are there to cure a grand staircase that already exists in a home (aside from tearing it out and adding the Helpful People, Career, and Knowledge areas back into the upper floor)?
First, add a red rug at the top of the right staircase. This works to slow the energy that is attempting to flow back downward.
Second, make sure that you have a large, shiny chandelier above the foyer and another shiny chandelier at the upper floor where the two staircases meet.
To keep with lighting, up-lighting or upward sconce lights along the staircase will help push and keep energy upstairs.
Just as with spiral staircases, you can use tall trees at the bottom and ivy along the edges to help influence Chi upward. You can even use wood trim designed with the effects of ivy.
Next Steps
Generally, it is best to avoid a home with a spiral or grand staircase in terms of Feng Shui. But, at least there are cures available to improve such designs to minimize their negative effects.
Spend some time learning about the Feng Shui Bagua to ensure proper Chi flow in your home or office.
If there is something unique about your stairs or layout, such as scissor-stairs, contact me to inquire about a Virtual Feng Shui Consultation because stairs can be a dangerous element.
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Feng Shui is About Harmony & Balance
While it may be tempting to make your love corner completely pink or your wealth corner completely purple, don’t overwhelm one area without balancing the other spaces in your home’s Bagua.
“I’ve turned my entire relationship corner pink and I still haven’t found love.”
This is a pretty typical of emails I get from people inquiring about Feng Shui consultations.
Whether you want to improve your health, wealth, fame, career, fertility, relationships or love, keep this in mind: harmony and balance.
Harmony and balance shouldn’t just be your desired outcome.
Harmony and balance are also required in Feng Shui placement and decor in order to get what you want.
The Purple House
The following pictures are from a home that was recently listed for sale in Middlesex, England.
For soon-to-be obvious reasons, the listing agent neglected to say much about the interior.
While the home was attractive from the outside, every room inside was completely purple.
Purple is certainly a color of royalty and wealth. And I’m not saying that I don’t like purple.
But this… is overboard.
Residents of homes like this don’t experience an abundance of money while living there.
And people certainly don’t sell homes like this at a premium, especially when you factor in the costs of the decor. (Though, this one received enough viral coverage that someone with a purple predilection may have spent too much money just to have it.)
Moreover, residents in over-the-top homes like this usually have career, health, relationship and marital issues.
Harmony and Balance
As I said, you need harmony and balance in your home’s decor and placement in order to have harmony and balance in your life. But how?
Most ideal would be to spend careful time in each area of the Feng Shui Bagua to ensure proper and steady flow of Chi, or Feng Shui energy.
At the very least, start by ensuring that opposing corners or sides of your home’s Bagua are balanced.
As you see results from the opposing areas, move onto another pair of opposing areas.
All the while, be sure to pay special attention to the Career & Life Path Area of your home by your front door by making sure that it is clear and clean to attract Chi into your home.
Remember, don’t go all purple on me!
Next Steps
Spend some time learning about the Feng Shui Bagua to ensure proper Chi flow in your home.
If things still feel stagnant for you after making the above changes, contact me right now to inquire about a Feng Shui Space Clearing or a Virtual Feng Shui Consultation because you need healthy Chi flow.
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2014: Year of the Wooden Horse
Happy Lunar New Year!
In Feng Shui (and for many Asian groups), this is the “real” time to celebrate the New Year. We often hear it called Chinese New Year, Korean New Year, etc.
Complete with the tradition of handing out little red envelopes of money to friends and children, this is an exciting time for people around the world.
Are you ready to make it exciting for you, too, by learnin how to generate some wealth in 2014?
Before we begin, have you cleaned out the clutter you may have collected during the holidays? If not, click here to review what needs to be done.
Clear the View
Now that we are de-cluttered, we need to begin the new year with a clean house.
Start by wiping down all of the door handles around the house to welcome in new opportunities for 2014.
Wash your windows to see things more clearly in this year of the horse. If you can’t see out, how do you know how far you can run?
So, your house is all clean, as well as clutter- and dust-free so that you can welcome in the new energy for 2014.
Now it is time to check your purse and wallets and all of your jacket and pants pockets. Clear some space for the incoming wealth energy!
The Lost Wallet
Before I get to that, I have a little story:
We found somebody’s old wallet on the ground in a parking lot the other day. It was completely filled with junk… old business cards, receipts, about ten credit cards, etc.
Once we found the driver license, we promptly drove to the address listed and found the owner. The home and the wallet’s owner looked as worn and tattered as the wallet.
The owner of the wallet was surprised he had even lost it and showed us the wallet-sized hole in his back pocket. “It happens all of the time,” he said. Really?
There is a lesson here…
Make Space for Wealth
Clean out all of the old receipts and business cards you collected in 2013 (or maybe even further back for some of us).
Get rid of used tissues (and commit to never replacing them), outgrown childrens’ toys, expired coupons, stale chewing gum… whatever it may be. Clean it all out!
If you have unnecessary identification cards, membership cards and credit cards, take them out.
Now, wipe down or clean your purse or wallet and patch up all of the holes in your pockets.
If you can wash your purse, then wash it. If it’s a nice leather purse or wallet, then find a leather cleaner to bring that new shine back to your most central symbol of wealth.
Welcome in the new wealth by creating a clean and welcoming space for that 2014 cash to find a home!
Make It Red
If you are in the market for a new purse or wallet, look into investing in an attractive red one. Red has the energy to attract as well as to deflect.
Contact me if you are interested in getting one of these wallets!
In this case, we are using red to attract the wealth and prevent the draining of wealth.
Moreover, red promotes ambition and determination. It gives confidence to those who are shy and lack positive will power.
Who couldn’t use more of that energy in the pursuit of wealth this year?
The Bagua’s Wealth Corner
Don’t forget to spend a little time learning about the Bagua and the Wealth/Prosperity/Money Corner, in particular. Don’t neglect the other areas, however!
Next Steps
If things don’t start out quite right for you, a professional space-clearing or personalized Feng Shui consultation may be needed to get your home’s energy moving again.
Contact me right now to inquire about a Virtual Feng Shui Consultation or a Personalized Numerology Reading because I want to help you get 2014 off to a great start!
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Stairway to Failure: Use Feng Shui to Fix Front Doors that Open to Stairs
This is a common issue I see in many homes.
Forces at Work
Front doors should never immediately open to a stairway. It’s a common reason for financial failure. I always advise my home builder clients against them and my homeowner clients to remedy them.
Here is the problem as it relates to Feng Shui: the gravity force of Qi (pronounced “chi”) energy coming down the stairs is greater than the incoming Qi from the door.
This symbolizes the loss of income and wealth, but also impacts all aspects of Feng Shui. Whether you are the home builder or the homeowner, this is bad news.
Remember that the front door is always the Career & Life Path area of your home.
Feng Shui Cures
Now, I have solutions for home builders when I work with their designers.
But, what if you already own a home with such stairways or are seriously considering buying such a property where this is the only flaw? Certainly remodeling to move the stairs isn’t practical.
The cure is to hang a crystal or a wind chime from the ceiling halfway between the base of the stairs and the front door. The effect of this is to diffuse and spread the Qi as it comes down the stairs. You need to prevent it from rushing out the front door with the incoming energy along with it.
By the way, if there’s more than about twelve feet of distance between the door and stairs, the issue isn’t as severe. It doesn’t hurt to still remedy it, though.
Next Steps
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