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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo. My name is Laura Beatriz Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady.

Today I have a Special guest Andre Crabb, a former software engineer turned energy practitioner. Andre specializes in somatic work for Stress Reduction and Optimization.

He developed a protocol called The Mindworx Method. I am excited to share the couch with you today Andre to talk about your work! Welcome…

I want to share with the audience how we met and also what it was like experiencing your modality. #Excorcism

I will include links for Andre in the show-notes! His website TopHuman.co and this is his instagram. I can’t recommend him enough and can personally attest for the healing impact his approach has.

Thanks for joining us everyone. Remember to like, share and subscribe to support my work and spread the love. I can’t emphasize how helpful these simple forms of support are to building community and visibility. Cheers Everyone & Ciao for now!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch! My name is Laura Beatriz Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady.

I’m so excited to introduce today’s guest Clothing Designer Natalie Maharaj! You can learn more about her here https://nataliemaharaj.com/.

All right everybody, thank you for joining us and be sure to like, share and subscribe! These are wonderful ways to support the pod and spread the love. Cheers everyone and Ciao for now!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo. My name is Laura Beatriz Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady.

Today I am going to talk about my personal Shui and share my ongoing journey with you. As you feel yourself changing internally, you will find your environment shifts with you.

Listen, there’s no such thing as PERFECT Feng Shui. It’s a moving target. 😉

GOOD Feng Shui is the goal and that means an environment that evolves and pivots with you. Such that change is an ongoing practice. 😀

You are not static, your circumstances are not static and as such your environment is not static. 🙌

Your environment is a mirror or reflection of Your Evolution. The reality is that if you don’t see a reflection of change in what’s around you, then you are not fully evolving. 🪷

When you allow for growth; change and expansion is reflected in your environment. ✨

That includes everything from your home, your inner circle, what food and entertainment you consume and what you give your energy to. The recent eclipse season had a dramatic effect on who and what I give my energy to. 🤯

I also had an epiphany as a result of the Venus Retrograde about my physical space. I decided to revisit my environment and look at my space and circumstances as if I was working with a client. 🤓

I questioned both my circumstances and my surroundings. I asked myself if I was happy and what I would like to see differently. These are the kinds of questions I would ask you.

I decided to give myself a VIP Feng Shui Experience! Seriously! I even filled out my new and improved client intake form. I decided to walk myself through an actual client experience. 🧐

When I treated myself and my environment from the vantage point of a practitioner, I was able to see with my Feng Shui eyes what I couldn’t see as the person currently living in my home and circumstances. It was an enlightening experience. 😎

I came up with new activations and adjustments for my prosperity Gua for example. The Prosperity Gua is the area of your home that represents your wealth.

I replaced a lovely mirror which was perfectly good Feng Shui with a new Tapestry depicting a captivating Zen Drawing that represents good fortune and harmony. While the mirror was fine there; the Tapestry is a powerful visual cue that serves as an activation that I placed with specific intention. Every time I look at it now, I feel inspired by the composition and energy of the artwork. The piece is thought provoking and engages my imagination around the interconnectedness of everything and how the universe is working on my behalf.

It’s a series of three overlapping line filled circles. The separate forms come together as one composition representing heaven, earth and humanity. In Feng Shui we work with 3 kinds of luck Heavenly luck, earthly luck, and human luck. Two out of three we have agency over, earthly luck which refers to our physical actions we take towards our goals and human luck which refers to our attitude and energy or chi. Heavenly luck is divinely guided by destiny and karma. I love staring at the figures and experiencing their relationship to each other. I can’t emphasize enough how powerful the imagery in your environment is to creating your narrative and lived experience.

As I referred to earlier nobody has perfect Feng Shui. In my home for example I happen to have a portion of my Skills and Knowledge gua that’s missing and lives just outside my front door. This energetic Center called The Skills & Knowledge Gua and also referred to as the Wisdom Gua is just as important as Love or Money or any other energetic center and theme. It represents Information we seek to teach others and Information we want to learn and acquire for ourselves. A portion of this energetic center resides just outside my front door.

The interesting thing about this is how focused I have been this year on learning about sales and marketing and discovering how to integrate business systems and strategies as an entrepreneur.

I also have a lot of Knowledge I want to teach and share with the world around Feng Shui. So I definitely don’t take for granted this energy center and its interesting that it’s the only Gua at a deficit therefore calling for my special attention.

In Feng Shui your front door or entrance is referred to as The Mouth of Chi/Energy. It’s one of the most important power centers of your home and where your blessings enter. Of course I have cures in place for the missing portion of The Skills & Knowledge Gua but when I was doing my personal report and treating myself as a “VIP Client,” I suddenly came up with more creative and advanced additional cures to really energize this area. It was like puzzle that needed solving and it was time to figure it out!

An inviting entrance is incredibly important in Feng Shui. Things like a Welcome Mat and a Wind-chime help activate and welcome chi here.

So what I decided to do was update my welcome mats both inside and outside my home with 2 brand new matching super bougie ones.

As I pondered the best activation for this Gua I decided to incorporate the image of a majestic mountain which is extremely supportive in Feng Shui. I scoured the internet for welcome mats that depicted a beautiful mountain landscape. Since I can’t hang a picture of a mountain outside my apartment and there’s no room for one near the front door, the welcome mats are the perfect vessel for this imagery.

The new Mountain mats will serve as a cure to help connect the portion of energy of my Skills and Knowledge Gua lives outside my apartment with the part that’s inside. The mats I chose also have a flowing river running down the mountain which is very auspicious. Water features or imagery that flows into the home represent abundance and money entering the home so in effect the mats will also beckon abundance into my home. I ordered 2 of them from a vendor in China and they will take several weeks to arrive. I can’t wait!!!

I should also mention that the element for the Skills & Knowledge Gua is Earth. One of the most powerful ways to depict earth element in Feng Shui is with a scenic mountain.

In Feng Shui Mountains represent support, protection, and stability—the feeling of having something strong behind you. Because this is my skills and knowledge gua, this kind of support is very important.

Over the last couple years I have invested heavily in mentorship and advanced training in both my field and in developing my sales and marketing and business systems. As an entrepreneur it’s hard to wear every hat, so I sought training and support in these areas.

Other associations with Mountains include:

* Support and backing: dependable people, mentors, colleagues, and resources.

* Security and protection: a sheltered setting that helps you feel safe and rooted.

* Strength and endurance: a solid foundation and the ability to remain steady through change.

* Authority and steadfast leadership: mountain imagery has also been used to symbolize a ruler’s stability and support.

I feel strongly that implementing this new cure will be powerful for me. The timing of it will also align with and support my integration of all of the elements that I have been taught over the last couple years and in my most recent mentorship container.

Learning about something new is one thing. Applying it is another. Integration takes time and practice. As mentioned, I recently completed a Feng Shui Business mentorship container and since then I have been actively applying and integrating all that I have learned into my business processes, my social media presence, my networking and my lifestyle.

Giving myself this VIP treatment has been a great exercise! You can’t always see yourself and your situation as clearly as someone looking in from the outside with a fresh lens.

PS ~ This is akin to why therapists still need therapy! 😆

I stepped out of my life and reflected on it as I would a paying client. I started by completing my intake form applying that information to my proto…

Hello & Welcome to the Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo!

Today my guest is Dr. Victoria Moreno who practices Acupuncture in Costa Mesa!

* What inspired you to become an Acupuncturist?

* How long have you been practicing?

* What is your practice called?

* What is Acupuncture and how does it work?

* What kinds of conditions do you treat?

* What kinds of conditions does acupuncture treat that are surprising and you think people should know more about?

* Can you give some examples of how you have helped people overcome Chronic or hard to treat conditions?

* Tell me about COSMETIC ACUPUNCTURE?

* Let’s talk about WOMEN’S HEALTH & FERTILITY.

* Where can people find you?

I’ll have links for Victoria in the show notes !

Ok everybody thank you for joining us and please share this episode with anyone who could benefit and of course subscribe, like and share to support my work and spread the Love! Cheers & Ciao for now!

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Hello & Welcome to the Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo! My name is Laura Beatriz Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady.

Today I am back talking about Feng Shui For Baby!

You’re probably wondering how does it work?

What else would it be good for?

Why would I do Feng Shui when there’s IVF?

Also what does my house have to do with my fertility?

These are all good questions so let’s talk about it.

Feng Shui for Baby works in layers.

Where it comes to Fertility your general health, your reproductive organs, your nervous system and mental state of mind all contribute to your fertility outcome.

So does your sex life so there’s a number of layers right there.

From a Feng Shui perspective all of these layers are mirrored somewhere in your home. You can actually look at your physical environment as a Living Breathing 3 D Vision Board.

There’s an area of your home that represents your Children & Creativity, and an area that represents your Health and an area that represents Family and even an area that represents your Love life! So many layers and they are reflected all around you in your physical environment where Feng Shui adjustments can provide breakthroughs. Seeing your space through Feng Shui eyes can reveal energetic blocks.

It can get even more granular in that there are areas of your home that represent specific parts of your body. For example a woman’s reproductive organs are represented in her relationship Gua and activating this Gua with specific cures can be life changing.

In Chinese medicine Feng Shui actually serves as a diagnostic tool. Some of the same meridians Acupuncturist’s treat in the body actually have a corresponding area of the home that reflects what is happening with you physically. For example REN Mai or the conception vessel that we refer to as the uterus is represented in the love Gua of your home and bedroom. This is considered Yin or feminine energy .

When your spending Thousands of dollars on Fertility treatments that are taxing your body

It could actually be a welcome relief for you to know that there are holistic treatments options that are really quite pleasant and cost a fraction of the price of invasive Western treatments. A Holistic approach can actually improve all areas of your life without incurring the health risks and side effects associated with IVF.

Now that you’re looking at it from a whole new perspective! You’re probably thinking ok tell me more!

When you Consider the financial and physical investment required to pursue fertility treatments versus Feng Shui & Accupuncture. They become viable options worth considering. They also have the side effect of improving other aspects of your life. Feng Shui for example creates a setting that’s designed and aligned with your highest good.

IVF is a five-figure investment: roughly $20,000–$30,000 for one round when paying out of pocket, including medications. Simpler fertility treatments can cost less. California clinics publish ranges between $17,000–$30,000 for a complete IVF cycle, depending on what’s included. Feng Shui is a fraction of this and doesn’t come with the negative side effects. Neither can guarantee a baby but in a cost benefit analyses all of the approaches are worth considering. I’m interested in moving the conversation towards holistic options that don’t pose health risks.

It’s also worth exploring from a cost benefit analysis perspective where your finances are concerned as well.

The older you are the more profoundly stark the Statistics become where it comes to IVF success rates. The numbers show a sharp decrease in fertility success rates for IVF with hormonal interventions for women over 40. With a statistic of 4.1 percent birth success rate for women over 42 versus around 40% success rate for women between 35-37. To summarize regardless of age, Feng Shui & Accupuncture provides a financially accessible zero health risk option with a high overall wellness upside. I recommend addressing both physical and environmental factors with a combination of Accupuncture & Feng Shui. I have recently started having conversations with Acupuncturist’s to partner and refer clients so we work in tandem for optimal results.

Accupuncture and Feng Shui are both forms of Chinese medicine and complementary modalities. I just did Feng Shui for an Acupuncturist I recently met and she gave me Accupuncture. We are talking about having her come on the pod so stay tuned for that.

The premise of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is that health depends on balance within the body and harmony with your environment. It views the body as an interconnected system, where physical symptoms, emotions, lifestyle, and the seasons influence one another. I can’t wait to have a conversation on camera exploring this further! I hope the information I shared today was helpful and perhaps moved the needle so to speak on your approach to fertility and wellness. If you want to learn more about Feng Shui for Baby or any of my other services I will include a link to my scheduler in the show notes. Please remember to like, share and subscribe to support the podcast and spread the love.

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Hello & Welcome to the Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo. My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady!Today I want to talk about how to Feng Shui Your Way Through Venus & Mercury Retrogrades! There are actually very productive ways to navigate this time period! Instead of getting all doom and gloom about it, I’m going to share some Feng Shui hacks to actually make this fun and fruitful.First let me explain the Astrology of it all. We have an extended period of reflection and revision in the areas of Love & Communication happening until mid December. Yes you heard me correctly. That’s pretty much the rest of the year. And where Venus is concerned it’s been going on since August 31st when Venus entered its pre-shadow retrograde phase.I have personally been leaning into it and am here to help you lean into it too!We officially enter the Venus & Mercury Retrograde on October 3d when Mercury enters its Shadow Retrograde period at the same time that Venus officially goes retrograde.Venus is the planet of Love, beauty, luxury, and aesthetics. So relationships, beauty, and decor undergo an auditing period.Adjacent to Venus being in a state of flux, Mercury the planet of communication and tech also retrogrades. Mercury’s pre-shadow begins on October 4th and officially retrogrades October 24 to November 13 but not out of the post shadow until November 30th. Venus has a longer post retrograde that continues through December 15thWe will all have reasons to reflect on how we are expressing ourselves and communication will require careful consideration all the while our romantic lives and aesthetics will be in flux.Let’s make the most of this time shall we? When Venus is in this state of flux it’s not the time to make permanent decisions about love, or aesthetics. For example not a great time to get married or buy expensive clothing or furniture or get a new hairstyle or cosmetic procedure.Where it comes to fashion, beauty, and decor. This is when we can revisit our fashion past, shop our closets, rotate our art and throw pillows. For example I just rotated my art right before filming replacing my Sun art with My Love is all in honor of Venus and to be on theme with this episode. I also rotated a few of my throw pillows. This zhuzhing was with art and pillows I already own. The idea is to try and work with what you already have or have tried instead of heavily investing in anything brand new.That said, one of the most productive activities you could focus on is auditing your closet. This allows you to focus on the pieces that look best on you and to curate wardrobe capsules for specific occasions and themes.If you do this systematically, you will find and curate your most flattering and elevated wardrobe looks for your best life. Seriously let’s Marie Kondo it! You will also be channeling the energies of Venus in the most positive and aligned way. It’s a big project but a fun one! Listen you have several months to get in there and categorize what needs to be styled, taken to the seamstress, donated, sold, gifted and capsuled.I have been going through my own clothes and trying everything single article on to see what is still working for me. I pulled 4 large bags of clothes from my wardrobe so far! I sold and traded at least one bag full and gifted 2. I have one more to go!My work around for shopping during Venus Retrograde is Selling for Trade! Returns & Exchanges also come in handy through December 15th.The clothes I sold and traded at Crossroad’s since August 31st to now ended up garnering me some amazing new additions to my closet without making any big financial investments. Among the standouts that I acquired through trade were a sexy red dress and power skirt with a cute top that I love. Red is a very new revelation to my wardrobe! It is this year’s power color because it’s the year of The Fire Horse and fire element and colors are a great way to channel this energy.

I also found the prettiest most cheerful Tiffany blue floral dress. Venus Retrograde can sometimes lead to finding stand out pieces in unusual or low stakes ways. Sometimes you can experiment during this time and later change your mind which is why low stakes is the name of the game.

You can also use Poshmark to sell and purchase clothes which is another great work around for Venus Retrograde! The idea is to avoid spending a lot of money on anything.

My favorite part of my closet audit so far was the gifting part! I invited a couple girlfriends over, served wine, and let them basically shop my closet edits that hadn’t sold or been traded.One of my friends said she only had like five outfits to her name so it was heartwarming to see her pull an entirely new wardrobe from my left overs. Both of my friends rocked those clothes and it made a real impact for them. They both ended up with clothes they could wear for work and business as well as pieces they could apply to their social and romantic lives. It was really fun and rewarding to watch them play dress up. You can re-home your former clothes by selling, donating or gifting them. Gifting allows you to know who will be living with and loving your former clothes!I highly recommend this type of exchange. It’s good Karma for your wardrobe in a pay it forward kind of way! The universe will reward you. It has certainly rewarded me with optimal replacements and energetic space.You truly can use this time to refine your wardrobe without breaking the bank. Even if you end up technically with less clothes, you will have a way better wardrobe!Without all the clutter of clothes that don’t suit you, your best looks can now get the attention they deserve! I found this dress in the back of my closet sadly being ignored and now she’s front and center!

This is also a Feng Shui Relationship Hack. If you are single like myself and your closet is overflowing with clothes like mine was, then there’s no room energetically for a partner. If you edit about 25% of your closet to make some space this will help magnetize and invite a new lover into your life. Sometimes less is more.Let me tell you it’s a worthwhile task and something you can sink your teeth into these next couple months while Venus retrogrades for an extended period of time.While dating anyone new is a little tricky right now with Venus in Scorpio and Retrograde. It’s advisable to focus instead on feathering your nest to make space for love for when the time is right. For those already in a relationship, it’s a good time to cultivate it and work on any relationship kinks so to speak.Venus in Scorpio is kinda like channeling Glenn Close’s character in Fatal Attraction. No bueno… If you do meet someone new during this time, just pace yourself and the relationship. Allow it to unfold with greater clarity in December.My advice to my single ladies; invest in some adult toys to keep your sanity in tact until December 15th when Venus finally gets her mojo back. A healing form of tantra in the meantime would be to harness the sexual energy you experience when you play with your “toys” as you envision your future partner. Venus retrograde asks us to take stock of our relationship patterns and release the ones that no longer serve us through some form of therapy, or perhaps journaling. Your bedroom is where the Magic Happens in your relationships so another productive use of this time is to Feng Shui it to uncover any energetic blocks to love. My Bedroom Feng Shui course is perfect for that and I will include a link in the show notes for you.Listen, I’m actually considering doing some past life regression with a therapist during this time to explore my relationship patterns across previous lives… I’ll circle back here on that of course.Ok, let’s talk wardrobe capsules! You can curate a dating wardrobe and build a capsule for love and all your other activities. I actually just built and photographed capsules for dating, networking, holiday parties, and an exotic vacation etc. I’m n…

Hello and Welcome to the Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo. My name is Laura Beatriz Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady. Today I am sharing some Feng Shui insights.

If you have been listening or watching me for a while you know how passionate I am about Feng Shui as a Wellness Practice. I often refer to Epigenetic’s and the impact our environment has on our gene expression and health outcomes! So practicing Feng Shui is not just an aesthetic expression. However the aesthetic benefits are a lovely aspect to its broader benefits.

Feng Shui is actually one of the 5 Branches of Chinese Medicine and serves as both a diagnostic tool and an ingredient in your healing journey. Your space is a mirror of your current circumstances and with Feng Shui you can have some agency over those circumstances.

When you dive even deeper into Feng Shui and its more mystical practices it also serves as a manifesting tool and was originally only accessible to the ruling class for 1000’s of years. I believe that’s why people born into or surrounded by generational wealth don’t experience the same money blocks that most people struggle with. They grow up surrounded by opulence and good Feng Shui.

In today’s episode I want to talk about when the most vital times to invest in Feng Shui are. My top Five examples include when you are Decorating, Moving, Renting, Buying or Investing in property.

Whether you rent, own or have stake in an investment property, decorating and furnishing it, is an opportunity to Feng Shui and space plan with intention to maximize on your properties full energetic potential. That’s the perfect time to reach out for a VIP Feng Shui Experience.

Your experience of home will transform from a nice roof over your head to a living breathing 3 D Vision Board. What you learn in a VIP Feng Shui container will not only serve you in your current home or business but everywhere you go because once you start to see the world through the lens of Feng Shui you will have a whole new world view. Feng Shui is a physical language. Everything everywhere around you is communicating and activating something.

An even more critical time to reach out for a Feng Shui Property Report is prior to making a big investment in a rental, purchase or investment property. That will make the difference between you selecting a property that could be a liability versus an asset.

You are about to spend a large sum of money and commit to physical space that you will either rent and live in, own and reside in, or invest handsomely in with the hopes of some ROI.

In all 3 of those examples I would advise purchasing a Property Report or Reports if you’re debating between multiple properties. It could make the difference between selecting a money pit or your dream home.

Moving home, or Business location is one of the biggest timeline jumps and upgrades you can make in life. I can provide a level of insight, confidence and direction during this pivotal time with my Property Reports.

I have an à la cart Property Report service that’s available for purchase.

I also welcome the opportunity to work with Real Estate Professionals, General Contractors, Interior Designers, and Home Loan professionals as referral partners and collaborators. Feel free to message me for ways in which we can support each other. You can use my scheduler to arrange a zoom chat.

All right everyone thank you for supporting the podcast by subscribing, liking and sharing my content with anyone who might benefit. Many Blessings everyone and Ciao for now!

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Hello & Welcome To The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui & other Woo!

My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady…

Today’s Episode is called “Fanning The Flames of Fire 🔥 & Stepping into your power!”

I missed the last 2 weeks of the Pod because I was super busy behind the scenes preparing to launch a new course where I delve into how to Feng Shui your vessel and by that I mean your body and your clothes. Today I am giving you a preview of how to work with the Feng Shui Elements not just in your home but on your person!

Fire is one of the 5 elements in Feng Shui and one of the most obvious ways of wearing and representing it is by wearing the color red or red spectrum colors like orange and fuchsia.

You can Feng Shui not only your home but your wardrobe to harness elemental energy and archetypes!

Red energetically attracts attention and connection. You can benefit from wearing it in circumstances where you want to be noticed and you welcome connection and attention.

Red imbues you with Main Character Energy and I refer to it’s archetypal energy the Social Butterfly/Siren.

It’s such an activating color that it can also activate aggression and overstimulation. e.g. You might want to wear it on a hot date but not to a contentious legal proceeding.

Red is a power color in Feng Shui and is also considered lucky and auspicious in China where brides traditionally wear it on their wedding days.

This is the year of the Fire Horse so red is definitely a power color this year!

I have historically not worn red and barely ever owned any garments in that color. I didn’t feel comfortable wearing red and struggled to find a flattering shade that worked with my complexion.

I used to primarily wear black to the exclusion of every other color. Especially when I was younger. My mom would always mock my sense of style and question why I always dressed as if I was headed to a funeral or in mourning. She had a way with words….

She wasn’t wrong because I was a little sad growing up and during my coming of age years. I wasn’t comfortable in my skin and I didn’t really want to be seen.

My attitude towards Fire element and the color and energy of Red has recently changed. I just updated my wardrobe with a few key pieces including 2 flirty red dresses and a red power skirt.

I was updating my dating capsule with a couple dresses and I wanted a power skirt for my business networking capsule.

You don’t have to wear a color from head to toe for it to have an impact but if you are going to do it finding the correct shade for your skin tone is important.

As a winter, I look best in reds with a blue, berry, or slightly pink undertone rather than orange, rust, or brown. I think I nailed it!

Have you found your true red? Are you ready to be seen and step into your power? 💪

On the September 10th Virgo New Moon, I officially launched my first offering related to Fashion Feng Shui. It’s called DRESS TO MANIFEST where I teach you how to harness all the elements and their corresponding energies & archetypes through color, shapes, prints and silhouettes. It’s not just about fashion, it’s about identity, intention and dressing for the role or roles you want to play in life.

YOU too can Feng Shui your outfit, your wardrobe, your identity! You can literally reinvent yourself. 🪷

Remember that the World is your Stage! With the right elements of style, YOU can have Main Character Energy... 🫅

This course has been a labor of love combining my two favorite things Feng Shui and Woman’s Fashion! ❤️

During the process of developing this program I underwent my own fashion make-over stepping into my new role as The Feng Shui Lady of The OC. 🍊

As we evolve, our physical environments and our wardrobes serve as expressions of our transformation. 🦋

DRESS TO MANIFEST is available for immediate download!

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To learn more about Shaina Vita Bey visit www.differentiatingbydesign.com!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other woo. My name is Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady. Today’s episode is called Feng Shui For The Divine Feminine & Masculine, a balance of Yin & Yang…

Yin & Yang refer to a series of opposites in Feng Shui starting with Female & Masculine Energy, Dark and Light, Big and Small etc. We seek for a balance between these energies in our homes and our lives. A yin environment is a small dark cozy space filled with lots of little details and objects and more muted colors. A yang environment is a large well lit space with minimal furnishings and bright colors. The idea is to find balance and harmony between the 2 extremes. A bedroom for example is meant to be more intimate and Yin, while a living room would be more Yang and open.

I recently started developing a new approach to my Messaging around Feng Shui because I noticed nobody else in my lane was speaking directly to men. I love men! If you met my Dad you would understand why! I hear a lot of divisive talk around the dynamics between men and women. I have certainly seen and experienced the dark underbelly of toxic masculinity but it has never occurred to me to put all men in that ugly little box. I’m here for the Yin & the Yang!

For close to 2 decades my typical clients have been women because they are drawn to topics like Feng Shui, Astrology and Numerology etc. Men much less so. However when men have hired me they are ideal clients because they are action oriented and will move s**t around without hesitation.

The key with Feng Shui as with anything is that you actually have to do it in order for it to work. You can have the best consultant in the world but if you don’t take action on the recommendations it’s completely useless. I love working with men for this reason because if they are invested enough to hire me they will follow my guidance with enthusiasm and an eye on the prize. By that I mean their goals.

My new approach in the way I communicate about Feng Shui was partially inspired by conversations I have been having with men as well as women. I noticed when I speak to men about Feng Shui they perk up around the history of it and how it was originally Exclusively for Kings & Queens and the Elite class. That’s why Feng Shui is associated with generational wealth. In certain High a net worth circles it’s understood that Feng Shui is a given where it comes to real estate, commercial and investment properties. It wasn’t until I entered those rooms and started having those conversations that I realized there’s a segment of upper class society that doesn’t need to be convinced about Feng Shui. I swear that would have been useful information at the beginning of my career.

The connection with money and power is very compelling to men. I am just now broaching the subject of what it could do for their love lives!

That’s the conversation I typically have with women around Feng Shui however for women my languaging is more romantic and babies are part of the conversation. While with men I am becoming more Frank about love and sex. Men & Women both ultimately want the same thing but we communicate about it differently.

I’m finding my voice with this new approach and bridging the gap between what men and women want to invite into their lives and with each other.

The one thing I hadn’t really talked about directly until now was sex. That seemed a bit bold until recently. The reality is that the recipe for Love & Babies includes Sex. It’s life force energy and It’s the ultimate manifesting tool.

In order to specialize in Feng Shui for the Divine Feminine & Masculine sex needs to be part of the conversation. Especially now that I’m talking to the Fellas.

I’m so psyched to help dudes aka The Divine Masculine as well the Ladies! I have felt called with literal downloads and messaging specifically for men! Just check out my Instagram feed and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

Listen, I’m still here for my gals in fact my work with men helps them create sacred space for us and the divine feminine. After working with me your man will never leave the toilet seat up again because he will understand that it causes his money to go down the drain.

The thing that I have come to learn about human nature is that sometimes people can’t take certain actions because they instinctively aren’t ready for the changes those actions will bring. We all have our blind spots or blocks. When someone is actually ready, they will suddenly feel a sense of urgency and make the changes.

What I love about Feng Shui is how whatever is not working in your life is reflected in your home. If your money is going down the drain it’s hard to miss. If you’re having issues in your relationships and they feel imbalanced visit both your bedroom and your love Gua. Your love Gua may be outside the bedroom but regardless the bedroom and how it is arranged will always be a reflection of your relationships. I want to mention here that relationships and the love Gua don’t just represent romantic relationships. They also represent relationships in general. So the same issues of imbalance that can exist in your romantic relationships can also exist in all manner of relationships including your friendships, business colleagues and acquaintances.

Asymmetrical relationships where there’s an imbalance in the give and take can be reflected by only having one night stand or having one much larger night stand or lamp on one side versus the other. Having your bed shoved up against the wall is another example and reflects a sense of entrapment by either yourself or the people in relationship with you. You want symmetry and a natural flow of energy in and around your bed and in your relationships.

You don’t even need to desire a romantic relationship to desire harmonious connections. Sometimes we are in a personal chapter in our lives where we are focused on our mission and love feels like a distraction. This is all well and good but not a reason to dismiss the principles of symmetry. We need other people in our lives besides lovers who are supportive and for whom we are able to show up for in kind.

If someone says they want a relationship or love or sex or companionship etc but resists centering their bed or getting 2 night stands. That is a personal block they have because on some level they know they aren’t ready or truly open to inviting someone in. It can be a control issue or fear of losing their independence. That same person might immediately make changes to their money Gua because that is their priority at that point in time. My job is to read the room and reflect it back to you. I provide solutions for the blocks and it’s up to you to decide what you are ready to take action on.

I especially love working with homes and helping people create sacred space for love and abundance. My whole career has leaned towards a more intimate and Yin approach.

As I evolve and find my voice a new more Yang perspective

is emerging and I feel called to speak to the interest of both men and women. I’m all about the Yin & The Yang. Everybody wins! Ladies & Gentleman what are you making space for this Eclipse Season? I’m here for you. Visit my Link-tree for all the ways I can be of service. Remember to like, share and subscribe to spread the love and support my work. Cheers & Ciao for now!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo. My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady!

What if I told you Feng Shui could save your life? Sounds a little dramatic I know but I’m not just being super extra. I have science to back this up. While it’s easy to dismiss a practice like Feng Shui as just a Design Aesthetic or some obscure woo practice, it is in fact one of the 5 branches of Chinese medicine along with Accupuncture, Qi Gong, Herbalism, Massage. It’s an earth science that is over 5000

Years old.

Feng Shui is a diagnostic tool used to uncover what is not working in your life as it is reflected in your environment. It’s uncanny how your much your home reveals about you. When I see a bed with just one night stand that’s shoved against a wall. That reads as single or someone in a really toxic relationship. This set up can lead to one partner feeling trapped in the relationship. It doesn’t make space for a union in which 2 people see eye to eye.

Regardless of gender, when I see a home with a lot of art of beautiful alluring woman depicted alone, that also screams single. She’s alone get it? If it’s a woman’s home she is emphasizing her singleness. Same for a man! Even though he is surrounded by all these women, they are unattainable. If she was paired up with someone or there was a piece of art nearby depicting either a man or another woman depending on your sexual orientation that would be another story.

Then we have Western science and Epigenetic’s, which is the science of how environmental factors activate our genes. Feng Shui From the scientific perspective of Epigenetic’s, speaks to how our environment dictates our gene expression and ultimately our health outcomes. So changes in how genes are expressed are determined by environmental factors. My job is to help people design the most energetically supportive and aspirational environment that supports folks physically, psychologically and energetically. When you optimize your physical space, your home becomes more than just a soft place to land. It transcends mundane necessities and becomes a living breathing 3d vision board for your hopes and dreams. I look at homes as our most powerful manifesting tools. How we live, where we live and who we live with takes on so much more import than most people realize. That saying “better to be alone than in bad company”. Comes to mind. Other peoples energy can legitimately deplete us if there is friction.

Set & Setting can go a long way to soften the blow but when part of your environment is someone with whom you have a lot of friction, you might want to start by removing either yourself or them. The more agency you have over your environment the more you are able to manifest. At the recording of this pod we are between eclipses an excellent time for clearing your environment and making space for your blessings. I can’t think of a better time to declutter and deep clean your home. Sage and Palo Santo and some high Frequency music while you’re recalibrating your space. A salt bath for your own vessel when your done would be very beneficial.

From the lens of Epigenetic’s, the more stressors and toxic influences in your environment, the more you are likely to fall ill and well die. So yes Feng Shui can save your life! What or who are you living with that presents as toxic? It could be as subtle as an ugly painting your mom gave you that makes you cringe every time you look at it but you feel obligated to keep it. Here’s your permission to replace it with a piece of art that lights you up every time you see it and reinforces an aspiration you have. Or it could be much more consequential, like the person you share a home with and once loved but with whom that bond has become untenable. The eclipse gives us a window that serves as an exit strategy. Something or someone leaves or is eclipsed out so the universe can bring you alignment and harmony with something or someone else. Yay, I’m so pleased that I managed to include Feng Shui, Astrology and Epigenetic’s in this episode! They are all connected. We are all connected. Wishing you all so many blessings this eclipse season. Check out my Linktree in the show notes for all the ways I can be of service. & Remember to like share and Subscribe every little interaction makes a world of difference and supports my work! Cheers & Ciao for now!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo. My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady! Today I’m talking about the intense and pivotal August Astrology.

Think The Matrix meets Disclosure vibes! It’s a wild sky. I believe we are all feeling it. I actually had an astrology expert lined up for today and when they had to cancel at the last minute, I took it as a sign to speak on Astrology with my Feng Shui Lens. Because here’s the thing My work with Feng Shui is closely aligned with Astrology. Specific rituals, activations and energy work are dictated by the lunar cycles so I am very attuned with what’s happening Astrologically. This is such a big month energetically that I couldn’t escape talking about the Astrology of it all.

We are currently in what is called The Lions Gate Portal and it peaks on Saturday August 8th and completes on the 12th. This episode drops on Friday August 7 just in time for Lions Gate.

The Lion’s Gate Portal is a modern spiritual concept that happens every year on August 8 (8/8). Many people who follow astrology, numerology, and energy work believe it’s a particularly powerful time for setting intentions, reflecting, and focusing on personal transformation.

So Saturday 8/8/26 which is actually a triple 8 because 26 reduces to the number 8. Is The Day After this Podcast Drops! I felt called to speak on this and share some insights and Feng Shui tools for navigating this powerful time.

Lions Gate is based on a blend of ideas:

* Leo season: The Sun is in Leo, a sign associated with confidence, creativity, courage, and the heart.

* The star Sirius: Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, has long held symbolic importance, especially in ancient Egypt, where its annual reappearance coincided with the flooding of the Nile and was seen as a sign of renewal.

* The number 8: In numerology, 8 symbolizes abundance, personal power, achievement, and the infinity symbol (∞). Because the portal peaks on 8/8, many view it as amplifying those themes.

Here’s are some ways you can work with these energies and apply Feng Shui to cultivate your hopes and dreams. I would start by downloading my Free Feng Shui Basics course that comes with a free Bagua Map Download and an explanation on how to apply it. You can use this energy map to find the areas and themes of your home that activate your goals whether it’s Love, Money, to Health, or Career etc.

Pick one or a few areas to focus on and find them in your home with the Bagua Map and:

* Declutter any area connected to a goal you’re cultivating.

* Refresh your wealth or career area if you’re focused on abundance.

* Open windows, bring in fresh flowers, or light a candle to symbolize inviting new energy.

* Write one clear intention and place it somewhere you’ll see it daily.

These are simple activities that would be aligned with Saturdays 8/8 Portal. Even on Sunday the energy should still be in your favor.

Leo Season Is Roaring with even more Astrological highlights.

We have 2 Eclipses this month!

A New Moon Solar Eclipse on 8/12/26 in Leo & a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on 8/28/26

The caveat here is that Eclipse’s are not the time to try to Manifest anything specific or force your will.

The paradox of Lions Gate as an initiation portal this month versus eclipse season which is more of a hand of god and divine intervention moment rather than manifesting one….

Once we move past Lions Gate and into the eclipses you’ll want to see what the universe delivers and respond to things rather than initiating them. The signs will present themselves often as non negotiable changes that happen to us and ultimately for us even if they weren’t by choice.

I can share personal examples to give life and context to how Lions Gate and the eclipses can work in your own life.

During last year’s Lions gate I called in love with specific Feng Shui adjustments to my Love Gua. I actually met and started dating a soulmate after 2 years of celibacy on Lions Gate! It was intense and I was happy with my new lover for the first time in ages perhaps ever. We were pretty hot and heavy.

Then a few weeks later the Eclipses happened my brother got very sick. My mother had passed away in February of last year and my father had been in steep decline ever since. Fortunately my brother lived with my father and was taking care of him but now he was facing a quadruple heart bypass and Kidney cancer simultaneously. I s**t you not! Even though I had just started a relationship and redecorated and Feng Shui’d my home, I was put in a position where I had to move to be close to my family. I feared the worst. That my brother would pass and I would need to step in and take care of my father. They needed me and it was time to move.

I did not want to move. But I had to trust and believe that there was a blessing on the other side of that transition. My relationship got me through the transition and was a blessing but ultimately ended due to the distance. While the transition and move had its challenges and weren’t something I would have “chosen,” it all worked in my favor.

The life I am building now is so much more fulfilling and expansive than my life in LA. All the things I had wanted in a home for years suddenly materialized like a pool and jaccuzi. An in unit Washer and Dryer. A large walk in closet. A balcony with a beautiful view. Living 15 minutes from the beach. A dedicated space for my home office. Really good and aligned Feng Shui that includes having my bedroom in the Love Gua of my home. All of it was such a huge upgrade! Don’t even get me started on how much more relaxing life is in Orange County! There’s no traffic here and parking everywhere! If you live in LA you understand the sheer torture of driving and parking there. There’s no potholes here or homeless encampments! I had no idea how much of a toll it actually took on me to constantly be exposed to that whenever I left my house in LA.

My nervous system is different now. I’m not as much of a recluse. I actually Network on a regular basis here and gleefully leave my house!

I Iook back at my life in LA and wince because the last few years the city took a dark turn. The pandemic hit us hard and so many amazing businesses vanished and were replaced with homeless encampments. It became impossible to ignore. I have a hard time going back there now because the energy of the city feels heavy to me.

I now marvel at my good fortune. Yet I still remember how much initial resistance I had around leaving LA. All this to say don’t judge the changes that may come your way until the dust has settled!

I have also made new friends and a growing community here and I feel so blessed. It was divinely guided by the post Lions Gate Eclipse Season of 2025. A year filled with the highest highs and lowest lows. It was dramatic and life changing and uncomfortable but for my highest good.

I hope my story gives you some context around what is possible under the influence of the Lions Gate Portal and Eclipses. Don’t be scared. Get excited and lean in!

I used Feng Shui all along the way to navigate these energies and maximize on the energetic potential of my former home and my new and much improved one. I will be testing out a brand new Manifesting Ritual on Lions Gate that my mentor recently handed down to me. After that I plan to sit back and see what the Universe has in mind for me!

In case you were wondering, my brother survived both the quadruple heart bypass and the removal of his Cancerous Kidney. He is now thriving and taking care of my Dad. I’m close to him and my father and appreciate the importance of family and coming home. Home is my medicine and it can be yours too!

I hope you will feel called to download my Free Feng Shui Basics course and use some of the tips and techniques I share in that mini-course to navigate this month and beyond. It’s my Lions Gate Gift to you!

I will have a link to the course in the show notes along with my Link-tree with all my offerings and all the ways I…

Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other woo. My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady. Today’s episode is called “Feng Shui For The Fellas”!

While most of my clients have traditionally been women, I recently joined the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce and I meet a lot of professional men who express interest in what I do. I sometimes have a little more explaining to do on what Feng Shui is and it’s a very different conversation than the one I have with women.

Men love hearing about how Feng Shui was originally just for kings and queens and the elite class in order to keep them in power. It’s associated with generational wealth and the practices that were kept from the masses for thousands of years. Guys want in on that secret sauce so to speak.

Women are usually more interested in how Feng Shui can help them make space for love and babies and greater success in their businesses. They connect more deeply with Feng Shui as a Manifesting tool while men are more focused on it as a money magnet. It’s all of the above but I now have 2 different elevator pitches depending on who I am talking to. Some women will get the male elevator pitch if I sense she is especially motivated by money or is completely closed of to anything woo. But usually it’s Love & Babies & Manifesting that are catnip for ladies.

I haven’t really put it out there yet with men but Feng Shui is also a way to attract the opposite sex or the same sex depending on your preference. To put it bluntly Gentlemen, Feng Shui can help you get laid.

I have been ruminating over the idea of creating a program called Feng Shui For The Fellas.

Currently the kind of professional men I appeal to are often connected in some way with Real Estate, Construction, Property Investment etc. They care about property and resale values so my Property Reports are right up their alley. The more affluent they are, the more familiar they are with the importance of Feng Shui especially where it comes to property values. I don’t ever broach the subject of how it could help their love lives. And yet, I have that conversation with women all the time because it just comes up naturally.

The truth is Men who want more fulfilling love lives could definitely benefit from Feng Shui and make their homes more inviting and welcoming to potential partners or enhance and heal the relationships they currently have.

Men might not realize how the manner in which they have arranged their homes could be cock blocking them. They might not know that only having one night stand is communicating to potential lovers that you don’t have room for them and they aren’t welcome to stay.

You probably haven’t given much thought to how the aggressive artwork depicting a Volcano or Animals in mortal combat hanging over your bed might be received as a red flag to your potential lover. I could go on and on. Single men in particular could really benefit from some good Shui.

Gentlemen what are you doing to create a setting for the woman of your dreams? Is there any closet space for her? Do you have a romantic nook to serve her dinner? Have you stocked your fridge with things she would appreciate like a fine wine or fancy chocolates?

Here’s a couple Feng Shui tips for the gentleman out there that want to create a setting for romance. First off I want to say that women tend to be more comfortable being intimate for the first time with you in their own homes. Set and setting matter and women not only like a cozy setting, we like to have our pretty lingerie and lotions and potions at our fingertips. That said, once she agrees to visit your space, she will be scanning it for clues about who you are and if she could see herself with you. The more aesthetically pleasing and inviting your space is gentlemen, the more likely she will be able to relax. It should go without saying that your home should be clean! Stock that fridge with things she likes and for the love of god find out her coffee or morning beverage preferences and have them on hand.

The 2 night stands I mentioned matter even if you live alone. That second night stand is for your lover so you might want to stock it with things to make her more comfortable. Most of these same principles apply to both sexes by the way, but for the purposes of this pod I am referring to what ladies usually like. Things like a scented candle, some lotion, an eye mask so she has a good nights sleep next to you. Thoughtful things that your ideal partner would like. You could even have a book on a subject you would like to share with a lover. Perhaps something on relationships or tantra.

Conversely, for my ladies these same principles apply. For example I tend to date men who like Whiskey so I keep it stocked in my bar and now suddenly I like Whiskey. I keep a new toothbrush for guests in my bathroom and a spare eye mask in my nightstand. Think about what would make your ideal lover comfortable.

In this vain I am thinking about creating a Feng Shui for the Fellas program or perhaps doing speaking engagements for men’s groups to help them not just become money magnets but also ladies men. It’s a thought. I’m using these last few days of the Mercury Retrograde which ends on July 23 to suss out ideas and projects I want to pursue. The post Mercury Retrograde Shadow period ends in early August so I’m mulling a few things over to perhaps implement in August. What are your thoughts on this matter? I welcome your feedback! Are there men’s groups I should reach out to? Let me know in the comments! All right folks that’s what I have for you today, please remember to subscribe, like and share! It helps support my work and spread the love. For anyone who wants to work with me virtually anywhere or in person in Orange County or Los Angeles, I’m sharing my scheduling link in the show-notes. Cheers everyone and Ciao for Now!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui wisdom and other Woo. My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady. Today I am talking about some Foundational Feng Shui principles that you can easily apply to your life!

One of the most Feng Shui things you can do without even knowing anything about Feng Shui is cleaning your house. And just like Feng Shui, it’s a practice that needs to be maintained on a weekly or at least monthly basis. It’s not a one and done actively.

When I clean my house it’s almost a sacred act for me. Cleaning is actually an energetic reset and recharge for your space. It’s as important to your environment and your relationship with it as sleep is to your health and your body. Imagine if you never did the dishes after cooking or never washed your clothes or bathed. That would be disgusting.

Decluttering is another layer of cleaning and clearing your space as well and that is also foundational to Feng Shui. It’s something else you have to maintain and do periodically especially if you’re a big consumer of clothes and objects like me. Too much stuff can create a kind of chaos. It can cause you to feel both overwhelmed and paralyzed. This happens when there’s no room for your energy to maneuver due to the clutter and the good things in your life get lost under the crap you don’t need. Meanwhile new positive influences have no room to enter. I have a phrase I live by and that’s You have to make sacred space for your blessings.

So if you treat cleaning and decluttering like a sacred act or manifesting ritual, these activities and their cumulative results take on a different role in your life. Your relationship with your environment becomes more intimate causal and powerful.

Space clearing with tools like bells, singing bowls and drums can really level up your cleaning ritual into a manifesting ritual. I’m not saying I pull out my frame drum or singing bowl every time I clean, but I will often ring a small bell to bless and activate the space after a good cleaning. I typically bring out the big guns like the Drum and Singing bowl when I am actively performing a manifesting ritual or something dramatic has occurred that requires special attention. Ideally, I try to align elevated space clearing activities with specific lunar cycles or life changing circumstances.

The more you change and evolve, the more your environment and the things in it need to shift along with you. I see this with decor and wardrobe and even homes we have outgrown. You can really accelerate change in your life by decluttering and redecorating. Sometimes it can be a change in circumstances that forces the decluttering and redecorating, but in my personal experience it’s usually the latter. The more I declutter and redecorate, and update my home and wardrobe, the more my circumstances change and shift to match up with those changes and invite new positive circumstances. If a move is forced upon you by circumstances, trust and believe the universe is stepping in and moving you out of your stagnation for good reason. In fact if it’s circumstances that push you to move, no matter how uncomfortable or inconvenient the circumstances may appear, there’s a huge blessing on the other side of that.

I can definitely attest to this. Last year I was forced to move closer to family after my mother passed away and my brother fell ill. Like clockwork this coincided with my complete home makeover and the start of a New Romantic relationship. I had changed so much in my environment that my life no longer fit who, what and where I was. I moved, my relationship ended, I reimagined my business and made new friends and community.

Now I feel so blessed to be in a much more elevated environment, community and set of circumstances. Even though the transition was challenging and a bit scary, it felt guided and aligned and I am grateful for my new life. If you want to change your life, Feng Shui is a vehicle for change. Sometimes that change can be unpredictable or even uncomfortable. When you collaborate with your environment and the divine, universal forces become unleashed to work in your favor. Once you get comfortable with that, you can lean into the changes the divine has in store for you and enjoy the ride.

Some ways you can make cleaning a sexy ritual is to play high Frequency music while you clean and introduce sacred tools like essential oils and organic cleaning products like Mrs Meyers. You can also incorporate tools like Sage and Palo Santo which you can burn at the completion of your cleaning ritual to finalize the reset of the energy. I also like to mist my home with an essential oil mister that I make. Some people like lavender oil because it’s calming. I’m a fan of rosemary or bergamot but it’s completely up to you what scents resonate.

There’s a new moon and a full moon every month. I recommend working with these energies by aligning and emphasizing your cleaning and clearing practices with these lunar cycles. For the new moon it’s best to clean ahead of it so you start the new cycle with a clean slate and for the full moon you can clean ahead on or just after because it’s culminating or climaxing energy. Think fulfillment energy. All right folks that’s what I have for you today. If you are ready to make some positive changes in your life and would like to work with me visit my Linktree for all the ways we can do that. Remember to subscribe like and share to support my work and spread the love. Cheers everyone and ciao for now!

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From a Feng Shui perspective, our stories are reflected and literally written on our walls! That’s why a big part of what I do involves story boarding and treating your home like a living breathing 3D vision board.

Art is one of the first things I notice when it comes to people’s stories. What it’s depicting, where it is located, what colors dominate the space, and ultimately what story is being depicted. Is it aspirational or tragic? You can ask yourself these same questions.

I’ve seen art in people’s homes so morose and disturbing that it would dampen the mood of even the most cheerful and balanced individual. The same person with that type of art is often oblivious to how it’s affecting their own personal narrative and subconscious mind. While you don’t need to be a psychiatrist or a Feng Shui consultant to understand how seeing sad or disturbing imagery on a daily basis might impact your psyche, you might need one of us to point it out. Sometimes we are so close to the obvious that we cannot see it ourselves. Especially if you’re the one surrounding yourself with dark influences and you have normalized them or fixated on how expensive the art is rather than how it makes you feel or what it is actually communicating. In Feng Shui terms context and location matter most because what appears negative to one individual might have a different backstory for another. There’s an energetic map in Feng Shui that we use to uncover where love or money or health or any of the 9 major themes in your life are represented in the home. The nine life themes represented in the Feng Shui energetic map called the Bagua include Skills & Knowledge, Career, Travel & Helpful People, Family, Children & Creativity, Wealth, Fame, and finally Love & Relationships. So a piece of art can be curated and story boarded to work for you rather than against you by placing it in alignment with each of these themes. For example a film poster for a horror film that you produced and made substantial income from could contextually work in your Career or Money centers of your home but be destructive in your Relationship or Family centers.

In most cases you don’t need to buy all new art to change the narrative. It’s really about curating the art you already have to align with the story and life you want to live. Once you understand the Feng Shui Bagua Map, you become empowered to narrate your story in a productive manner. Location and context are everything in this regard. That’s a big part of what I help people with. I can read the room so to speak and help you translate what it’s communicating so that you can have greater agency over your personal narrative.

I woke up a couple days ago with bee in my bonnet so to speak and decided it was time for a new chapter in love. It is Mercury Retrograde right now so it’s a great time to repurpose things we already own. Any that begin with re applies here. Redecorating, recharging, revisiting etc. It’s all about the edit and the revision. I didn’t have to go out and buy anything new perse; instead I just rotated my personal art that had been in storage to update my narrative. As soon as I made the shift, It was uncanny how it aligned with my personal circumstances. New romantic suitors and insights suddenly entered the picture. I had been in a relationship that ended a few months prior and have been gradually making shifts to my Love Gua since then. The love Gua is of course the area of your home that represents your love life. Mine happens to be in my bedroom which is ideal and one of the reasons I chose this home. I recently invested in new bedding and had cleared the room post relationship. I also invested in some new wardrobe pieces with dating in mind but there was still something more that I felt needed to shift.

My art was sweet and what one could describe as girly. My bedroom could just as easily been that of a teenage girls in certain respects. The art was charming and made me happy but it wasn’t exactly sexy or romantic in an adult sense. We are talking flowers and butterflies and the like. I decided to rotate my art with some sensual Gustav Klempt pieces I had in storage.

The large piece I chose to place over my bed depicts naked lovers intertwined in bed. I also chose another smaller Klempt piece for the love corner of my bedroom with those same lovers clothed while standing embracing each other. Both pieces are now strategically placed in my love Gua.

Whatever you hang over your bed is what you are inviting in. The sexy art replaced some lovely pieces that also communicated love but lacked any eroticism or sexual context. The love Gua represents all kinds of relationships not just romantic so I wanted to be more targeted in my approach. The “Love Is All”statement piece that had been hanging over my bed was moved into Family Gua and now is prominently hung over my sofa in the living room. It’s a floral piece with the statement LOVE IS All that works seamlessly in the Family Gua! Wood element including florals support this life center. It’s also where I typically record the Pod and entertain. This more universal theme of love is perfectly aligned here while the more erotic adult version of love lives in the bedroom. When you are ready to curate your personal narrative with Feng Shui, I am excited to work with you. Visit my Linktree for all the ways we can do that.

Here’s a little bonus video of my art curation!

All right everybody thank you for joining me. Be sure to Subscribe, like and share. It helps support the work and spread the love. Cheers & Ciao for now!

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Hello and welcome to the Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo. My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady and today I am talking about Feng Shui for Baby!

It’s one of my favorite things to do and I don’t talk about it enough. Recently however it’s been coming up in conversation and I wanted to dedicate today’s Pod to it.

If you are getting ready to welcome a baby home or even trying to conceive a baby, Feng Shui can actually help!

Grace was my first Feng Shui Baby. I wasn’t sure if Grace was an anomaly, a fluke or just good luck but after Grace there were more Feng Shui babies. It has worked every time I have attempted “Feng Shui for Baby” which has resulted in a certain level of confidence in my ability to at least help and be a factor in bringing about such a blessing. I help women and couples get ready for baby by helping them prepare the home and babies room physically and energetically. I have found that the same tips that help create the right setting for baby also have a side affect of helping couples who are trying to get pregnant or are looking to adopt. When requests for “Feng Shui for Baby” come up, I am delighted to help. I am sharing this now so that they will come up more often and because I know there are a lot of women and couples who are eagerly preparing for baby or longing for one. It’s helpful to know that there are energetic alternatives. In addition to helping new parents prepare for baby, I have helped clients with both fertility and adoption breakthroughs with a combination of Feng Shui & Space Clearing.

I am a Feng Shui consultant who specializes in both Feng Shui and Space Clearing. My practice is called Narrative Space. It is founded on the principle that our homes are mirrors of our personal narrative. Our stories can be seen in the way we live and through Feng Shui and Space Clearing, we can play a conscious role in what our story is going to be. In my experience, a baby has to be a part of your story and physical narrative in order to come into your life. When you are preparing to bring a new life home, it’s like starting a new chapter and your baby becomes part of your story. I help create a setting and physical narrative that supports this new life. I make sure the babies room and home as a whole are designed with baby in mind. I help clients arrange the babies room to feel safe, restful, nurturing and balanced with Feng Shui principles.

There are many resources for women who are preparing for baby or that struggle with fertility and adoption challenges. I encourage you to explore all of them. Advancements in medicine have certainly come a long way and we have IVF, egg freezing, egg and sperm donors etc. Surrogate mothers are also becoming a more common option and of course adoption services are a beautiful choice. In addition to these methods, we have holistic approaches that can also help like Acupuncture and Feng Shui which happen to be two of the Five branches of Chinese medicine so they complement each other.

When you are getting ready to bring a new life into your home, you want to make sure to make a healthy and inviting setting for your new baby. If you want to increase your odds for getting pregnant or adopting a baby, creating the right setting can help facilitate the process energetically. Holistic approaches like Feng Shui and Acupuncture are a lot less expensive and/or invasive than some of the aforementioned options and they typically are very pleasant experiences that can make your journey to baby much more comfortable and inviting. If you have attempted all of the western approaches and are still struggling, I would suggest incorporating some eastern practices into the mix to see if they can make the energetic difference you need to achieve your goal.

You may have at least heard of Feng Shui but Space Clearing is a little more unusual and I do both. Not all Feng Shui consultants do Space Clearing and not all Space Clearers do Feng Shui… They work best together and actually reinforce each other the same way Acupuncture and Feng Shui do, a kind of Yin & Yang relationship.

In both practices I am working with energetic flow and intention. Feng Shui is a more visually tangible practice commonly referred to as the “Art of Placement.” It is a physical language that is designed to organize your space in the most energetically inviting and auspicious manner. Space Clearing is a kind of Alchemy that uses a number of different elements to “clear” a space energetically of stagnant and non-beneficial energies and then impart blessings and intentions for good fortune. When both practices are combined, you maximize on the energetic potential of the space and are able to facilitate positive change and transformation with the most impactful and accelerated results. This is why I generally recommend combining both services especially when you are moving into a new space or are desiring a breakthrough in your life such as a child.

Grace was my “first born” so to speak. You never forget your first… In her case, her parents Vanessa and Steven were struggling with adoption challenges and had been in the process for over 2 years. In Vanessa’s own words, “I interpret Feng Shui as a physical manifestation of a prayer, or setting an intention, or asking the Universe for something. So when my husband and I were scraping the depths of despair during our two-year adoption process, after we’d done all we could do ourselves, we called Laura as a Hail Mary pass to help renew our hope. She did a thorough job and provided not only placement ideas for our home, but she also facilitated a lovely ceremony in which we “called” our child to come find us. Less than a week later we got the call from our social worker that a birth mother wanted to meet us, and a few days after that our magical baby was born and we took her home. Was it coincidence, fate, Laura, or answered prayers? I don’t know. But I do know that Laura works with incredible sensitivity, she truly has her clients’ best interests at heart, and your home or office will be more livable and inviting to you, your guests, and possibly your dearest wish.” I still get chills when I think back on Vanessa and Grace who is now a teenager.

Through Feng Shui, I create a setting where a baby would want to live and with Space Clearing and a Blessing Ceremony, I energetically invite your baby home. Six days after my Feng Shui and Blessing ceremony for Vanessa and Steven, they were blessed with Grace. I cannot fully express what a powerful impact Gracie had on me. As a result of Grace, I developed a comprehensive protocol specific to “Feng Shui for Baby” and now it’s part of my wheelhouse! One can never promise a specific outcome and I expressly do not, however I make it my business to create sacred space for my clients’ greatest desires. This kind of “Space Therapy” is some of the most fulfilling work I do and if I can somehow help you, it would be a Blessing and a Grace. To learn more about Narrative Space and Feng Shui for Baby visit www.narrativespacefengshui.com or visit my Link-tree in the show notes. And of course Subscribe, like and share to support my work and spread the love. Cheers & Ciao for now.

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Hello & Welcome to the Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui & other woo. My name is Laura Beatriz Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady. Today I’m recording from my balcony and I’ll explain why in a minute! Last week, I missed my self imposed Friday deadline because I was knee deep in the renovation of the two most important Power Centers or Guas for building your business and finances. The Fame & Wealth Guas! Mine happen to be outside on my balcony, and they needed an upgrade! You need Fame or attention to get clients and you need Money to build and operate your business.What if these areas of your home live outside the house?! This happens all the time! The best way to engage and activate the themes of Wealth & Reputation when they live outside is to Garden! Patio furniture also comes to mind. Make these areas of your home inviting and luxurious and Spend quality time there. Today, I am sharing my personal transformation of both my Wealth & Reputation Guas. Along with how you can use the same principles to transform your own wealth and reputation! If you’re new to Feng Shui, I am talking about how all of your most important life themes and power centers are represented somewhere in your home and sometimes they end up outside. In Feng Shui there’s an energetic map called the Bagua that includes all nine of your life themes which we refer to as Gua’s. The Bagua and all nine Guas are laid out like a tic tac toe board with all nine life centers inside. Ideally you want your home to be either a complete square or rectangle so that all the guas are accounted for. They include Skills & Knowledge, Career, Travel & Helpful People, Family, Health, Children & Creativity, Wealth & Abundance, Fame & Reputation, and Love & Relationships. This Bagua map is applied from the front door looking into the house. Your front door is typically in one of the bottom Guas either in Skills & Knowledge, Career, or Travel & Helpful People.

BAGUA MAP

Once you understand the Bagua Map, you realize that there’s an area of your home that represents your Wealth & Reputation and you can start to see how that’s playing out within the context of your home. Whatever is going on in the wealth area symbolizes and mirrors what is going on with your wealth. You can find it in the far back left hand corner of your home or property. Your Fame & Reputation Gua is in the far back center area of your home. Both of mine happen to be on my Balcony. I recently moved and had an old weathered dinning table and chairs from my previous apartment that didn’t exactly feel upscale in my Wealth Gua so I decided to reimagine this space. I created what to me feels like an upscale setting that I affectionately call my Bougie Bistro. I purchased a round green metal table and chairs designed for the outdoors. Green not only represents growth and wood element in Feng Shui, but it’s also the color of money. My old square weathered wooden table was blue painted over red painted over white and not meant for outdoor use. It had seen better days. My new set looks like seating you’d find at a bougie outdoor French bistro. It’s cheerful and charming! The Balcony where I am recording today is my latest passion project and it has even inspired a new gardening hobby with 2 separate Raised Garden Beds, one in the Wealth Gua where I am sitting and one in my Reputation Gua to my left. These 2 Guas are adjacent and both live on my balcony. Think of the symbolism of planting the seeds of wealth and reputation and tending to my 2 gardens of opportunity! Healthy plants, and symbols of abundance help activate your Prosperity. The color purple represents abundance in Feng Shui so I have 4 Purple Amethysts strategically placed out here and the number 4 also activates this Gua. My Balcony Glow up has been a labor of love! In my raised garden beds I planted Rosemary, Parsley, cilantro, strawberries, Sunflowers, tomatoes, Lettuce, and basil. My favorite visual cue that I planted in the raised beds are my Sunflowers! Now, when you enter my home you see straight through the sliding glass doors in my living room out to the balcony bistro table and my tall Beautiful Sunflowers. It’s very inviting! Normally in Feng Shui you don’t want to see directly outside from the front door because it means your chi or Energy is immediately leaving rather than navigating the entire space and making itself at home. In this case it’s not leaving its just invited to visit my wealth Gua and spend some time there.But let’s not leave out the importance of the Fame & Reputation Gua which is adjacent to Wealth! I love roses so I planted a red rose bush in a stunning colorful Mexican planter there and red is the color that activates the Fame Gua! Fire is the element for this energy center so I have plenty of candles and red spectrum color. I also planted a baby Meyer lemon tree in another matching planter here. Wood element feeds fire element so it’s all working together. Another option if you have the space and your Fame & Reputation is outside, is a Fire pit or Grill to represent fire. Having these guas outside can be a blessing. It’s certainly helpful for connecting with nature and the elements. This balcony has become my little slice of heaven overlooking the pool area and palm trees. Today I got to wake up, step out onto my balcony from my bedroom with my 2 cats and a coffee. It was bliss. I marveled at my beautiful life! I designed it and so can you!A year ago I lived in a run down 1930’s La apartment in east Hollywood. I’d been there for a good 13years. It had its charms but I had outgrown it. After covid LA rents had skyrocketed and I felt stuck. I made the most of my nook and invested in all new furniture and Feng Shui’d the hell out of that space! The Universe responded with an empowering new set of circumstances and opportunities that led to my new slice of heaven!Ever since I redid these Power Centers, I FEEL RICH. You can create that feeling for yourself and I encourage you to try it! That feeling is important for anyone who actually wants to be rich because money is a frequency and in order line up with it, you have to cultivate the feeling. I like to serve boogie meals and wine out here and enjoy the view. I had a girlfriend over for dinner on Friday after staying up late the previous night building the raised garden beds and planting everything. She was in awe of the shift. She felt it too as we enjoyed our sunset meal and wine with a view.Feng Shui is a form of energetic gardening and I’m tending to my resources and relationships with money in a whimsical new way! The grass is very green out here. It’s the color of money honey! WHAT’s happening in the Abundance & Reputation Centers of your home? Could they use some sprucing up? If you want my help, check out all my resources in my Linktree and see if there’s a fit. Cheers everyone and Ciao for now! Please remember to subscribe like and share it helps support my work and spread the love.

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui & other Woo. Today I am soft launching a new offering to my community.

I have been practicing Feng Shui for 17 years and working with clients 1 on 1 with tremendous results. I’ve helped women like you make space for love and babies and greater abundance in their businesses.

My client Camilla wanted to get married and was told by a previous Feng Shui Consultant her astrology reflected that she never would. After working with me to activate her love Gua with detailed Feng Shui adjustments she was engaged to be married within 6 weeks.

My client Marguerite longed for her true love but instead had a string of abusive alcoholics and drug addicts as boyfriend’s. I pointed out that she had a bar in her love Gua reflecting and magnetizing this pattern. She moved the bar and activated her love gua and in less than a month she met her husband. They have 2 beautiful daughters. They also happen to be one of the most aspirational relationships I have ever witnessed.

My client Kristen had me Feng Shui her hypnosis office where she saw clients and after she activated her fame and career Guas, her practice grew by more than 30 percent.

I know Feng Shui works wonders!

I thought I was living and breathing Feng Shui until last last year when my mentor Kristina invited me to participate in an accelerated mastermind that incorporated some of the most powerful and sacred abundance and wealth adjustments that exist on the planet. I’m a Feng Shui practitioner, so pretty much every area of my home has been touched with intention and Feng Shui adjustments. That said, I felt like I had reached a plateau.

I accepted her offer even though it came with a significant investment. I believe in consistently cultivating and growing my knowledge base and tool box. I knew the practices she would be sharing were only handed down through an oral tradition that came directly from Master Lin Yung the Buddhist Monk who brought Black Hat Feng Shui to the US. Through the mastermind, I learned and applied some of the most sacred wealth adjustments that exist on the planet and my whole world expanded.

I began practicing:

* something called The Cave of Brahma Meditation

* a 27 day Bagua walk through adjustment

* a brand new wealth adjustment that professor promised was 10x more powerful than any cure I had previously tried

* a karma clearing meditation

* Specific Mantras & Mudras

* And I began syncing my business up with the new and full moon cycles.

What happened really blew my mind.

Within weeks, I received $9100 in unexpected cash, I was gifted a brand new car. I was able to buy all new furniture and pay of my debt, I even met a soulmate after being celibate for 2 years. The final breakthrough came as the biggest surprise which was how my circumstances and finances dramatically shifted and I was able to move into my dream home with a pool, jacuzzi, a walk in closet, a gorgeous view and most importantly really good Feng Shui! All things that had been on my vision board for years!

My investment totally paid off. I made it back several times over. I wasn’t the only one in the mastermind with huge breakthroughs. Everyone experienced miracles!

Hafsa received a Multimillion Dollar Loan for her Glamping business.

Jaime saved her Marriage and multiplied her retail business.

Molly went from 2000 followers to 20,000 and exponentially grew her marriage counseling business.

And here’s the thing - It wasn’t just a one-time windfall of money. My luck has steadily been growing and evolving and building with new friendships, opportunities, communities, collaborations, investments in my business infrastructure, a support team etc.

These amazing results happened for me because I was practicing the most sacred and powerful adjustments in Community at an accelerated pace alongside a powerful group of women who were accountable to each other and linked up with the new and full moon energy cycles. Masterminds are Magical!

The idea of Masterminds became popularized by Napoleon Hill in his groundbreaking book on manifesting called Think and Grow Rich, where he explored the habits of exceptionally wealthy individuals.

Masterminds benefit from the Maharishi effect. A term coined by the Transendental

Meditation movement who would send Groups of meditators to meditate on peace in war zone and the fighting would cease. It speaks to how when 2 or more people focus on a particular intention or goal and together their cumulative powers amplify and accelerate the manifestation of that goal. Similar principle applies in sex magic and of course Masterminds.

This is why I created THE FENG SHUI GLOW UP Mastermind!

So that you can learn and practice the most potent and sacred wealth adjustments that exist in Community - some so powerful I can’t even record them; I’ll only teach them live to you and receive these same results -

The Feng Shui Glow Up

Is the beginning of your steady flow of clients and money and support where there’s no drop-off.

This is where you become the person who works softer but makes 2x the money because there’s such a deep trust in the universe that you literally never second-guess yourself or how supported you are.

* This is the room you get into when you want to be surrounded by high-achieving women who also believe deeply in energetics.

* These are women no longer willing to pay the cost of stress and “the hustle.”

* The women in this master mind are not just meeting their goals-- they are blowing PAST THEM.

* SUPER FUN MANIFESTATION-- WHEEL OF FORTUNE! YES! WHAT?! But also women are feeling more confident when selling. Sales are going up. They are getting inspired ideas for long term sustainable income. Working SOFTER and Making MORE MONEY which is my specialty.

* This is where you align with your million dollar year. Your best year ever. Your highest paying client. Your biggest pay in full yet.

* Your million view Reel.

I like to use this imagery and visual…. You’re stepping into a new frequency and timeline. Your highest timeline.

There’s a difference between simply riding a wave and trying hard to catch one.

This is the container where you harness the wave so you can simply ride it and sync up with a whole new frequency.

This is where in 5 years you’ll look back and be able to say ‘That was the moment it all changed for me for the better.’

This is my Most intensive offering.

For a curated group of ladies I will be offering it at a special rate that you won’t see anywhere publicly. This is a pilot program.

It’s will be less than what you’ll see me selling it for in just a few weeks when I hard launch it.

It’s available for presale until 7/5 to a limited number of women 8 to 10 and if you want to take advantage of this special offer come into my dm’s for all the details and link. The Mastermind will commence on Sunday 7/26/26.

I can’t wait to go on this journey with you because when I host this hybrid virtual and local Mastermind, I will be participating alongside you and manifesting my next level timeline too! You can excplore all my offerings and connect with me via my Link-tree! Ok that’s what I have for you today be sure to subscribe, like, and share with anyone who could benefit from this! Cheers & Ciao for now!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I share Feng Shui Wisdom & Other Woo! My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady. Today I am sharing The Moving Glow Up Strategy!

Moving is a complete reality reset.

A Feng Shui Consultant can be your Conscious Guide & Midwife to your new Life.

Feng Shui is one of the most Powerful Tools and Strategies for Moving your home or business successfully and maximizing and activating your highest timeline.

You can step into a whole new life with an empowered sense of your own story and main character energy. Feng Shui allows you to story board your life and curate your ideal personal narrative.

For Thousands of years Feng Shui was the exclusive strategy of the Royals & the Elite Class. Think Generational Wealth. Feng Shui is a success strategy.

I used to move every few years when I was in my twenties and thirties. But up until last year, I hadn’t moved in about 13 years. I was due for a new level of expansion.

Last year my whole world transformed when I moved and since then my whole life has up-leveled on every measure. My health, my love life, my car, almost every piece of furniture in my home, my actual home and most recently my circle of friends and influence.

This time last year I was in a completely different reality & trajectory. I don’t even recognize my life. The catalyst of change and growth started with change itself. Strategic shifts informed by Feng Shui. I rearranged and replaced almost everything in my former home and I deliberately activated all 9 guas and energetic themes from Love & Relationships to Money and Career! That’s when my life circumstances suddenly and dramatically shifted. I was moved to go in a wholly unexpected and to be honest unplanned direction. The universe delivered a perfect storm for a dramatic move closer to family!

First my mom passed away, then my brother fell ill and then my father became erratic, frail and vulnerable. I left LA after 18 years under duress. My family needed me and my hand was forced. Duty called so I answered.

I moved a few miles from where I had endured my not so pleasant formative high school years. Close enough to family to be there for them while simultaneously being close enough to Laguna Beach to have access to a woo community.

I should mention that when you make shifts in your environment especially drastic ones, the universe will respond with massive changes that don’t necessarily present themselves in an expected or even desirable manner. Not to fret because God works in mysterious ways. God or the Universe will get your attention one way or another. It helps to cultivate trust in the universe and take a wait and see approach to seemingly undesirable circumstances. Just know there’s a bigger picture and outcome you can’t yet see waiting for you. A blessing in disguise is behind every obstacle. The obstacle is actually the path. It helps to have a guide to walk you through the twists and turns. An energetic midwife.

I can personally speak to the positive upswings in my career and social life which once I Feng Shui’d my new home began to unfold. Yet again however I experienced another tower moment with a break up. The relationship kept me tethered to LA in a way that no longer served me. I had to let go of my old life in its entirety to make space for my new one. I understand and can help others navigate this journey. I was not necessarily happy or comfortable when my tower moment came and I struggled with letting go but it was exactly what I needed. It allowed me to become fully present to my current environment.

I understand and appreciate the journey of ascension such that I can help others navigate it. Ultimately the changes are for our highest good. I think it’s important to recognize and point out that change even good change requires some sacrifice and a period of uncertainty and discomfort. Your big reveal is always worth it though.

When you shift your energy with Feng Shui, the universe delivers. Change can appear as undesirable on the face of it but trust and believe there is a higher plan and vision at play. You can make swift, strategic decisions and take actions utilizing FENG SHUI as a guide. That’s my medicine and my magic. I had a strategy that helped ground me in the midst of what felt like chaos and now I am here to help others navigate a reality reset!

Moving is a major life change. It’s going from the known into the unknown. There’s a million decisions and details that need to be attended to. There’s a huge emotional component. Even in the best of circumstances, it’s one of the most stressful, physically demanding and chaotic times of your life. It can feel destabilizing. If you move somewhere where you don’t know a lot of people, it can also be a very lonely time when you actually need support the most. That was certainly my experience. I felt vulnerable and alone. I know that journey intimately and have the tools to help others step into their highest timeline.

Moving is a time when FENG SHUI is a strategy that supports, protects and elevates you. It provides actionable, solutions, and even divine intervention. We all need a soft place to land and a guide into our highest timeline in this wild crazy world!

In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, “shelter” comes in fourth place just before “breathing”. It’s freaking important and necessary to our survival. I see my work as playing a midwifery role in the birthing of a new home. It’s what I live for.

That’s why I recently tailored my suite of Services to address all the stages of moving.

I can tell you that I have tracked a familiar pattern associated with moving over time and it works like this. You make wherever you currently live as magical, beautiful, organized and efficient as possible. Once that is achieved, the floodgates open. Your life will inevitably improve and your expansion can lead to a bigger and better space. Opportunities and Resources for a move into your highest timeline now have the space to become available. If you desire support on this journey, I am here for you.

I will help you have a soft landing with support and a host of service options for every financial bracket and phase of life. Feng Shui and I will meet you where you are. My new suite of Services are tailored around moving and can be secured either à la cart or as comprehensive service depending on your needs and budget. My offerings include Property Reports for Selection of a New Home, Bagua Walk Throughs to uncover all your power centers, and finally a comprehensive VIP Experience that encompasses all of the above along with 6 weeks of comprehensive coaching. I play the role of Midwife as you birth a new life and home. I feel especially connected with this role after navigating it for myself so recently. I also have a Free-bee that anyone can download called Feng Shui Basics. I will meet you where you are. I will have links in the show notes for all of my offerings. I want to leave you with one big takeaway where it comes to moving. When selecting a new space look for a floor plan that is a complete square or rectangle. Try avoid unusual or L shaped floor plans because that is an indication that one of the nine power centers in the home is missing.

All right everybody thank you for joining me. Be sure to Subscribe, like and share. It helps support the work and spread the love. Cheers & Ciao for now!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I share Feng Shui Wisdom & Other Woo! My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady.

Today, I’m excited to introduce my guest Shaina Vita Bey, a fellow female entrepreneur, cofounder of Hydrogen Hustlers and Differentiating By Design. Today she’s here to talk about her expertise in Human Design and enlighten us on how it can serve us to better understand our individual operating systems!

You can connect with Shaina Vita Bey for her Water System here HydrogenHustlers@gmail.com & her Human Design Services here www.differentiatingbydesign.com.

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch! Today’s theme and title is “Who Will Soar with Feng Shui? “

I’m speaking to and working with the Seekers who are legitimately doing the work and taking accountability for their role in how their lives play out but who still feel blocked.

You are Seeking Fulfillment in your career where you get to do work that makes your heart sing and pays handsomely! It doesn’t feel like work because it’s an extension of who you are. It’s work that you would do even if you weren’t getting paid except you are getting paid and paid well. It feels like you are getting paid to play! That’s the dream right?

You are seeking Big Love, a Love match gives as good as it gets where you feel seen, heard and understood. You get each other and can be your authentic selves. You both love the same music, or cuisine. You even enjoy working out together and bring out the best in each other. You connect physically, intellectually and spiritually in a way you never imagined was possible. Together you amplify each other and you can finally look back at what it took for you to arrive at this Love and say it was worth it.

You’re out here giving this life your all during some very tumultuous times! Yah we are!

You have trained in your craft and you care deeply about making a difference. You have worked with coaches and gone on retreats, yet you’re maybe you’re still struggling to make a splash. I get it!

You are the kind of person who Feng Shui is the perfect practice for because you will do the Practical with the Woo with Gusto and that’s why it works for you.

In Feng Shui Human Luck is predicated on attitude and energy and you are the kind of person who can get the most benefits because you have the ingredients to not just move the couch into the power position. You have the intention and the imagination to make that a sacred act.

You feel like you are doing all the right things like limiting your consumption of news that feels like trauma dumping just to keep your sanity and wellbeing intact. You’re wondering what else can you do? Well Feng Shui, That’s what you can actually do….

You are working hard to pivot and create a unique lane for yourself in a technologically accelerating world so that you can’t be replaced. The more techy the world becomes the more grounded we need to be and Feng Shui is an Earth Science that’s over 5000 years old! It’s been working for people long before technology and will continue to work as we evolve because it has always evolved with humanity.

You are consuming wellness and self help content, like this, and investing in therapy. Yes, I am talking to You! You want to feel like you have a soft place to land and recharge your batteries no matter what’s happening in this big crazy world. Feng Shui is your Space Therapy.

If you’re not doing these kinds of things and you’re not taking accountability for your part in making the most of this life. My work may not resonate with you.

Perhaps you have looked up to mentors in the past, Spiritual Teachers or Gurus who turned out to be frauds or just flawed humans. I’ve been there and yes that will leave a mark. But you also end up with a new level of discernment so I am talking to you too.

You are drawn to the Woo but you like it grounded and aligned with an Embodied Example. Instead of Do as I say, you are looking for Do as I Do. That’s Embodied Woo. I’m here to build community around this premise. I can teach you simple actionable Feng Shui cures and adjustments that can fit seamlessly into your lifestyle and turn your home into a manifesting tool!

The days of self aggrandized, narcissistic, predatory “Gurus” are falling away. We are currently watching many of them fall from grace.

I along with many others are stepping up. I work with seekers because l am one. I see you.

You have done the shadow work! You are my people! I can help you.

Feng Shui is an energetic practice that is especially effective when you are clear about who you are and ready to create alignment with your environment. If you have worked with a Shaman, you be familiar with Ayahuasca. This plant medicine clears away your energetic blocks through purging both physically and energetically. It’s not for the faint of heart! Feng Shui does it in a much gentler way with decluttering and rearranging. It’s physical and energetic but if you have done the aforementioned soul work in Therapy or with Plant Medicine, you’re going to love Feng Shui’s medicine and find it a breeze! A breath of Fresh Air! Your new love language! Feng Shui is a physical language after all!

With Feng Shui, when you make your adjustments internal and external, you can trust the universe to take care of the rest. It is such an empowering practice.

Who Soars with Feng Shui?

Well, people come to me when they have done all the hard “obvious” work and they are looking for the missing link. Feng Shui is exactly that!

My client Vanessa came to me after reaching a breaking point in her adoption journey. It was an expensive, often painful and exhausting process. She and her husband had been unsuccessful in pitching themselves to birth mothers and agencies for over 2 years. In what she said was “A final hail Marry” she reached out to me. When I worked with them, I helped them perform a combination of Feng Shui Adjustments for their home and a Blessing Ceremony inviting their baby home. The Practical with the Mystical.

Six Days later, Vanessa was paired with a birth mother and had a baby in her Arms. I was personally floored! She was my first Feng Shui for Baby Client. That said, it’s worked every time since then! I have helped couples with both conception and adoption. I can’t explain exactly why it works or promise a guaranteed outcome. I can only say that it has worked every time I have used this practical with the mystical protocol.

Everyone’s Story is different but when you align your environment with your intentions, the Universe Responds!

If you aren’t accessing the success or outcome you feel you have worked so hard for, Feng Shui could be the energetic variable missing.

It’s what for Thousands of years Kings & Queens and the Elite class used to remain in power and withheld from the masses.

It’s what they are still using today! The difference is now we too have access to these powerful ancient sacred tools. Perhaps they have been made available to help humanity bridge the gap in wealth inequality. That’s how I think of it. Why should so few have so much? Let’s spread the love!

The world is pretty crazy right now and we can’t really control what is happening but we can control our personal energy and our immediate environment with Feng Shui.

My new 2 for 1 Birds of a Feather Feng Shui Together offer is meant to welcome more seekers to the world of Feng Shui. Of course you can fly solo because I will be with you for the full six week journey. That said if you do bring a friend, you can split the bill and soar together. Either way it’s about building community around Feng Shui and making it more accessible.

I don’t focus on how bad the economy looks, I focus on how in spite of that, I have the most abundance I have ever had. I’m here to help others in these times of uncertainty experience expansion and abundance too. Be sure to spread the love far and wide by sharing, liking and Subscribing! With Much Love & A Little Woo; The Feng Shui Lady. Cheers & Ciao for now!

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Hi & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I explore themes around Feng Shui, Wellness and other Woo. During Chaotic times where we cannot control what is happening in the outside world and our only sphere of influence is through our personal energy and our immediate environment, Feng Shui is the perfect tool to turn to! I titled this episode “Invest In Your Nest “ because as a Feng Shui consultant, this is one of my personal mantras. It’s similar in sentiment to Voltaire’s

“Paradise is where I live.” Or his other famous quote “Il faut cultiver notre jardin.” Which translates to (“We must cultivate our garden.”)

As far as Feng Shui is concerned investing in your home or nest is akin to investing in Gold. The ROI is pretty much guaranteed. If you don’t want to feel like you need a vacation from your life, then do all you can to create your own personal paradise. Covid created a crisis around the importance of home and having our own personal Idaho so to speak. When you can’t hop on a plane at the drop of a dime either because you don’t have the discretionary income or the time of work or there’s a global pandemic, you’re ultimately confronted by your four walls. I encourage my clients to cultivate spaces they love and are fed by. It’s also important for your home to evolve with you so as you grow and change so to does your environment.

There’s plenty of environmental psychology and science to support this. Epigenetic’s really drives home the importance of your environment over your genetics from a health perspective. In the words of environmental biologist Bruce Lipton, You change the container, you change the contents. This is for good or ill. The environment dictates the outcome.

I was actually introduced to Epigenetic’s while I was studying Feng Shui at Terah Katherine’s Collin’s Western School of Feng Shui some 16 plus years ago. In her Books about Feng Shui Terah introduces her students to these ideas and their origins. Feng Shui goes well beyond just decorating and into the realm of creating spaces that heal and nourish their inhabitants so they can thrive. That’s why when I make decorative choices they are always informed by Feng Shui.

Decorating with Feng Shui turns your homes decor into a self fulfilling prophecy. If you treat your home like a manifesting tool suddenly every little choice you make becomes a collaboration with your environment towards a positive outcome or at the very least an enhanced one. That is Feng Shui in a nutshell.

Understanding things like where your money is represented in the home suddenly changes your relationship with that area of your home. By the way, your Prosperity Gua which is the area of your home which represents wealth is located in the far back left hand corner of your home in relationship to the front door facing in. If money matters to you, go see what’s happening in that area of your home. Is it it tidy, does it feel or look rich? Perhaps you can place something expensive here or a healthy thriving money tree or something purple like amethyst. Purple is the color of Abundance in Feng Shui.

If your bathroom happens to land in this Gua and it feels like money is going down the drain. A Feng Shui practitioner can help cure that and redirect the chi so it doesn’t get flushed away. The point is your home is a mirror to what’s happening with you and Feng Shui helps you recognize what’s being depicted and helps you curate a positive and supportive environment.

If you feel like you could use some help feathering your nest, consider hiring a Feng Shui consultant. If you would like to work with me, I am offering a flat rate special journey on virtual consultations launching now in March. Along with this flat rate, I will work with and coach you for 6 weeks so you have my support In effectively implementing your Feng Shui adjustments and cures for a full lunar cycle and change. I’ll curate a specific Feng Shui protocol based on your individual space and walk you through activating all 9 Guas or life Themes of your home over a 6 week period. I include 2 Zooms one at the beginning and one at the completion of our journey along with six weeks of Telegram coaching and materials. As an added incentive I am offering limited time 2 for 1 deal on this VIP service! If you sign up with a friend and take the Feng Shui Journey with me together, you can split the cost between you!

It’s so much fun to take this journey with a friend and share your experience of transformation in collaboration! I am opening up my calendar and schedule to dedicate March and April to these VIP coaching containers and this limited time 2 for one offer. I encourage you to share this experience with someone you love! Links for both options will be in the show notes! Individual VIP Feng Shui Journey & 2 for 1 VIP Feng Shui Journey.

Whether you take the journey with me privately or with a friend, it’s like having me on tap for a comprehensive 6 week Feng Shui journey! Be sure to spread the love by telling a friend, subscribing, liking and sharing! Cheers & Ciao for Now!

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Happy Lunar New Year! The Fire Horse Lunar New Year Started with a bang on February 17th. A New Moon Lunar Eclipse which for me personally coincided with a rainstorm and a 2 day long packed agenda of very detailed Sacred Ceremonial Practices and deep inner work. It was intense! The final days of the year of the Snake seemed to universally challenge everyone I knew with some kind of upheaval or drama. The shift in energy from the Snake To The Horse have felt jolting. If you consider the world stage in this regard, s**t is getting real.

The final weeks of the Snake year found me preparing for my Valentine’s Day event to both Create and Promote my pilot Welcome The Love with Feng Shui program. A labor of love with an emphasis on labor. I basically created a program from scratch that pulled from all my years of experience helping women make space for love. The Feng Shui wisdom I included in the presentation is a consolidation of the most impactful and effective tools that have served to create breakthroughs for both myself and my clients. I pulled from all the various Feng Shui Schools I have trained in to create a unique program you’re not going to find anywhere else. If you’ve been listening to the pod you’ve probably heard me talk about it.

But today I am going to be transparent about taking you behind the curtain of what it takes to birth a pilot program as an entrepreneur on a subject as powerful and vulnerable as love. All this preparation was happening while I had simultaneously committed myself to producing and filming 2 reels a day for LTK with an emphasis on Fashion Feng Shui and delivering my weekly podcast. I was spreading myself pretty thin.

This also coincided with the 1 year anniversary of my mom’s passing and funeral so I had a lot of emotions unexpectedly come up for me. I’m going to be real with you, I was whipped out! So yes I took a week of the Pod to recalibrate. In reality Friday’s are my self imposed deadline and I suppose it’s an arbitrary one because no one is paying me to show up or going to be affected adversely if I don’t. It’s a structure I created to hold myself accountable and I usually do. However, I have come to the conclusion that Periodically I need to give myself some grace and this last week I just wasn’t feeling well and needed to recharge my batteries. I need to occasionally take a digital vacation but I promise to come back bearing gifts!

Maybe you too have been feeling overwhelmed and pulled in many directions or stretched thin. The Energies & The Astrology is no joke. We are now officially in The Year of the Fire Horse 🐴 and it’s going to ask a lot from us energetically. My advice is to commit to a self care routine that will support the level of energetic output you are immersed in. Meditation, Exercise, Rest, Journaling & Therapy for example are all expressions of self care. Even just a couple of these habits can help us navigate life’s challenges.

The Fire Horse Year is a marathon and if you don’t pace yourself, you could burn out before the race is over. It’s a one year as numerologist Gail Minogue spoke about when I interviewed her back in December! One years are beginnings so they don’t necessarily yield immediate results. Instead they demand a lot of foundational work and the stamina to get it done. I’m here to tell you it’s ok to ask for help!

For my part, I called in some back up from my super lovely Tech meets Woo lady Ashley who recently started helping me with the backend of my website and business portal. She’s an absolute angel! I called her in to help me upload the newly recorded live presentation of my Welcome The Love program to my Kajabi portal and build out a sales page for it and an email sequence to support the program. If I try to do this stuff by myself it takes hours and a lot of Chat GPT prompts to accomplish. Also no guarantee that I would do it correctly. This kind of Tech is not my jam. Ashley can set this up for me in 5 minutes while standing on her head so I love her!!!

While I was working with Ashley, I was explaining to her that at the beginning of my live Zoom presentation on Valentine’s Day no one showed up into I was a third of the way in. Not only was this humbling, it forced me to have to repeat the beginning and mess up the flow and order of the recorded presentation. I had to spend hours meticulously editing the recording to get the sequence correct. As I was explaining this to Ashley, I burst into tears. All the emotions I had been holding in just came to the surface. Ashley was so sweet. She does energy work, human design, breath work, etc so she knows how to hold space. She also supports a lot of Spiritual entrepreneurs and is one herself so she let me cry then shared how she too had broken down earlier that same morning with her own stressors.

It is eclipse season and everyone is going through something. She shared with me how common my experience was among creators and it was ok to re-record if I wanted. Especially when launching a new program and building a new audience there’s some trial and error. She also suggested that Valentines Day might not have been an ideal day to host a live. People are often busy or distracted that day. Yes, I told her, you have a point but even my friends didn’t show up for one reason or another.

It doesn’t matter who makes the live Ashley said, it’s All About The Replay. People pay for the option to watch it live or at their leisure. Plus you’re going to sell the recording on the portal for immediate download. Ashley also helped me understand that the people who will actually value and pay for my expertise will gravitate to my work as I put myself out there more and more. I just have to keep showing up and letting you know where to find me and how I can help.

I really poured my heart and soul into the program and I know I have something special here that can really help women especially women who have struggled to find love for years and years. But really anyone who is out there in this current dating climate. I was out there very recently too and for a really long time. And I’m not here giving you doom and gloom advice about how bad it is or insisting either gender is the problem. That’s not my point of view. My approach focuses on energy, action and timing. I’m offering a unique approach through the lens of Feng Shui with actionable solutions to make space for love.

I also believe most people need some sort of therapy around attachment styles in order to not only be a good partner but to also pick a good partner. I certainly benefited from this type of therapy. The more tools we have in our arsenal the better. Feng Shui is my favorite tool but it’s not my only tool!

Talking to Ashley really helped me put things in perspective. We all need support in some area of our lives and businesses. Now that I have worked through the hard part of birthing the course, I can make tweaks knowing the foundation for the body of work is built. I get to introduce Welcome The Love to my new community and present it locally at Awakening’s in Laguna Niguel soon! Since we are in Mercury Retrograde now I am thinking I might rename the course “Where Is The Love?” because that seems to be the primary question folks are asking themselves these days. There’s a location in your home that Feng Shui can help you find and cultivate. I’m excited for the opportunity to connect with a whole new organic audience. As of right now we are talking about hosting my live event on Saturday March 21st at 2pm. Community is important and I just moved here so I’m eager to connect with like minded people! I want to support my local community and my online community.

I’m so grateful for my evolving professional community including Ashley who is equal parts Tech Goddess, Business coach and Therapist. Priceless. She’s worth every penny because for a long time I did everything myself and the one thing I am really good at is Feng Shui and helping folks make space for their blessings and Lov…

Single, Coupled or Resting up for Romance; Feng Shui is For You!!!

Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch! Happy Feng Shui Friday on Friday the 13th. It’s your lucky day because I’m here to talk to you about Feng Shui. Did you know that from a Feng Shui perspective, your bedroom is the most important room in your home and actually your life? Do you long for a good nights sleep? Maybe you wish for someone to share your bed with. You might want to ask yourself if your bedroom is designed with these priorities in mind. Have you made sacred space for Rest and Romance? If you want to share your space with another, you actually have to make room for them physically and energetically. If you want a good nights rest, you need a setting in which that is likely. A few adjustments to your home and bedroom could make all the difference.

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow so I thought this would be a great topic!

Not only do I have a self-paced Bedroom Feng Shui Course available for immediate download that’s also on sale, I am actually teaching a Welcome The Love With Feng Shui Masterclass on Zoom live on Valentine’s Day at 2pm Saturday which is tomorrow! You can access both because I’m offering a significant discount on the Bedroom Feng Shui course for anyone who signs up for my $20 Masterclass Welcome The Love this Saturday at 2pm. Listen even if you can’t join me live you’ll have access to the replay for those $20 if you sign up now and the Bedroom Feng Shui download at over a $100 discount! After this pilot run of the Masterclass class, it will be priced significantly more on my portal or when I offer it in person. I will be teaching this Masterclass live in March in the flesh at Awakening’s in Laguna Niguel on Saturday March 21st at 2pm for $60 and I’ll share a link for Awakenings for that event in the show notes as well. I’d love to see you in person or virtually and connect and answer your questions in real time.

The desire for love and romance is a universal theme and Feng Shui can truly help you create a setting that welcomes and makes space for love and partnership physically and energetically. If you are single and long for the right partner, you have probably tried dating apps, social networking, self help books, love programs and even therapy. All of these strategies are great but if you don’t make the room for love in your life, it won’t be able to enter or have any place to stay...

Whether you share space with another or not, the Feng Shui principles of balance and harmony can be applied to your relationships outside of the bedroom as much as inside the bedroom. The themes portrayed in the home and your bedroom in particular extend to your outer life as well. Friendships, professional relationships, even casual relationships can benefit from good Feng Shui. Consider the premise that you create an energetic narrative in your private physical space that is then reflected in your public external life.

Sometimes we all need to step back from romantic partnerships and have a nurturing relationship with ourselves before we can entertain a new romantic partner. I believe the relationships we have with others reflect the relationship we have with ourselves. I would even go so far as to say that self love is the path to true love…

If you happen to be single these Feng Shui tips I am teaching will help you rest up for love and if you are in a loving relationship, they will enhance and strengthen it! When I think of R&R, I think about Rest and Romance. These are the 2 priorities and themes I focus on when helping clients Feng Shui their bedroom and their Love Guas. I am pleased to be teaching these principles for aligning your space and creating a setting that truly enhances your life and all of your relationships.

My greatest wish is that what you learn from me enhances your life no matter what your relationship status is! Every home and every room has its own story to tell and with Feng Shui you have the power to write a new chapter. If you want help that is personalized to your story and your space, you can always reach out to me for a private consultation with my scheduling link here: https://thefengshuilady.as.me/ in the show notes.

I hope to see you on Saturday 2pm or on the replay if you can’t join me live. Or on Saturday March 21st at Awakening’s in Laguna Niguel at 2pm! I invite you to spread the love by Subscribing, Liking and Sharing! Cheers & Ciao for now!

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Hello & Welcome to the Feng Shui Money Couch! Today I am talking about Decorating & Dressing for Love! I specialize in a particular niche in Feng Shui that I am also certified in called Fashion Feng Shui. While Feng Shui is all about our relationship with our environment and creating the right setting for things, our bodies are actually our most intimate environments. Just like we work with the elements in Feng Shui, we apply the same principles to dressing in Fashion Feng Shui. We work with Earth, Fire, Wood, Metal and Water and each of the elements is imbued with specific characteristics and ways to communicate our intentions and help us embody the roles we wish to play in life.

In Fashion Feng Shui, we dress with intention and the elements help us harness specific energies to assist us in achieving our goals.  Color is one of the most powerful ways of representing an element.  Think about how you might dress for say a funeral. Context matters here. You generally wouldn’t wear red to a funeral unless you were trying to cause a scene or be disrespectful. You would typically wear something black and demure or formal like I did last year for my mom’s funeral. She passed away last February a week before Valentine’s Day. Her funeral was the day after Valentine’s Day, so I can’t help but make this analogy.

Certain color palettes are associated with specific elements. Black and very dark colors like Navy represent Water. And what happens at funerals besides everyone wearing black, well lots of tears are shed. Peoples emotions flow so black being water element makes sense here in this context.  Black also represents qualities like depth, mysticism, and creativity.

Silhouettes also play an important role in Fashion Feng Shui and they are associated with specific elements as well as our body types, skin, hair and even eye color. Shapes, prints and designs are also very powerful and associated with the elements. And of course material and what our clothes are actually made of matter. Cotton for example is Wood.

We each have a personal elemental profile that helps determine what elements, colors, silhouettes and styles suit us best and amplify our energy.  Our Essence represents the dominating element or energy of your spirit or archetype.  We also have an influencing element that comes a close second as an archetype.  And finally an Element that represents our Intention or qualities we aspire to.  These elemental profiles that we address in Fashion Feng Shui work in a similar fashion as how our sun, moon and rising signs work in Astrology.  I for example I have a Water, Fire combo as my Essence & Influence, however I vacillate between which is more dominant.  I think I was very watery when I was younger and as I get older my Fire wants to shine.  Maybe it’s my Leo moon finally coming out to play.

All that said, you can harness specific elements to achieve or communicate something of importance on a particular day. Think of dressing as a language or a story you are curating each day with your body as the billboard.

I have been thinking about Valentine’s Day because I’m teaching a Welcome The Love with Feng Shui Masterclass that day. It will be taught live on Zoom Saturday February 14th at 2pm Pacific. I’ll share a link for Welcome The Love in the show notes for anyone who wants to participate and could use a little more love in their life! It’s $20 and will be an hour of beautiful Romantic Feng Shui Wisdom to help you Welcome The Love this year.

As I was deciding what to include in the class I thought to myself I need to include some Fashion Feng Shui because that’s a big part of how I personally prepared for love. Last year after my mom’s passing immediately came Valentine’s Day which was particularly sad for me. Per usual, I was single and extra morose because I was mourning. I decided at that time to make some changes to my life and actively make room for love and blessings.  Our days are numbered and you want to experience as much love as you can while you can.

So what did I do? In addition to practicing Feng Shui on STEROIDS, I started curating a dating wardrobe. Part of what I included in that wardrobe love capsule was lingerie. I basically only purchased clothes for the love capsule with an emphasis on evening wear. Then for a couple months, I would just hang out in my house in my lingerie as if my lover was coming over. Until he finally did. I know that sounds a little delusional but before I knew it, I had actually manifested him just 2 days before what would have been my mom’s birthday on August 8th. 

Honestly, that just occurred to me as I’m writing this. Maybe she was in on it; who knows. From February to August, I was dressing for the role of lover and embodying it. I really had fun deciding what I would wear for my imaginary boyfriend. Then when he finally showed up, I had all these great outfits to wear! Listen if you’re single I feel you. If you’re in a relationship that could use some spicing, I feel you too.  Either way, let’s Feng Shui it. I’m excited to help you Welcome The Love with Feng Shui on Valentine’s Day! Sign up with the link in the show notes and don’t forget to spread the love by subscribing, liking, and sharing. Cheers & Ciao for now!

PS The Pod Normally drops on Feng Shui Fridays but I had some technology challenges this week. I hope you were pleasantly Surprised when it arrived in your inbox Saturday morning instead! Cheers 😊

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch. Today I am talking about the Practical versus the Mystical aspects of Feng Shui. I want to begin by explaining what Feng Shui actually is so you have context around why it works and how it can serve you.

Feng Shui is not just a Space Planning or Design Practice. It’s actually an Earth Science and energy practice that’s over 5000 years old and some form of it spans across all cultures. In China it’s called Feng Shui, in India it’s Vastu and in Western Culture, it’s Sacred Geometry. It’s largely based on our relationship with nature. At its core, Feng Shui is the study of how environmental patterns affect living systems, especially humans.

The Ancient Chinese observers didn’t separate the “spiritual” from the “environmental.” They watched how landforms, water, sunlight, wind, and orientation influenced survival, health, agriculture, and social stability—and they recorded patterns that worked. The Energetic Map in Feng Shui called the Bagua was born of this. While Feng Shui predates modern geology, ecology, and environmental psychology, it overlaps with all three.

The reason it still works to this day and perhaps is even more important in modern society and the buildings we now inhabit is because it addresses issues like:

• Poor layouts increase cortisol

• Lack of daylight affects mood

• Noise disrupts sleep

• Clutter impairs cognition

• Disordered flow increases anxiety

Etcetera, Etcetera…. So yes it’s super practical and imbued with health benefits, safety and really good common sense. All that said, I spent the early part of my Feng Shui career trying to demystify it and promote its practicality, but people still reacted to the idea of Feng Shui as Woo. And in truth they weren’t entirely wrong, it is Woo but that’s not the whole story. Dismissing the pragmatic benefits by solely focusing on the Woo is like throwing the baby out with the bath water.

For years I tried to introduce Feng Shui to the corporate space and furniture world. I was met with a lot of resistance. It was frustrating because you can practice Feng Shui without applying any of the more mystical and transcendental adjustments or cures and still benefit greatly from it. In those terms it’s just good design and lifestyle choices.

There are a number of different approaches or schools of Feng Shui and while they all work, they differ based on location, culture, training, and practitioner. What’s interesting is that For a long time Feng Shui was only available to Kings & Queens and the most elite in society. They didn’t want the masses to have this information.

The most powerful teachings and transcendental cures cannot even be found in books because they are verbally handed down from Masters and Mentors to students. Much of this information is only to be shared through a sacred monetary exchange of value using red envelopes. For example I’m not allowed to share certain cures, adjustments, mantras, or meditations without such an exchange. Because it’s an energy practice and if the energetic exchange isn’t equitable the practitioner can fall ill and the person receiving the information will not access it’s full potential.

Before I fully understood this, I was running around with my Feng Shui Tourette’s spewing my Feng Shui advice to anyone who would listen. I learned the hard way that this ultimately serves no one. A reciprocal exchange of worth should always be in place. I learned this from one of my mentors Kristina.

Much of what is taught in Feng Shui is very practical and I can freely share it as content, and I do! I also no longer shy away from discussing its mystical and energetic qualities. In fact, now I do so with reverence and without fear of judgment.

That which is sacred is verbally transmitted from Master to Student or Practitioner to Client with the exchange of currency using red envelopes in multiples of 9. The greater the depth of knowledge the more envelopes are shared. As someone who has been practicing Feng Shui for over 16 years, I can honestly say that the greatest transformational experiences that I have had with Feng Shui came through the mystical practices and with an exchange of the red envelopes.

Listen, as mentioned I focused primarily on the practical for many years because I was operating in environments where the spiritual was frowned upon or mocked. I was working in corporate environments with various high end Furniture brands. It wasn’t until the Universe pulled me out of the corporate world that I was able to delve deeper into my Feng Shui education with an emphasis on mystical practices.

I finally went all in on the Woo and worked with mentors and masters to operate with Feng Shui at an elevated level. That’s when my life dramatically improved. My finances, my love life, my approach to my business, everything. I invested in myself and it paid off handsomely. They say that when the student is ready, the teacher or mentor appears. When I was ready to go full Woo, my mentor Kristina Hollinger entered the picture!

The truth is you need to do the practical stuff first before you can even truly apply the woo. You want to master that first. For example Chanting mantras in the middle of a hoarders home isn’t going to help them. They need to start with the practical stuff like decluttering and cleaning. We all need to learn to walk before we run! I had walked a certain path long enough and I was finally ready to run and that’s when Kristina Hollinger entered my life.

I’m really excited to announce that Kristina will be making an appearance here on the pod on March 13th! Don’t worry we are recording it in the 11th but you get to watch it on Super Woo Friday the 13th. All right everybody, Cheers and Ciao for now!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch! Today I am officially announcing my WELCOME THE LOVE Events for February & March ~ Starting with my Virtual Valentine’s Day Event on February 14th at 2pm!

Whether you are Single or Coupled, you can open your Home & Heart to Love & Romance this Valentine’s Day with Feng Shui.

Every year this holiday for Love can bring up feelings of sadness, loneliness and despair for so many — I myself can attest to this! It wasn’t long ago that I too found myself endlessly scrolling dating apps and only meeting men that were emotionally unavailable.

I finally broke the cycle with some very powerful Feng Shui adjustments and intention. I have helped countless women experience breakthroughs in love and I finally looked in the mirror and did it for myself! With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I was Inspired to create a Love Masterclass with Feng Shui Wisdom for both inviting and making sacred space for love!

One of my Feng Shui Specialties has been helping my clients magnetize love and babies through the teachings of Feng Shui! For example, last week I told about my client who had a Bar cart in her Love Gua which was magnetizing a string of alcoholic boyfriends for her. It took me pointing this out to her and her moving the bar cart to unblock her love Gua. That and a few more things but the bar cart in her love Gua was the symbolic crux of her problem.

Once She figured that out and shifted the energy in her space, she met the love of her life within days! She is now married with 2 beautiful daughters!

This Valentines Day I’m sharing the secrets that have worked for both myself and my clients. February 14 is meant to be a day for Love & Romance but what if you’re single or your relationship is experiencing a dip?

Join me on Saturday February 14th at 2pm Pacific Time for a Virtual Valentines Day Masterclass on Feng Shui! Spread The Love and bring a friend! This could be your “Galentine’s Day” retreat with Feng Shui…

Welcome The Love is about Romance — YES. And it’s also about self love because all love begins as an inside job! This Masterclass will help you make the Space For The Love you deserve starting with yourself! It will not only benefit your romantic relationships, but all kinds of relationship dynamics.

Imagine a 2026 where you…

Date with Intention and experience fulfilling relationships.

A year where you welcome relationships where Deep, Soul-level Conversations are the norm.

A time when you have Exciting Romantic Experiences unlike you have known before.

And finally meet the Love of your Life!

Receive the Attention you desire.

Feel Seen, Heard and Understood.

& experience healthy and rewarding relationships!

You Feel confident and like you can be yourself within your relationships.

Perhaps you actually welcome a baby and complete your family without even trying!

All of this is possible for you in 2026 — the Year of the Horse. How do I know? Because every single example I just shared came from real client wins and my own personal experience!

LET’s Make Sacred Space For Love Together on Saturday February 14th at 2pm PST!!!. I will share the link in the show notes! WELCOME THE LOVE

When you sign up for Welcome the Love, you set yourself up to make space for love and show love for yourself — because you’ve made space for love just in time for The Year of The Horse which begins on February 17th, 2026!

Inside Welcome the Love, you will learn the sacred Feng Shui adjustments that have helped hundreds of my clients Welcome Love and babies into their lives! This Masterclass is $20 and will be 60 minutes. Listen the energy of love is meant to be spread so I invite you to bring a friend looking for love to join you! It will make this all the more fun for everyone. We can support each other in Welcoming The Love for the Year of the Horse!

Here’s what’s included when you enroll in Welcome The LOVE:

You’ll get a Zoom link to join the class which will take place on Saturday February 14th at 2pm PST to 3pm PST. You’ll get a Welcome the Love Recording that will be shared after the LIVE. (and the replay will be available for 90 days).

During our LIVE call, you’ll receive Feng Shui Wisdom, Adjustments and Cures for Love. & You can also ask me questions in real time!

These Feng Shui adjustments will help you enter the Fire Horse Year with an open heart and the Space for Love. As a Bonus! I’ll include a free Bagua Map Download and access to sign up for my Bedroom Feng Shui Course at a significant 1 time discount!

I really wanted to make this accessible to everyone in the digital space and not just limit it to my local community. That said, I’m still planning on hosting a live in person event at Awakening’s in Laguna Hills California on March 21st at 2pm. So if you’re in La or Orange County and want to meet and work with me in Person then put Saturday March 21st at 2pm on your calendars!

That live in person Event and Space will be $60. I will share the link and details for the AWAKENINGS Welcome The Love event in the show notes as well. Awakenings is an established metaphysical Community and store with crystals and books and beautiful magical tools. They have sound baths and psychics so it’s definitely a vibe! I’m really excited to connect in a personal interactive way both online on Valentine’s Day & at Awakening’s in March with my new local community! I’m super excited to spread the Love With Feng Shui!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch! Today’s episode is called “Where The Love Is! ~ Getting Ahead of Valentine’s Day….”

Last week I shared with you that One of my Feng Shui specialties has been helping my clients make room for love and babies! I also shared a link to my new Feng Shui for the Bedroom because that is Where The Magic Happens and a great place to focus your attention when love is your focus. I’m sharing the link again in the show notes for anyone who wants to check out Bedroom Feng Shui ahead of Valentine’s Day!

I know it’s only January but I am already thinking about Valentine’s Day because I am planning on hosting a live in Person Love inspired Feng Shui workshop here near Aliso Viejo on Saturday February 14th at 2pm. I’m still working out the details but I will share a link and more information as soon as I have it! Ideally I will host it on Valentine’s Day or few days before.

I’m going to spread the Feng Shui Love. I know what a bummer Valentine’s Day can be when you’re single or in an unhealthy relationship so I wanted host a workshop that could help singles and couples enhance romance.

Have you ever asked yourself where is the Love? I’m going to teach you how to find and activate the area of your home that represents your love life! In Feng Shui we have a Treasure Map of your home called the Bagua and in that map there is a specific location in your home that represents your love life and even if that area doesn’t land in your bedroom, there’s also an area of your bedroom that you can activate for love.

Listen finding love is one thing, but cultivating and keeping it is another. So I can not only show you where it is, but what you can do to really make space for it. I will cover all that in the workshop and answer questions in realtime.

I’m so excited to be working with and getting to know my new community. The Love Gua and Feng Shui for love is probably my favorite thing to talk about and help people with! When I think about Valentine’s Day, I can hear the black eyed peas singing their hit song “Where Is The Love” playing in my head…. Feng Shui can can help you find where it lives in your home, and it’s up to us to make room for it. Literally!

I have a Client that I worked with early in my career when I was living in LA. She was a really pretty actress and model with a beautiful home. In fact by all appearances her home was lovely and well appointed. That said, when we walked into her living room I noticed a Bar-Cart prominently placed in her Love Gua. While I love a Bar cart, I don’t recommend placing it in your love Gua. It basically signals that substances like alcohol are playing a prominent role in your love life.

When I asked her about her love life she told me that her last three boyfriends had been raging alcoholics! You can’t make this stuff up. Sometimes Feng Shui is that literal! Location and context matter. As soon as she moved that bar cart out of her love Gua the next man she dated turned out to be the love of her life and they are now married with 2 kids!

Sometimes all it takes is one small shift to make all the difference to unblock your good fortune. Feng Shui provides the treasure map and the directions to help you make those shifts. I can’t wait to share more live and in person in February! Stay tuned for all the details coming soon!

On a side note, I got my new jewel toned, Moroccan inspired accent pillows for the Money Couch and it’s a vibe. It’s giving I dream of Jeannie! If you are listening on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, you can check out the video version of the Pod on Substack Or YouTube. I’ll share those links in the Show Notes for those of you interested in the visuals.

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch! Today I want to talk about Bedroom Feng Shui & Where The Magic Happens!!!

One of my Feng Shui specialties has been helping my clients find love and make babies! This kind of magic starts in the bedroom. Creating a setting where love can live is crucial to both its inception and longevity. For years I saw how my work really helped my clients make room for love and babies. In fact most of my client testimonials revolve around this theme!

I however personally struggled in this department. I had physical reasons why bearing children was not in the cards for me and I was at peace with that. Love was another story. I always longed for it. That said, I had some foundational issues that the actionable aspects of Feng Shui alone weren’t going to solve. I say this because there are 3 kinds of luck we talk about in Feng Shui. Human, Earthly and Heavenly.

Human Luck represents our attitude and approach to life; Earthly Luck represents the actual physical actions we take towards our goals including Feng Shui related actions & Heavenly Luck is all about our Astrology and Destiny.

Two out of Three of these kinds of luck are up to us. Everything except Divine or Heavenly luck is up to us. Feng Shui itself represents our earthly activities and is 1/3 of the equation. That said, I had to learn how to manage and navigate my Personal Destiny aka Heavenly Luck as well as my approach to life or Human Luck before I could unlock the obstacles to my romantic happiness.

We all come into this life with our own blueprint and set of circumstances. For some folks love comes easily and at a young age but that wasn’t me! I came into this life with emotional baggage and patterns that required some professional therapeutic work and self awareness to resolve. For most of my romantic life, I seemed to keep dating the same emotionally unavailable guy with a different pair of pants if you know what I mean. That said I was the common denominator in my relationships so it was up to me to figure out what I was doing wrong.

I never gave up on love, I just took my own sweet time making the emotional space. I eventually did the work in therapy around my attachment style and mother wound. The truth is, it wasn’t until after my mother passed away last year that I was able to see how that relationship had colored all of my romantic relationships.

I kept choosing people who weren’t emotionally available. I was always the one trying to make love happen while they sat back in their indifference. Listen 1/2 of that equation was on me because I was unconsciously participating in that dynamic. Basically repeating the dynamic I had with my mom. Once I became aware of my role in this, I was able to shift my energy and approach. And Once those two thirds of the equation were unlocked meaning the divine timing and my new approach and attitude towards dating, then I was able to have healthier and more fulfilling experiences in my dating life. The seeds of all the Feng Shui activations I had planted around love were finally able to bloom!

Divine timing is not something you can control but you can definitely get a heads up on it with tools like Astrology and Numerology. With Feng Shui and a positive attitude you can plant the seeds for love. These things you have full agency over. It was almost like a domino effect that took place for me last year. Once I made all of my Feng Shui adjustments and made myself emotionally available in a healthy way, my experiences in dating transformed. I felt seen, safe, understood and nurtured in a way I had never experienced before. Most importantly though, I now feel a sense of self love as well that makes whatever is happening in my love life more fulfilling and balanced. Love really is an inside job.

Listen, it’s never too late. I mean I’m on the other side of 50. I just turned 56 so if you feel like you’re too old and love has passed you by, it hasn’t. You have agency. The blessings I was able to gift my clients, I could finally gift myself! It all began with my inner work and then the external circumstances shifted. Feng Shui is an inside job that is reflected through your surroundings.

I took some very dramatic steps last year towards making room for love and the most pivotal one was buying a new mattress or bed! This is the most important piece of furniture you own and it is in the most important room in your life; The Bedroom!

The new bed created a clean Energetic slate for my love life! I can’t stress enough how powerful your bed is! Your health and love life are represented here.

I have a new Feng Shui for the Bedroom course I want to share with you! It’s available now and it details how to make room for love and blessings in your life! I share all the most important Bedroom Feng Shui Secrets that have worked for me and my clients! The link is in the show notes. If you only take one Feng Shui course of mine let it be this one because the bedroom really is where the Magic Happens and it’s a microcosm of your whole life.

With Valentine’s Day approaching in February, I can’t think of a better gift you can give yourself! Whether you’re in a relationship or looking for one, Bedroom Feng Shui will enhance Rest & Romance! If you haven’t already, I invite you to subscribe, like and spread the love by sharing! Cheers everyone and Ciao for Now!

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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch! I’m recording this Feng Shui Quickie on New Year’s Day!

The inspiration for this episode is to help us balance our energy and set the stage for a prosperous 2026! I talk a lot about set and setting. And after the holidays and my birthday, I found myself wanting to be in a calmer more Zen state so I made some simple yet impactful changes to my overall decor.

It’s important to note that while New Year’s Eve was a universal portal for change, it was just a precursor for the lunar new year on February 17th. You still have time to make shifts to your environment that will support you as we enter the year of the Fire Horse in February.

Your homes decor is not just creating an aesthetic for you, it’s impacting your nervous system and ability to relax and or motivate. It’s also a canvas for you to paint and communicate your personal vision for your life! Think of your home as a Living Breathing 3 D Vision Board!

I recommend creating a setting that is flexible and adaptable to your needs which inevitably will shift depending on the seasons, the energy of the current year, and what’s personally happening in your life.

In Feng Shui we work with the elements and color is a powerful way to activate certain elements that impact our nervous systems.

Research shows that colors in the red spectrum tend to be more stimulating and can increase arousal and energy levels. Red can boost heart rate, increase adrenaline, and even heighten focus and attention.

On the flip side, green is generally associated with calmness, relaxation, and even lower stress levels. It tends to have a soothing effect and can promote a sense of balance and tranquility.

So, in essence, red spectrum activates and energizes, while green calms and soothes. The Red & Green Holiday theme is an exercise in elemental balance.

In Feng Shui Red spectrum colors represent fire element which is beneficial for certain areas of your home and detrimental to others. It’s important to balance the elements to create a harmonious environment and understand where to emphasize and or deemphasize certain elements. A Feng Shui consultation can help determine the state of your home’s elemental balance and how to manage it.

Around the holidays we tend to emphasize red and green in different measures. In Feng Shui Green represents Wood element which is about growth and it feeds the fire element while the fire depletes the wood. These 2 elements present us with a delicate equilibrium.

I was feeling a little overstimulated after Christmas and my birthday so I chose to turn the volume down on the red spectrum in my living room and bedroom while turning the volume up on the green or wood element. The emphasis went from a raging fire fed by the wood to a soothing woodsy forest with a splash of fire and embers.

To accomplish this in the living room, I simply swapped out my burnt orange accent pillows with these blush ones. In my bedroom I swapped my faux fur bedspread which represents fire element with a beautiful floral forest inspired one! Then I got so inspired that I ordered a whole new set of throw pillows for the Money Couch and the year of the Fire Horse! I can’t wait to debut them when they arrive. They have a sexy Moroccan Vibe.

Listen folks, these are simple hacks you can use to make energetic and aesthetic changes on a budget. You don’t have to buy all new furniture to achieve a refresh! Color options for your Bedding and accent pillows are my seasonal redecorating tip for an elemental shift. I love to swap out my throw pillows and blankets in the living room periodically with a new color palette. Then alternate my duvet cover or bedspread in the bedroom to change the whole vibe! It’s like having different outfits for your sofa and bed depending on your mood. You can try this redecorating and energy shifting hack when you need to raise or lower the volume on any of the elements. Try it and let me know how you feel!

The great thing is you can always switch it back or try something entirely different without breaking the bank or going to too much trouble!

I have been talking about fire and wood elements in this episode, but there’s actually 5 elements we work with in Feng Shui; Fire, wood, water, metal and earth. I dive deep into how to work with all 5 in my FREE FENG SHUI BASICS COURSE available for download now! I’ll share a link in the show notes.

When you see the difference, you will feel the difference!

2025 was the year of the Wood Snake and 2026 will be the year of the Fire Horse so I am sure I will be raising the volume on fire element once again once we reach the lunar new year and as soon as I get those new pillows! The year of the Fire Horse officially begins on February 4, 2026. The difference between elements will definitely be felt once we enter this time!

I invite you to start 2026 on the right foot with some FREE FENG SHUI BASICS COURSE ! Many Blessings my friends. Remember to subscribe, like and share. It means more than you know to spread the love.

I want to wish everyone happy and magical new year! Cheers & Ciao for Now!

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Happy Holidays Folks & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch. I have a Feng Shui Story for you today that I hope will shed some light on the true nature of Feng Shui.

I’m recording this on Christmas Eve and it’ll be live on my Birthday which is the day after Christmas! Yes, that’s Feng Shui Friday or December 26! Turns out I was born on a Friday and on a full moon. I was actually 3 months premature and entered the world in a dramatic and dangerous manner with my parents waking up in a pool of blood because the placenta had broken. An emergency caesarian was performed and I entered the world ahead of my time.

I share this birthday with 2 influential male authors; not the exact year but the date. Henry Miller and David Sedaris where both born December 26th, both men whose work was autobiographical and unconventional in nature. That’s a vibe I relate to. I can’t imagine that being born on one of the most anticlimactic days of the year didn’t color their personalities in some way. It’s definitely colored mine.

Nobody wants to compete with Jesus for attention on their birthday. You end sucking it up: never getting to shine on your special day so to speak. It engenders underdog vibes. I think this is the foundation for a particular set of sensibilities and an unconventional nature.

Henry Miller was hyper masculine, Unfiltered, rebellious, erotic, and philosophically and spiritually searching.

While David Sedaris is openly homosexual, humorous, self deprecating and focused on observational humor. I actually met David in San Francisco at a book signing and I mentioned we shared a birthday. At the end of the evening, he gave me the bouquet of flowers that was on the table where he was signing….

Both Miller & Sedaris’s work is Unconventional and autobiographical. They live through their stories.

I also live and breathe my rather unconventional work. Before I became The Feng Shui Lady, I majored in Journalism so I do see life through narrative and it’s why I connect with the lens of a writer and also why The Art of Feng Shui speaks to me. Once I began my studies in Feng Shui, it’s really the only thing I write about. I think on my grave there should the following quote. “I can make anything about Feng Shui.” And the reason that’s true is because it’s a physical language between ourselves and the world that begins at birth and never really ends. We are always in communication with our environment even if we don’t understand the language. Feng Shui is the language. If you liken Feng Shui to Story Boarding like I do, you will recognize that the Sexy piece of art with lovers in an embrace hung in your home is communicating something. Ideally it’s hung in the area of your home that represents your love life where it will do you the most good. We use what’s called a Bagua Map in Feng Shui which serves as a treasure map for all 9 of our life themes including Love. Once you discover where to find and activate the love or the money areas or any area of your home, you’ll never take it for granted again. You’ll be in a relationship with what is happening; where it’s happening and why. You’ll have agency to change what is happening to be more to your liking. That’s Feng Shui. Creating a Set & Setting for the life you desire. That communication can be conscious or unconscious. Feng Shui makes it conscious and empowering. With that in mind, you should know that Art is alchemy, it’s powerful. It’s the symbolic writing on the wall.

We just had the Solstice and we are currently in a very Yin period. A quiet, behind the scenes period of preparation. A perfect closing out period for the year of the snake. The year of death and rebirth! It’s a good time to take stock what you actually achieved this year and how that is setting the stage for next year. A beautiful time to Feng Shui. If you look at your home from a Feng Shui perspective, you could look at how it has evolved and shifted over the last year. What new stories unfolded. What parts of your physical narrative changed and how. I personally replaced and upgraded almost every piece of furniture I owned. Then I physically moved to a whole new town. If this were a literary analogy. I didn’t just start a whole new chapter, I’m writing an entirety different book!

How about you what’s changed? How do you want your life to look and feel next year? I spent the Solstice an energy we are still in contemplating and formulating my action plan for next year. If you want help creating both an energetic and visual narrative through Feng Shui, reach out for a consultation or just dip your toes with my free Feng Shui Basics course. I’ll include links to reach me Scheduling Link and the mini course FREE FENG SHUI BASICS COURSE in the show notes. I invite you to subscribe, like and share. Every little bit helps to support the Show!

Many Blessings & Merry Christmas my friends.

Cheers & CIAO for now.

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I wanted to let everyone know that The Feng Shui Money Couch will be released on Fridays which I affectionately refer to as Feng Shui Fridays. I will have 3 different formats for you to look forward to. A Solo episode where I share a story full of applicable Feng Shui wisdom much like the first episode of The Feng Shui Money Couch. A long format guest interview typically around an hour, much like last weeks interview with Numerologist Gail Minogue, or like today’s a quickie solo episode where I share a powerful and actionable Feng Shui take away to help invite blessings and abundance into your life! No matter which format, there’s always something to look forward to! I’m also really excited about the guests I’m scheduling for the new year and the Wisdom & Woo they have to share with you. Cheers everyone and enjoy the episode.

Hello & Welcome to THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH!

Today I want to talk about best practices for the end of the year through the multifaceted lens of Feng Shui, Astrology and Numerology. In all of these approaches we treat this time of year as a clearing, cleansing and closing out period. I’m calling this episode “A Season of Clearing; 27 Things.”

The year of the snake called for us to release all that no longer served through a process of death and rebirth. The 9 Universal numerology of the year asked us to complete and end things. So this year especially and in this particular cycle of time, it is advisable to whole heartedly clear the decks to prepare for a brand new year and energetic cycle.

In Feng Shui we have a ritual called 27 things. It begins with a proper and thorough cleaning of the home. Followed by a combination of decluttering and or rearranging of 27 items in the home. 27 reduces to the number 9 which is a powerful symbol of completion. I recommend jotting down the 27 things so you can keep track of what you edited out of your space and what got moved or rearranged. Once the physical shift of 27 things has been completed you can complete the ritual with a Palo Santo or Saging of your home coupled with a meditation or visualization of the blessings you have just made space for and are inviting in!

This is a powerful re-calibration and reset. You physically and energetically made space for your blessings and now the universe has space to fill with grace. I want to wish everyone a magical holiday season. I have a free gift for you. My complimentary Feng Shui Basics course is available now! You can find it in my Linktree and on my new website along with all my other offerings. I will share a direct link in the show notes here FREE FENG SHUI BASICS COURSE . I invite you to subscribe, like and share. Every little bit helps to support the Show! Many Blessings everyone. Cheers & CIAO for now.

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Laura Carrillo & Gail Minogue

Discuss the numerological energy of 2026, highlighting the challenging period from 2025 to 2026 as the U.S. undergoes significant institutional changes. Gail explains that 2025 was a tough year (universal year 9) marked by endings, while 2026 (universal year 1) will be a seed-planting year. They delve into personal years, emphasizing the importance of adding one’s birth month and day to the universal year to determine personal energy cycles.

Gail advises on the characteristics and actions to take in each personal year, from planting seeds in a one year to networking in a three year.

Learn more about Gail Minogue at www.gailminogue.com and check out her YouTube Channel @GailMinogueNumeroly.

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Hello & Welcome to the FENG SHUI Money Couch! Yes, I changed the name and I am sitting on the aforementioned Money Couch. I’m finally Back after an extended hiatus in which I moved. I’m in a whole new set and setting which clearly inspired the new name. I’m in beautiful Aliso Viejo just 15 minutes inland from Laguna Beach. I love my new more expansive space and environment.

That said this wasn’t something I planned on doing or even fathomed at this particular juncture in my life because it was neither in my budget nor in my sights! I lived in my last home for 14 plus years and this year I participated in an elite level Feng Shui Mastermind with my colleague Kristina Hollinger who specializes in Black Hat Feng Shui. This is a very mystical Buddhist School and interpretation of Feng Shui.

The new tools I acquired in that Feng Shui Mastermind took both my life and my practice to a whole new level. It was basically Feng Shui on Steroids incorporating the most powerful, ancient, mystical practices for inviting abundance and manifestation. I leaned in hard and it literally changed my whole life.

I invested in redecorating and up leveling my entire home and life with sacred Feng Shui Principles and rituals. And guess what? As soon as I maximized on the full potential of that space my life and circumstances completely changed.

My financial situation transformed which allowed me to invest in all the new furniture. I’m talking new bed, sofa, art, buffet, rugs pretty much everything! I was also gifted a brand new car. My love life transformed and the ideal space for a whole new chapter opened up to me. That’s the power of really good Feng Shui. The shifts I made triggered what I can only describe as divine intervention.

It’s important for me to mention that all of this was happening in the midst of personal crisis with the loss of my mother in February, my own health issues following her death and later additional family drama. I bring this up because it’s pertinent here. My life was complicated and messy but Feng Shui helped me both navigate it and transform it.

So in the last couple months, I have been busy moving, managing family obligations and Restructuring & Redesigning my personal life and business! It’s taken several twists and turns however I have felt guided and blessed by using sacred practices that I honed during that mastermind.

The reason I have been mia on the pod was Due to these unforeseen circumstances. I had to move rather abruptly to support my family so yes I took a beat, several beats, but I’m back with a story to tell! I have lot of Feng Shui wisdom to share with you.

I don’t even know where to begin! In previous episodes I have talked about this being the year of the snake which is all about death and rebirth. Shedding what no longer serves to make way for a new improved version of yourself. It’s the perfect analogy to Feng Shuiing and Space Clearing your entire life.

I know I am not the only one for whom this year has rocked their world. I’m here to share how Feng Shui can help in even the most challenging of circumstances. It is a manifesting tool that allows you to collaborate with the universe and your surroundings to make the most of your circumstances.

This year, I have quite literally Feng Shui’d everything in my life! There’s not a single aspect of my world that hasn’t undergone a make-over! My body, my wardrobe, my car, my furniture, my relationships, my home, and even my business.

I can’t tell you how excited I am to be here hosting The Podcast in my new studio and home. The truth is that I now see my entire home as a Studio, a Showroom, an Office and my Home Sweet-Home! This has required a lot of attention to detail and intentional Feng Shui design.

The reality is that when I was looking for a new space, I was under a lot of pressure to move quickly. My brother who is living with and taking care of my 85 year old father was simultaneously diagnosed with cancer in his Kidney and in need of a quadruple heart bypass surgery. Both health issues were urgent and I needed to basically drop everything and move close to my family.

My father lost my Mother earlier this year and the toll of losing her and the possibility of losing my brother were more than he could handle on his own. I knew I had to move immediately but I also wanted to be strategic.

The most critical factors for me were location, floor plan, numerology, aesthetic and amenities. I scoured through listings with the goal of finding a place close to my family that met all my Feng Shui criteria. Of all the places I looked at, this one had the best floor plan from a Feng Shui perspective and the ideal numerology for me. These factors ruled out so many spaces and ultimately narrowed things down to this specific place.

Even though it felt like I was looking for a needle in a haystack, when I finally found this space, it was the obvious choice. The bedroom is in the Love Gua a feature I have always aspired to. And The amenities went above and beyond! I have always wanted a Pool and a Jacuzzi, but I never considered them deal breakers. They have been on my vision board for a few years and now I have both. I even have an in unit washer and dryer. These are all luxuries for me!

This living room is in both the family and prosperity Guas. I’m currently seated in between both. The Family Gua to my right and The Prosperity Gua to my Left. Family is the reason I moved here. This Gua also represents our day to day expenses and having more than enough money to cover our needs. It’s where I will be filming the Pod and growing my Community which is a form of Family!

The Prosperity Gua which is adjacent to the Family Gua represents Wealth and surplus money for luxuries, savings, investments and high ticket items. It’s basically to the left of me and also on my balcony. The balcony looks out over a beautiful view of palm trees a pool and jacuzzi! A confirmation of my long held dreams from my vision board coming true. From this new vantage point, I look forward to helping others find their needle in a haystack and make their dreams come true!

I want to share a teachable Feng Shui moment I experienced during my move and what actually inspired the new Podcast Name. When it comes to living rooms, I think of the Sofa or Couch as the crowning jewel of the room and the biggest investment and statement piece. This Sofa is the most expensive piece of furniture I own!

Everything socially revolves around the aesthetic and placement of your Sofa. When I was redecorating my old apartment earlier this year, I pulled the trigger on my dream sofa! It was a large beautiful burnt orange art deco sofa with a bench cushion. I had been eyeing it for years and it had been sitting in my virtual shopping cart for someday.

The day finally came when I could afford it back in April during my Feng Shui Mastermind. It was my biggest investment piece at the time! My living room where the Sofa would live was in my Love Gua of that apartment so the burnt Orange color was intentional and actually served to fire up my love life.

I had been celibate for close to 2 years and as soon I got that Sofa my love life lit up. I affectionately came to call it the Sexy Sofa!

Fast forward to my move at the end of October. The Couch got stained during the move. I tried everything to remove the stains and nothing worked. I was devastated. I looked to see if I could find another one just like it but they no longer made it. Meanwhile I stewed and kept looking for something that could even approximate the art deco aesthetic.

I had purchased the original sofa from Urban Outfitters so I decided to look on the Anthropologie website because they are under the same parent company. Lo and behold, I found an almost identical sofa in velvet with the rounded art deco lines, pleated back rest, and bench cushion but in Emerald Green!

That’s when it occurred to me that the Fiery Orange Sofa which had been so perfect in my old apartment, was actually doing…

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If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around lifestyle and wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. Subscribe for tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

Hello and welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”. If you have been following me for a while, you have been witness to my recent personal Feng Shui makeover. As a Feng Shui practitioner, I too have to refresh and reimagine my space periodically. As we evolve, so too should our environments.

In this year of the Snake, we are universally undergoing a shedding and letting go of some aspect of our lives clearing the path for a whole new trajectory. It’s also a 9 year representing death and rebirth. For me personally, this has manifested rather dramatically and literally. I have been undergoing a very yin behind the curtain shift from the inside out. Every single aspect of my physical life has experienced a complete makeover. In some cases as in the death of my mother, I had no control of the situation. In others, I embraced the energy of change and reinvention by embarking on a deeply mystical Feng Shui Mastermind to up level my practice and shift my personal energy. In spite of being a certified 15 year Feng Shui veteran, I wanted to deepen my work. The Mastermind introduced me to a host of Sacred Transcendental practices and rituals that are handed down verbally through the Black Hat tradition.

Since taking part in the Mastermind, my whole life has up leveled. I manifested the resources to totally redecorate my home and curate an entirely new energetic narrative. I was gifted a brand new car and made dramatic shifts towards my health and wellbeing. I don’t think any of this would have been possible without a mental and spiritual shift which was a significant focus of the Mastermind.

I am ready to spread the love and teach what I preach in my new BEDROOM FENG SHUI class! The class will be held over Zoom on 7/12/25 at 2pm. Enrollment is available now. It’s at the top of my Link-tree under BEDROOM FENG SHUI https://linktr.ee/TheFengShuiLady where you can also find all my other offerings.

I recognize that not everyone can afford a “one on one” Feng Shui consultation but I believe everyone should have access to and be able to apply Feng Shui! This is my most accessible and immediately applicable offering for just $55!

I decided to focus on the Bedroom first because:

YOUR BEDROOM IS A MICROCOSM OF YOUR WHOLE LIFE!

Are you ready to Discover the Manifesting potential of your Bedroom? Then it’s time to Design your dream life. We will begin by Arranging a Sanctuary for Rest & Romance!

At a time when so many can’t afford a one on one Feng Shui consultation, I have created my most accessible offering just $55! And starting with the most influential room in your life. Your bedroom.

In this 1 hour interactive Zoom class, I’ll be sharing powerful Placement Recommendations, Adjustments & Cures to help you turn your bedroom into a manifesting portal. Join me and friends in a sacred online space on Saturday, July 12th at 2pm. You can also visit https://TheFengShuiLady.as.me/BedroomClass to directly sign up for Bedroom Feng Shui.

Invite a friend to join you so that you can manifest together! There’s power in numbers. I look forward to seeing on Saturday July 12th at 2pm. Cheers everyone and Ciao for now!

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If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around lifestyle and wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. Subscribe for tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

Welcome back to Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion! This Episode is about my Menopause, journey. I’m diving into laser therapy, HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) and lifestyle options. This may not sound very Feng Shui or Fashion related but stay with me because it is. Trust me, I can make anything about Feng Shui. It’s our relationship with our environment and the divine after all. Our bodies are our most intimate environment… Menopause is the great Equalizer! If you were born a woman, it’s coming for you too. Let me help illuminate a more empowering path.

Recently, I have Feng Shui’d everything in my life from my wardrobe to my home and vehicle. Now it’s my bodies turn…. Listen folks, the reality is that I’m 55 and I have been educating myself about Menopause for the last few years. Preparing for what I understand is the inevitable. I am aware I appear younger than my years but I own all 55 of them. I’ve read books, gone to Gynecological seminars, listened to podcasts on the topic and spoken with other women at different stages of Menopause.

In my teens and 20’s, I struggled with Endometriosis and other painful conditions associated with being a woman. I ultimately had to educate myself in order to advocate for myself. Those years were very challenging until I was able to self diagnose and convince doctors to properly treat me for Endometriosis. I learned to be my own council.

So a few decades later, I feel much more confident in my ability to advocate for myself as I enter this next chapter. From an Archetypal perspective; I am transitioning from maiden to chrone. I did not experience the motherhood archetype so it’s a bigger jump and I’m not quite fulfilled and done being a “maiden” so to speak. I’m feel like I’m in “no man’s” land. The in-between.

As far as my menopause journey, I’m in the process of figuring out where I land. Perimenopause is like menopausal limbo and it can last for years and years with varying degrees of symptoms. No one can tell you exactly how long it will last but your body. The final notice is when you stop menstruating for a solid 12 months.

I HAVE NOT personally experienced the typical mainstream symptoms like hot flashes, mood swings, brain fog, migraines, irregular periods, uncontrollable weight gain, loss of libido, night sweats or sleep disturbances. So I figured I was good and had more time on the clock. Yay! Meanwhile, many of my friends and contemporaries have experienced some or most of these symptoms and it doesn’t sound like fun.

What I have learned through my research, is that there are strategic ways to minimize, mitigate and even avoid a lot if not all of these symptoms. You have to get ahead of it though. I’m sharing my personal experience and options that were suited for me with the help of my doctor. We are all different and you should strategize with your doctor to explore the best options for you and your unique circumstances.

My actual symptoms turned out to be rather covert. I developed joint issues that began in my mid forties but I did not attribute them perimenopause. Neither did the medical professionals I sought out to help me. The more obvious culprit seemed to be years of wear and tear from figure skating, soccer and running. Running was my drug, my therapist and my friend until I was 47! When I was forced to give it up and I’m still not over it. I miss the high, the endorphins. No other form of exercise delivers that exact dose.

When I was 47, I woke up one day with both my knees on fire. I could barely walk. It was alarming. I went on to have an MRI and was referred to an Orthopedic surgeon and specialist who told me I had a torn meniscus in one knee and Osteoarthritis in both knees. Looking back, I suppose the Osteoarthritis should have been a clue that I was entering perimenopause. Loss of Bone density is a major symptom of menopause. It can be treated and even stopped in its tracks with the right solutions. Studies have shown that HRT, Supplements and resistance or weight bearing exercise can do wonders.

When I worked with the orthopedic surgeon, I got fluid removed from one of my knees along with a shot of cortisone to relieve the pain and inflammation. He didn’t suggest anything to do with my hormones though. He said if I wanted to be able to walk, I needed to stop running and no longer work on my feet for hours on end. He said my knees needed time to recover and I would never be the same again as far as running and jumping go.

Pictured here getting that MRI in 2017.

I was working in the furniture space at the time and it required me to be running around on my feet all day. I asked my employer if we could make concessions and they pressured me to quit. That same week my car was stolen and my apartment went up in flames. Don’t worry the fire department put it out and my car was found abandoned on the side of the road a few days later. That said, I ended that week unemployed and a little traumatized, but hey I was no longer employed or anybody’s b***h!

Pictured here cleaning up after the fire 🔥 in 2017.

My knees had been showing signs of discomfort and decline prior to this but it was intermittent and I didn’t take it seriously until I couldn’t walk. The universe has different ways to get our attention! My job wasn’t getting me anywhere as far as my Feng Shui practice was concerned and that was the whole point of the job! What do you do with furniture? You place and curate it. I had ambitions of meeting with corporate to be the Companies Feng Shui Lady ®️. It was a well known national Furniture brand. I’m not interested in naming them here but my ideas were not embraced and I was strung along by management until I was no longer useful. I had been promised the opportunity to meet with corporate and pitch my ideas but these were empty promises. The universe was simply nudging me to cut my losses and move on.

Sometimes spirit has to Nancy Kerrigan you, steal your car and blow up your life. How else would it get me to quit my job and take a different path? Cars and knees are both symbols of where you’re going and I was going the wrong way! I have been working for myself ever since but it hasn’t been easy. I’m still figuring out how to reach people with Feng Shui and I feel like the best way is to live and breathe it.

Ok back to the topic at hand, Perimenopause and Menopause. I needed to give you some context for my slow moving hormonal coup! My first signs became evident at 47 and now at 55, I recently went in for my annual exam with my OBGYN Regina. I asked her for bloodwork and whether I should explore HRT. If you are experiencing menopausal symptoms or in your late 40’s, you can start with bloodwork to learn what your hormonal levels are. Regina was puzzled as to why I was still on birth control at 55. She had been trying to ween me off for a few years but I’m stubborn and felt if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. It took me years to find the perfect hormonal cocktail of birth control that suited me. I was in no hurry to give it up. It also serves as a form of HRT that helps with perimenopause so I didn’t want to mess with it because I felt pretty great overall. I take the Nuva ring and I absolutely love it. Zero side effects compared to oral contraceptives which were a nightmare for me. They killed my libi…

If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around lifestyle and wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. Subscribe for tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

Hello & Welcome back to Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion. The theme of the Pod today is Feng Shui On Steroids! It’s all about my ongoing Feng Shui Mastermind. I embarked on a 3 Month Feng Shui Mastermind on March 29th during the New Moon Solar Eclipse. It has been a game changer! The Mastermind is a deep dive into Black Sect Tantric Buddhist Feng Shui transmissions, traditions, teachings and practices. That’s right, it’s Super Woo. My original training and certification was in Form School Feng Shui some 15 years ago. The difference between my original training and Black Hat Feng Shui also known as B to B Feng Shui is that Black Hat is a Buddhist interpretation of Feng Shui introduced to the US by a Buddhist Monk named Grand Master Lin Yun. It’s steeped in mysticism and transcendental cures. That’s not to say that Form School doesn’t have transcendental cures because it absolutely does. The menu for these is just not as broad and you can easily practice Form School without seeming too Woo. I’m at a place in my life where I am prepared to lean into the unseen forces that I have come to recognize as more real than the seen. I’m sure my mother’s recent passing in February also inspired a desire for deeper connection with otherworldly aspects of life.

Since my original Feng Shui training, I have continually added to my toolbox by reading extensively on the subject, studying Space Clearing with Denise Lynn, and testing for and attaining a Red Ribbon Professional credential through the International Feng Shui Guild. Last year I even got licensed in Fashion Feng Shui®️. In this field, your education is continual and mentorship with masters is ideal because the breadth and depth of knowledge is seemingly endless.

As mentioned, I felt I was ready to dive deeper into the more spiritual and mystical aspects of Feng Shui. The more I connect with my own divinity, the more I realize I need to incorporate spirituality into my work. In recent years I explored plant medicine and Shamanic journeys which recalibrated my world view and opened me up to embracing spirituality in a more transparent way. I used to feel like I had to gloss over the spiritual aspects of life and my work because when I started out in this field, I often came across both skeptical and miss-informed people. Listen I still do. I just don’t care anymore. That’s not my customer or my audience. Those aren’t my people. I get it. However, there’s a whole big beautiful world out there full of people for whom it is for! I want to talk to them fearlessly and without hesitation. I’m coming out of the spiritual closet so to speak.

Feng Shui is an energetic practice and if the exchange is not reciprocal, there is no exchange to be had. I want to work with clients who appreciate and embrace that.

The wisdom of Feng Shui is sacred and it should be treated as such. So I definitely feel blessed that I have the luxury of working for myself rather than a corporate entity or employer. I no longer have to answer to anyone or pretend to just be helping you decorate. Feng Shui is a manifesting practice. Your home is a living breathing 3D Vision Board. I’m curator of your ideal personal narrative.

I as a practitioner of a sacred energetic practice, I risk an energy leak if I share the wisdom without proper reciprocity. It took me years to fully understand this. It’s probably the most important thing I have learned from the Mastermind I’m in. All those years that I wanted to be generous and helpful, I was selling myself short and paying the price. I was often left physically and emotionally depleted. Now it all makes sense. In treating this practice as sacred, I can have clear boundaries that protect me and provide much greater impact and efficacy for my clients. In the past, I have suffered from what I now affectionately refer to as Feng Shui Tourette’s! Just like it’s inappropriate for a psychic to walk up to a perfect stranger and tell them they have a message from the other side. It’s not my place to tell someone about their Feng Shui who has not expressly asked or hired me.

One of my favorite things we practiced during the Mastermind is the RED ENVELOPE TRADITION. It’s an ancient tradition in which payment for Feng Shui services particularly cures and adjustments is given by the client and received by the practitioner in pretty red envelopes. The number of envelopes is exchanged in multiples of 9. So 9, 18, 27, and 36 etc. The more in depth and sacred the knowledge you share is, the more red envelopes filled with money are exchanged for that wisdom. The Mastermind was pretty advanced so we each paid with 36 individual envelopes! The ornate Chinese Red envelopes also create a level of ceremony around the exchange.

Participating in this Mastermind was an “investment” in myself that was a long time coming and the right opportunity presented itself in divine timing so I went for it.

The first day of the Mastermind coincided with a new moon Eclipse which happened to be in my 12 house of seclusion and self inquiry. I was extremely sick with a persistent flu that had lingered since my mom’s death in February so I entered the mastermind a hot vulnerable mess. We were a group of 6 woman from various backgrounds and parts of the country. Our teacher and mentor was Kristina Hollinger, a colleague in my field I have been friendly with and following on social for over a decade. I have watched her evolve her business in aspirational ways. In following her trajectory I learned that she herself had invested in multiple Masterminds and coaching and her content and reach reflected this. I wanted to participate in a mastermind and coaching experience that was specific to my very niche field. I made the leap with Kristina because I knew she walked her talk and was speaking my language.

With Kristina at the helm, we were a group of 7 women. The lessons, meditations, mantras, videos and practices of the Mastermind were housed in a portal called Kajabi. Our interactions as a group were held over Zoom and a very active Telegraph thread.

I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect from the Mastermind. What I got was a deep dive into the Spiritual side of Feng Shui. It was full on Feng Shui on steroids with a combination of information I already knew along with Sacred mantras, meditations and rituals that were new to me. The schedule was aggressive and comprehensive. There wasn’t an inch of my home left unactivated! What I realized in the process was that when I combined what I already knew with all the Woo, it actually magnified the effects.

Every cure and adjustment is treated as a sacred act! I loved it. It was the perfect spiritual retreat and staycation for me as I recovered from illness and navigated grief. Daily Mantras, Meditations and Chanting. Lots of cleaning and Space Clearing. Tuning in to every inch of my home and narrative with intention was just what the doctor ordered. I took the opportunity to redecorate my entire home from a Feng Shui perspective. During the Mastermind, I manifested $6500. I invested that sum into reimagining and transforming my Space into my ideal personal narrative! It’s a whole new magical Set & Setting.

The biggest upgrades included my bed and bedroom furniture, a Sofa, rug, coffee table sideboard/buffet, Art, desk chair and office rug etc. The…

If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around lifestyle and wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. Subscribe for tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

Hello and welcome back to Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion! If you’re new here my name is Laura aka The Feng Shui Lady ®️. I have been mia for a few weeks but I’m back! Since my mother died in February, I have basically been ill. In my mind inexplicably so because I haven’t been sick in so many years that I can’t remember the last time I was sick. It’s been more than 5 years, maybe ten. I can’t say for sure, but suffice it to say that I have a hardy immune system. Being as sick as I have been in recent days has been both humbling and healing.

I first fell ill after my mom’s death and service in mid February. It seemed like a common place cold that lasted a couple weeks. Symbolically, I felt like it was my body forcing me to cry, to grieve which on some level I was resisting. I eventually got better and I was finally being social and out in the world when I got sick again on March 24th after a brief but productive social period. For the most part, I have been sick since February and it’s forced me to look within and do some shadow work.

With round 2 of my illness, I lost my voice for the first couple days then it turned into a full blown flu that took me out and would not let me go. I would pass out on the couch with a box of Kleenex for no reason. I slept for days and days and started to wonder if I would ever get better. It was also in my chest this time with a painful relentless cough that left me gasping for air in the middle of the night. I had all these plans and I couldn’t show up for any of them. It’s like the universe gave me a non negotiable time out. It got so bad I finally went to Urgent Care to see if I had Covid but the line was so long and I got there close to closing so they couldn’t see me. By The next morning, I finally woke up feeling human again! Of course Mercury just went direct so I guess my time out is over! The cough is still hanging out but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. I no longer feel like I’m at death’s door begging for mercy.

I have basically been self quarantined because I didn’t want to spread whatever I had and quite honestly I would get dizzy just trying to do little things like feed myself. Thank God for Grubhub.

I’m one of those people who attributes everything medical to something emotional or spiritual. Think Louise Hay… She would say my initial cold represented “ Too much going on at once. Mental confusion, disorder. Small hurts…” As for the persistent cough, Louise would say it represents “A desire to bark at the world! See me! Listen to me!” Yep, all that rings true.

Following my mother’s passing, I was navigating my father and brother’s grief, and spending time in my childhood home with them. I slept in my childhood bedroom which my mother had long since taken over. My parents have slept in separate bedrooms for the last decade. My brother has been living with them for over a decade as well. We are Latin so it’s not as weird as it sounds.

While I was staying at my family home, my father, brother and I were navigating all the details and legalities of death. Death certificates, changing banking and billing information, updating our family trust, life insurance policies blah, blah, blah. The loose ends seem endless.

I was mostly pretty numb. I was present to cook for the men in my family and be the new matriarch. I was there to show them how to do laundry. I cooked and made it known we would be eating in the dining room…. I was the new matriarch.

I cried at the service because seeing your mother’s dead body is jarring and macabre. That said, overall I did not feel grief stricken. My biggest concern has been my dad and how sad and fragile he is. He’s sort of lost without her (like a Stockholm Syndrome survivor). I can tell he doesn’t want to hang around much longer. He really misses her even the yelling and the insults. They were pretty toxic. My mom had a sharp tongue and a short fuse. I never understood their dynamic. I think it’s why I have not married. I remember as a child thinking if this is love, I’ll take a pass.

My dad and I are close now. It’s a relationship that was built over time and largely in my adult years because my dad traveled a lot for business during my childhood. He was lovely but busy and far away. My mother and I fought it out during the times when my father was not around. When he was around, I served as a point of contention. I can look back and see it all now…. He was traveling and working to support our family. I did not become close to my dad until I was an adult. Meanwhile, I was subject to my mother’s disdain for most of my life. As mentioned, I hadn’t really cried much or grieved my mother’s death the way one would expect and believe me I have grieved before and I am very expressive! I know what that feels and looks like and this was different.

It wasn’t until I got sick and had nothing but memories and feverish dreams for company that I really felt the weight of my mom’s death. I had to get mad before I could allow myself to feel sad. I remembered episodes from my childhood that I had blocked out because they were so painful. It was like the universe needed me to feel and remember everything and it wasn’t fun.

Evelyn and I had a complicated relationship and I am conflicted about how much of it I want to reveal here. I will let you in on a little secret though, Evelyn aka Mamita did not “like” me. She did however adore my older brother so it wasn’t like oh she’s just not maternal. It was me. I was the problem. She felt I wasn’t very bright. It’s true that I wasn’t the best student and I did have an attendance problem, but I wasn’t dumb. I was just checked out in my own way. A mental escape artist. One of her favorite things to call me was “Estupida!” That’s Spanish for stupid. She would constantly remind that there were volumes and volumes of things that I did not know. Encyclopedias full she would insist! In reality you could say that about anybody, but whatever.

I apparently was not planned and she would emphasize the point by telling me “I wish you were never born!” She begrudgingly raised me. She kept me alive but she killed my spirit in the process. If she loved me, it was out of obligation not adoration.

Over the years, I did some therapy around this and read some books and eventually just went numb to her as a form of self preservation. She was blatantly hostile towards me even in my adult years. Actually, she got meaner as I got older because there was less pretense. One time I was visiting my parents for my father’s birthday I think and without provocation my mom blurted out that I looked heavy! “Laura that dress makes you look fat. You don’t have the right body for that!” My heart sank and I never wore that dress again. It’s not like I had anything I could change into either. I just had to suck it up and feel chubby for the rest of the day. Meanwhile, compared to her, I looked like a freaking super model. She was the one who was actually overweight. Listen in spite of all her put downs, I really made an effort to connect with her for many years. She just had no interest and one can only take so much rejection. So yes, I went numb.

In my adult years my father has consistently called every year to wish me a happy birthday. My birthday is the day after Christmas so g…

If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. New Episodes drop on Feng Shui Fridays. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

Hello and welcome back to Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion! Last night I got all dolled up and attended an Artist Reception that a friend and colleague from my days selling furniture and art invited me to. It was at BoConcept in West Hollywood which is a modern furniture retailer so of course I wore a flirty mod dress! It was so much fun and I truly felt in my element. I was there to support Jen’s event which featured the work of abstract Artist Bill Sherwood shown here in the picture in front of his work.

Jen who you can reach out to here at Jennifer Aos and I haven’t seen each other in a few years and it was such heartwarming and inspiring evening. I got to chat and connect with Architects, Designers, Artists and other colorful creatives. I felt like I could really be myself around these folks and maybe just a little extra! Their eyes lit up when I spoke about Feng Shui. Trust me in some circles that’s not the case. I made some really great professional and personal contacts and got to reconnect with Jennifer, an Artist herself who I genuinely adore.

I realized last night that I miss traveling in these circles and I need to get back out in the world of the arts. It reminded me how important it is to experience and participate in the arts and how impactful it is to our collective experience from both a macro and micro perspective.

In that vein, I resurrected an interview and story I wrote for Thrive Global/Medium back in 2017 on the topic of Art. It’s Mercury and Venus Retrograde right now so it’s the perfect time to revisit our work and ideas and around aesthetics and communication. Tell you what in going back and reading my piece, I found it holds up and I think now is the perfect time to resurrect it! I feel Art is both therapeutic and enlightening. It’s actually foundational to my perspective on Feng Shui. The writing and drawings are always on the wall so to speak… So with that I share my piece “Art As An Agent For Personal & Global Transformation” “Art As An Agent For Personal & Global Transformation” In the words of Carl Jung “Art intuitively apprehends coming changes in the collective unconscious.”

Science and Psychology speak to Art’s influence and impact on our lives going far beyond its aesthetic merits. Carl Jung, the father of analytical psychology, spoke of Art’s influence on the collective unconscious and our big picture story as a society in The Red Book as well as it’s more individual impact through symbols on our personal narratives in his groundbreaking book Man And His Symbols.

I see art as an agent for personal healing and transformation. In my Feng Shui practice, I look first to the narrative being expressed in my clients art. Feng Shui is one of the 5 Branches of Chinese medicine and I take a laser focus on my clients art to inform my “diagnosis.” My work is strongly influenced by Jung particularly where it comes to Symbolism and Metaphor in art.

“Art accesses some of the most advanced processes of human intuitive analysis and expressivity and a key form of aesthetic appreciation is through embodied cognition, the ability to project oneself as an agent in the depicted scene,” said Christopher Tyler, director of the Smith-Kettlewell Brain Imaging Center at the Neuroscience and Society speaker series sponsored by the AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program and the Dana Foundation on Oct. 24, 2013.

In my personal estimation, I would go so far as to say that Art is Alchemy… I see a direct correlation with my clients personal narratives reflected in the art and imagery they surround themselves with. I even based my Feng Shui practice, Narrative Space, on the premise that your home, business, or any physical space has an energetic narrative that can be interpreted and edited through Feng Shui. A significant portion of that narrative is communicated through the art in your home or business and more specifically in how that artistic narrative is curated.

I am so passionate about this subject that I interviewed Joan Norton, a Jungian Therapist M.A., M.F.T. and author of The Mary Magdalene Within and and 14 Steps to Awaken the Divine Feminine: Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene to better understand arts psychological influence. I chose Joan, not only for her more than 40 years of expertise in Jungian Psychotherapy, but also for her unique perspective on art having been married to the now deceased artist Robert Barrere.

Laura — How does the mind respond to the visual cues and symbols in art and how do those messages to the unconscious mind affect us?

Joan — Our minds respond to images enthusiastically, as if they were food, because imagery is our first and most potent source of information about life. It can either do damage or do good, just like food. It’s wise to watch what kind of images we feed our minds on the walls of our house. Emotion is generated by artwork and it might not be the kind of emotion that will support you or move your life along in a positive direction.

Laura — Could negative imagery be damaging?

Joan — The negative influence of constantly looking at a degenerate image can be subtle in the moment but profound in the long-term. It can undermine our moral strength and turn our personal philosophy very dark.

One person’s negative image can be another person’s source of deep support. I have a painting that my sister did of jagged swirls of lines and color with a vague animal figure in the middle. I like it because I appreciate the clean-up effect of chaos, and I know that if there’s an animal in the middle there’s an instinct at work which may be creating a new, healthier pattern of consciousness. But another person might find that swirl of paint disturbing. That’s fine, it feeds me right now.

Paintings that I once found comforting can seem banal to me now, and will produce listlessness in me if I look at them. Your art should reflect you at this moment in time. In your public living room space you won’t want to put the chaos-and-animal painting, that’s probably private. Living room art images of inspiring landscapes or animals or beautiful portraits will uplift and support everyone who looks at them.

Laura — Is it possible that positive imagery in art could have benefits beyond it’s aesthetic?

Joan — Images have physical benefits beyond their aesthetic value. It’s common knowledge that relaxation imagery lowers blood pressure and releases hormones that increase the feelings of well-being. If we apply that knowledge to our wall art, you can imagine how it would improve life.

Laura — In my work as a Feng Shui practitioner, I help people both narrate and curate their art to support a positive and empowering narrative for their hopes and dreams. As a therapist, what are your thoughts on this sort of Space Therapy?

Joan — A sensitive Feng Shui practitioner is very much like a therapist who works on consciousness, observing where there is consciousness/energy “leakage” and where consciousness can be uplifted. Of course Feng Shui is not a “one size fits all” formula, and neither either is psychotherapy. Both are a “care of the soul” enterprise, and that will always and evermore be individualistic.

Joan’s insights and perspective inspire me to continue to explore the impact of art on not only my clients lives and my own, but as a universal theme. We can all take a closer look at our ar…

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Moving & Upgrading!

If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. New Episodes drop every Sunday. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

Hello & Welcome Back To Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion! Today’s topic is on Moving and Relocation Tips because it’s a big topic here in La Right now and one the biggest reasons folks usually reach out to me. Here’s Your Go To Checklist From The Feng Shui Lady.

I’m sharing my top 5 Feng Shui deal-makers and breakers for selecting a new space.

Moving is a great opportunity to upgrade your life and write a whole new chapter for yourself. My goal here is to share some key tips for selecting the most supportive and auspicious environment for yourself. When it comes to selecting the ideal space for your new home or business, there are definitely Feng Shui red flags that people can look out for. Feng Shui is an ancient earth science that offers amazing space planning tools that are as essential today as ever. In a fast paced world that is so saturated with technology, we need a soft place to land and unplug. We need sacred space.

My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady and my practice is called Narrative Space Feng Shui. I see my work as Space Therapy. People’s spaces are both a reflection and an extension of who they are and what is going on with them. Clients reach out to me all the time when they are either about to move or have just moved. This recurring theme inspired me to write this piece so that I could share the Feng Shui deal breakers I see every day and help you avoid some of the less desirable circumstances people fall into when they move into a space that has bad Feng Shui.

Listen, even I have lived in spaces that have had really bad Feng Shui, so I speak from experience! It’s probably what led me to become a Feng Shui consultant. I actually believe that there are reasons, valuable experiences and lessons to be learned from every space we inhabit good, bad or otherwise. Each new space is like a new chapter! Even within a single location or home, there is so much you can do to change and shift the energy. Redecorating and remodeling can reboot your environment and your personal narrative in both practical and magical ways! For the purposes of this article, I will focus on best practices for selecting a new space from a Feng Shui perspective!

Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs

In Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, your home and shelter comes second inimportance just after food and water. That is how important I believepersonal sacred space to be! Feng Shui can help you choose a space where you at least have a good foundation for success. Life is challenging enough without your personal space creating a deficit.

Numerology

The first thing I look at is the actual address and numerology of a space to ascertain what the energetic theme is for the space and whether that is in alignment with the goals and intentions of the client. Each number has a specific vibration and narrative. You want to add all of the numbers of an address and reduce them to a single digit in order to know what the numerology is. If you live in an apartment building, you want to focus on the unit number as it has the biggest impact. You can also look at the building number for the vibe of the building and finally you can add the apartment number with the unit number and reduce to a single digit for the big picture. You will want to primarily focus on the individual unit number reduced to a single digit. You can go even deeper by exploring the numerology of your name to see if it’s compatible with the numerology of the home. I recommend an actual numerology or feng shui consultation for this level of depth. Here are the themes of the different house numbers:

1 — Represents singular, initiating energy that is perfect for singles who want to be single. Ones are good for new ventures, businesses and chapters. An ideal home for a fresh start or a good location for a new business.

2 — Is fabulous for couples or businesses to do with romance or partnerships. Can make a single person long for a relationship. Ideal for new couples.

3 — Is an active space, great for social activities and parties. Good for businesses that want to attract customers and community.

4 — This number has dual meanings and I typically try to avoid it because it rhymes with death in Chinese. It’s a grounding number in numerology but it can mean the end of a way of life or chapter for someone. It supports hard work with slow and steady progress.

5 — Is all about comings and goings. It’s a fun number with a lot of traveling energy or visitor energy. Dramatic, parties, fights, highs and lows. It’s considered a temporary residence or one of constant change and transformation.

6 — Is the most harmonious number and great for families, therapist offices, places of healing or community. Great location for a spa or a home for those who enjoy community and family. People will want to visit and may not want to leave!

7 — Is a very spiritual number and a great place for those who seek sanctuary. A good space for therapeutic businesses or home for meditative types.

8 — Is the most ambitious number for those who want to achieve success and are focused on working for that success. Eight is a prosperous number. It’s obviously a good number for businesses and people who are focused on their professions.

9 — Is a number of completion and typically a dwelling where people live for extended periods. It’s also a very spiritual number and great for those who want to plant roots.

Deal Makers & Breakers!

Knowledge is power. While Feng Shui is not a way to skip your process, these deal-makers and breakers can help you avoid more challenging spaces. That said, sometimes we can’t avoid certain situations because they are fated so I hope these tips help you navigate whatever path you are on so that you can ultimately get to your happy place!

I. Of my top 5 Tips Factor Number 1 is the Numerology of the space!

Consider all the numbers I just discussed and which ones thematically speak to where you would like to be. I told you about the number 4 and how it might be best to avoid. I have lived in such a space and can speak at length about my cautionary tale. However, it was a valuable experience that actually inspired me to become a Feng Shui consultant. So there’s that.

II. The next equally important factor is the floor plan and how it relates to the Bagua or energetic map in Feng Shui.

If possible look for a space that is either acomplete square or rectangle. Avoid L-shaped apartments because theyare energetically missing part of the Bagua or energetic map in Feng Shui. This can mean you are missing a major life theme like Love or Prosperity. You could be missing at least one or several Guas. There are cures for these deficits, however, the imbalance becomes part of your narrative while you inhabit that space. When I moved into a space that was missing the Career Gua, I was immediately laid of and unable to secure full-time work until just after moving out of the space. Even though it was a beautiful home and my time there was valuable, I would never want to repeat that experience.

III. Factor number 3 is Safety & Privacy.

If you have a choice between a downstairs front of the building apartment or something upstairs and in back, choose upstairs and in the back of the building. Think of it in terms of safety and privacy. Upstairs is better than downstairs and the back is better than the front. There are caveats to this as upstai…

If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. New Episodes drop every Sunday. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

Hi Everyone, and Welcome Back to Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion. Today’s episode is called “The Inside Job” because Feng Shui is an inside job. I also see it as the theme of this year. To look inward for answers and focus on the things we actually have agency over like ourselves, our homes, our inner worlds, our nearest and dearest. This year’s themes have been profoundly evident and reflected in my personal sphere.

I’m sure most of you are feeling it too. The world is changing so fast it’s hard to keep up with. The political landscape is currently like the Wild, Wild, West with the rules and the rulers in constant flux. This year’s Astrology is also extremely transformational, with every planet pretty much changing signs. If you watched or listened to my Year of the Snake Podcast, I mentioned that it’s a 9 year which signifies the end of a 9 year cycle so much of what we have known and become accustomed to is ending or drastically changing. It’s also the year of the Snake which is all about shedding a skin and that which no longer serves us.

This is a profound time to reinvent yourself. You are supported and encouraged by these energies to release aspects of your life such as work, home or personal life that just don’t reflect who you are or what you believe in anymore. If you don’t take agency over your life and make the changes yourself, the universe will.

I personally have been retooling my whole existence. Everything from my decor to my circle of friends, to my business systems and tech are evolving. It’s wild. In the middle of writing this latest newsletter and podcast my mother passed away and I have been processing that. It’s forced me to stop, reflect and press the pause button on everything including this podcast. It’s among the reasons there’s been a gap between this episode and my last. I’m back with today the question; Where am I going with this? What really matters and how do I want to proceed?

You could ask yourself the same questions…. These are universal energies affecting the collective.

In this vain, I have updated all of my Feng Shui service offerings and pricing and website to reflect my current level of expertise and approach which has evolved. I have a more elevated set of offerings that incorporate multiple approaches to Feng Shui and schools of thought. I’ve been doing this work for close to 15 years now and I have so much more to offer than when I began. It just came time to expand and pivot my business. As they say, adapt or die. I’m targeting a different boutique market and upgrading my level of service. It’s going to be more work for me but I will be able to provide more value and charge accordingly. I realize I have been keeping myself and my business small by keeping my rates and offerings modest. While I still plan to be generous with my content, I will be honoring my craft and level of experience by offering more high level services and boutique experiences. It’s time to go big or go home folks. Last year, I invested in some additional niche training in Fashion Feng Shui and upgraded my tech and I want continue to build on that this year.

What’s changing in your world besides everything?

Starting this year, I’m doing comprehensive Feng Shui Property Reports for the Real Estate Market and Individuals as well as current or prospective Home Owners and Renters. These reports are detailed and valuable investments for prospective buyers, renters and business owners. These reports serve as a treasure map for treating your home or property as a living breathing 3D Vision Board! They promise to help you connect with your environment and your ideal personal narrative. Property Reports are detailed reports which interpret Floor Plans from a Feng Shui perspective. The reports analyze everything from the neighborhood and approach to the property, elemental balance, room by room analyses and they explain the 9 energetic themes reflected in the Bagua. I provide specific recommendations for elements, materials and colors as well as placement suggestions. The reports highlight any areas of opportunity, cures and adjustments and how to maximize on the energetic potential of the property. They also cover the numerology of the space and its impact on the client as well as the Qua numbers and best directions for residents of the space. It’s an in-depth analysis.

I decided to create an offering that would help folks be able to best discern the most auspicious property for their needs and serve as source material they can turn to when making decisions about their home or investment. All that said, the reason I’m so excited about these reports is that they are like treasure maps uncovering all the potential magic your home or property holds. You can uncover everything from where love and money are represented, to how to activate these energetic centers!

I’m determined to focus my time and energy on projects that have an impact and where my talents can be of the greatest benefit. I’m also super excited to officially incorporate directional and numerological influences into my practice that I have been gradually adopting over the years. I think the longer you do something and cultivate your skills and perspective, the more you have to offer. I’m also exploring how to best share and offer my Fashion Feng Shui expertise and will spell and roll out those offerings more clearly later this year.

My in person and virtual feng shui consultations address much of what is included in the reports but not in the detailed written format. The reports are an optional add on or an individual service.

I’m truly passionate about creating sacred space for myself and others. I believe everything is an INSIDE JOB. As is reflected in The theme of the 9 Year of The Snake. I’m here to shed some light and insight. If you’re ready to take a deep dive on your sacred space, you know where to find me via my Link-tree. Many Blessings everyone and Ciao for now.

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If you could use a pick me up to invite some positivity into your life, may I suggest a Sun-catcher? I just received a new Crystal Energy Sun Catcher! I literally gasped when I unboxed it because it was so beautiful. Here’s me clearing and charging it and doing a little dance. Place it in a window where it can catch and refract light. If you want one too, I have a link for it on my Benable Feng Shui house recommendations list. You can find my Benable link here https://benable.com/TheFengShuiLady. #raiseyourvibration #suncatcher #crystalsuncatcher #fengshui #fengshuitips #thefengshuilady

If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. Subscribe for tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

If you’re reading this before 1/29/25, The Astrological New Year has not officially begun! Please don’t give up on 2025, the energy is about to shift. I can’t promise it will all be rainbows and roses, but a shift is coming. The Year of The Snake which officially begins on 1/29/2025 will be very different than the year of the Dragon. This is also a 9 year numerologically. Think completions. The end of a 9 year cycle.

A Snake year will invite us to shed that which no longer serves us. This past year has been a “Wood Dragon” year. I looked it up and of all the different kinds of Dragons which include: Wood, Water, Fire, Metal and Earth; a Wood Dragon is the least like-able or appealing… In Chinese folklore, The Wood Dragon is described as follows: Introverted, less enthusiastic, and lacking in good relationships. All the other Dragon years are super positive with adjectives like smart, ambitious, and hardworking, easygoing, agile and flexible, persevering, farsighted, and vigorous. WTF?! Oh well, it’s almost over.

I think most of us can agree that Astrologically Romance was at an all time low over the last year. Chiron, the wounded healer was in Aries representing “men” in 2024. I personally took the year off from dating! I’m enthusiastic about 2025 though. It’s going to be a Yin year so more about being receptive. The Year of the Snake will be about setting realistic goals, devising strategic plans and working towards our dreams.

Feng Shui has many different schools of thought and approaches. As far as I am concerned, all roads lead to Rome. While my training was originally in Form School which is the 1st school of Feng Shui before directional practices emerged, I do pull from directional practices as needed as well Chinese Astrology. I predominantly look at a space as its own universe that begins at the entrance. However, I have adapted my practice to consider your best directions when it comes to where you sit and sleep and spend the most time. I also now address the yearly shifts in challenging directions. For this reason, I have started asking clients for their date and year of birth to determine their personal directions. Form school will inform most of my furniture placement with an emphasis on the Power Position and good chi flow. I do make adjustments as needed depending on the individuals best directions and whether they conflict with good form as well as the Challenging direction for the individual year. This can get tricky because every year the energies shift and there’s a Challenging Direction that applies to everyone universally for each year. It could end up being one of your personal best directions or a direction your head faces when you sleep. It could even be in a dominant area of your home or business. So it helps to know what area of your home is being impacted and how to remedy it. Yes there are remedies and protections so it’s not all doom and gloom, just a matter of awareness and adaptation as shifts occur. Much like in astrology, it’s a moving target. That is the nature of life! Nothing is static. Highs and Lows are based on cycles. What I like about knowing these cycles is that you can use the knowledge to navigate them.

The energy of time we are currently navigating inspired me to share some ways to make the best of the circumstances we find ourselves in. For context, I live in LA where many people are going through it due to the massive fires. I am personally safe and in a part of LA that was not directly impacted. I thought it would be helpful to share what the Universally challenging direction is for 2025 and how to navigate that. The official Chinese or Lunar New Year is on January 29, 2025, so you have time to prepare and perhaps even hire a Feng Shui Consultant now or later in the year.

TIP #1 -Make sure to take note of the direction of negative energy in 2025! They call this energy The Grand Duke (Tai Sui) in Feng Shui. In 2025 it is Southeast between 135-165 degrees on your compass. The idea is to avoid facing this direction for extended periods of time. Don’t worry you will not burst into flames should you mistakenly face Southeast just like you won’t die of lung cancer after smoking one cigarette. Just minimize your exposure. By the way, Southeast was also the negative direction for 2024 by the following degrees 105-135.

Listen, I didn’t immediately embrace a directional approach, it took some experimentation. I personally noticed when I stopped spending loads of time facing a Challenging direction and placed a protection facing that direction, my personal challenges cleared up. While my experience is Anecdotal, it is backed by thousands of years of wisdom and many other anecdotal examples. I also believe in Astrology and I recognize that there are cycles of change influenced by planetary shifts beyond the mundane. So I have made it my business to adapt to these shifts and help my clients find cures and enhancements to navigate these energies.

Feng Shui is a practice that is over 5000 years old and many of its “lessons” and “cure’s” are passed down through not only the written word, but through an oral tradition so you’re not necessarily going to find everything in books and articles. The knowledge and teachings are endless and nuanced and much of it is considered sacred and not to be shared frivolously. There was a time when only kings and queens had access to these teachings. I have taken the time to pull together some universally helpful tips.

I feel very protective of the Art of Feng Shui. It’s often misunderstood, misrepresented and misinterpreted. I can see why since it’s not cut and dry like say interior design or architecture. Both of those play a role in Feng Shui but Feng Shui is neither. I can tell you that Feng Shui is one of the 5 Branches of Chinese Medicine and as such it is actually a diagnostic tool. I can walk into someones home and literally read the room. Some places scream get out! Some say welcome home. They are all telling you something about their inhabitants though. You can learn about their love lives, health, wealth etc. It’s a truly beautiful physical language.

It is often the individual practitioners level of training, years of experience and personal approach, that truly brings the Feng Shui cures and practices to life. Ultimately though, the client themselves plays the most important role based on their desire to implement the recommendations and truly be in relationship with their own environment. There is a sacred energetic exchange between the practitioner and the client. It’s meant to be a healing practice. In my enthusiasm and passion for Feng Shui, I have at times offered or even blurted out unsolicited Feng Shui advice. It’s always bitten me in the ass! I have learned my lesson over time and realized it was ineffectual and served no one. Should the exchange not contain reciprocity and respect whether that comes in the form of payment, an exchange of services or at the bare minimum genuine gratitude or appreciation of the shared wisdom, then the cures and adjustments won’t be as effective. This is an energy practice after all and it has to flow both ways.

TIP #2 - Cleanliness is Close to Godliness! The year of the Snake begins on January 29th and New Year’s Eve is January 28th. It is said that if you sweep or do major cleani…

If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. New Episodes drop every Sunday. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 26. Happy New Year! I’m actually recording this on New Year’s Day…

Today’s episode is Feng Shui one! A new year calls for a refresh and I wanted to share a Feng Shui Enhancement & Cure for your Home, Body & Soul…

Refresh & Revitalize Your Chi with 9 Oranges, 2 Ways!

In Feng Shui Oranges are both a cure and an enhancement! We love oranges because they represent “The Sweet Life”! Oranges also represents creativity, fun, extroversion and sociability. Elementally they are wood element because they are a plant and fire and earth energy because of their color. Orange is a combination of red which is fire element and yellow which is earth. I have orange accents throughout my home because in recent years it’s become my favorite color to decorate with. It’s darn right cheerful, warm and grounding!

In order to implement the blessings I’m sharing here today, I suggest you go out and buy a large bag of at least 9 oranges. One of my favorite and easiest Chi enhancements and activations for good fortune and blessings is simply placing a bowl of 9 Oranges in my living or dining room area! It’s easy, it’s cheerful and it’s practical! They will serve you aesthetically, energetically and you can eventually consume them as well use their peels as a cure for whatever ails you.

The second way to use these 9 oranges after they have been beautifully displayed and appreciated is as a cure!

It’s an ORANGE PEEL BATH CURE

If you have been sick, sad, mad or just desiring a boost to your energetic field, this cure is for you! I used this cure to refresh my energy for the new year and it was such a refreshing energetic treat.

It’s a great way for you to clear your energy at the end or beginning of the year or really any time you need a reboot.

You Tear The Peels of 9 Oranges into small pieces and put them in your bath water.

Take a bath with the Orange Peels and release all that ails you. It’s incredibly refreshing!

After the bath you’ll want to perform the Three Secrets Reinforcement which I will explain all the while Visualizing yourself healthy, fresh and free of all harm!

The 3 SECRETS REINFORCEMENT

Which you will want to Apply after every physical Feng Shui adjustment for best results including the table top orange enhancement I just shared with you.

Our energetic Chi is just as important as the physical adjustments we make. So applying a sacred gesture that includes a physical, verbal and mental connection with your action is extremely powerful and guarantees greater efficacy. In Feng Shui no adjustment is truly complete or as powerfully effective as it could be without these steps.

You start with a BODY MUDRA - and I’ll show you 3 options depending on the type of adjustment you are making and your personal preference.

The Expelling Mudra is a good one for releasing negativity and clearing energy.

You flick your ring and middle fingers outwards from the palm.

The Heart Calming Mudra is often used in meditation.

You place your left hand on top of right palms facing up and tips of thumbs touching.

And my favorite Body Mudra for Feng Shui adjustments is the Prayer Mudra 🙏.

The 2nd step in the 3 Secrets Reinforcement which you perform with hand gesture is the SPEECH MUDRA which is essentially a (mantra)

One example is the 9 true words in Buddhism which are:

Om Mane Pad-me Hum

Or some other Mantra or powerful Statement of your choosing…

The 3rd and final step is the MIND SECRET - which is to Visualize your desired outcome (most important)! This really cinches the deal.

I have to admit, I haven’t always applied the 3 Secrets Reinforcements to all of my adjustments and while they still worked, The results weren’t as powerful as when I’ve applied this sacred practice.

When you’re done using the Oranges as an Enhancement and a Cure you can treat yourself by consuming a yummy nutritious orange. TADA!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS & CIAO FOR NOW…

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My apologies for the delay on this episode! I was navigating some crazy technical issues in uploading the video. The irony of this episode is that I have been in the midst of some personal chaos within my physical space while sharing ways to make sacred space at home! Haha… My building is currently undergoing construction and disruption making my personal sphere rather chaotic. I filmed this episode a day before the demolition began! While the chaos is still “happening,” the worst is over and I am seeing how that translates energetically with all aspects of my life! Cheers folks and please enjoy the Episode!

If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. New Episodes drop every Sunday. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

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If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. New Episodes drop every Sunday. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.

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