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00:00:07.309Have you ever wondered if your home could do more than just look good Like, actually support your mental health and personal growth?
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00:00:15.830In this episode, I chat with Lisa Morton, a holistic designer, all about how feng shui can transform your space and your life.
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00:00:26.149From balancing energies with the five elements to simple tips like using color and lighting to shift the vibe, lisa shares how intentional design can make a huge impact.
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00:00:33.344So, whether you want a productive workspace or a cozy sanctuary, this conversation will leave you inspired to rethink your space.
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00:00:54.883I'm your host, jen, a licensed therapist and founder and CEO of the how we Get Through app, and my mission is to bring you affordable and diverse therapy resources to help you get through the hard stuff, all in one place and at your own pace.
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00:01:03.070Welcome back to the how we Get Through podcast.
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00:01:05.180Today we have Lisa Morton on the show.
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00:01:08.387Hi, thanks so much for having me today.
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00:01:10.030Yes, I'm so excited.
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00:01:17.040We had some technical difficulties, but we have made it and, lisa, you also have your own podcast, correct, I do.
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00:01:19.647It's called Feng Shui Living Tips for Busy Women.
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00:01:27.009I love to share easy, quick tips that you can take on like today, tomorrow yes, we need that.
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00:01:37.793Yeah, so you are an interior design and specialize in feng shui and looking at the holistic picture of design.
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00:01:39.234Sure, yeah, yeah.
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00:01:45.614I've been doing interior design for 20 years now, and I did residential.
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00:01:56.968I spent several years doing my dream job, designing private jet interiors, which was super fun right, traveling the world, touching amazing materials and working with outrageous people.
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00:02:04.948And while this was like such a fun job, I just wasn't fulfilled, and it was.
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00:02:12.168It wasn't until, I guess, I went through some major health problems of my own, struggling with my mental health.
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00:02:14.473I was in a really, really bad space.
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00:02:21.383I don't think I had the tools needed for that high stress of a job, so I wasn't prepared.
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00:02:23.370I didn't have those tools in my tool belt.
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00:02:31.156And then I got to a point where I had to leave and I started my own business doing residential design.
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00:02:42.771But I knew I wanted to do more, so I started studying about holistic design and a holistic approach to a space and setting up your space to support your body, to heal your body.
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00:02:49.763And then I went down the feng shui rabbit hole and it's just been transformative and just really.
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00:02:55.626It's design but also really helping people.
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00:02:57.887It's really just fulfilling.
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00:02:59.444I'm so grateful for the work.
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00:03:26.259Yeah, well, it sounds like there's energy involved, right, and even as you talk about this like designing for like jet airplanes, like private, I just that is insane but I can imagine, even energetically, looking at that, how small that is, how enclosed that is, and then maybe the energy of the people that are wanting maybe outrageous designs or pushing like what was the breaking point for you?
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00:03:29.266What were you feeling from the demands of the job?
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00:03:38.822You know, for me it I mean there was a lot of hilarious stuff, like you know, unrealistic expectations, I mean, these are natural materials.
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00:03:54.157We would use carpets that were hand-tufted by a man who would use a machine and hand-tough each piece of each rug, right, and so it was just mind-blowing to meet some people's expectations.
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00:04:00.700And, being the designer and being a perfectionist myself recovery perfectionist I wanted, you know, to please them.
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00:04:04.389I wanted to give them exactly what they wanted, their dream project.
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00:04:21.360And you know it wasn't an issue of say okay, so say, there is a carpet had to be installed in a plane, right, it wasn't like a $3,000 carpet, it was a $30,000 carpet and we're dealing with an airplane here.
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00:04:34.293There are very, very strict rules regarding the materials that can be put in, you know, so they don't go up in flames, right, like, certain materials have to be used, so we have to avoid other materials and having it handmade.
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00:04:42.723You know it had to follow the engineering drawings, but if it was off by an eighth of an inch, you had to scrap that $30,000 carpet and start over.
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00:04:47.333Wow it was so intense, it was so much pressure to get.
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00:04:51.666Just you know, your seam on the stitching had to be perfect.
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00:04:53.129Wow.
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00:05:01.404So it was, it was a thing, I mean it was it was definitely a different world and it was also a lot of well.
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00:05:09.252I want to make my plane cooler than my brother's Well, and I always just wanted people to have more heart.
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00:05:11.733Like this is where you're spending your time.
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00:05:13.596Maybe it's not your home and you're not spending.
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00:05:20.511You know you're not living there, but this is where you're spending time with your friends, your family.
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00:05:21.759You are supposed to conduct business and be mindful.
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00:05:26.940Let's make a space that makes sense, not just as nicer looking than someone else's.
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00:05:29.086Yeah, wow.
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00:05:30.168Are they like?
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00:05:32.052were your customers in America.
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00:05:35.785I just got a flash of like Dubai, but were they all over?
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00:05:41.122Yeah, yeah, I went kind of all over um kind of all over the world, really yeah.
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00:05:41.603Wow.
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00:05:42.423It was nice it was.
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00:05:46.250It was a great experience, Um, I was, you know, when I first started doing this.
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00:05:47.291I wasn't married yet.
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00:05:51.286I was traveling on, you know, and exploring a world on someone else's dime.
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00:06:00.254It was, it was great, great experience for me, Um, but I did learn about the type of design that fulfilled me and the type that didn't fulfill me.
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00:06:10.966And really the type of design that isn't fulfilling for other people, but they think it will be Bingo, bingo, yeah, yeah.
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00:06:14.692So how did you start into feng shui?
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00:06:18.101How did you start to kind of navigate that journey?
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00:06:23.048Sure, I well, as I mentioned, I went through my own health and well-being struggles.
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00:06:23.747I was.
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00:06:30.976I got to the point in that job where I was having panic attacks daily.
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00:06:32.281I would.
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00:06:47.180We had this office space, this design room, and there is a closet space where we would store design materials and I would go in there and just have an outrageous panic attack and just trying to get through the day.
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00:06:49.048And I knew something had to change.
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00:06:50.735And I was doing all the things.
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00:07:00.401I was doing the meditation, I was doing the therapy, I was eating better, I was walking every day, doing all those things you're supposed to do, but I just couldn't get there.
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00:07:01.423So I knew I just needed a change of pace.
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00:07:02.483But I just couldn't get there.
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00:07:04.766So I knew I just needed a change of pace.
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00:07:11.432And so I left that job and I decided to start my own business doing residential design.
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00:07:14.956We'd also moved to a new city, new state, and it was a total reset.
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00:07:21.478It actually was really nice.
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00:07:23.980And then, as you know, I needed a job right, so we started doing residential design.
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00:07:25.305But then I really knew I wanted.
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00:07:25.858I knew we needed a job right, so we started doing residential design.
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00:07:26.350But then I really knew I wanted.
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00:07:27.773I knew we could put more into it.
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00:07:30.358I knew I wanted to put more into it.
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00:07:32.401I wanted to really help people.
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00:07:36.408And so let's see, it was 2014.
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00:07:37.670I did my first.
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00:07:41.043I started studying one-on-one, probably 2012.
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00:07:41.925And then 2014,.
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00:07:50.346I did my first certification in interior alignment feng shui, and then I went on to do an advanced training in 2018.
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00:07:54.482And then this past summer, I became a master teacher of feng shui.
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00:07:59.870So now I get to teach other people and I can certify other people in doing this work Awesome.
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00:08:00.355That's so cool.
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00:08:08.031It's been this beautiful full circle, yeah Well, I mean it just, I think is a testament to how much you love it and how much aligned you are with it.
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00:08:08.752Yeah.
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00:08:10.744Yeah, you know, I had a story.
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00:08:12.750If you don't mind me telling a story, I love stories.
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00:08:14.562I had a woman.
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00:08:18.572This was maybe eight years ago.
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00:08:25.452I was really trying to decide do I stick to traditional design, lisa, or do I go this other route?
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00:08:25.733Right?
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00:08:31.232And I wasn't sure and I was worried what are people going to think if I become the woo designer?
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00:08:33.244I was all worried.
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00:08:40.225And then I had this woman call me and she asked me to come to her home and I wasn't sure what I was in for.
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00:08:49.292But I took my bag with all my swatches, tape measure and everything and I showed up and we did a quick tour of the home and then we sat down at the kitchen table.
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00:08:53.947She sat across from me and she looked me in the eyes and said Lisa, I'm dying.
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00:08:59.804I need you to help me set up my space so my children and my husband can go on living once I'm gone.
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00:09:01.687Right?
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00:09:02.067Oh?
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00:09:19.043my gosh gosh and, like to this day, I get chills, you know I had to like regroup and pull myself together, and it was a beautiful, beautiful project we were able to really, she did need some new furnishings, right.
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00:09:20.227They needed some new flooring.
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00:09:25.248They needed some new, um a new, some new sofas and chairs and things.
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00:09:31.253So we did that, but we did that with the intention of creating a safe space, a comfortable space.
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00:09:33.467So we utilized the five element of feng shui.
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00:09:38.759We brought in a lot of earth element for grounding, right.
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00:09:57.669We brought in some wood element for regrowth, because she was adamant that she wanted her kids going on and living their lives once she's gone, and it was just a really beautiful process to bring all this together and for me, it was confirmation that I'm meant to do this.
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00:10:04.749If the universe put us together, then I'm meant to do this and it's just been going on since then.
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00:10:18.744And now I, you know, I'm teaching, I'm able, you know, I do a lot of virtual work, so I get to work with people all around the world and it's so interesting how people live and their different spaces and trends and styles and colors they like.
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00:10:31.875It's really cool and interesting journey, but that that one moment, that one client, that one meeting was transformative were there any design elements of her?
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00:10:32.397I'm gonna get.
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00:10:46.162I'm like so teary thinking about it like were there, I know it was like years before I could tell the story without crying yes, um, were there any yeah, like elements that they wanted of her in the design, or was she like?
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00:10:47.947I want to be kind of removed from it.
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00:10:48.649This is for them.
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00:10:51.008What was her vibe?
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00:10:55.950For her, it was for them, but I knew it had to be for everyone.
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00:11:01.090We did a really beautiful intentional collage wall of all kinds.
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00:11:02.111Oh, here we go, I know.
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00:11:05.881Oh my God, we did a collage while of all the family events.
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00:11:12.403They like to be active, they like to do things and and, and she, you know, the problem was she wasn't able.
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00:11:16.961It'd been four rounds of cancer and she wasn't able to do these things.
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00:11:20.350So we re she wanted them to like, really think of all the fun things they did.
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00:11:26.610So we did this beautiful collage while we brought out some beautiful artwork too that they had, like in a back room.
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00:11:34.799You know how sometimes you take things down, throw it in a closet, you forget you have it but some really intentional things that really shifted the space.
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00:11:35.380So it was.
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00:11:44.745It was balanced because we brought in these beautiful things to make them feel, to make them remember their mother as time went on.
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00:11:47.230But we also set them up for this whole process.
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00:11:49.173That was going to be very hard for everyone.
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00:11:51.083Yeah, just really wanted to support them.
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00:11:54.292Wow, so I can imagine.
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00:11:56.280I mean, do you get close to your clients Like?
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00:11:59.370That feels like a very intimate thing.
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00:12:03.269I work with a lot of people going through illness through divorce.
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00:12:14.923Yeah, a lot of people going through illness, through divorce, yeah, a lot of heavy things, and it's such an honor to be able to help them because I know I can right, I know it makes a huge difference, but on the flip side.
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00:12:16.246So let's make it more fun.
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00:12:21.025On the flip side, I get to work with a lot of people who have amazing things going on.
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00:12:32.234They're moving into their dream home, they're starting their dream business, they're taking on a new something or other right, and it's really fun to be a part of that.
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00:12:33.923There's a balance.
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00:12:35.226Yes, I love that.
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00:12:51.832It is both because, again, I think it speaks to that energy of transitions or something that needs to be kind of, that is maybe shaken up within us internally, that needs to be reflected externally and where we are in the world and where we want to be.
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00:12:53.303So exactly.
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00:12:54.548I mean, that's what I tell people.
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00:13:00.967Your home so many people think that it's just this place you land at the end of the day and you just crash and go to bed.
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00:13:02.773Right, and I get that.
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00:13:05.172But your home is really kind of.
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00:13:07.503It can be a template for your tomorrow.
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00:13:14.065It can be a template for your next week, your next year, for like who you want to be, which is really powerful.
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00:13:15.628We're lucky we get once.
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00:13:21.544You can take that on and explore that you can set up a space to really support you.
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00:13:26.313You do need more grounding in one area because something stresses you out.
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00:13:27.523You know your office right.
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00:13:35.249Or do you need, you know, to find extra relaxation in, maybe, your living room where you sit, relax and watch TV because you're struggling?
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00:13:36.051Relaxing right?
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00:13:41.681When we can influence our bodies through colors, patterns and textures, it just makes it so much easier.
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00:13:43.284I love that.
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00:13:49.923So talk about feng shui Like what is it and how, how do you do it?
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00:13:51.147It's a magic.
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00:13:52.489No master, how do we do it?
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00:14:01.484A lot of people think feng shui is really superstition and pat your head, rub your belly, turn around three times and, poof, you're very miscomfortable.
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00:14:02.407And it's not.
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00:14:03.912But it is.
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00:14:05.999It's an ancient practice.
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00:14:21.163It's over 4,000 years old and it started in southern China, was first documented there, and it's since shifted off into different schools or sects or styles, but we all the goal is the same to create balance in your home.
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00:14:30.429So it's your home structure, it's also the surrounding land around your home, and then we also take into account what your goals are.
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00:14:31.351What are you looking for?
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00:14:33.187What do you need in life?
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00:14:35.287Right, how can you be more supported?
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00:14:41.413So we utilize the five element system wood, fire, earth, metal and water.
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00:14:51.047And then we also utilize what's called a Bagua map, and this is an energy map that has nine different energy centers.
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00:14:53.812That corresponds to different areas of your home.
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00:14:58.631So, to kind of explain this, some people understand like the chakra system of the body.
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00:15:00.783It's kind of like that in a way.
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00:15:03.028But around your, your home.
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00:15:10.131So, say you're looking to improve your relationships with other people, there is an area of the home that we can connect with that.
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00:15:12.299Um, your health and well-being.
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00:15:13.962There's an area we can connect with that.
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00:15:19.514There's also, you know, like, like, um, uh, wealth and abundance.
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00:15:25.732If and if maybe you're studying something, you're're heading back to school and there's a great place to focus that on.
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00:15:29.743Is that the same Like is like the kitchen, wealth and abundance.
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00:15:36.789Is it the same area in each house or is it the per the layout of the house.
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00:15:45.456Oh, I want to read a feng shui book, which is great, and there are so many great tips, and that's what my podcast is all about.
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00:15:52.413I want to empower people to realize how easy it is to improve their space and to alter their space to support them.
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00:16:00.754But if you really want to go deep, it's important to look at your specific home because you're OK.
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00:16:09.145So somebody is like oh, my neighbor says I'm supposed to put a plant wherever, ok, yeah, well, your neighbor has their home layout.
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00:16:31.201Maybe they live in a ranch, maybe they live on an acre, maybe they have trees out front, maybe they're home, maybe they have five kids and maybe they have, you know, native American roots and have certain practices or beliefs that you know that's their own life.
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00:16:31.982You have a totally different story.
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00:16:37.053You might live in a two-story and have like a little post-it stamp plot, right, and maybe you're empty nesters, right.
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00:16:44.787Everyone's home needs to be looked at separately how your home is laid out, seeing if there's any areas missing.
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00:16:52.052This can be really impactful and also then how we can enhance it to support what you're looking for in life.
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00:17:10.965In the energetic flow of the house, like I think, what I've seen mainly on TikTok OK, ok, that's OK Are like bed placements around the door, like that feels like the, or mirrors or things like that.
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00:17:12.008Are those true?
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00:17:14.673Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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00:17:15.621A lot of those tips.
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00:17:18.048That's where I'm saying a lot of these tips are really powerful.
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00:17:25.701I mean, if you want to go deep and have major change, you need to really get someone in there to look at your space, to really dissect your floor plan.
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00:17:28.166But there are so many great things.
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00:17:32.718The bedroom is really powerful.
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00:17:36.346A lot of people are like oh, I'm just sleeping in it, I don't care about that.
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00:17:44.782But we all know, if we don't get good sleep, we're not going to be able to be ourselves, to be functioning well the next day.
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00:17:54.990So it's important to have your bedroom really support you for restful sleep and your head against a solid wall.
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00:17:56.371So we always want a solid wall.
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00:18:02.954We want to put ourselves in the command position, so we have a solid wall and a view of the door.
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00:18:07.518So we don't want the door opposite our feet, we want it off to a side.
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00:18:13.544Okay, got it and we'll really be able to protect.
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00:18:14.307Give your body a sense of protection.
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00:18:24.585But also see, so the ancients believed, you know, back 4,000 years ago, when they were doing feng shui and they were living on mountains, they had this mountain behind them to protect them, right, and then they could see any of their enemies coming right.
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00:18:30.194It just puts our body at ease to put it in this position, which helps us fall asleep faster.
00:18:32.383 -->
00:18:35.672I mean, that makes sense from a nervous system perspective.
00:18:36.039 -->
00:18:38.527Yeah, yeah, exactly, I mean, that's what we're doing.
00:18:38.527 -->
00:18:47.239We're calming your nervous system down and you know telling your subconscious it's okay to go to sleep yeah, okay.
00:18:47.259 -->
00:18:50.548What about mirrors in the bedroom or facing the bed?
00:18:50.969 -->
00:18:57.509so I'm gonna pair the mirrors and television, so a lot of people get angry at me because they love their tv at night.
00:18:57.509 -->
00:19:04.951And and if you really want a television in your room, I always recommend putting in a cabinet with doors so you can close it.
00:19:06.040 -->
00:19:20.911When I go to a hotel I love, one of my guilty pleasures is climbing in bed at a hotel like a bar of chocolate the last I want and I flip through TV because I don't have a TV in my yes, but when I'm ready to go to bed I always travel with like a wrap or a scarf.
00:19:20.911 -->
00:19:31.987I always throw the scarf over it because we don't want that reflective quality of the television or the mirror that keeps our body from resting.
00:19:31.987 -->
00:19:40.772Also, televisions bring in a lot of different energy, so be mindful of what you're watching.
00:19:40.772 -->
00:19:49.575Are you watching a scary movie and then your room and the energy of your body is connecting with a scary movie versus something calming and peaceful.
00:19:50.798 -->
00:19:52.981Mirrors reflect and amplify.
00:19:52.981 -->
00:19:56.068So what are they reflecting and amplifying?
00:19:56.068 -->
00:20:02.988Good things, maybe piles of laundry that you have yet to be folded, or is it a nice tidy space?
00:20:02.988 -->
00:20:07.201But either way, anything with the reflective quality is kind of frowned upon.
00:20:07.201 -->
00:20:10.353And and I always tell people, try things for six weeks.
00:20:10.353 -->
00:20:17.068You don't have to commit forever, but I think if you try it for six weeks, you will, you'll feel it.
00:20:17.068 -->
00:20:23.705So that's my, my plan is six weeks with all my clients and if they decide they want to move it back, they can move it back.
00:20:23.705 -->
00:20:30.414There's no feng shui police, but they will more than likely notice how they feel.
00:20:31.721 -->
00:20:34.037Here's another big bedroom thing, if you don't mind me sharing.
00:20:34.037 -->
00:20:34.559Yeah, go for it.
00:20:34.559 -->
00:20:36.345It's storage underneath the bed.
00:20:36.345 -->
00:20:41.661I see it all the time People want to store everything under their bed.
00:20:41.661 -->
00:20:44.064They're like, oh, it's extra storage space, and I get it.
00:20:44.064 -->
00:20:55.628A lot of people are tight on storage, but if you think about sleeping there for eight hours hopefully eight hours a night you're sleeping above stuff.
00:20:56.529 -->
00:21:04.060That has meaning, that has symbolism that can you know you may go to sleep and not see it, but your subconscious knows that you know okay.
00:21:04.060 -->
00:21:15.644So I had a client who had stacks of books that she wanted to read under her bed, like you were sleeping on top of a to-do list that you're feeling guilty about that you haven't gotten to this whole story.
00:21:15.644 -->
00:21:21.690She was angry at him and I'm like, oh my gosh, so I recommend nothing under your bed.
00:21:21.690 -->
00:21:25.189I have one extra blanket for really cold nights, and that's it.
00:21:26.141 -->
00:21:26.883Okay, under mine.
00:21:26.883 -->
00:21:28.246Yeah, yeah, that makes sense.
00:21:28.246 -->
00:21:31.681And then, so, going back to the mirrors, are you saying?
00:21:31.681 -->
00:21:35.868No mirrors anywhere, or just no mirrors.
00:21:35.868 -->
00:21:37.952Wow, I love mirrors.
00:21:38.393 -->
00:21:38.693I mean.
00:21:38.693 -->
00:21:38.834So.
00:21:38.834 -->
00:21:41.945I love mirrors, just not in the bedroom.
00:21:41.945 -->
00:21:45.952So place one maybe, if needed, you know, in the.
00:21:45.952 -->
00:21:46.901I have one in my closet.
00:21:46.921 -->
00:21:47.884Closet Okay.
00:21:47.983 -->
00:21:49.067Right, that works great.
00:21:49.067 -->
00:21:52.682A lot of you remember when everybody had the dresser and the mirror on top.
00:21:52.742 -->
00:21:54.126Yes, it was a nineties thing, yeah.
00:21:54.768 -->
00:22:04.567I tell everyone get rid of the mirror and put up a beautiful piece of artwork, something that makes you smile, something that you love, and you won't even miss the mirror.
00:22:04.567 -->
00:22:14.224Okay, what about like mirrors and like hallways?
00:22:14.224 -->
00:22:18.617Oh, that's fine, yeah, okay, the only place that we want to be very mindful of placing a mirror is at the front entry.
00:22:18.617 -->
00:22:19.180So the front entry in Feng.
00:22:19.200 -->
00:22:23.711Shui, the front door, and this is the architectural front door.
00:22:23.711 -->
00:22:27.690A lot of people are like well, I use my garage door, but I want you to focus on your front door.
00:22:27.690 -->
00:22:33.511This is considered the mouth of sheet, or mouth of where energy comes into our home.
00:22:33.511 -->
00:22:43.346So we want this, we want to draw things and we want to suck good energy and we want it to come in and fill our home.
00:22:43.346 -->
00:22:48.178So when you have a mirror, it will literally just reflect that energy back out.
00:22:49.201 -->
00:22:57.846So oftentimes people are like, oh, I want to check my lipstick right before I pop outside, you know, head out somewhere, but that's not the place.
00:22:57.846 -->
00:23:03.866If you really want a mirror, maybe inside the coat closet, that's a great way, and then you can close the door and not have it there.
00:23:03.866 -->
00:23:12.808But we really want to avoid mirrors at the front door and also make sure you use your front door.
00:23:12.808 -->
00:23:14.002That's another big one.
00:23:14.002 -->
00:23:15.046How come?
00:23:15.046 -->
00:23:24.307So again, this is the mouth of chi, right, we want fresh, new energy, fresh new opportunities coming towards us, and if we're always just using our garage door.
00:23:24.347 -->
00:23:27.422Then this front door becomes stagnant, which we don't want.
00:23:27.422 -->
00:23:33.311So I always tell my clients come up with a plan of how you can use the front door.
00:23:33.311 -->
00:23:40.532Maybe you walk your dog out the front door, Maybe you go on your evening walk out the front door, you go get the mail.
00:23:40.532 -->
00:23:47.173Come up with something so you can keep this door opening and closing and keep energy flowing here.
00:23:48.601 -->
00:23:52.070Well, I'm in the trailer on the side of my house, so I usually go through my garage.
00:23:52.070 -->
00:23:58.326I go through two doors through the garage and then I have a gate and then I open this door.
00:23:58.326 -->
00:24:01.988I love that, but I could definitely go to the front door and then come around the front.
00:24:02.628 -->
00:24:03.551Yeah, I love that.
00:24:03.551 -->
00:24:05.567Just come up with some reason to use it.
00:24:05.567 -->
00:24:09.269I mean, I really couldn't find a reason to use my front door.
00:24:09.269 -->
00:24:18.247Honestly, the mailbox is all the way down the drive and I always take the dogs out the back, but I walk by every morning.
00:24:18.247 -->
00:24:26.732So I walk up to the door, I open it, I stick my head out, maybe go outside if it's nice and just like take a breath of fresh air and close it behind me.
00:24:27.539 -->
00:24:40.270Yeah, Well, so many people work from home too, that it's like, which, I think, is another important aspect of looking at the energy of your house, because we're in it a lot more.
00:24:41.032 -->
00:24:41.874That is so true.
00:24:41.874 -->
00:24:53.510That is so true and a lot of people have noticed a lot and realized how their lives maybe need to shift or how their home needs to be arranged.
00:24:53.510 -->
00:24:57.444I know I had a lot of people when everybody was working from home.
00:24:57.444 -->
00:25:00.151They loved these open floor plans.
00:25:00.151 -->
00:25:03.885But then they're like oh my gosh, we're just on top of one another.
00:25:04.287 -->
00:25:06.030Yes, I was going to ask you about that.
00:25:06.030 -->
00:25:12.652Is there for energy, for energy for feng shui open versus like closed spaces?
00:25:12.652 -->
00:25:13.493What's the opposite of that?
00:25:13.493 -->
00:25:18.663Energy for feng shui open versus like closed spaces.
00:25:18.663 -->
00:25:18.805What's?
00:25:18.825 -->
00:25:19.306the opposite of that.
00:25:19.306 -->
00:25:21.412So more, I guess, divided up, I don't know I can't think of the words, okay, but um.
00:25:22.134 -->
00:25:23.980So we want energy to flow.
00:25:23.980 -->
00:25:25.743I think about water.
00:25:25.743 -->
00:25:32.185Water is a great way, so if energy is coming in your front door, you want it to flow and meander around.
00:25:32.185 -->
00:25:33.790So we do do want some things, right?
00:25:33.790 -->
00:25:40.023If your home is completely empty and sparse, right, it's not going to flow, it's going to go straight out the back door and be done.
00:25:40.023 -->
00:25:40.405Right?
00:25:40.405 -->
00:25:47.372We also don't want the opposite, where there's so many angles and so many walls and so much clutter that energy can't get through.
00:25:47.372 -->
00:25:49.921So we want to find a happy medium.
00:25:51.365 -->
00:26:00.566When arranging especially open floor plans, I found it to be very beneficial to have more rounded furniture.
00:26:00.566 -->
00:26:05.253It also lends itself to better flow, following feng shui.
00:26:05.253 -->
00:26:11.993So more rounded, curving pieces, a barrel chair versus a big boxy chair can feel more comfortable.
00:26:11.993 -->
00:26:15.028Also, you need to be mindful of the scale, right?
00:26:15.028 -->
00:26:21.411If you have an open floor plan, the scale of your furniture needs to match the scale of the room, right?
00:26:21.411 -->
00:26:23.448You don't want little wimpy furniture, right?
00:26:23.448 -->
00:26:36.242And also, if you have you know, I work with people in small spaces too and condos and apartments, and they might downsize and they have these grand wingback chairs that take up the entire room right.
00:26:36.242 -->
00:26:41.433We need to have balance of the scale of the item in relation to our room.
00:26:43.779 -->
00:26:48.130And then how does that work with the elements part?
00:26:48.130 -->
00:26:52.689So there's the energy, there's the flow, and then what are you seeing?
00:26:52.689 -->
00:26:59.131I think maybe some trends right now that are people needing more earth elements or more grounding.
00:26:59.131 -->
00:27:02.780Are they what's yeah, what's happening in the world?
00:27:04.605 -->
00:27:06.671I mean, everybody needs more grounding these days.
00:27:06.871 -->
00:27:14.090Yes, more earth element yes, more earth, more earth, but we are, we're actually moving.
00:27:14.090 -->
00:27:36.648So, you know, in feng shui we follow these cycles of nature, right, it's all it's using, utilizing the five elements, but also there's cycles of everything, right, and we're in fall now and a lot of people, you know, getting into winter before long and a lot of people are like, oh my gosh, I'm getting so stressed out, knowing winter's coming, it's going to be a cold winter and I'm just not looking forward to it.
00:27:36.648 -->
00:27:38.095I'm already feeling depressed.
00:27:38.095 -->
00:27:45.944And here's something I always tell them that actually really helped myself it's once you understand that we need those cycles of nature.
00:27:46.006 -->
00:27:47.451It's kind of following yin and yang.
00:27:47.451 -->
00:28:12.243You need you wouldn't have daytime if you didn't have nighttime Like we need this going within the flowers, have, you know, come back down into the earth and there's the bulb, right, and we're in that season of fall and we're preparing to kind of hibernate for winter, right, but we need this so that we can feel rejuvenated and be ready for the spring, energy to grow and be bright and have these bright, beautiful flowers again.
00:28:12.243 -->
00:28:14.750Right, our bodies are just like that.
00:28:14.750 -->
00:28:16.046We need these cycles.
00:28:16.046 -->
00:28:24.869So once you can understand the importance of this cycle to bring balance throughout the rest of the year, then that really helps.
00:28:25.500 -->
00:28:27.365For me at least I found some other people.
00:28:27.365 -->
00:28:28.549They understand it.
00:28:28.549 -->
00:28:30.125That way it just makes it easier.
00:28:30.125 -->
00:28:34.208But yeah, grounding is very important right now too.
00:28:34.208 -->
00:28:35.840A lot of earth element.
00:28:35.840 -->
00:28:55.563So the earth element can be brought in through the colors of beige, tan, brown cream, chocolate, but then also any thick, chunky textures, like I always love to pull out the big chunky throws this time of year, right yeah, and curl up on the sofa.
00:28:55.563 -->
00:29:01.840A lot of textural stuff, but then also squared shapes and anything kind of low to the ground.
00:29:03.865 -->
00:29:09.674Do you change your decor upon an element or a season?
00:29:09.674 -->
00:29:10.856Well, I do.
00:29:10.876 -->
00:29:13.144I mean I think we do that in America.
00:29:13.144 -->
00:29:14.127A lot of people do, right?
00:29:14.127 -->
00:29:14.941I mean we also.
00:29:14.941 -->
00:29:17.105Just if you think about it.
00:29:17.105 -->
00:29:39.111I think it's kind of fun thinking about the seasons and decorating for the holidays and stuff like that, and we were bringing in these oranges and browns for this fall Thanksgiving We'll be here before we know it and like all these types of colors and it's really supporting our body as we're trying to get into this winter mode and you know, it's kind of been gray out where.
00:29:39.332 -->
00:29:42.226I live and it doesn't feel so lush and everything.
00:29:42.226 -->
00:29:44.250So it's a gentle way to ease into that.
00:29:44.250 -->
00:29:50.451So I think we naturally do a lot ourselves, but once we understand we can do more.
00:29:50.451 -->
00:29:51.775So that's I do.
00:29:51.775 -->
00:29:53.397I decorate for every season.
00:29:53.397 -->
00:29:58.867In the summertime I bring in a lot more blues into my space.
00:29:58.867 -->
00:30:19.140It's cooling, it's calming on those high hot energy days, and then in the wintertime I get the winter blaws and so I always bring a lot of fuchsia and maybe pops of red and pops of orange and yellow.
00:30:19.140 -->
00:30:28.776Yellow is a really powerful color, but even on my desk chair I have a bright fuchsia throw that I just leave back there in the winter months and then I'm feeling extra blah.
00:30:28.776 -->
00:30:34.394I'm sitting there typing along and I'll just drape it over my shoulders and see it out of the corner of my eye and it just helps.
00:30:34.394 -->
00:30:35.859It helps so much.
00:30:35.859 -->
00:30:41.932It isn't just surrounding your space but also, I believe, having it near your body helps.
00:30:42.313 -->
00:30:48.731Yeah, I feel like color theory for what you wear is like all the rage right now too.
00:30:49.452 -->
00:30:53.425It is and it's powerful, it's fascinating, and your home is the same way.
00:30:53.425 -->
00:31:06.506Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, it is and it's, it's powerful, it's fascinating, and your home is the same way.
00:31:06.506 -->
00:31:07.188Um, what about the fire elements?
00:31:07.188 -->
00:31:08.932Fire water can kind of go through them briefly, yeah, um, so we talked about the metal.
00:31:08.932 -->
00:31:24.384Um, the earth element, spring, connects to the wood element, so the wood element is great if you're taking on a new task, starting a new routine, starting a business, starting something new, or you want to grow or expand or reach some goals.
00:31:24.384 -->
00:31:33.068If you think about the tall trees growing up to the sky, right, it's onward and upward, so the wood element element is great.
00:31:33.068 -->
00:31:36.806A lot of people think brown, but brown connects to the earth element.
00:31:37.267 -->
00:31:44.752The wood element is represented by the color green okay so any color green doesn't have to be bright green, like you see on the trees.
00:31:44.752 -->
00:31:50.030Sage greens are so popular right now and also really deep forest greens.
00:31:50.030 -->
00:31:55.540I swear the 90s are back but yeah yeah, yeah, forest greens are really pretty.
00:31:55.540 -->
00:31:58.227Also any type of vertical line.
00:31:58.227 -->
00:32:01.560So if you have a throw pillow with stripes, place it vertically.
00:32:01.560 -->
00:32:03.523That's a great way.
00:32:03.804 -->
00:32:14.009Plants, flowers are a great way to bring in the wood element and also artwork.
00:32:14.009 -->
00:32:16.878So if you're not, you don't have a green thumb, that's okay.
00:32:16.878 -->
00:32:20.309Maybe a painting of some flowers that works well.
00:32:20.309 -->
00:32:28.939You know, I think back to when everyone was working from home and stuck at home and they all bought 25 different plants for their home.
00:32:28.979 -->
00:32:29.299Do you remember?
00:32:29.820 -->
00:32:30.883I don't know if you took part in that.
00:32:30.883 -->
00:32:31.983I did'll admit it.
00:32:31.983 -->
00:32:39.422Um, no, because it's because we were craving being outside, being connected to nature, getting out of our space.
00:32:39.422 -->
00:32:43.634So, um, the wood element can be really good.
00:32:43.634 -->
00:32:53.030I will say this for those of you that bought 25 plants too much we remember we want balance of these five elements for the activity happening in the space.
00:32:53.030 -->
00:32:58.680So the energy of a spa is different energy from, say, chuck E Cheese, right?
00:32:58.680 -->
00:33:01.308So you have to figure out where, on that scale, you kind of are.
00:33:01.308 -->
00:33:05.951But the wood element is really great to lift our energy.
00:33:05.951 -->
00:33:14.692But too much wood element, too many green plants, 25 plants in one room, can actually cause an energy of feeling of frustration in your body.
00:33:15.273 -->
00:33:19.587Oh interesting, so I recommend separating them up.
00:33:19.587 -->
00:33:21.989There's no reason all your plants need to be in one room.
00:33:21.989 -->
00:33:23.727Place some plants in each room.
00:33:23.727 -->
00:33:28.587I always recommend no more than three per room, but kind of depending on the size.
00:33:29.108 -->
00:33:29.951Got it Okay.
00:33:30.151 -->
00:33:30.551Yeah.
00:33:30.711 -->
00:33:32.394Wow, that's good to know.
00:33:33.141 -->
00:33:36.604So we went through the wood and then the metal element.
00:33:36.604 -->
00:33:43.674So I actually designed this space following a lot of metal element for focus.
00:33:43.674 -->
00:33:54.050I have this white gray wallpaper behind me with a metal pattern on it, but yet it has a triangular shape which brings in the fire element to keep me awake and focused.
00:33:56.883 -->
00:34:00.172I used to even breathe this stuff, but it's so powerful and it works, that's why I do it.
00:34:00.172 -->
00:34:03.108But the metal element is great for focus.
00:34:03.108 -->
00:34:10.248So if you are having a hard time focusing, you have a deadline, gray white pastel is your friend.
00:34:10.248 -->
00:34:15.831Even if you have a deadline at work and you work in a cubicle, that's okay.
00:34:15.831 -->
00:34:25.445Maybe wear gray, maybe bring in something, something you can put on your desk right Gray, white pastel, also any metal object.
00:34:26.126 -->
00:34:27.309Okay, any color of metal.
00:34:27.309 -->
00:34:29.614It can be copper, it can be gold, it can be silver.
00:34:29.614 -->
00:34:31.847That will work for the metal element.
00:34:31.847 -->
00:34:40.010And then the fire element is really fun fuchsia, bright red, triangular shapes, which is kind of cool.
00:34:40.010 -->
00:34:54.335If you think of a triangular shape, it looks like a flame, yeah it's white at the bottom and then the flame goes up so the fire element is like really high energy, lifting the energy of your body, waking you up.
00:34:55.699 -->
00:34:56.880Here's where we want balance.
00:34:56.880 -->
00:35:01.813Too much fire can cause, you know, we know red, it'll burn.
00:35:01.813 -->
00:35:05.280Yes, red raises our blood pressure.
00:35:05.280 -->
00:35:07.023Red does.
00:35:07.023 -->
00:35:11.751It lifts the energy a lot, so we have to keep it within balance.
00:35:11.751 -->
00:35:14.291We want some to wake us up.
00:35:14.291 -->
00:35:14.860Yeah.
00:35:14.860 -->
00:35:16.326We don't want too much.
00:35:16.326 -->
00:35:21.112I actually just worked with someone with a fuchsia bedroom, the whole thing.
00:35:21.112 -->
00:35:29.652Yes, it was really cute and I felt bad, but she was sleeping and that's why her body couldn't relax, couldn't come down.
00:35:30.780 -->
00:35:36.824I feel like the color on color has been trending for a while and it is very cute and very designy.
00:35:37.264 -->
00:35:38.168It is fun.
00:35:38.168 -->
00:35:38.829It is fun.
00:35:38.829 -->
00:35:46.226You just have to be mindful of what color you're doing and also bringing in.
00:35:46.226 -->
00:35:50.963So, for example, I had a client with a monochromatic scheme that was all white White room.
00:35:50.963 -->
00:35:56.882So that would see a lot of metal, not very much creativity, not very, very fun.
00:35:56.882 -->
00:36:02.813People just really focused, yeah Right, not very flexible type people.
00:36:02.813 -->
00:36:05.586That's okay, but that's what that would kind of say.
00:36:05.586 -->
00:36:09.786It's not encouraging you to you know if they're not going to be an artist, right?
00:36:09.967 -->
00:36:15.101Yeah, we say probably you know an accountant and calculating numbers right.
00:36:15.101 -->
00:36:17.686But you need to have balance.
00:36:17.686 -->
00:36:36.132So you can do that if you love this like one color kind of scheme, or like beige or taupe or whatever you like, bring in other elements through, other things beyond color, so for example, patterns or texture shapes, right.
00:36:36.132 -->
00:36:39.666So every element also has a complementary shape.
00:36:39.666 -->
00:36:42.873The wood element has those vertical lines.
00:36:42.873 -->
00:36:46.469The metal element is represented by circular shapes.
00:36:46.469 -->
00:36:47.112Okay.
00:36:48.094 -->
00:36:51.284The water element is represented by wavy lines.
00:36:51.284 -->
00:36:59.186So if you did a monochromatic white room, I would suggest bringing in sort of wavy pattern to bring in a water element to loosen it up a bit.
00:36:59.186 -->
00:37:05.728Maybe a little bit of fire, maybe a single candle, maybe a pair of candles would be nice.
00:37:05.728 -->
00:37:08.987And then also plants.
00:37:08.987 -->
00:37:16.126Every room, especially when you're doing one color, needs plants, just for that ground.
00:37:16.126 -->
00:37:19.231Ground, that kind of earthy just brings life in.
00:37:19.813 -->
00:37:25.431Yeah, Can you tell me about my background, what vibes it has?
00:37:26.101 -->
00:37:27.005So I love the green.
00:37:27.005 -->
00:37:35.835The green is like a moving onward, upward wood element reaching your goals, taking on new, new projects, fresh new energy coming towards you.
00:37:35.835 -->
00:37:37.945I love your plant too.
00:37:37.965 -->
00:37:58.375He's a happy plant and we always want to wait oh okay, I know I'm not usually one, but it's, I just come in here and work and I will never I had one that the other all fake yeah, so here's a little thing interesting in feng shui is a lot of uber traditional.
00:37:58.920 -->
00:38:05.579I practice a little more westernized version because I believe like we just we're on the internet right.
00:38:05.940 -->
00:38:14.322We live in different cultures and melting pot of different people and lifestyles and we don't live like they did 4,000 years ago of different people and lifestyles.
00:38:14.322 -->
00:38:15.563And we don't live like they did 4,000 years ago.
00:38:15.563 -->
00:38:18.905But Uber, traditional practitioners would say no fake plant, that represents a fake energy.
00:38:18.905 -->
00:38:26.391Oh yeah, I believe I work with so many people who travel, who just who have cats digging plants.
00:38:26.391 -->
00:38:31.615The plants, the beautiful silk flowers of today are not like grandma's silk flowers.
00:38:31.615 -->
00:38:32.677That's true.
00:38:32.817 -->
00:38:33.396The dusty.
00:38:33.396 -->
00:38:38.148So if you love it, then that's okay, and that's my whole thing, is it I?
00:38:38.148 -->
00:38:41.583It's nice that there are all these rules, but there's a time we have to break the rules.
00:38:41.583 -->
00:38:45.324Right, if you really love it, then we will break the rules and we'll make it work.
00:38:45.324 -->
00:38:47.652Um, but I love your sofa.
00:38:47.652 -->
00:38:55.449It has that Brown color and it's also kind of more horizontal, so it brings in a grounding energy, which is really important in like a camper trailer.
00:38:55.449 -->
00:39:03.934I work with people who live in their rv full time and it's really important to have this like low energy to really bring a sense of grounding.
00:39:04.978 -->
00:39:18.864um, your pillows are kind of aqua yeah it looks like, yeah, so, and they're, they're rounded, so it kind of bring in blue, brings in the water element for a little creativity and a little focus back there, but then it's so cool.
00:39:18.864 -->
00:39:20.065You have that pink pop Right.
00:39:20.065 -->
00:39:23.989That's a little higher, a little more playful, fun, energy, not quite fiery.
00:39:23.989 -->
00:39:26.271Yeah, yeah, okay.
00:39:26.632 -->
00:39:27.351All right.
00:39:27.351 -->
00:39:29.795Well, yeah, Astrology wise, I'm all fire.
00:39:29.795 -->
00:39:32.617So this feels you know.
00:39:32.617 -->
00:39:40.427I guess that's the question, Like, is designing your home in balance to who you are important?
00:39:41.670 -->
00:39:45.364Definitely, because if it's not in balance to who you are, you're not going to want to be there.
00:39:45.364 -->
00:39:48.893Right, right, yeah, you need to create it.
00:39:48.893 -->
00:39:57.599You know a lot of people to think well, I'm either designing or I'm implementing feng shui, but it can all go hand in hand.
00:39:57.599 -->
00:40:07.534We're just selecting, maybe, a brown sofa versus a green sofa, or a sofa with boxier shaped arms versus a more rounded shaped arm.
00:40:07.534 -->
00:40:16.320Right, and there's easy ways you can do that, ways you can do that.
00:40:16.440 -->
00:40:21.050There's also an element, too, that a lot of people think that if they're going to employ feng shui, that they have to remodel, invest all this money.
00:40:21.050 -->
00:40:28.090And one of my first teachers ever she had an amazing book and it's not even in print anymore.
00:40:28.090 -->
00:40:33.771I dig at the old used bookstores for old copies of it, but it's feng shui with what you have.
00:40:33.771 -->
00:40:43.755And this really set me on this path, because I want to help people know that they can adjust and improve their space without spending a lot of money.
00:40:43.755 -->
00:40:45.467You don't have to spend a lot of money.
00:40:45.467 -->
00:40:51.648Like I said, a lot of people have stuff in their closets and I'm like just shop your home, you probably have something you need.
00:40:52.880 -->
00:40:54.606Or even just rearranging things.
00:40:55.068 -->
00:40:55.409Right.
00:40:55.750 -->
00:40:56.010Yeah.
00:40:56.340 -->
00:41:09.630Just simply rearranging Sometimes taking a chair from like one direction and turning it just a bit can completely transform the energy and make you feel settled and comfortable where you didn't feel before.
00:41:10.672 -->
00:41:23.027Are there any trends that go against feng shui that feel like, do you ever work with clients like I love this trend, I need this, or you ever see something you're like, oh no, that is terrible for feng shui.
00:41:23.588 -->
00:41:35.956The only thing that's really stuck out to me in recent years are these light fixtures, and I, I, um, there's a name for them, but it looks like a starburst, it's like a pendant.
00:41:35.956 -->
00:41:39.608It's a pendant that comes down and it looks like a starburst.
00:41:40.088 -->
00:41:54.641It looks super cool Like it has different arms that come out, different arms that go in different directions and it looks super cool and I keep seeing different variations of this right and different like arms coming out and it looks really cool.
00:41:54.641 -->
00:42:02.121I get it, I get the appeal of it, but in feng shui we have this thing called a poison arrow.
00:42:02.121 -->
00:42:11.885So this is when we have a point coming towards our body for a long period of time that it's like coming towards our body that doesn't put our body at ease.
00:42:11.885 -->
00:42:23.766Right, like I said, we want those soft, rounded shapes, not harsh angles, which would be a poison arrow, and so we want to eliminate these if possible.
00:42:23.766 -->
00:42:28.621So those interesting, cool light fixtures are not putting your body at ease.
00:42:28.621 -->
00:42:35.592The other big no-no which I try to tell I hate telling people you have to get rid of something, right that's not what.
00:42:35.612 -->
00:42:36.032I want to do.
00:42:36.032 -->
00:42:41.068It's not what I'm about, it's let's rearrange, let's figure out how we can make it work, but also.
00:42:41.068 -->
00:42:43.503But, cacti.
00:42:43.503 -->
00:42:47.291Cactus are just not our friend Cactus are cool.
00:42:47.291 -->
00:42:50.507They are not our friend Because look at, think of all the little poison arrows.
00:42:51.460 -->
00:42:52.943All those points coming at.
00:42:52.943 -->
00:43:00.394So my sister-in-law actually had this in her foyer, a picture of my two nieces, my beautiful little nieces, and they were little.
00:43:00.394 -->
00:43:08.614And then this cute cacti and I walked in one day and I was like the cacti is cool, but not next to the three little girls.
00:43:08.614 -->
00:43:20.023I'm like we got to remove this, we got to put it somewhere else and I let her move it to another location, but not in the entry and not next to child energy and children Right.
00:43:20.023 -->
00:43:22.246So those are my two.
00:43:22.688 -->
00:43:24.893The two big ones, yeah, the two big ones.
00:43:27.500 -->
00:43:29.061I guess I'll tell you my third big one that I see a lot.
00:43:29.061 -->
00:43:35.009If I had a dollar, for every time I saw a Peloton in a bedroom.
00:43:35.009 -->
00:43:38.052Yeah, yeah, and I'm not nixing Peloton.
00:43:38.311 -->
00:43:40.896It's just the brand I always see because it's so popular.
00:43:40.896 -->
00:43:52.112Our bedrooms are a place for sleep and rest, maybe a little romance, but they're not the place for a high-energy activity such as working out.
00:43:52.112 -->
00:43:54.726I also see a lot of laundry.
00:43:54.726 -->
00:43:55.980That's a to-do list, right?
00:43:55.980 -->
00:43:58.505We want very calming in your bedroom.
00:43:58.505 -->
00:44:09.034Maybe you want to journal, maybe meditate, maybe some gentle yoga, but we don't want these high energy activities in our bedroom.
00:44:09.034 -->
00:44:09.559Yeah.
00:44:09.559 -->
00:44:12.661So get the treadmill out, get the bike out there's.
00:44:12.882 -->
00:44:19.766there's better, more appropriate places for this and even like a lot of computers.
00:44:19.766 -->
00:44:23.889I think a lot of people work set up home offices and that can be a huge shift in your space.
00:44:23.909 -->
00:44:40.065It can be a huge shift in your head right to set yourself up to work.
00:44:40.065 -->
00:44:44.012Work this way um, it definitely.
00:44:44.012 -->
00:44:48.867I mean I can't tell you how many people needed help.
00:44:48.867 -->
00:44:57.398They weren't getting focused, they weren't getting their work done and they're sitting at the dining table next to their kids who are trying to do school.
00:44:57.699 -->
00:45:01.128Yeah, and somebody else is trying to eat and you need a dedicated space.
00:45:01.128 -->
00:45:02.606And we got really creative.
00:45:02.606 -->
00:45:14.994You know I work with people in small spaces apartments, condos sometimes and I know we turned a couple closets, like bifold door kind of closets, into office spaces oh smart.
00:45:14.994 -->
00:45:24.014And then we took the doors off and then we hung drapery panels there so they could close it, but it looked really cute.
00:45:24.014 -->
00:45:24.842I love that.
00:45:25.742 -->
00:45:26.786It was a really fun way.
00:45:26.786 -->
00:45:41.574But I love helping people set up home offices just because I've had my home office for so long and I've done it on my own and I find it fascinating how we can help ourselves be more productive and more focused.
00:45:41.574 -->
00:45:48.012And it's fascinating once you learn about these little things you can do.
00:45:48.012 -->
00:45:51.931Like one thing I always share is set up a routine.
00:45:51.931 -->
00:46:03.780One thing I always share is set up a routine and really like when I walk in my office, I turn the light on, I go over and open the blind, I light the candle, I turn on my music, I sit down in my chair.
00:46:03.780 -->
00:46:16.284So at the end of the day, I push my chair and blow out my candle, turn off my music, close the blinds, turn off the lights and close the door and when you get your body into this rhythm, you walk in.
00:46:16.284 -->
00:46:21.422Eventually you'll walk in and be like oh, I'm just in work mode, like my head is there, Right.
00:46:22.525 -->
00:46:28.063And then there's a whole other problem at the end of the day where you need to get out of work mode.
00:46:28.063 -->
00:46:33.521Because I know how hard it can be to be like ah, I'm just going to run back up and do one more email.
00:46:33.762 -->
00:46:34.483Right yeah.
00:46:34.844 -->
00:46:39.291And then my husband's downstairs like are you ever going to be done working right?
00:46:39.291 -->
00:46:39.972And it can be hard.
00:46:39.972 -->
00:46:48.204So if you set up that routine, it can be really helpful to cue your body into work and cue your body out of work I love that.
00:46:49.007 -->
00:46:53.257Okay, what about lighting like overhead lighting versus?
00:46:53.257 -->
00:47:05.684I know we talked about the pointed poison arrow, but like the um, like the light, not lightness, the harshness, I guess, of lighting versus like softer lighting, does that?
00:47:05.885 -->
00:47:06.184matter.
00:47:06.184 -->
00:47:07.206Sure?
00:47:07.206 -->
00:47:12.202I think we all feel better in warmer light than cooler light.
00:47:12.202 -->
00:47:18.010I always kind of call cooler light hospital glow yeah, yes, yes, yes.
00:47:19.233 -->
00:47:21.775The warmer really just warms up our body.
00:47:21.775 -->
00:47:41.514I love more of a sunlight or big lamps when you need to see things on a cloudy day, but it's also nice to have smaller lamps, maybe a desk lamp or a decorative lamp, just for extra lighting, to have that warm glow.
00:47:41.514 -->
00:47:46.570And this is something if you work in a cubicle, take a lamp with a warm white bulb.
00:47:46.570 -->
00:47:48.601You probably have those fluorescents overhead.
00:47:48.601 -->
00:47:59.847They're so bright, they're so white, they don't make you feel good, and putting just a small lamp on your desk with that warm glow can really warm up your body.
00:47:59.847 -->
00:48:03.871Mm, hmm, I love that.
00:48:03.952 -->
00:48:04.713Okay, let's do.
00:48:04.713 -->
00:48:09.483Okay, I want to do like a quick I don't know.
00:48:09.483 -->
00:48:11.327I want to do color.
00:48:11.327 -->
00:48:22.554I want to switch to color theory real quick and maybe go room by room of what the best color would be for the activity of that room.
00:48:24.201 -->
00:48:27.288Okay, does that make sense Okay, yes, how fun.
00:48:27.507 -->
00:48:29.773Okay, there are no wrong answers here.
00:48:31.101 -->
00:48:33.025Well, let's start with the bedroom.
00:48:33.025 -->
00:48:41.500Okay, so, following feng shui, the best colors for a bedroom to put your body at ease are the colors that are closest to skin colors.
00:48:41.500 -->
00:48:42.681Oh.
00:48:42.681 -->
00:48:49.391So cream, ivory, beige, peach, apricot, tan brown chocolate.
00:48:49.391 -->
00:48:49.972Okay.
00:48:49.972 -->
00:48:54.422And then I also like to use soft blues.
00:48:54.422 -->
00:49:00.333This isn't exactly following feng shui, but I'll also use some soft greens.
00:49:00.333 -->
00:49:05.548One of my favorite colors to use in a bedroom.
00:49:05.548 -->
00:49:09.744It's called Sea Salt from Sherwin-Williams and it's the most beautiful.
00:49:09.744 -->
00:49:14.528Pale, pale aqua, and as you go through the day it changes colors.
00:49:15.422 -->
00:49:29.865So, in the bright light it's aqua, and then at night, when you have the lamps on, it kind of turns sage green and then when it gets nighttime out and the lamp you know it's just the lamps it turns to gray and it's really, really beautiful.
00:49:29.865 -->
00:49:31.170That's cool.
00:49:31.460 -->
00:49:33.519So, there are certain other colors.
00:49:33.519 -->
00:49:47.467I have also used a really soft, soft blush color in a bedroom, so those are really good soft, soft blush color in a bedroom, so those are really good I love to use in the dining room or a kitchen.
00:49:47.467 -->
00:49:49.755I mean, I feel like our kitchens are more communal spaces now.
00:49:49.755 -->
00:49:55.161That's where we host people and that's where we all stand around the island eating everything right and drinking and laughing and talking.
00:49:55.201 -->
00:50:12.333So the kitchen, those areas where you want to entertain, maybe, serve a really great fun dinner or you're hosting a holiday dinner, bring in the colors, since it's appropriate for this time of year, but like oranges and yellows and browns, because it will help people feel grounded but also lift their energy.
00:50:12.333 -->
00:50:15.949Yellow is a great color to place.
00:50:15.949 -->
00:50:21.740Yellow is the ideal color, following feng shui, to place in the center, most area of your home.
00:50:21.740 -->
00:50:29.791So if you're looking down at a floor plan drawing of your home, find the center and yellow is the ideal color to place there.
00:50:29.791 -->
00:50:31.976Yellow connects to the earth element.
00:50:31.976 -->
00:50:37.989But what's really cool about yellow is it's grounded but also lifted energy.
00:50:37.989 -->
00:50:43.085Right, it's not chocolate brown, the depths of chocolate, milk, chocolate brown, it's lifted.
00:50:43.085 -->
00:50:45.711So yellow is really great for that.
00:50:45.711 -->
00:50:48.804Activities.
00:50:48.804 -->
00:50:50.092What about living?
00:50:50.112 -->
00:50:50.253rooms.
00:50:50.400 -->
00:50:52.021Active rooms, living rooms.
00:50:52.021 -->
00:51:00.050I do a lot of yellows, a lot of greens, soft greens, a lot of greens, soft greens.
00:51:00.050 -->
00:51:01.710You can do blues in here.
00:51:01.710 -->
00:51:07.077I don't love bright red or bright oranges.
00:51:07.077 -->
00:51:22.128Right, because living rooms is also where we host a lot of guests and if you want to create the space for you and your family, but you also want to be mindful if a guest is going to feel miserable, you know, anxious in your red room, they're not going to come back over.
00:51:22.128 -->
00:51:25.253Yeah, very true yeah.
00:51:25.574 -->
00:51:27.922Yeah, bathrooms are.
00:51:27.922 -->
00:51:28.605Typically.
00:51:28.605 -->
00:51:36.184I loved there's a lot of water element already in bathrooms so we don't always want to make them blue and add to more water.
00:51:36.184 -->
00:51:45.784I love to bring in a wood element, so a plant in bathrooms, or the green coloring, a beautiful green color on the walls.
00:51:45.784 -->
00:51:49.471Yellows are also neutrals.
00:51:49.471 -->
00:51:55.387Peachy, orangey colors, browns, bathrooms you can get away with a lot.
00:51:55.387 -->
00:51:58.355I just recommend no excess blue.
00:51:58.355 -->
00:52:01.021If you really love blue, we'll figure out a way to do it.
00:52:01.061 -->
00:52:06.460But yeah, I did want to mention a big trend we're seeing are these dark, moody colors.
00:52:06.460 -->
00:52:11.773We kind of joked about the 90s hunter green right, and burgundy burgundy is everywhere.
00:52:11.773 -->
00:52:13.742I love this trend.
00:52:13.742 -->
00:52:14.505It's really fun.
00:52:14.505 -->
00:52:26.398So when we look at these deep, moody colors like navy blue, hunter green, charcoal, burgundy, maroon, it also has the season of winter kind of connected, like that time where we go within.
00:52:26.398 -->
00:52:34.610Like during wintertime I like to curl up on my cell phone, I don't want to go out a lot, right, and those colors kind of encourage that feeling.
00:52:34.610 -->
00:52:39.539So you're not going to feel the most motivated to get things done right.
00:52:39.539 -->
00:52:45.072So you're not going to feel the most motivated to get things done right and get up and go do your things and go exercise and do the things you need to do and run your errands.
00:52:45.072 -->
00:52:51.311You're going to want to like stay in that room, but it's important if you do want to take on those bold, moody colors, to bring balance.
00:52:51.311 -->
00:52:57.831I love to bring that middle ground, like caramel or like a camel color.
00:52:57.831 -->
00:53:01.666It's really pretty and then you can add some pops of some lighter colors too.
00:53:02.086 -->
00:53:02.807Cute.
00:53:03.289 -->
00:53:03.869I do.
00:53:03.869 -->
00:53:04.391I love that.
00:53:04.391 -->
00:53:05.293I think you're right.
00:53:05.293 -->
00:53:05.641That's how.
00:53:05.681 -->
00:53:08.110I like, especially when they do tone on tone.
00:53:08.110 -->
00:53:16.230It's almost like the whole, like the ceiling is burgundy, the walls are burgundy, the trim's burgundy, and it looks so beautiful and very cozy right now.
00:53:23.280 -->
00:53:24.827But, like in summer, that feels too heavy for me, you know, yeah, exactly yeah.
00:53:24.827 -->
00:53:29.865That's why I think it's it's it's cool to take on these trends, but you need to be very mindful of how that's going to impact your body.
00:53:29.865 -->
00:53:44.836I'm actually working on a class that I'm going to do in january all about all these current design trends and, like what you can expect, how they're going to affect your body, because people need to know this before they go and, like, paint their you know color drench their room in green.
00:53:44.836 -->
00:53:46.961How is that going to affect their body and?
00:53:46.981 -->
00:53:48.284their nervous system.
00:53:48.284 -->
00:53:52.101Okay, two more rooms uh what about the office?
00:53:52.922 -->
00:53:55.327my favorite color for an office is yellow.
00:53:55.327 -->
00:53:57.351Yeah, there's a lot of yellow.
00:53:57.351 -->
00:54:00.344So here's the thing because it's a, it's a great color.
00:54:00.344 -->
00:54:05.085It's grounded, which we need so much of, but also lifted energy.
00:54:05.085 -->
00:54:16.362Right, I had a home we moved into years ago and it was yet the room I was going to use as my office was yellow, and I'm like I'm not a yellow person, but I moved in.
00:54:16.362 -->
00:54:18.106I'm like I'll figure out the paint color later.
00:54:18.106 -->
00:54:19.548I have work to get done.
00:54:19.548 -->
00:54:29.871I'm going to set up my office, do my thing and then I'll figure it out, and the more time I spent in there, the more I found myself productive and focused.
00:54:29.871 -->
00:54:32.577I loved that office.
00:54:32.577 -->
00:54:33.981I don't have a yellow office now.
00:54:33.981 -->
00:54:38.869My office is green, but it was really good for me.
00:54:38.869 -->
00:54:49.409After you know, when you go through a move, you're stressful and you're worrying about everything in the house, but then you have to work, so yellow can be really good for that.
00:54:49.409 -->
00:54:52.757I also love green if you do struggle with focus.
00:54:52.918 -->
00:55:06.188Gray or white or a pastel color okay what about's rooms like young kids and then teens, Because I feel like they might need something different, but I'm not sure.
00:55:06.992 -->
00:55:13.427So often we see bright primary colors for kids Bright red, bright yellow, bright green.
00:55:13.427 -->
00:55:17.766This intensity of a color isn't always calming to all children.
00:55:17.766 -->
00:55:20.496Some children love that, others don't.
00:55:20.496 -->
00:55:22.342I recommend going softer.
00:55:22.342 -->
00:55:25.054I always recommend going a softer tone.
00:55:25.054 -->
00:55:39.717So if you look at I don't have a fan deck here with me, but if you look at a paint fan deck, you spread them all out there's the bright, bold colors and then there are some that have like a grayed out kind of sense, like in the middle, and that's where you need to go because that will help them settle and relax.
00:55:39.717 -->
00:55:46.972So I had a client years ago who called me and they had a daughter who wasn't sleeping in her room.
00:55:47.833 -->
00:55:53.032Oh right Every night she would, just if she did fall asleep in her room, she'd wake up screaming.
00:55:53.032 -->
00:56:05.250She was six and she'd had a lot of health issues, and so they were letting her still sleep with mom and dad, but it was causing problems, right, and when she wasn't with mom and dad she'd go sleep with the older sister.
00:56:05.250 -->
00:56:28.222So they called me and we'd actually worked together on a few other things, and then we talked about this room and the mom had also told me that when the little girl was really young she'd had multiple surgeries, and the very first time she had surgery, the mom said I told the doctors I wanted to be there when she woke up so I would be right there.
00:56:28.222 -->
00:56:32.202I told her I would be there and I promised her I would be there and I wasn't there.
00:56:32.402 -->
00:56:34.485They didn't get me in time and so the little one woke up, scared, terrified.
00:56:34.864 -->
00:56:41.894And so the little one woke up, scared, terrified, crying, you know, understandably.
00:56:41.894 -->
00:56:47.789So I walk into her room it's neon, green and bright pink everywhere.
00:56:47.789 -->
00:56:49.099Wow.
00:56:49.099 -->
00:57:01.666So if you think about a little one waking up from surgery bright lights, bright reflections, scary brightness, and then so much pink I mean it was cute, right.
00:57:02.001 -->
00:57:04.268I get these lime, green and pink bedrooms.
00:57:04.268 -->
00:57:05.445It's really cute.
00:57:05.445 -->
00:57:09.010But this wasn't supporting her, so we toned it down.
00:57:09.010 -->
00:57:11.469We did like an off-white color on the walls.
00:57:11.469 -->
00:57:16.519We did a soft, soft sage green color in there and then a softer pink.
00:57:16.519 -->
00:57:34.940So we could still work with those colors, but just revamp them because no wonder she was waking up in a room terrified yeah it was so sad well, it was really fascinating to to help her with this then yeah, yeah, she's doing well, she's sleeping in her own bed.
00:57:35.059 -->
00:57:38.322Yes, yeah my mother is very happy.
00:57:38.322 -->
00:57:39.782Yeah, there's just.
00:57:39.782 -->
00:57:50.010It's just so interesting to think that there's so much more than just design and and you'll feel that in your own room or in your own home and when you go to other people's homes too.
00:57:50.010 -->
00:57:52.751Like does do I feel at home here?
00:57:52.751 -->
00:57:56.795Does this feel weird, Does this feel rigid, Does this feel like there's a flow here?
00:57:56.795 -->
00:58:00.577And so it's just super important to kind of keep track of that.
00:58:01.539 -->
00:58:06.431You'll also notice too, I find really interesting the minimalism versus maximalism.
00:58:06.431 -->
00:58:10.208Those both are like opposite trends but they're both popular.
00:58:10.208 -->
00:58:22.079You know, I lean a little more minimalism, but then I have a friend who is like a maximalist, like fuchsia sofas and like I mean it's beautiful but I couldn't live there.
00:58:22.079 -->
00:58:30.402I can't spend a long period of time there, I need more clean lines and just I need a different vibe.
00:58:30.402 -->
00:58:33.769So that's really interesting to see.
00:58:35.353 -->
00:58:55.273I also say too if you're not sure how people are receiving your space and again we always want to design it for us but if you're not sure how they're receiving it, how they're feeling when they walk in the door, then I have an experiment I send all my clients to do Uh-huh share.
00:58:55.273 -->
00:59:08.041You know, go to the store and grab a coffee, come back, get really grounded, take some deep breaths, and then I want you to walk in your front door as if you were a guest.
00:59:08.041 -->
00:59:13.028Walk into the front door and see what you see, because we don't even see our space anymore.
00:59:13.028 -->
00:59:15.110We go to, say, a hotel.
00:59:15.110 -->
00:59:16.934We look at the carpet, oh, wow.
00:59:16.934 -->
00:59:18.476Look at the wild pattern on the carpet.
00:59:18.476 -->
00:59:24.050Oh, look at the artwork, that's really interesting and interesting, and oh, those draperies and then you open it up and look at the view.
00:59:24.050 -->
00:59:33.034But we don't do that to our own home, so yeah when you can slow down and walk in and see.
00:59:33.155 -->
00:59:36.525Just be curious where your eye goes first when you walk in.
00:59:36.525 -->
00:59:37.789What do do you see?
00:59:37.789 -->
00:59:38.990Where do your eyes go?
00:59:38.990 -->
00:59:40.474What are you drawn to?
00:59:40.474 -->
00:59:42.965What direction are you drawn to as?
00:59:43.005 -->
00:59:43.507you enter.
00:59:43.507 -->
00:59:55.585That's so interesting because I went to my parents are moving and there's like new luxury apartments by our house and so I went with them and, of course, it's the model homes.
00:59:55.585 -->
00:59:59.746But we walked into the second one and I was like I love this and I was almost getting teary.
00:59:59.746 -->
01:00:01.860I was like I love this and I was almost getting teary.
01:00:01.860 -->
01:00:04.184I was like what is happening right now?
01:00:04.184 -->
01:00:21.342But it was like chocolate browns and, um, very soft, like plush, like uh, textures, and maybe it was the layout, I don't know, but I was like and I've never feel, felt like I've had that experience before.
01:00:21.342 -->
01:00:22.206I'm like what is?
01:00:22.206 -->
01:00:23.652And then I had to like pick this apart.
01:00:23.652 -->
01:00:24.960I'm like I don't really love brown.
01:00:24.960 -->
01:00:26.422Why am I so?
01:00:26.422 -->
01:00:31.451Wow, I love that space yeah, it was.
01:00:31.471 -->
01:00:52.972you know, what would be interesting is go back and take some photos and then go, you know, with eyes like a day later, look at the photos and see exactly what was there and maybe you'll see those things that really cued your body to like grab your shoulders and take a deep breath, be drawn in.
01:00:53.434 -->
01:00:55.262That's a good idea and I think you could.
01:00:55.262 -->
01:01:01.628I wonder if you could do that at the stores you know, like I mean it's kind of chaotic, like if you go to Ikea or like you know a furniture store.
01:01:01.628 -->
01:01:07.528Um, and that was like you know, I was walking into somebody's warm home and I was like can I live here?
01:01:07.528 -->
01:01:08.992This is great.
01:01:08.992 -->
01:01:12.505Oh my gosh, so interesting, funny, I love it.
01:01:12.545 -->
01:01:21.661that is a great way to get inspiration is go to look at some model homes and see, you know, even even go to Ikea and walk through the displays just to get a little inspiration.
01:01:21.661 -->
01:01:25.771Yeah, what you like, what makes you feel good.
01:01:25.771 -->
01:01:27.153You know you do not.
01:01:27.153 -->
01:01:31.713Trends are fun, but you do not have to follow any trend.
01:01:31.713 -->
01:01:37.527They're just simply there for a little inspiration, a little fun something to think of.
01:01:37.527 -->
01:01:38.931Am I ready to refresh?
01:01:38.931 -->
01:01:47.253Maybe this is what I want to do, but I don't want anyone to ever feel like they have to be trendy or follow a trend.
01:01:47.253 -->
01:01:50.405You need to design a space that you love.
01:01:51.686 -->
01:01:55.614Yeah, lisa, thank you so much for coming on the show.
01:01:55.614 -->
01:02:00.771Can you please just talk about how people can work with you and what that looks like?
01:02:01.679 -->
01:02:03.565Sure, so you can go to my website.
01:02:03.565 -->
01:02:06.070It's purelivingwithlisamortoncom.
01:02:06.070 -->
01:02:24.195You can find me on social media too, but I offer an hourly virtual or, if you live in Northern Indiana, I would love to come and see you from Chicago, indianapolis and an online or virtual or in-person consultation.
01:02:24.195 -->
01:02:29.570I do a lot of virtual work feng shui work because it's now.
01:02:29.570 -->
01:02:33.903I mean, I can go to Google Maps, I can get floor plans of your home.
01:02:33.903 -->
01:02:40.034It's amazing the amount we can get just from working virtually, that I don't have to be in the space.
01:02:40.034 -->
01:02:47.878So I offered that I also do distance energetic space clearings, which is it's pretty woo.
01:02:47.898 -->
01:02:48.619I love it.
01:02:48.739 -->
01:02:50.603But it's.
01:02:50.603 -->
01:02:54.351I probably do more of that than anything else.
01:02:54.351 -->
01:02:55.634Yeah.
01:02:55.634 -->
01:03:08.648It's since I really got into feng shui I really learned to find my intuition and connect with that, and so I do these beautiful space clearings to reset the energy of our home.
01:03:08.648 -->
01:03:19.208So before a big event in your life, or maybe you just bought a new home and you want to rinse out the energy of the space before you move your family and your belongings into it.
01:03:19.688 -->
01:03:20.090My gosh.
01:03:20.090 -->
01:03:21.373Why don't we talk more about that?
01:03:21.373 -->
01:03:24.764Dang, I love that.
01:03:24.844 -->
01:03:28.050Yeah, it's really it's beautiful, beautiful work.
01:03:28.050 -->
01:03:33.146But then I also really excited about my um, my trainings.
01:03:33.146 -->
01:03:36.333I started a school called elevated living school.
01:03:36.333 -->
01:03:44.447It's elevated living schoolcom where I'm listing all of my classes I'm getting ready to do and it's your design basics class.
01:03:44.447 -->
01:03:48.427If you're building, remodeling and just want to know those few basic things you need to know.
01:03:48.427 -->
01:03:50.371That's what that is about.
01:03:50.371 -->
01:03:53.449My next feng shui certification is in May.
01:03:53.449 -->
01:03:55.034Starts kicks off in March.
01:03:55.034 -->
01:03:55.938Cool.
01:03:55.978 -->
01:03:57.463The retreat portion is in May.
01:03:57.463 -->
01:03:59.628So so many amazing things.
01:03:59.628 -->
01:04:05.228I feel so grateful to be in this point in my life and my career that just to be able to do this.
01:04:06.190 -->
01:04:09.885Well, that's what you're here to do, so thank you for listening.
01:04:09.885 -->
01:04:11.168Thank you.
01:04:11.208 -->
01:04:17.824Yeah, all right, lisa, we'll put all of that in the show notes as well, and thank you so much for coming on.
01:04:17.824 -->
01:04:18.344It was so great.
01:04:18.344 -->
01:04:22.469Now I'm like racking my brain of how I got to change my house, so I appreciate it.
01:04:22.469 -->
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