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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 😊Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

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 anxietyEtcetera, 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! Laura’s Substack ~ Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

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 LOVEWhen 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! Do me a favor and Subscribe, like & share with anyone who could use a little more love in their life! Cheers & Ciao for now!Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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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.If you haven’t subscribed yet, I invite you to do so especially on Substack where you get a format that includes video, text, pictures and hyperlinks for all the pertinent information.You can look forward to Feng Shui Wisdom and other Woo every Feng Shui Friday with my hybrid Substack Newsletter & Pod delivered to your email on Friday mornings! Like & Share to Spread the Love! It means more than you know. Cheers & Ciao for Now!Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Log Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

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!Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

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!Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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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.Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

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.Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

Laura Carrillo & Gail MinogueDiscuss 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.Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

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 damage in this one. I was literally burning through money! The element for the Family Gua is Wood and fire diminishes wood. Green however Represents Wood. It’s also the color of Money. This Emerald Green Sofa feeds both the Family & Abundance Guas of this home and I am calling it the Money Couch! Another interesting detail is that this Sofa is actually called the Serpentine Sofa! Seriously! The year of the snake has literally forced me to shed all traces of my old life and here I am on a whole new timeline and trajectory. It took about 2 months to get this couch and when it arrived; I was like it’s a BOY! He manifested from the Snake theme of the year to the centerpiece of my home and narrative. He’s also the most expensive piece of furniture I now own. So I affectionately call him the Money Couch. I didn’t think I could love a couch more than I did my Sexy Orange Sofa, but I have to say I am deeply in love and inspired by The Money Couch. I feel like it was destined for me.Decorating and Curating with Feng Shui is like story boarding. You have to take into account which life theme or Gua you are in and what elements, themes, shapes and colors support that area and choose accordingly. What seems perfect in one space doesn’t necessarily work in another so here we are.I should mention that my home isn’t the only thing that I have upgraded! My business infrastructure was ready for an upgrade and I finally found the right platform to reimagine and redesign both my website and business. It’s been both an investment and a learning curve! I transferred my entire business model to Kajabi so I could host accessible courses for folks who can’t afford to hire me privately or just want to dip their toes into Feng Shui wisdom before diving in more deeply with me. I have all new services at a variety of price points with flexible payment plan options and a backend that can scale with me. My entire SUITE Of VIP SERVICES has also evolved to include the most powerful sacred wisdom a

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If you’re new here, 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! For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.I decided to create a Channel Intro video for my YouTube Channel and also share it here on Substack! Cheers 🥂 Thanks for reading Laura’s Substack ~ Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion!! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

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!Thanks for reading Laura’s Substack ~ Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion!! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

My Mona Lisa Smile 😉. Pre-procedureIf 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 libido, messed with my ph and dampened my mood. The Nuva Ring was a miracle drug for me that resolved all the aforementioned issues and even enhanced my sexual response. Because of my Endometriosis, I have to be on birth control whether or not I’m sexually active. That said, I have no idea if my periods are real or the product of being on birth control. The only way to find out is going off birth control which can be a hormonal rollercoaster.I asked Regina if she could guarantee that I can’t get pregnant and she could not but she said the likelihood was extremely low. Like 5 percent or something. I want to emphasize that the idea of being a 55 year old with a love child is not on my vision board. I reminded her that I also need it for my Endometriosis. She reminded me if my periods are done then it’s a mute point. Because Menopause actually solves the issue of Endometriosis. No more periods, no more Endometriosis. So I am embarking on a hormonal roller coaster to find out where I land on the Perimenopause or Menopause spectrum. My doctor is taking me off the ring! Adios Nuvaring! We had a great run.Regina had me fill out a questionnaire regarding my menopausal symptoms and I barely had any. But when she was giving me my Pap-smear she noticed that my vaginal tissue was thin and would easily tear and bleed which is a red flag for perimenopause. As you lose estrogen, you lose collagen and elastin and elasticity in your vagina and elsewhere. Your vaginal tissue can thin making sex painful and leading to other issues like atrophy and infections. I was confused because my libido is still going strong but this was a clear sign of the tides changing. She suggested a non-hormonal minimally invasive laser treatment called The Mona Lisa Touch. It’s this big laser wand they apply to the Vagina and vulva for about 5 or 10 minutes to stimulate tissue renewal with dramatic and lasting results! It addresses the core issue by stimulating and rebuilding your collagen and e

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 bed alone was a huge shift! It is the most important and impactful piece of furniture you own! It represents and holds the energy of your health and love life. Two areas of life where a reset was needed! My new vibrant orange velvet art deco inspired Sofa and floral Art are the set and setting for my Podcast! This area of my home happen to reside in my Love & Fame Gua! The new art contains the mantra “Love Is All”! It’s the message you are greeted with when you enter my space! I wake up every day now thinking OMG, this is paradise! All these changes culminated with my father gifting me with a beautiful brand new car! From a Feng Shui perspective, your car is an extension of your energy body. It represents a clear new path and vessel. When I meditated on my brand new pearly white hybrid Honda Civic, she asked me to call her Crystal 😉. She was Crystal clear!I can’t wait to incorporate everything I have learned into my practice. In the words of Developmental Biologist Bruce Lipton, “You change the container, you change the contents.” Cheers everybody and Ciao for now! Thanks for reading Laura’s Substack ~ Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion!! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

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 growing up I never actually had birthday parties. As a result, I am a little sensitive about my birthday. People are preoccupied that time of year. So I am delighted when he calls! My dad always asks my mother if she wants to talk to me. Usually she declined, but once in a blue moon she did talk to me and we would have an empty perfunctory conversation. It was performative for my dad I suppose. She just wasn’t curious about me or what I was up to. A couple weeks before she died my mom joined Substack. She was on here where I host a podcast and a newsletter. If you’re wondering, no she did not subscribe. For those of you listening to this or who aren’t familiar with Substack, when you join, it alerts you of all your contacts on the platform. She would have seen me and consciously chosen not to follow or subscribe. Same with Facebook, I sent her friend request years ago. It’s still pending. Even on her death bed when my father asked Evelyn if she wanted to talk to her daughter, she declined one last time. That’s how she left things. That final rejection was the nail in the coffin for me. This cough is me screaming why don’t you love me… I suppose I have been going through something and I am embarrassed to admit it. I have mommy issues. I really wanted her to like me. I chased that validation my whole life and eventually gave up. When I looked for validation elsewhere like for instance in my dating life, I found myself dating men who made me feel the same way my mother did. Invisible, unlovable, and like I was taking up too much space. Now that my mom’s gone, I want to focus finding my voice and being there for my dad. Perhaps one day I will meet someone more like him. Carlos is present, reliable, always interested in what I’m up to. He is protective and generous and always so excited to see me. I don’t have to initiate every interaction. He’s got me on his radar and anticipates my needs in ways that make me feel seen and safe. He’s the best man

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 art and see if the symbols, metaphors and messages reflected align with a narrative that supports your hopes and dreams. Look to your own intuition about how your art makes you feel. In a broader sense, it serves us to look at art and artists of our past and present times to help inform more universal themes and dreams as a collective. Art is impacting us on a number of different levels psychologically, emotionally, energetically, aesthetically, thematically, symbolically, metaphorically and even physically.From a Feng Shui perspective, art is telling your story in a narrative that can be energetically curated to enhance and activate the 9 different life themes reflected in the energetic Feng Shui map called the Bagua. These include: Prosperity, Fame & Reputation, Love, Family, Health, Children & Creativity, Skills & Knowledge, Career, and Travel. A Feng Shui consultation can help you curate your art to make the most of these themes while Jungian Therapy can help you better understand the themes and symbols in your art and how they are impacting you. Consider using Art in a therapeutic way to enhance your life by consciously curating it! For more insight into Feng Shui you can check out my Link-tree and you can contact Joan Norton for more on Jungian Therapy.I hope you enjoyed and gleaned something from this piece. Many Blessings my friends and Ciao for Now!Thanks for reading Laura’s Substack ~ Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion!! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

Learn more about Numerologist Gail Minogue by visiting GailMinogue.com. Be sure to check out her YouTube channel here Gail Minogue YouTube. By the way, I did not end up wearing either of my fit check dress options that I posted. At the last minute I chose a vintage inspired purple “For Love & Lemons” frock with a sheer lace detail. Gail really liked it…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.Thanks for reading Laura’s Substack ~ Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion!! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

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 NeedsIn 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.NumerologyThe 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 upstairs in front can be just fine especially if the view is better than in back and the numerology and floor plan are good.IV. Number 4 on my mission critical list are External Factors.There are a number of Feng Shui red flags like a home that is situated at the end of a cul-de-sac or a T-shaped intersection. The Sha Chi (negative energy) coming at your location can be too intense and/or too fast. You’ll find that a lot of car accidents happen at T-shaped intersections. A lot of electrical lines close by can create energetic distress or excessive EMF’s. There are many external factors to consider. There are also various Feng Shui cures for most of these factors but the factors still exist. It’s the difference between having to take medicine because you are constantly exposed to immune depleting circumstances or being in good health and safe from harm.V. The final factor in my list of 5 is Curb Appeal.I’m a fan of curb appeal! The surrounding circumstances and neighborhood have an energetic impact on your experience of life and your personal space. A beautiful relaxing setting makes a hugedifference. Is it a busy street? Are there potholes? Are the lawns maintained and manicured? Consider what is outside and how that will impact your view and sense of well being.I have touched on the 5 key things to look for when selecting a new space, but there are still many more factors to consider. A professional consultation can go a long way to helping you understand what all the factors are, what cures are available, and what the cost benefit analysis is for a particular location. Knowing the pros and cons upfront can help you make the best decision for your sacred transition. To learn more or to work with me, visit http://narrativespacefengshui.com/ and reach out to The Feng Shui Lady directly via my scheduler at https://thefengshuilady.as.me/schedule.ph. Ciao for now!Thanks for reading Laura’s Substack ~ Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion!! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and

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.Thanks for reading Laura’s Substack ~ Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion!! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe