Do you ever feel that pull to do things differently than you've done them in the past? The urge to shift your reality into a whole new level of satisfaction? 

I've had this growing urge around a shift in my business, my work-life. It's a shift I am SO excited about, and also one that I feel an incredible amount of resistance around.

"Where we resist change is exactly where we need change the most." --Steve Pavlina

This shift began to play out in my space this past week as well. Read on to hear how you can shift your space, to create and support the transition you're looking for in your life. This is intentional living at its most powerful!

Today, June 28, 2017 is my 9th wedding anniversary with my dear husband Nathan. We have been married 9 years, together 15. Meeting him--and now raising our family together--is the best thing that ever happened to me.

It’s fitting that our anniversary falls in this month of June where our focus lies squarely on Love & Relationships.

On this memorable day, I want to share with you the Relationship Gua (Area) of our space. The home that we purchased 4 years ago, has inherently good Feng Shui built into the Relationship area, which happens to be in our kitchen.

My relationship with my husband has always been rock solid, which was new for me, having experienced my share of rocky relationships before that. Our temperaments meld in a way that makes our life together easy, fun, passionate. I won’t claim that it is our kitchen that makes our relationship solid, but since we all attract exactly what we put out into the world, it makes sense that we would find a home with favorable Feng Shui in the Relationship area.

I’ll walk you through what I mean exactly when I say the space has inherently good Feng Shui built into the Relationship area. That way you take a look at your space to see if it is fully supporting your relationship.

In this month of June, we put our focus on the Loving Relationship area of your life and of your home.

This is one of my favorite areas to focus on because when you are not in sync with your partner (or desire a partner and don’t have one), it has an immense impact on the rest of your life.

I love talking about relationships in relation to Feng Shui & Design because you can you easily shift things about your space to create the harmony you desire. In doing so, you will vastly improve the experience you have in your life as a whole (it's all interconnected). 

Check out the all new Tip Sheet at the bottom specifically designed to help you improve your loving relationships!

Think about all the things you do every morning, from your bathroom routine to getting dressed, to habits you have around exercise and your state of mind. 

The closet is one place that gets less attention than it should. This is a space that you open up or walk into each and every day--generally in the morning--in order to get dressed and start your day. 

The environment around you has an immense ability to impact the course of your day.

Does your closet uplift you? Or does it bring you energy down? Do you love each and every article of clothing, or are there some that you're attached to, but never wear or feel uncomfortable in when you do put them on? 

Listen in to hear how one of my clients easily shifted her environment in order to reduce any unnecessary stress she experienced at the beginning of her day. 

You can do this too!

Do you absolutely adore all of your clothing? 

There are very few people who can say a resounding 'Yes!' to that question.

Think about it. Are you holding on to clothes you might wear someday (when you have a different job or lifestyle, when you lose 10 pounds)? 

When you hold on to the clothing you might wear someday, you are effectively telling your future self that you will not be supported, that what you need will not come your way--and that is the future you create for yourself.

Is that the mindset you want to have about your future? Of course not!

And yet, we all hold on to so many things for that very reason. There is a whole world of psychology around that phenomenon, that I won't get into right now (I may find it more fascinating than you do!). 

Listen in as I share with you the immense transformation that happened to me when I finally let go of the clothing (just the clothing) that I didn't love, that no longer served me. 

In this month of May (the last day we have left!) I share with you specific ways to be better recognized for your strengths--the things you are good at--the fame and recognition you experience in your life.

What does this have to do with your space, decluttering or designing a stress-free home? I’m so glad you asked!

I work with a lot of people who are constantly in a rush, running from one thing to the next, late nine times out of ten. There’s no time for anything new, there’s not even time to be right here, in the present. I understand that state of being because that’s what my life used to feel like too.

How we got from there to this place of ease and time for what we love, has been a journey in deliberate choices for an intentional lifestyle.

Don’t get me wrong, life is still full. My husband and I have full time careers; life with two kids is never dull; I serve on the board of my son’s school and have groups of women that I gather with regularly.

This past month, in fact, I had an experience that highlighted for me just how full life is.

In this third month of the year, I promised to share with you our third Bagua area of focus: Family & Ancestry. But then I got a bit distracted planning this awesome challenge I have starting up next week! (if you haven't signed up yet, make sure you do so here.)

So on this last day of March, I have for you a tip sheet all around how to set up the Family & Ancestry (& parenting) area of your home in a way that will offer you the full support you deserve in this area of your life. (Not sure where the Family & Ancestry area of your home is? Check out my blog post on how to align the Bagua Map over your space.)

The Family & Ancestry area is all about deep roots--your long line of ancestors, the deep rooted family ties, the deep learning that often has to happen to make these relationships successful. 

This area is governed by the Wood element (think deep rooted trees, green plants and new spring growth). There is movement to this element, but it is slow and deep (not fast and furious like fire energy). 

Pay attention to this area of your home if you have struggles or stagnant places around this area of your life. I'll give you an example. 

I know, just like me, you've experienced the way that things collect on all your surfaces. 

This is the Law of Attraction at work, where like attracts like. You put one item down on a clean surface and the next time you walk by, there are 5 things! 

Today's brief VLOG is about the incredible power and ease that can come when everything in your home as a Place of Purpose. 

With two kids running around, I'm a sucker for ways I can make my home easier to maintain, ways I can spend less time dealing with my stuff and more time enjoying the stages of their childhood. 

Today's VLOG is all about creating the space that allows you to focus on the positive aspects of your life. Knowing that there is a positive and a negative side to EVERY situation has been game-changing for me. It comforts me to know there is ALWAYS a silver lining, even when I can't see it.

Listen in to find out how you can change your game as well, and bring more happiness into your life--both through your choice of focus and the environment around you.

You're not alone if other people's stuff in your space is driving you crazy, frustrating you, making you feel like you have no control over the state of your space. 

This, amazingly, even happens to people who live alone, with the handing down of family heirlooms, gifts and boxes of stuff upon the death of a parent or grandparent. 

And of course it applies to all the people out there who live with a partner or children, a loved one, a parent, a relative, a friend, a roommate. 

I know, because I've been there too: in a state of major frustration that I was the one constantly picking up other people's stuff, that I was the one who cared, that no one was able to put anything away WHERE IT BELONGED. 

If this frustrates you as well, I have a short video log for you all about other people's stuff. It might help you feel more in control of you space and your emotions, then again, it might not be what you want to hear...

There is a growing bulk of research that links trying new things to being happy.*

And yet studies suggest we fear an unknown outcome more than we do a known bad one. Fear is one major thing that holds us back from trying new things and from being happy. But the age-old adage: if you want something you’ve never had, you’ve got to do something you’ve never done, could never be more true.

The main reason I see people getting stuck in a rut is because we’re too busy (and deep down, just plain scared) to try something new. Our society is plagued by real or perceived time bankruptcy.

But what if people took more control over their time and optimized their use of it?

Time is a precious resource. Do you treat it that way? 

I don't mean to imply that we should be working in all of our time, or even doing. Really, what I mean to ask is do you spend your time in ways that make you happy? That's the ultimate test, if we are happy as we do. 

There is much to do in life that is not necessarily at the top of our bucket list of things that will "make us happy." The real test is if we can be happy as we do all of the things we find ourselves doing in our normal day-to-day... in this present moment.