THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH

Hola & Welcome To The Feng Shui Money Couch where I am hosting my first in person guest on the Money Couch Natalya Cehelnik. Natalya is an Intuitive Healer, Astrologer & Psychic. She Reads The Cards & Your Chart; While I Read The Room & Your Style. You can connect with Natalya via her website, Instagram, and attend her upcoming Intuitive Gifts Class at The Chakra Shack in Laguna Beach.You can also save your seat for my MANIFESTING WITH THE FENG SHUI LADY CLASS in Laguna Hills on Saturday May 2nd at Awakening’s! I look forward to meeting you in person and answering your questions in real time! We almost didn’t record the Pod or go to the pool because they closed the whole area for a deep cleaning with super loud equipment. It was too loud to record anything and we couldn’t access the fancy pool for fun in the sun. Eventually the power washing ended and we recorded in our pool attire at the last minute. This was not what I had planned on wearing to record, but here we are. The whole day was a series of plot twists. Anyone else feeling that unpredictable Uranus energy? We also used 2 cameras hers and mine so please excuse any far away gazes. Please Subscribe, Like, & Spread The Love! Cheers Everyone & 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! Today’s theme and title is “Who Will Soar with Feng Shui? “I’m speaking to and working with the Seekers who are legitimately doing the work and taking accountability for their role in how their lives play out but who still feel blocked. You are Seeking Fulfillment in your career where you get to do work that makes your heart sing and pays handsomely! It doesn’t feel like work because it’s an extension of who you are. It’s work that you would do even if you weren’t getting paid except you are getting paid and paid well. It feels like you are getting paid to play! That’s the dream right?You are seeking Big Love, a Love match gives as good as it gets where you feel seen, heard and understood. You get each other and can be your authentic selves. You both love the same music, or cuisine. You even enjoy working out together and bring out the best in each other. You connect physically, intellectually and spiritually in a way you never imagined was possible. Together you amplify each other and you can finally look back at what it took for you to arrive at this Love and say it was worth it.You’re out here giving this life your all during some very tumultuous times! Yah we are!You have trained in your craft and you care deeply about making a difference. You have worked with coaches and gone on retreats, yet you’re maybe you’re still struggling to make a splash. I get it!You are the kind of person who Feng Shui is the perfect practice for because you will do the Practical with the Woo with Gusto and that’s why it works for you. In Feng Shui Human Luck is predicated on attitude and energy and you are the kind of person who can get the most benefits because you have the ingredients to not just move the couch into the power position. You have the intention and the imagination to make that a sacred act.You feel like you are doing all the right things like limiting your consumption of news that feels like trauma dumping just to keep your sanity and wellbeing intact. You’re wondering what else can you do? Well Feng Shui, That’s what you can actually do…. You are working hard to pivot and create a unique lane for yourself in a technologically accelerating world so that you can’t be replaced. The more techy the world becomes the more grounded we need to be and Feng Shui is an Earth Science that’s over 5000 years old! It’s been working for people long before technology and will continue to work as we evolve because it has always evolved with humanity.You are consuming wellness and self help content, like this, and investing in therapy. Yes, I am talking to You! You want to feel like you have a soft place to land and recharge your batteries no matter what’s happening in this big crazy world. Feng Shui is your Space Therapy. If you’re not doing these kinds of things and you’re not taking accountability for your part in making the most of this life. My work may not resonate with you. Perhaps you have looked up to mentors in the past, Spiritual Teachers or Gurus who turned out to be frauds or just flawed humans. I’ve been there and yes that will leave a mark. But you also end up with a new level of discernment so I am talking to you too. You are drawn to the Woo but you like it grounded and aligned with an Embodied Example. Instead of Do as I say, you are looking for Do as I Do. That’s Embodied Woo. I’m here to build community around this premise. I can teach you simple actionable Feng Shui cures and adjustments that can fit seamlessly into your lifestyle and turn your home into a manifesting tool!The days of self aggrandized, narcissistic, predatory “Gurus” are falling away. We are currently watching many of them fall from grace. I along with many others are stepping up. I work with seekers because l am one. I see you.You have done the shadow work! You are my people! I can help you.Feng Shui is an energetic practice that is especially effective when you are clear about who you are and ready to create alignment with your environment. If you have worked with a Shaman, you be familiar with Ayahuasca. This plant medicine clears away your energetic blocks through purging both physically and energetically. It’s not for the faint of heart! Feng Shui does it in a much gentler way with decluttering and rearranging. It’s physical and energetic but if you have done the aforementioned soul work in Therapy or with Plant Medicine, you’re going to love Feng Shui’s medicine and find it a breeze! A breath of Fresh Air! Your new love language! Feng Shui is a physical language after all! With Feng Shui, when you make your adjustments internal and external, you can trust the universe to take care of the rest. It is such an empowering practice. Who Soars with Feng Shui?Well, people come to me when they have done all the hard “obvious” work and they are looking for the missing link. Feng Shui is exactly that!My client Vanessa came to me after reaching a breaking point in her adoption journey. It was an exp

Hi & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I explore themes around Feng Shui, Wellness and other Woo. During Chaotic times where we cannot control what is happening in the outside world and our only sphere of influence is through our personal energy and our immediate environment, Feng Shui is the perfect tool to turn to! I titled this episode “Invest In Your Nest “ because as a Feng Shui consultant, this is one of my personal mantras. It’s similar in sentiment to Voltaire’s“Paradise is where I live.” Or his other famous quote “Il faut cultiver notre jardin.” Which translates to (“We must cultivate our garden.”)As far as Feng Shui is concerned investing in your home or nest is akin to investing in Gold. The ROI is pretty much guaranteed. If you don’t want to feel like you need a vacation from your life, then do all you can to create your own personal paradise. Covid created a crisis around the importance of home and having our own personal Idaho so to speak. When you can’t hop on a plane at the drop of a dime either because you don’t have the discretionary income or the time of work or there’s a global pandemic, you’re ultimately confronted by your four walls. I encourage my clients to cultivate spaces they love and are fed by. It’s also important for your home to evolve with you so as you grow and change so to does your environment.There’s plenty of environmental psychology and science to support this. Epigenetic’s really drives home the importance of your environment over your genetics from a health perspective. In the words of environmental biologist Bruce Lipton, You change the container, you change the contents. This is for good or ill. The environment dictates the outcome.I was actually introduced to Epigenetic’s while I was studying Feng Shui at Terah Katherine’s Collin’s Western School of Feng Shui some 16 plus years ago. In her Books about Feng Shui Terah introduces her students to these ideas and their origins. Feng Shui goes well beyond just decorating and into the realm of creating spaces that heal and nourish their inhabitants so they can thrive. That’s why when I make decorative choices they are always informed by Feng Shui.Decorating with Feng Shui turns your homes decor into a self fulfilling prophecy. If you treat your home like a manifesting tool suddenly every little choice you make becomes a collaboration with your environment towards a positive outcome or at the very least an enhanced one. That is Feng Shui in a nutshell.Understanding things like where your money is represented in the home suddenly changes your relationship with that area of your home. By the way, your Prosperity Gua which is the area of your home which represents wealth is located in the far back left hand corner of your home in relationship to the front door facing in. If money matters to you, go see what’s happening in that area of your home. Is it it tidy, does it feel or look rich? Perhaps you can place something expensive here or a healthy thriving money tree or something purple like amethyst. Purple is the color of Abundance in Feng Shui.If your bathroom happens to land in this Gua and it feels like money is going down the drain. A Feng Shui practitioner can help cure that and redirect the chi so it doesn’t get flushed away. The point is your home is a mirror to what’s happening with you and Feng Shui helps you recognize what’s being depicted and helps you curate a positive and supportive environment.If you feel like you could use some help feathering your nest, consider hiring a Feng Shui consultant. If you would like to work with me, I am offering a flat rate special journey on virtual consultations launching now in March. Along with this flat rate, I will work with and coach you for 6 weeks so you have my support In effectively implementing your Feng Shui adjustments and cures for a full lunar cycle and change. I’ll curate a specific Feng Shui protocol based on your individual space and walk you through activating all 9 Guas or life Themes of your home over a 6 week period. I include 2 Zooms one at the beginning and one at the completion of our journey along with six weeks of Telegram coaching and materials. As an added incentive I am offering limited time 2 for 1 deal on this VIP service! If you sign up with a friend and take the Feng Shui Journey with me together, you can split the cost between you!It’s so much fun to take this journey with a friend and share your experience of transformation in collaboration! I am opening up my calendar and schedule to dedicate March and April to these VIP coaching containers and this limited time 2 for one offer. I encourage you to share this experience with someone you love! Links for both options will be in the show notes! Individual VIP Feng Shui Journey & 2 for 1 VIP Feng Shui Journey.Whether you take the journey with me privately or with a friend, it’s like having me on tap for a comprehensive 6 week Feng Shui journey! Be sure to spread the love by telling a frien

Happy Lunar New Year! The Fire Horse Lunar New Year Started with a bang on February 17th. A New Moon Lunar Eclipse which for me personally coincided with a rainstorm and a 2 day long packed agenda of very detailed Sacred Ceremonial Practices and deep inner work. It was intense! The final days of the year of the Snake seemed to universally challenge everyone I knew with some kind of upheaval or drama. The shift in energy from the Snake To The Horse have felt jolting. If you consider the world stage in this regard, s**t is getting real. The final weeks of the Snake year found me preparing for my Valentine’s Day event to both Create and Promote my pilot Welcome The Love with Feng Shui program. A labor of love with an emphasis on labor. I basically created a program from scratch that pulled from all my years of experience helping women make space for love. The Feng Shui wisdom I included in the presentation is a consolidation of the most impactful and effective tools that have served to create breakthroughs for both myself and my clients. I pulled from all the various Feng Shui Schools I have trained in to create a unique program you’re not going to find anywhere else. If you’ve been listening to the pod you’ve probably heard me talk about it.But today I am going to be transparent about taking you behind the curtain of what it takes to birth a pilot program as an entrepreneur on a subject as powerful and vulnerable as love. All this preparation was happening while I had simultaneously committed myself to producing and filming 2 reels a day for LTK with an emphasis on Fashion Feng Shui and delivering my weekly podcast. I was spreading myself pretty thin. This also coincided with the 1 year anniversary of my mom’s passing and funeral so I had a lot of emotions unexpectedly come up for me. I’m going to be real with you, I was whipped out! So yes I took a week of the Pod to recalibrate. In reality Friday’s are my self imposed deadline and I suppose it’s an arbitrary one because no one is paying me to show up or going to be affected adversely if I don’t. It’s a structure I created to hold myself accountable and I usually do. However, I have come to the conclusion that Periodically I need to give myself some grace and this last week I just wasn’t feeling well and needed to recharge my batteries. I need to occasionally take a digital vacation but I promise to come back bearing gifts! Maybe you too have been feeling overwhelmed and pulled in many directions or stretched thin. The Energies & The Astrology is no joke. We are now officially in The Year of the Fire Horse 🐴 and it’s going to ask a lot from us energetically. My advice is to commit to a self care routine that will support the level of energetic output you are immersed in. Meditation, Exercise, Rest, Journaling & Therapy for example are all expressions of self care. Even just a couple of these habits can help us navigate life’s challenges. The Fire Horse Year is a marathon and if you don’t pace yourself, you could burn out before the race is over. It’s a one year as numerologist Gail Minogue spoke about when I interviewed her back in December! One years are beginnings so they don’t necessarily yield immediate results. Instead they demand a lot of foundational work and the stamina to get it done. I’m here to tell you it’s ok to ask for help!For my part, I called in some back up from my super lovely Tech meets Woo lady Ashley who recently started helping me with the backend of my website and business portal. She’s an absolute angel! I called her in to help me upload the newly recorded live presentation of my Welcome The Love program to my Kajabi portal and build out a sales page for it and an email sequence to support the program. If I try to do this stuff by myself it takes hours and a lot of Chat GPT prompts to accomplish. Also no guarantee that I would do it correctly. This kind of Tech is not my jam. Ashley can set this up for me in 5 minutes while standing on her head so I love her!!! While I was working with Ashley, I was explaining to her that at the beginning of my live Zoom presentation on Valentine’s Day no one showed up into I was a third of the way in. Not only was this humbling, it forced me to have to repeat the beginning and mess up the flow and order of the recorded presentation. I had to spend hours meticulously editing the recording to get the sequence correct. As I was explaining this to Ashley, I burst into tears. All the emotions I had been holding in just came to the surface. Ashley was so sweet. She does energy work, human design, breath work, etc so she knows how to hold space. She also supports a lot of Spiritual entrepreneurs and is one herself so she let me cry then shared how she too had broken down earlier that same morning with her own stressors.It is eclipse season and everyone is going through something. She shared with me how common my experience was among creators and it was ok to re-record if I wanted. Especially when launchin

Single, Coupled or Resting up for Romance; Feng Shui is For You!!!Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch! Happy Feng Shui Friday on Friday the 13th. It’s your lucky day because I’m here to talk to you about Feng Shui. Did you know that from a Feng Shui perspective, your bedroom is the most important room in your home and actually your life? Do you long for a good nights sleep? Maybe you wish for someone to share your bed with. You might want to ask yourself if your bedroom is designed with these priorities in mind. Have you made sacred space for Rest and Romance? If you want to share your space with another, you actually have to make room for them physically and energetically. If you want a good nights rest, you need a setting in which that is likely. A few adjustments to your home and bedroom could make all the difference.Valentine’s Day is tomorrow so I thought this would be a great topic!Not only do I have a self-paced Bedroom Feng Shui Course available for immediate download that’s also on sale, I am actually teaching a Welcome The Love With Feng Shui Masterclass on Zoom live on Valentine’s Day at 2pm Saturday which is tomorrow! You can access both because I’m offering a significant discount on the Bedroom Feng Shui course for anyone who signs up for my $20 Masterclass Welcome The Love this Saturday at 2pm. Listen even if you can’t join me live you’ll have access to the replay for those $20 if you sign up now and the Bedroom Feng Shui download at over a $100 discount! After this pilot run of the Masterclass class, it will be priced significantly more on my portal or when I offer it in person. I will be teaching this Masterclass live in March in the flesh at Awakening’s in Laguna Niguel on Saturday March 21st at 2pm for $60 and I’ll share a link for Awakenings for that event in the show notes as well. I’d love to see you in person or virtually and connect and answer your questions in real time.The desire for love and romance is a universal theme and Feng Shui can truly help you create a setting that welcomes and makes space for love and partnership physically and energetically. If you are single and long for the right partner, you have probably tried dating apps, social networking, self help books, love programs and even therapy. All of these strategies are great but if you don’t make the room for love in your life, it won’t be able to enter or have any place to stay...Whether you share space with another or not, the Feng Shui principles of balance and harmony can be applied to your relationships outside of the bedroom as much as inside the bedroom. The themes portrayed in the home and your bedroom in particular extend to your outer life as well. Friendships, professional relationships, even casual relationships can benefit from good Feng Shui. Consider the premise that you create an energetic narrative in your private physical space that is then reflected in your public external life.Sometimes we all need to step back from romantic partnerships and have a nurturing relationship with ourselves before we can entertain a new romantic partner. I believe the relationships we have with others reflect the relationship we have with ourselves. I would even go so far as to say that self love is the path to true love…If you happen to be single these Feng Shui tips I am teaching will help you rest up for love and if you are in a loving relationship, they will enhance and strengthen it! When I think of R&R, I think about Rest and Romance. These are the 2 priorities and themes I focus on when helping clients Feng Shui their bedroom and their Love Guas. I am pleased to be teaching these principles for aligning your space and creating a setting that truly enhances your life and all of your relationships.My greatest wish is that what you learn from me enhances your life no matter what your relationship status is! Every home and every room has its own story to tell and with Feng Shui you have the power to write a new chapter. If you want help that is personalized to your story and your space, you can always reach out to me for a private consultation with my scheduling link here: https://thefengshuilady.as.me/ in the show notes.I hope to see you on Saturday 2pm or on the replay if you can’t join me live. Or on Saturday March 21st at Awakening’s in Laguna Niguel at 2pm! I invite you to spread the love by Subscribing, Liking and Sharing! Cheers & Ciao for now!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 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 wa

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

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 ev

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

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

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

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

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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

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 i

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

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

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 —

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

If you could use a pick me up to invite some positivity into your life, may I suggest a Sun-catcher? I just received a new Crystal Energy Sun Catcher! I literally gasped when I unboxed it because it was so beautiful. Here’s me clearing and charging it and doing a little dance. Place it in a window where it can catch and refract light. If you want one too, I have a link for it on my Benable Feng Shui house recommendations list. You can find my Benable link here https://benable.com/TheFengShuiLady. #raiseyourvibration #suncatcher #crystalsuncatcher #fengshui #fengshuitips #thefengshuilady 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 wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. Subscribe for tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.If you’re reading this before 1/29/25, The Astrological New Year has not officially begun! Please don’t give up on 2025, the energy is about to shift. I can’t promise it will all be rainbows and roses, but a shift is coming. The Year of The Snake which officially begins on 1/29/2025 will be very different than the year of the Dragon. This is also a 9 year numerologically. Think completions. The end of a 9 year cycle.A Snake year will invite us to shed that which no longer serves us. This past year has been a “Wood Dragon” year. I looked it up and of all the different kinds of Dragons which include: Wood, Water, Fire, Metal and Earth; a Wood Dragon is the least like-able or appealing… In Chinese folklore, The Wood Dragon is described as follows: Introverted, less enthusiastic, and lacking in good relationships. All the other Dragon years are super positive with adjectives like smart, ambitious, and hardworking, easygoing, agile and flexible, persevering, farsighted, and vigorous. WTF?! Oh well, it’s almost over. I think most of us can agree that Astrologically Romance was at an all time low over the last year. Chiron, the wounded healer was in Aries representing “men” in 2024. I personally took the year off from dating! I’m enthusiastic about 2025 though. It’s going to be a Yin year so more about being receptive. The Year of the Snake will be about setting realistic goals, devising strategic plans and working towards our dreams. Feng Shui has many different schools of thought and approaches. As far as I am concerned, all roads lead to Rome. While my training was originally in Form School which is the 1st school of Feng Shui before directional practices emerged, I do pull from directional practices as needed as well Chinese Astrology. I predominantly look at a space as its own universe that begins at the entrance. However, I have adapted my practice to consider your best directions when it comes to where you sit and sleep and spend the most time. I also now address the yearly shifts in challenging directions. For this reason, I have started asking clients for their date and year of birth to determine their personal directions. Form school will inform most of my furniture placement with an emphasis on the Power Position and good chi flow. I do make adjustments as needed depending on the individuals best directions and whether they conflict with good form as well as the Challenging direction for the individual year. This can get tricky because every year the energies shift and there’s a Challenging Direction that applies to everyone universally for each year. It could end up being one of your personal best directions or a direction your head faces when you sleep. It could even be in a dominant area of your home or business. So it helps to know what area of your home is being impacted and how to remedy it. Yes there are remedies and protections so it’s not all doom and gloom, just a matter of awareness and adaptation as shifts occur. Much like in astrology, it’s a moving target. That is the nature of life! Nothing is static. Highs and Lows are based on cycles. What I like about knowing these cycles is that you can use the knowledge to navigate them.The energy of time we are currently navigating inspired me to share some ways to make the best of the circumstances we find ourselves in. For context, I live in LA where many people are going through it due to the massive fires. I am personally safe and in a part of LA that was not directly impacted. I thought it would be helpful to share what the Universally challenging direction is for 2025 and how to navigate that. The official Chinese or Lunar New Year is on January 29, 2025, so you have time to prepare and perhaps even hire a Feng Shui Consultant now or later in the year. TIP #1 -Make sure to take note of the direction of negative energy in 2025! They call this energy The Grand Duke (Tai Sui) in Feng Shui. In 2025 it is Southeast between 135-165 degrees on your compass. The idea is to avoid facing this direction for extended periods of time. Don’t worry you will not burst into flames should you mistakenly face Southeast just like you won’t die of lung cancer after smoking one cigarette. Just minimize your exposure. By the way, Southeast was also the negative direction for 2024 by the following degrees 105-135. Listen, I didn’t immediately embrace a directional approach, it took so

If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. New Episodes drop every Sunday. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 26. Happy New Year! I’m actually recording this on New Year’s Day…Today’s episode is Feng Shui one! A new year calls for a refresh and I wanted to share a Feng Shui Enhancement & Cure for your Home, Body & Soul…Refresh & Revitalize Your Chi with 9 Oranges, 2 Ways!In Feng Shui Oranges are both a cure and an enhancement! We love oranges because they represent “The Sweet Life”! Oranges also represents creativity, fun, extroversion and sociability. Elementally they are wood element because they are a plant and fire and earth energy because of their color. Orange is a combination of red which is fire element and yellow which is earth. I have orange accents throughout my home because in recent years it’s become my favorite color to decorate with. It’s darn right cheerful, warm and grounding!In order to implement the blessings I’m sharing here today, I suggest you go out and buy a large bag of at least 9 oranges. One of my favorite and easiest Chi enhancements and activations for good fortune and blessings is simply placing a bowl of 9 Oranges in my living or dining room area! It’s easy, it’s cheerful and it’s practical! They will serve you aesthetically, energetically and you can eventually consume them as well use their peels as a cure for whatever ails you.The second way to use these 9 oranges after they have been beautifully displayed and appreciated is as a cure!It’s an ORANGE PEEL BATH CUREIf you have been sick, sad, mad or just desiring a boost to your energetic field, this cure is for you! I used this cure to refresh my energy for the new year and it was such a refreshing energetic treat. It’s a great way for you to clear your energy at the end or beginning of the year or really any time you need a reboot. You Tear The Peels of 9 Oranges into small pieces and put them in your bath water.Take a bath with the Orange Peels and release all that ails you. It’s incredibly refreshing!After the bath you’ll want to perform the Three Secrets Reinforcement which I will explain all the while Visualizing yourself healthy, fresh and free of all harm!The 3 SECRETS REINFORCEMENTWhich you will want to Apply after every physical Feng Shui adjustment for best results including the table top orange enhancement I just shared with you. Our energetic Chi is just as important as the physical adjustments we make. So applying a sacred gesture that includes a physical, verbal and mental connection with your action is extremely powerful and guarantees greater efficacy. In Feng Shui no adjustment is truly complete or as powerfully effective as it could be without these steps.You start with a BODY MUDRA - and I’ll show you 3 options depending on the type of adjustment you are making and your personal preference.The Expelling Mudra is a good one for releasing negativity and clearing energy.You flick your ring and middle fingers outwards from the palm.The Heart Calming Mudra is often used in meditation.You place your left hand on top of right palms facing up and tips of thumbs touching.And my favorite Body Mudra for Feng Shui adjustments is the Prayer Mudra 🙏.The 2nd step in the 3 Secrets Reinforcement which you perform with hand gesture is the SPEECH MUDRA which is essentially a (mantra)One example is the 9 true words in Buddhism which are:Om Mane Pad-me HumOr some other Mantra or powerful Statement of your choosing…The 3rd and final step is the MIND SECRET - which is to Visualize your desired outcome (most important)! This really cinches the deal. I have to admit, I haven’t always applied the 3 Secrets Reinforcements to all of my adjustments and while they still worked, The results weren’t as powerful as when I’ve applied this sacred practice. When you’re done using the Oranges as an Enhancement and a Cure you can treat yourself by consuming a yummy nutritious orange. TADA!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS & CIAO FOR NOW…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

You can learn more about Elsa Elbert and her company by visiting Composed Living . My apologies for the delay on this episode! I was navigating some crazy technical issues in uploading the video. The irony of this episode is that I have been in the midst of some personal chaos within my physical space while sharing ways to make sacred space at home! Haha… My building is currently undergoing construction and disruption making my personal sphere rather chaotic. I filmed this episode a day before the demolition began! While the chaos is still “happening,” the worst is over and I am seeing how that translates energetically with all aspects of my life! Cheers folks and please enjoy the Episode! If you’re new to the Pod, my name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. Join me and my guests for conversations around wellness with a focus on living and curating our best lives. New Episodes drop every Sunday. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful living! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. The Show is now on video with interview guests along with solo episodes so I encourage you to subscribe and watch on Substack and YouTube. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.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

GUEST ~ MARGUERITE INSOLIA ~ FREQUENCY HEALERYou can find Marguerite on Instagram @margueriteinsolia and @casadellemadreWebsite - https://www.casadellamadre.com/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.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 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.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 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! I’m Laura aka The Feng Shui Lady ®️ and I specialize in Feng Shui for designing and curating our homes and wardrobe. In the words of Developmental Biologist and Epigenetic’s expert Bruce Lipton, “You change the Container, you change the Contents.” In this analogy, your home and wardrobe are your containers and you are the contents. What you surround yourself with and how you adorn yourself actually have an energetic impact. Epigenetic speaks to this and I am endlessly fascinated with uncovering ways to create the most supportive set and setting for people to thrive in. I’m excited to be having conversations with different experts and guests with many different vantage points and areas of expertise around wellness themes. If this is also your jam, I invite you to tune in and zen out! Also please subscribe, like and share. In Today’s episode, I want to share some energy and Space Clearing tips to help you navigate Thanksgiving along with all your holiday gatherings. Many of us gather with Family whether it’s our family of origin, in-laws or chosen family as in Friendsgiving. When we gather with different personalities sometimes tensions can be stirred. The wine is flowing freely and opinions and tensions can bubble and come to a boil. This year in particular might be tricky for a lot of folks. If that’s you let me suggest some ways to create a more neutral environment and also ways to clear the air afterwards if things do go south.Before your guests arrive try setting an intention or prayer for a positive and cheerful evening. In regards to your attire and decor, may I suggest avoiding the color red or any red spectrum colors which while exciting and stimulating, can activate peoples fiery side. Instead of red roses opt for Yellow or White flowers. You can also choose softer hues and earth tones in your overall decor to reduce potential tension. Play soothing background music. And If you have a diffuser, you can try diffusing a gentle calming essential oil blend to set the tone. Seating arrangements are super important. In Feng Shui we love round and Oval tables because there are no sharp corners. Sharp corners can create Sha Chi or piercing energy. If you do have a square or rectangular table, then a table cloth can soften those corners. If you have the option to seat folks at a round or oval table that can help smooth the edges so to speak. If possible seat everyone with a view of the entrance of the room, whether they are facing the entrance or there’s a mirror reflecting it in their field of vision. As much as possible we try to seat folks in the power position in Feng Shui and this means not having your back to the door or at least having a view of the entrance even if it’s just a reflection in the mirror. The host should always be in the power position since they are the nucleus of the event. Obviously don’t seat people with conflicting points of view across from each other or near each other if possible. Listen If in spite of your best efforts things do get heated, once the event is over, you can Smudge with sage. I also recommend placing small bowls of salt in the center or corners of the rooms where friction took place for about 12 hours this helps absorb all the negative energy. Again play some soothing music while you clean up and make sure to dispose of the salt either in the garbage or toilet. Be sure to keep your pets and kids from consuming any of it. I also highly recommend spritzing with a soothing essential oil like lavender or geranium to soften the energy and offset the element of fire with water after saging. We will be in the thick of Mercury Retrograde during Thanksgiving so our words and intentions have a higher likelihood of being misinterpreted. It’s not the best time to broach sensitive topics so stick to simple pleasantries and congenial subject matter when possible. Let’s do all we can to be the voice of reason this season! I’m wishing for a peaceful and cheerful holiday for us all and Many Blessings!Next week I will have Psychic Medium Susan Schueler joining me so I invite you to tune in and Zen Out. Cheers & 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 MON

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 21 with my 1st guest, Spiritual Mentor and Coach Grace Vieira. You can find and learn more about Grace at Gracevieira333@gmail, 310-770-2048, http://www.connectingwithgrace.com/.Grace VieraMy 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 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 so I encourage you to subscribe to 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

Grace Vieira ~ Spiritual Mentor & Coach Hi it’s Laura aka The Feng Shui Lady ®️ with an update about the show! I am excited to be hosting my first interview for Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion this Saturday 11/16/24 with Spiritual Mentor & Life Coach Grace Vieira! This is part of the vision I had for the show and it’s finally coming to fruition just after the full moon which is today Friday 11/15/24. Grace is kind of like a modern day mystic who does profound healing work while at the same time having a background in fashion, so she and I will have plenty to talk about. The interview should be up on Substack, Spotify and YouTube on Sunday 11/17/24! I’m also really looking forward to my growing lineup of guests which in addition to Grace, include Professional Organizer & Business owner ~ Elsa Elbert who I’ll be interviewing next week along with Design & Real Estate Whisperer ~ Camilla Rantsen. I even have an interview with my Psychic Medium ~ Susan Schueler the following week and so much more to come. We are going to be having conversations around designing our best lives. Whether it’s our homes, places of work, wardrobes, our self care routines, what and how we eat, exercise and celebrate. If you know me at all you know I’m going to inject a little woo into the mix to liven things up so some of my guests will definitely reflect that. I’m just so excited about the different folks I’m scheduling. I just heard back from a well known Numerologist that I’ve been following for years! She’s agreed to meet with me and us in January of 2025 and I can’t wait. I have a number of people in the pipeline that truly inspire me and It’s a blessing to have the opportunity to converse with people who’s work I admire and also have an expertise that my audience can benefit from. I invite you to tune in and zen out, also please subscribe, like and share to help build community around curating and living our best lives. See you Sunday! Ciao for now.My Look for the Preview is a Love & Lemons dress acquired 2nd hand from PoshmarkThanks 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

Hello & Welcome Back To Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion! My name is Laura aka The Feng Shui Lady ®️ and I specialize in Feng Shui for Decorating & Dressing you and your Space. Because it’s all connected. I help people use Feng Shui to align their environment and their wardrobe with their goals. I also have guests on to Discuss the energy, of our environment and aesthetics from many different vantage points!In Today’s episode I am talking all about my new passion for Mod Fashion! In previous episodes, I’ve been sharing how you can help fund your new wardrobe with your old one. And today’s episode continues on this theme. By this I mean selling and or trading your unworn and unwanted pieces in order to finance your new pieces! By the way this is also really good Feng Shui because it makes space for the new clothes. Those clothes of course don’t have to be quote unquote brand “new” but rather previously owned and new to you. This is both green and frugal. Waste not want not! The history of Mod clothes originated in England in the late 1950’s with men’s clothes and evolved into women’s styles well into the 60’s. Mod is short for Modernist and it was part of a cultural movement of intellectuals artists writers poets who listened to Jazz music.The Men’s styles were slim fitting and beautifully tailored Italian suits with tapered pants and pointed shoes. Knitted polo shirts and skinny ties were also a thing. The men looked so dapper and stylish in these looks.For women some of the key features of mod clothes are Shift mini-dresses often with bold colors and prints. They also paired these looks with Gogo boots and colored tights. Some of the Fashionista’s of the Mod scene were Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton and even Jacky Kennedy. The aesthetic is very feminine and fun. The shorter skirts were new to women’s fashion and a bit more flirty than their longer predecessors. It’s a fresh youthful look for women that will eternally feel modern while still looking classic.All three of the Mod looks that inspired today’s discussion were purchased 2nd hand. And are pictured in the body of the newsletter here on substack and I’m wearing one of them. I talk a lot about how to do a wardrobe makeovers without breaking the bank by Shopping Green. You can shop green via old school brick and mortar stores or online. Crossroads is an example of Brick & Mortar while Poshmark is an online example. There are many more examples of both but these 2 are my biggest go too’s.So the dress that sent me on this modernist tangent was this Mod Zara dress I found at Crossroads Trading! This Dress inspired a whole new Mod trend for my wardrobe. It’s a black and white short sleeved checkered print Aline Shift mini-dress that acquired at a trade value of just $17 from Crossroads Trading. It’s comfortable, feminine, and classic yet modern. I love it so much I ended up getting 2 more shift dresses. This silhouette really flatters us gals with what some describe as a pair shape. Where you’re smaller up top than below. In fashion Feng Shui ®️ we call this a Water body because it’s like a rain drop! Once you find a silhouette that works for you, you will want to emphasize it in your wardrobe. So now I am totally enamored with Mod clothes and plan to style my wardrobe more and more in this direction over time. The Second look in this genre I acquired from Poshmark is a black Aline mini shift lace dress from Zara which I’m wearing with a round edge zip up cream Peter Pan collar I found for just $37.32. The final look in my mod trio is a sleeveless cranberry colored lace trapeze minidress which I acquired through Poshmark. It’s a Free People dress that would have retailed for about a $120 and I paid $22.38 including tax and shipping. As you can see, the new Mod wardrobe Capsule I’m building has not been a huge financial investment. It is a genuine investment in my personal style evolution with an aesthetic and silhouette that feels very authentic and aligned with the style narrative I’m cultivating.All right folks, I hope you enjoyed my take on mod fashion! I invite you to like, comment, share and especially to subscribe on Substack where you have access to all the visuals, video and text. As promised, for the upcoming episodes, I have lined up some really exciting guests including an Astrologer, a professional Organizer, a Real Estate professional, and a Feng Shui client of mine with a powerful story about the transformative power of Feng Shui. Cheers 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

INTRO (for every episode which you can skip if you have heard/read it before)Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 19. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Wardrobe For Today’s Show - Free People Dress acquired via Poshmark for just $25 plus tax and shipping…Hi Folks It’s a whole new vibe here at Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion! New Set, New Moon! This is a video episode so for those of you listening on Spotify or ITunes, I highly recommend you check out the episode on Substack or my new YouTube channel also called Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion. Today I’m filming just after the new Moon on November 2 which happens to be Dia De Los Muertos or Day of the Dead. This period just after the new moon is an auspicious time for creating sacred space. I have been shifting a lot of energy in my environment to create a productive and supportive new setting for Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion! I am excited to finally be filming here in my living room and sharing the new set with you. I’ve been curating a space where I could film in my living room and host in-person guests. I got these 2 matching cloud chairs with this in mind. For those of you listening, They are these 2 cushy cream colored faux fur womblike chairs that sit low to the ground and allow you to sit Indian style if you are so inclined. My friends love them and so do my 2 cats. It took some time and planning to figure out the right setting and all the tech. You’d be amazed at how much goes into the tech of creating a set! Framing the shot in a flattering way that captures 2 people with a pleasing background, lighting the shot and getting 2 people miched properly for sound quality all while shooting on my IPhone! This is my fancy new blue tooth microphone!Trust me there’s been a lot of trial and error! This was my most challenging Feng Shui puzzle to solve. That said, I can now interview guests for the show and you can look forward to those interviews in the coming weeks. I’m having Conversations with potential guests with an expertise in everything from fashion, feng shui, design, art, architecture, makeup, interiors, real estate, Crystals, Astrology, Aesthetics etc. I also really want to explore topics like Epigenetic’s and how our homes and wardrobes are telling a story, our stories.. I felt it was important for me to share my space with you and how I interact with my environment as a Feng Shui practitioner. I’m also going to continue to share my fashion with you and examples of Fashion Feng Shui in action as well. The location of my home where I will be shooting the show happens to be in the Children and Creativity Gua of my home which merges with the Career gua of my living room. Gua’s are energetic centers of the home that represent specific theme’s. The themes represented here are Creativity and Career so it’s the perfect nook for the show! Tonight I’m dressed in an all black lace aline mini dress in honor of day of the dead. Black represents Water element in Feng Shui. Water element is all about free flowing creativity and depth. The black feeds my soul while the lace represents metal element. The Metal Archetype speaks to precision and elegance and helps to command respect. The dress is short and tight so there’s a nod to fire and my spiky earrings and tiger print purse for the evening are pretty fiery. Fire Element commands attention and connection. Check Out My Fiery Retro Statement Tiger Purse from Crossroads Trading! I got it for trade at just $25 and since it was for trade, I didn’t actually “pay” anything.I love dressing with intention and allowing my wardrobe to serve a purpose above and beyond aesthetics. It’s a mindfulness practice which can help us all align with our goals and dress for success. Ok folks, I’m sending you all many blessings during this magical time of the year. I’ll see you next week. 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

Hi Everyone, I’m launching a new video version of the show with guests. I just created a set in my home with seating, lighting and audio in place so I can host and interview folks. I’m inviting guests to join me here on the show who have an expertise in fashion, feng shui, design, art, architecture, interiors, real estate, crystals, astrology, aesthetics etc. I film at my home in Los Angeles and am currently interested in in-peron live guests so If you’re in Los Angeles and interested in joining me on Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion, you can connect with me at [email protected]. I’m looking forward to hosting you and learning more about you! Cheers & 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

INTRO - Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 18. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Today we are exploring Shades of RED which in Feng Shui represents Fire Element. Shades Of Red ~ Feed The Fire for Luck & Attraction. Red attracts attention and is a power color. It’s dramatic and bold. Red is associated with passion and romance. In china brides wear Red on their wedding day for all the aforementioned reasons. In Feng Shui we recommend wearing the color red when you have an important meeting or presentation. Think Good Fortune, attraction, power and luck. Red spectrum colors run the gamut from shades of pink, fuchsia, oranges, bright red, wines, plums, and purples. Skin tone, disposition and tastes differ and fortunately there is a fairly broad Spectrum of red hues. As a Winter, my skin tone looks best in jewel tones with a range from Fuchsia to Purple. Bright red is not my jam. I will wear a print with a splash of bright red in it, but I can’t pull it off from head to toe. I also have to be in the right mood for Red Spectrum Colors or it can feel like I drank too much coffee. It’s not the color to wear when you want to fly under the radar or are feeling off. It can feel like too much energy for me sometimes, so I’m very particular about when and where I wear it. Shown here are my versions of fire element color. As you can see pictured here my range goes from fuchsia, to purple, to burgundy. Essentially blue based reds or a slightly watered down version of red. Last week on episode 17 called “HOW TO DRESS IN YOUR ELEMENT” I showed you how I dressed water element in a fiery way. Guess what’s happening today? I’m dressing Fire element in a watery way! It’s especially notable in the last two looks where I am dressed in two different burgundy velvet looks. The first one is an aline Wrap mini dress with long bell sleeves which I’m wearing right now and I can see on the screen that it reads as black. I promise you it’s burgundy. The second look is a long velvet burgundy jumpsuit with a deep v neckline, spaghetti straps and palazzo style pants. What’s watery about both of them is the velvet material and how dark the burgundy is bordering on black. The bell sleeves on the dress are watery and so are the flowy palazzo style pants. Freedom of movement and comfort is watery feature.Red has a powerful impact that isn’t always for everyone.How does red make you feel? It’s definitely stimulating. Too much red in a physical space can insight arguments and make people feel edgy. That’s why we balance the elements. BAGUA MAPFrom a Feng Shui perspective red is the color associated with the Fame Gua which is the energetic center of your home that represents your reputation and how you are perceived in the world as well as how visible you are. It can be found in the far back center area of the home and each individual room. Pictured here is a Bagua map to help you find your Fame gua. You might want to place some red there or perhaps a candle of any hue.Not everyone likes a red spectrum color palette so there’s a number of ways to introduce the element into the environment or your clothes without color. Using the actual element as with the aforementioned candle or a pointy fiery shape like a star or triangle. In fact color is never the whole story for any element. Shapes, the actual element, and artistic representations of an element will all work. A few ways to water down your fire ensembles include: wearing long flowing skirts, like the one I’m wearing at the top of the newsletter, sheer materials, something with a ruffle, velvet material and pairing your red with black also does the trick! It’s a matter of dialing an element up or down based on how you feel and what you want to project. It’s also a very individual expression of your own elemental make up. I’m already pretty fiery inside which is why I usually dial down the volume on my red until it feels just right. The same applies when I wear black or water element and don’t want my fire completely extinguished. I think we each have specific sensibilities and sensitivities in relationship to color and the elements. For example, I can barely tolerate any amount of earth element. Think earth tones like brown and taupe. This element makes me feel lackluster and stodgy particularly in the color spectrum. You won’t find Brown in my closet other tha

INTRO ~ Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 17. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.BACK ON THE RED CARPET!Today’s episode is about “How To Dress In Your Element! And it includes ~ A Water & Fire Fashion Show…” With a video of the show Embedded here in the newsletter and on my YouTube channel for Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion. In Fashion Feng Shui ®️ we seek to embody our personal archetypes and elements while simultaneously dressing for our body types, coloring and lifestyle. Discovering our elemental makeup, archetypes and influences can be a truly cathartic and revealing experience. During my journey of discovery I wasn’t surprised to learn that I was Water because I love black. Black represents Water Element. It’s the only color I’m displaying in all of the looks I’m sharing with you today. What came as a surprise to me during my Fashion Feng Shui ®️ journey was that while Water was a dominant element in my makeup and serves as a strong influence particularly in my color story, it is not my essence. Much to my surprise, my true essence is Fire. I’m a combination of two opposite elements water and fire which makes for a dramatic result. To understand this from an archetypal perspective, Think Ambivert or someone who is equally as introverted as they are extroverted. The way this shows up in my fashion is that, I love to cloak myself in sheer black flowy frocks but I often dress in a provocative manner. The obvious signs of fire fashion include the color red, body conscious attire, short, fitted, skin bearing and attention getting. Animal prints and actual animal hide such as leather are also representations of fire. Stilettos and triangular, star or pointy shapes also exhibit fire energy. Because I don’t wear red or stilettos and am so into black, I assumed I was purely a water girl! However there’s nuance to this. The telltale signs of water Fashion are as mentioned black and very dark colors like navy, sheer flowy pieces, asymmetry and even fringe. You’ll definitely be seeing a lot of sheer and flowy looks here and even some fringe along with plenty of black. If color was all that mattered it would be easy to paint me as pure water. The thing is, I wear water in a fiery way which is what this fashion show is about. Color is not the whole story. How you style yourself has just as much to say if not more than just color. These 7 looks I’m sharing with you today highlight both water and fire elements and show me in solid black while still lit up with fire accents. Wether it’s my first look, the black mini dress with sparkly sequins, worn with Burgundy leather Doc Martens and fishnets or my black Leather Jacket I paired with a few of my looks or my overall skin bearing dresses with fiery accents, I’m delivering the fire in my styling. Even Sequins is fire! You don’t have to wear red to light up a room. I wear water in a hot way so to speak and so can you! If you are curious about your elemental makeup feel free to reach out to me to learn more about what I do and how I can help you. I specialize in Feng Shui for Dressing & Decorating you and your space because it’s all connected! You can visit my Link-tree. for all my offerings!All right folks, enjoy the rest of the fashion show. I hope this inspires you to look beyond color and consider how your clothes are styled! If you want my help, you know where to find me! Cheers 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

This is my favorite Fashion Therapy Tip…. Cultivating your power walk is a great way to discover your Main Character Energy! Seriously, find your runway and take a stroll in your favorite frock. Mine is in the hallway…Cheers 🥂 Laura Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

MOD Dress $17 from Crossroads Trading Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 16. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Shop Green & Save Green is my new mantra! Clothes achieve a greater lifespan and our bank accounts retain their worth. It’s easier than ever because it can be done online just as easily as at your local consignment store or used clothing store.You can also make a profit from your hand me downs. It’s genius and it’s really good Feng Shui! You can incentivize yourself to declutter that closet, in order to make money and acquire some welcome new additions to your wardrobe. We all have clothes in our closets that are just taking up space. Pieces that we don’t need, love or wear. It’s dead energy that could be replaced with a more viable option. You want to refresh the energy of your closet periodically and also the narrative or story your clothes are telling about you. They are essentially costumes so what roles are dressing up for and what roles do you no longer want to play? I try to edit both my closet and my clients closet’s with this in mind. Just as our Epigenetic’s speaks to how our environments have a tremendous impact on us, so too do our clothes. They are our most intimate environments since they adorn our physical bodies. The energetic of our clothes are a powerful tool. Styling from a Feng Shui perspective goes much deeper than the clothes. It’s a Therapeutic experience that reveals our inner workings and empowers our goals. Think Dress for Success! I have personally been cultivating a couple of different capsules wardrobe themes. The most prominent being my Yin & Yang capsule wardrobe. It’s a collection of Black & White wardrobe pieces that are versatile, and emphasize Metal & Water elements. I also have what I call my dating capsule which are outfits I plan to wear on romantic dates. For my Yin & Yang collection, I recently acquired a number of dresses in black and white, along with blazers, pants, skirts and a leather jacket. Revamping a wardrobe can get expensive so I funded this endeavor with the profits made from selling off my underutilized items. I also purchased most of my new pieces 2nd hand via Poshmark & Crossroads Trading at a tremendous value. My most recent acquisition is the Mod inspired Black & White checkered Short Sleeve Aline dress pictured at the top of this story. I absolutely love this little number which was just $17 at Crossroads Trading! I see myself wearing this for business and pleasure, perhaps even Halloween with the mod theme. It’s a Zara brand dress that would retail in $100 range. It’s retro inspired and I got it at a fraction of the price it sold for. Why spend more when you don’t have to? Why not shop green? CROSSROADS TRADING The same day I got these 2 dresses from Crossroads I also sold something. So my trade value for the 2 dresses each priced at $17 totaled just $28.97 with tax. Pictured here is the 2nd dress I bought that day. Omg yes folks believe it or not it’s a colorful dress! I finally strayed from my Black & White theme! This one is a very body conscious and intended for the dating capsule. This dress is a fitted stretchy ruched Floral Strawberry mini dress with a scooped neck by AFRM whose dresses retail at around $120. As mentioned, I paid $17 for it. It’s in brand new condition and very flattering. While shopping at used clothing stores can be hit or miss, when it is a hit, it’s exhilarating! I feel like a huntress on the prowl when I shop these stores and while I don’t always come home with prey, I’m usually able to sell something and come home with a profit. Shopping online at resellers like Poshmark or ThredUp, tends to be much more efficient, however since you can’t try things on, you run the risk of purchasing something that may not work out. Returns on Poshmark are only an option if the item is damaged or miss-represented. That’s why you want to shop brands with consistent sizing that you’re familiar with and check for and ask for the measurements. In the second picture I styled the strawberry floral dress with my new Truth & Pride Black Leather Motorcycle Jacket also purchased 2nd hand from Poshmark. Even the black patent leather purse is 2nd hand from a while back. The leather jacket was more of a splurge at $116.38 but a worthwhile investment for this brand in genuine leather that retails at around $

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 15. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.The Chanel Spring & Summer 2025 Collection! A Yin & Yang Color Story…Today, I’m reporting on The Chanel Spring & Summer 2025 Collection and doing a side by side of my personal wardrobe collection inspired by the Chanel color story. I have included a video showcasing 12 key looks from their collection and mine. The video showcasing all the fashion is embedded in the newsletter here on substack as well as my new YouTube channel for Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion. I hope you enjoy this new approach and I welcome your feedback and comments!This stunning collection led with a Black & White color story and included a giant Open Birdcage that the models walked around alluding to their freedom to truly fly! From a Feng Shui perspective it had a Yin & Yang elemental pairing of Water and Metal elements with some fiery accents. These are complimentary elements! Black represents Water which symbolizes freedom and creativity an energy that flows. White represents metal which is pristine elegant and traditional. Think old money vibes. It elevates. Paired with water, metal gives water a safe elegant container from which to create! The visual story was Metaphorically highlighted with a giant open Birdcage. I really appreciated the symbolism and aesthetic of the collection which also incorporated feathers. Feathers represent animal or fire energy in Feng Shui adding excitement and drama to the collection!While my interpretation of the collection does not include feathers it culminates with a leather biker jacket at the end which is animal or fire energy and alludes to a hint of rebellion and freedom preceded by a number of more conservative looks.The Chanel show featured Riley Keough, the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and granddaughter of Elvis poignantly singing Princes’s “When Doves Cry” as the models circled the giant Birdcage and runway. It was a powerful and beautiful show.Let’s look at the video I put together highlighting my favorite looks shall we?! I am going to share my screen…Look how beautiful and aspirational these ensembles are! And here’s my Chanel inspired collection…Chanel was originally inspired by mens wear and was known for her feminine suiting and the “lbd” or little black dress. As shown in video, I introduced black Blazers cropped and oversized into my collection with most of my outfits, to give my looks structure and some formality. Something that was missing from my wardrobe until recently. A great black blazer or jacket is versatile and classic. I had all these looks that needed completion and something to elevate them so I finally invested in both a cropped black blazer and an oversized one along with an edgy black leather motorcycle jacket shown as my final look! Taking me from business meeting to date night. The leather jacket is my informal late night option for introducing fire into the equation… I believe it’s our jackets that inform where we are going and how we will be received. Are we formal or casual, fitted or loose, long or short, traditional or edgy? Jackets complete our looks and provide structure to our outfits. For me this was a main ingredient missing from my closet until recently. I finally feel “Put Together”. What’s missing in your wardrobe?White French Connection Corset Dress & cropped black Anne Taylor Loft Blazer both purchased 2nd hand via PoshmarkWhile I don’t own any Chanel, I have obviously been channeling the vibe! I aspire to their aesthetic which I would describe as Metal energy. While the collection included plenty of water and sparks of fire, the overarching theme of the brand is metal. We apply a number of different fashion criteria to each of the Feng Shui elements and archetypes. White is the color most closely associated with the Metal element however many other factors apply. Metal is expensive, elegant, structured, luxurious, traditional and pristine. All these terms define metal fashion and Chanel. It’s aspirational and even if you aren’t wearing Chanel you can Channel the aesthetic just like I have here! Most of my recent purchases shown were made at a great value via Poshmark. I hope you are inspired to channel whatever aesthetic you’re inspired by without feeling pressured to spend beyond your means. You can shop green and still dress metal! All right

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 14. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.What I have learned from this Eclipse Season is that the Obstacle truly is the Path! Eclipses are an Astrological phenomenon that brings powerful shifts in often dramatic ways. They can feel non negotiable because they are! Eclipses come in pairs, about 2 weeks apart and can be felt just prior, during and for weeks and even months after. That’s why they call it Eclipse season. This season is marked by an Eclipse on September 17 and a second on October 2nd of 2024. Eclipses can be super intense. How’s it going for you? Many of my friends have been going through massive shifts! We can certainly see change is afoot on the world stage. For me personally there has been a series of highs and lows! I’m writing this on September 27 between the eclipses and I am still reeling and processing all that has transpired so far. This September/October eclipse season began with my decision to get new glasses at the beginning of the month. I felt like my vision was not as sharp as it could be so I decided to get glasses from Warby Parker. I was also feeling very self conscious about the way I looked in my glasses and I wanted a new signature look for myself that I felt truly suited me. A new look to tie in with my new chapter with Fashion Feng Shui. I brought my sunglasses with me as a style reference. They have a dramatic oversized cat eye style and my salesperson Silvia at the Warby Parker Silverlake location found a perfect match with the Warby Sonia frames. Though spelled differently, Sonia is the namesake of a beautiful friend of mine. I got them in jet black and oak barrel. They have a distinct cat eye vibe. The black ones are intended for work as I ordered them with blue light filtering, and the oak barrel frames are intended for the outdoors as they are light responsive and turn into sunny’s. The “Sonia” in Jet Black & Oak Barrel Listen if our eye’s are truly the windows to the soul, then we should really take great care in how we frame that view. I’ve been wearing reading glasses for about nine years and I’ve never quite found a style that felt like me. I’m usually a little embarrassed and sheepish about having to wear them publicly. I started to notice people with super chic glasses and I knew it was time to figure out my personal style vision.For context, I need glasses for reading and writing which I do all day! They are kinda like bifocals because they transition between reading and regular sight. These Precision progressives can be discombobulating if they are not properly fitted. When I received them on Thursday September 12th, I immediately loved the way they looked and fit however I was having a hard time focusing and my eyes began to hurt that first day. I felt dizzy and nauseous. I called Warby Parker and they suggested that I may need a brief adjustment period. Apparently this is very common. If I felt no improvement in a week or so they would happily replace or refund them. That evening, I decided to give my eyes a break from reading and writing and watch some tv instead. As soon as I turned on my Tv, the screen went black. It had sound but the screen was gone. I was perplexed; I can’t read or watch tv?! The next day I had a scheduled Zoom meeting with my teacher and mentor Ellen for the completion of my Fashion Feng Shui Certification. It was a big deal! I woke up and my eyes were still struggling to focus properly with the glasses. I went to turn on my computer and it wouldn’t turn on! It would not turn on or take a charge. It too was dead. I ended up having to get on the Zoom with Ellen from my phone as I struggled to focus. She joyfully told me I had successfully completed my Licensing requirements for Fashion Feng Shui and I should be receiving my official license within days!On the one hand I was thrilled, but on the other I was freaking out. I explained to Ellen what was going on with all my tech and my vision. Ellen was lovely and calm and assured me I could get everything sorted out and repaired. After the Zoom; instead of celebrating the milestone of completing my FFS International requirements, I had to run over to Best Buy to look for a new TV and computer. I was feeling super emotional and thought I can’t see properly, and both my tv and computer have gone dark! WTF?! This is not the ti

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 13. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.In Episode 12 of Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion, I spoke about my Origin Story. Today, I’m sharing Part 2. There’s a series of events that are pivotal to my narrative and pertinent to my story. You know how in Joseph Campbell’s Heroes Journey, there’s an easy part at the beginning and then it gets hard? This is the hard part 😉. As I’ve mentioned previously, prior to becoming the Feng Shui Lady ®️ in 2010, I worked in the corporate world. While I was making a very nice income with excellent benefits, I felt creatively and spiritually unfulfilled. You can be making good money and still feel empty. That said, I was not considering leaving my job. In fact I probably wouldn’t have left my corporate career had it not been for what I can best describe as divine intervention. I’m a Capricorn with a Taurus rising mind you. Earth and more earth! Neither of these signs likes change or risk! Thank goodness for my Fiery Leo moon to help spice things up. It took something rather dramatic for me to change course and eventually become The Feng Shui Lady ®️. I had to have a health crisis or 2 in order to shift my perspective. These events left me reflecting on my life’s path. Sometimes we need a nudge from the universe to make a course correction. Yah sure I was drawn to Feng Shui, but I know for a fact that certain circumstances and nudges from the universe were instrumental to my journey. Unbeknownst to me, I was born with a congenital hiatal hernia. In other words I was born with a hole in the middle of my body that was waiting to break through since birth. PS, the symbolism of a gaping hole in the middle of my body, is not lost on me. I can tell you that emotionally this is an accurate depiction of how I felt inside for most of my early years.My parents had failed to mention this health condition until after the diagnosis, so I was not exactly holding back when it came to core work or exercise. It wasn’t until I turned 40, that the condition made itself known to me. By the time I figured out what was happening, I needed to have a very serious surgery immediately. It came with a shockingly painful recovery that required an extensive healing period. A hiatal Hernia is much higher up in the body than say a more traditional and well known hernia in the groin area. In my case, internal organs were are at risk and the surgery was way more invasive than a hernia in the groin area. Mine in particular was a rather large breakthrough that had been growing for a number of years and needed immediate attention. It was made clear to me following that surgery that gaining substantial weight or becoming pregnant would be deadly and ill advised. So that was a fun plot twist. It was during my painful recovery that I conceived of the idea for my new life as The Feng Shui Lady. I thought if not now then when am I going to do as I please! How much time have I really got left and what does that look like? This was the year I turned 40. It felt like a rebirth and a total life redirect. I got Certified in Essential Feng Shui in 2010 and I spent the next 13 plus years building my practice with numerous additional certifications in the field. For a good portion of that time, I also had a day job. I worked in the Furniture Space for about 7 years because what do you do with furniture? You arrange it. How can you do that in a Mindful and Intentional way? With Feng Shui! It’s the link between interior design, wellness and prosperity. That said, many of those years were frustrating and often demoralizing because I was only doing Feng Shui on the side. I entered the furniture space thinking it would be the perfect place for me to build my practice and find clients. However, folks buying furniture weren’t necessarily interested in Feng Shui and my employers didn’t necessarily embrace it either. I found myself working in the service industry in LA where people can see past you and having my true calling belittled by those who simply didn’t understand it. Selling furniture was also a rather physical job where I was on my feet all day often dragging furniture around the sales floor. I suppose it was a blessing when in the summer of 2017, I woke up one day and both my knees were on fire. It was so painful, I could barely walk. I’ve been a runner most

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 12. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Long before I was a Feng Shui consultant, I had a fascination with the art of placement. I was drawn to Eastern practices from an early age. It started with Astrology, then Numerology and eventually Feng Shui. These were my interests and passions. I was intrigued with Feng Shui and had been reading about and informally studying it for many years prior to my formal training in it. I couldn’t fathom how one could make a career out of it, but I secretly longed to. I fastidiously experimented with my environment by using my home as a Feng Shui lab of sorts.It wasn’t until I first moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and into the beautiful Spanish 1920’s building in West Hollywood pictured at the top of this story, that I had a life changing experience with Feng Shui. I hired a professional Feng Shui practitioner for the first time. Prior to this, I was just winging it with information I was getting from various books and contradicting sources. I realize now that many of my followers on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Substack are going about Feng Shui the same way. I liken this to getting your medical information online without seeing an actual doctor. I totally get it and I did the same thing until I had a real Feng Shui emergency! You can certainly get helpful tips from videos, stories and books; but not an accurate examination or prognosis of your actual space. Feng Shui isn’t just the art of placement, it is actually one of the 5 branches of Chinese medicine. A real consultation is the only way to get a proper diagnosis.I moved to LA for a job. It was a fully paid relocation from San Francisco to Los Angeles and it happened very quickly. I moved into an apartment sight unseen based on an impressive Craigslist post. Big Mistake!!! While the neighborhood was idyllic and the building exceptionally beautiful, the home itself had very challenging Feng Shui. You’re probably wondering how that is possible. Well here’s the thing, aesthetics are only one aspect of good Feng Shui. Your floor-plan is the biggest indicator of your homes narrative and energetic potential. The numerology also has a big influence and in the case of my first LA home, both factors were compromised.My new home was in this gorgeous 1920’s Spanish building, however it was an L shaped space. The Career gua was completely missing as well as the Travel & Helpful People gua. Bear in mind, guas are individual energetic centers that represent different life themes in what is essentially an energetic map called the Bagua. The Bagua maps out 9 different guas or Life Themes in Feng Shui. All nine are equally important. The idea is to have all of these areas balanced and well appointed. Having a missing Career gua poses obvious problems… Having a missing Travel & Helpful People gua is just as important. It’s the gua of synchronicity and help from both mundane and divine sources. It’s also significant if traveling is your thing… In my first LA home, the Career and Travel & Helpful People guas where literally outside of the home.BAGUA MAP For some reason, I have consistently lived in homes where my Prosperity gua is in the bedroom and the Relationship gua in my living-room and work space. Perhaps this is part of my life’s lesson plan, to find harmony between love and career. The Bagua is arranged sort of like a tic-tac-toe board as seen above. Before, I became The Feng Shui Lady, I typically worked in outside sales jobs with a home office. The home office was inevitably in my Relationship gua. I didn’t know what a Feng Shui faux pas this was until I had a professional Feng Shui consultation. That said, the theme of work being my major relationship was certainly true for me and played itself out in all of my homes.In addition to the 2 missing guas, the numerology of the place was a 4. This number represents death in Feng Shui or Chinese. I had an “uh, oh” moment when I realized all of the challenges my new home posed. Four is a grounding number in numerology, so it wasn’t all bad news. Symbolically, the four in Feng Shui doesn’t have to literally mean “death” but rather the end of a chapter or the completion of a certain way of life. It was still alarming to me. That home was like a Feng Shui worst case scenario. I would describe it as a Feng Shui em

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 11. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.What we learned during the lock-downs with The Feng Shui Lady ® herself aka Laura Beatriz Carrillo.The last few years have brought us all home whether we liked it or not. I like to say that Feng Shui is an “inside job” and we have all certainly spent a lot of time inside our homes. Any jobs or careers that weren’t considered “essential” became virtual. Covid turned our homes into our whole universe; a microcosm of our entire lives. No more commuting to work, no more going to the gym to work out, no more concerts or dining out or even going to the bar! Our homes literally became all these things.I personally have an office, a gym, a movie theater, a DJ, a bar and a restaurant in my home and I run all of them! The truth is my home always had these things because of what I do and my personal philosophy that everything is an inside job that starts at home. By the way, you don’t have to live extravagantly to have all these things. My bar for example; is a beautiful functional bar cart. The gym is a fold-able exercise bike and a yoga mat that I can store when not in use. You get the idea… It’s about making your space work for you and your lifestyle such that everything you need is there.I’m a big fan of elegantly modular pieces that can be stored or moved around easily. From a Feng Shui perspective, If something is important; you incorporate it into your environment. For me fitness and wellness are priorities, so I have my version of a home gym and keep my fridge well stocked with plenty of nutritious foods. Sounds logical right? Whatever is important to you; make sure you have easy access to it at home. I feel like Covid actually forced people to improve their Feng Shui whether they realized it or not! Since our access to external locations was so limited for so long, folks had to adapt.There where some great new habits that came from the lock-downs like people learning how to cook and do crafts at home. There where also some detrimental ones like drinking way too much. For some folks happy hour was any hour. My favorite upsides from the lock-downs is how home gyms and offices became all the rage. We where largely left to our own devices and our homes reflected whether we made the most of these times or not. I feel like necessity is the mother of invention and many of us rose to the occasion.I say bravo to everyone who used this time to enhance and remodel their homes. They became our castles! Many people redecorated or at least got better organized. I certainly did. I completely re-imagined my home office and it transformed my whole personal and professional trajectory. I moved my office from my Love Gua to my Career gua and just like that I put love and career in their rightful place in my life! Everything changed for the better. It was like night and day.There’s something called a Bagua Map in Feng Shui and Guas are the 9 energetic centers in our homes that represent all the themes in our lives. See below…BAGUA MAPWhen I moved my office from my Love Gua and into my Career Gua, my opportunities for love and business improved dramatically! Having your home office in your love gua lends itself to an imbalance between career and love. Your career then becomes your primary relationship. Where before this shift my whole life revolved around the work I was doing, afterwards my career goals became clear and focused while my love life began to bloom.Shift ~ Home Office in The Career Gua…Shifts we make in our environment can have a powerful impact. The way Feng Shui works is both physical and energetic. If you think it’s super woo, think again. Feng Shui is an earth science that is over 5000 years old. Our relationship with nature and our environment is essential to our survival and Feng Shui is a system that is all about having a positive relationship with our environment. Your home is essentially a living breathing 3D Vision Board so when you collaborate with your environment you can re-imagine your whole life! Feng Shui isn’t an event, it’s a lifestyle. We are always in relationship with our environment! Feng Shui is not just happening at home. It’s our relationship with the natural world. It’s everywhere and anywhere you go. Think of it as a physical language that’s universal. Covid had a universal impact on a

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 10. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.NEFERTITI & AKHENATENAre you a seeker? I have always been someone who was a seeker. However, it’s not easy searching for answers while also questioning everything. That’s the tightrope I walk. Secretly wishing for deep revelations but questioning what’s real. The truth is that in my search for spiritual enlightenment, I have come across grifters and charlatans but have also met and experienced the divinely gifted and blessed. My heart and trust has been both broken and redeemed. This is life. I’ll say this be aware of false profits. You might find that it’s you who actually holds the truth inside. We all have a direct line of communication with the divine. Maybe it’s in your dreams or deep in meditation. Perhaps it’s under hypnosis or as I discovered, through plant medicine. It’s all of the above really! Don’t give up. Remember your magic… During a Shamanic Plant Medicine experience back in 2021, I was shown a past life in Egypt as a queen! There was a lot of sand and I couldn’t shut up about it during the “journey”. So much sand and Cat hieroglyphics and what not. Fast forward to May of this year 2024. Imagine my delight when I came across these Egyptian head busts pictured above. I was walking home one night and they were just sitting there on the sidewalk a couple houses from mine! Here in LA some people toss out furniture and house wares and leave them on the sidewalk for passersby’s to take. It’s like a garage sale but free and on the sidewalk. I of course took this as a sign and brought these Egyptian Busts home. So this may sound a bit out there but during the “journey” I was specifically told I had been Nefertiti who was an Egyptian Queen and wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten. I swear to god I didn’t know who either of them were! I had to look Nefertiti up after the “journey.” I know how woo and pretentious this sounds. That said these busts turned out to be heavy Bronze Replicas of Nefertiti and her husband Akhenaten. Coincidence? I mean talk about punctuating a point with a physical sign. The foreshadowing of the “journey” and the arrival of the busts was not lost on me. What a blessing! They are currently residing the Love Gua of my bedroom. This is the area of my bedroom that represents my love life. It’s in the far back right corner of the room. I have an altar there where the Love gua of my bedroom meets the Prosperity Gua of my home. Feng Shui can get really interesting folks. It’s a physical language with plenty of symbolism and metaphor. It’s fun. There can be paradox and yes Love and Money themes can merge and they do in my bedroom. I thought how Nefertiti & Akhenaten where a royal couple who reigned together. They symbolize both love and wealth beautifully so why not create an altar with them. Think power couple. That’s the vibe. The Art found me and I am honoring it.OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE On my very first Shamanic Plant Medicine Journey back in 2020, I experienced an intense Virgin Mary download. FYI she wasn’t the only deity I experienced on that journey… My spiritual influences are not limited to one religion or culture. In fact I’m a practicing Buddhist who is a quarter Jew and raised Catholic. For the purposes of this story and how the art found me, I’m sharing my Virgin Mary experience.Mary’s presence came through during a rather harrowing first plant medicine journey. I had a rather traumatic super premature cesarean birth and I was brought back to that experience during the journey and how that impacted the dynamic between my mother and I. I knew I was not planned so I could feel her resentment of me. It was like I crashed a party I wasn’t invited to. The brutal bloody birth experience was a lot to revisit and it was heartbreaking. As a baby, I did not feel welcomed, loved or embraced. Mary came to comfort and assure me of HER love for me. Mary made me feel special and like I was born for a reason. That was my big question going into that journey. Why am I here and what are my spiritual gifts? Guess what she said? Feng Shui! At the time I had strayed from my Feng Shui practice in part because of Covid and other professional and financial distractions. She wanted me to go back to focusing on Feng Shui and stop doing the draining work I was doing. You are the Feng Shui Lady ®️ she i

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 9. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.If you are new here, you’re probably listening because you’re interested in Feng Shui or Fashion or both. If you’ve been listening to me since the start of this podcast in June of 2024, you would know that my inspiration for “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion” was fueled by my Journey with a mindful system for dressing called Fashion Feng Shui ®️. I’m completing my Apprenticeship ahead of a total rebrand and professional pivot where my Feng Shui Meets Fashion.I recently had a conversation with my professional mentor and teacher Ellen about my Elemental Influences. Much like in regular Feng Shui, we work with the 5 Elements in Fashion Feng Shui ®️ . We have 2 main elements that define us and one that we choose to pull in to achieve our goals. Your ELEMENTAL ESSENCE can be Water, Wood, Earth, Metal or Fire and they each have both physical and personal traits associated with them. Your ELEMENTAL INFLUENCE is also one of these elements. It’s kind of like Astrology in that you have a Sun Sign and a Rising Sign. In the case Fashion Feng Shui ®️ your Sun sign would be your Essence and your Rising sign would be your Influence. And I suppose your Intention would be like your Moon sign. What you want emotionally. More often than not how people perceive and experience us astrologically has more to do with our Rising sign than our Sun sign. So in this case your Influence can be how people perceive you.As far as my Elemental make-up, Ellen and I had come to the conclusion (or at least I had) that my Essence is Water, and my Influence Metal, while my Intention was Fire. Water people are offbeat and creative and can be more reserved or introverted. They also love their freedom. I deeply relate to this energy. Metal people are very precise and organized and love aesthetics which I also relate to. What I felt I was lacking was Fire so that’s why it became my Intention. I felt like I needed more of what fire attracts, things like visibility for my work and in my personal life.Ellen felt I wasn’t seeing myself accurately or how people actually see and experience me. She said Laura you are very sociable and warm, you talk fast and get really excited. You’re emotional. You also like revealing clothes that are body conscious and eye catching. You may not realize this but you are FIRE! I was a little taken aback because I hate bright red, the color associated with fire and I don’t like crowds of people which Fire folks tend to love. Even though there are certain aspects of the Element I don’t align with, it can still be essential to who I am. She suggested that somewhere along the line certain circumstances had doused my fire but it was still visible. Perhaps I just needed to embrace it. Fire? Who me? MIND BLOWN! I took Ellens words under advisement though. And Yes, I had a bit of an identity crisis, but I slept on it and came to a similar conclusion. While my Essence is Water, my Influence is Fire and that’s how people see me. I feel like water but I burn like fire… My confidence and self esteem had been shook by certain life circumstances and it had dimmed my light making it hard for me to see myself as fire. However it was still there ready shine given the opportunity. The 3rd Element in my Trifecta is still Metal, but instead of being my influence or metaphorical rising sign, it was actually my Intention. What I’m really wanting to cultivate are the Metal attributes of Excellence in my Craft and Respect for my work. Metal is a perfectionist energy that cultivates order, respect, and success. In my personal life I want potential partners to take me seriously as a romantic partner and not just someone to have “fun” with. Fun is fire and I’m plenty fun but that’s just scratching the surface and I require a deeper connection and respect. Water and Metal energies. I now realize that the only thing men were responding to was my fire. I have to say folks that this system that is ostensibly for dressing, also serves to uncover what’s underneath it all. Then you dress it up, once you know who you are dressing and what you’re dressing for!Since Ellen first suggested I was Fire, I have been hearing “Common baby light my Fire…” by The Doors play in my head. Jim Morrison singing this ditty to me is a confirmation that yes indeed, I am Fir

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 8. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. If this was a TV show it would be a cross between the Zen of Marie Kondo and the Chic of Rachel Zoe. This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow and subscribe for all the visuals, text and Video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Today’s story is about Stripes, yes Stripes! It’s called STRIPES & INSTITUTIONS! I recently realized I didn’t have any stripes in my wardrobe. It’s not like I’ve never owned any, but when I did they just rarely if ever saw the light of day.I’ve been completing my Fashion Feng Shui ®️ Apprenticeship so my clothes are going through a comprehensive audit. I don’t just see them as clothes but as my identity which feels like it’s changing. I’ve been going through a process of shedding much like a caterpillar preparing to become a butterfly. I’m making room for a whole new identity and a new chapter in my life.I have a teacher and mentor called Ellen who I adore and I’m working directly with her on my Apprenticeship. Ellen has helped influence some of the new additions to my wardrobe, most notably all my new Leopard Print pieces. She recommended this print because animal prints are considered Fire element in Fashion Feng Shui. This element helps one garner greater visibility and attention which I want to cultivate for my career and personal life. It’s hard not to notice someone in Leopard Print!I immediately embraced her suggestion! I love Leopard Print so why don’t I have any I thought? I found pants, a jumper, a skirt, and this dress for good measure!LEOPARD PRINT / FIRE / VISIBILITY Imagine my surprise when, I had an entirely different reaction to her next suggestion. Ellen sent me the Picture of the striped pants pictured near the top of this story. I immediately hated them and had a visceral reaction. I thought what is my problem? They are just pants. I figured it was the cut which to be fair is not super flattering or figure conscious. It was deeper than that though, much deeper. From a Fashion Feng Shui ®️ perspective, stripes represent growth and support energetic endeavors. Ellen was only trying to help. I decided to find a striped pant that I did like so I could embrace her suggestion. I found a really cute jumpsuit in a style much more to my liking and ordered it. STRIPES / WOOD / GROWTH Cute right? It’s a striped jumpsuit with a strapless top and horizontal lines on the top. The bottoms are a cropped Aline cut with a cinched waist and the lines are angled in a v shaped. The outfit is a soft stretchy cotton with a white background and thin black stripes. I really want to like it. The problem is after trying it on and styling it, I felt weird. I could see objectively that the outfit was flattering and aesthetically pleasing, but I felt uneasy in it. I made myself wear the jumper for an hour until I couldn’t stand the discomfort and even dizziness I was experiencing. I changed and immediately felt better. It was almost like the outfit had triggered a trauma response in me. I decided to do some research on the history and psychology of Stripes. Lo and behold, I discovered that Stripes have quite a sinister history! “Servants and court jesters wore striped cloth; so did prostitutes, madmen, and criminals, not voluntarily but by official orders. The bold, broad, contrasting stripes of their garments seemed to stand for neither-this-nor-that, ambivalence, ambiguity, and a realm of unclear and violated boundaries.” -John Major on LoveToKnowAs I have come to learn, historically Stripes where the uniforms of people who where jailed or Institutionalized in Insane Asylums. Slaves were forced to wear stripes. Members of the Military were also required to wear them. Later, Mobsters and Anarchists or rebels “chose” to wear them as a way of rebelling against “normal” society.Perhaps I was experiencing a manifestation of ancestral trauma or some past life experience. Either way, the history is real and so was my discomfort. Not everyone experiences stripes the way I do. Obviously… If you love stripes go for it! Stripes were later embraced by both fashion and rebels and even conservatives! Me personally, I’ll stick to florals and denim for my Wood Element, thank you very much! As you may have gathered from this story, what we wear communicates something! It impacts both ourselves and everyone who sees us. We are like walking billboards advertising something at all times. What’s your outfit saying? Let me know in the comments how you feel about stripes. Do they make you feel rebellious or confined, or like me dizz

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 7. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. If this was a TV show it would be a cross between the Zen of Marie Kondo and the Chic of Rachel Zoe. This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow and subscribe for all the visuals, text and Video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Timing is everything and August promises to be a month filled with all the Astrological signatures of Divine Timing & Intervention so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to introduce how Astrology & Feng Shui are complementary tools. In Feng Shui we have 3 Kinds of Luck that we work with and each represents 33.3% of our cumulative luck. The good news is that 2 out of three or 66.6% of our good fortune we actually have agency over! SPIRITUAL & DIVINE LUCKThe first kind of luck is referred to as Spiritual or Divine luck. Some refer to it as divine timing or destiny. This kind of luck we don’t have agency over but we do have a tool to gage it and that is (Astrology) which helps us determine when our most fortunate times to implement things might be. Listen folks, I’m an Astrology enthusiast and student but not an expert. I do however pay strong attention to the trends because they influence us and since this is such an astrologically pivotal month, I’m going to share this month’s highlights for you to consider. We have a plethora of astrological activity starting with a new moon in Leo on 8/4/24; what’s a new trend starting for you here? Mercury the planet of communication and technology goes Retrograde from 8/5/24 to 8/28/24; what old projects, friends, ideas and trends are returning to your consciousness? Then we have the Lions-gate Portal on 8/8/24, what new aspect of yourself and your life is completely transforming? And finally the full “blue” moon on 8/19/24 when something comes to a dramatic culmination, what’s that look like for you? The whole month we will be navigating the retrograde! This will color everything from our communication, to technology creating a need to double check, reassess, and refine everything. Sounds like fun right?! That’s my synopsis for August but believe me there’s way more, these are just the highlights. Now on to the other kinds of luck we work with in Feng Shui.HUMAN LUCK Human Luck is the next and second kind of luck we talk about in Feng Shui. It is essentially our Attitude or Energy and our Intention and Attention. This kind of luck we absolutely have agency over however, many of us struggle with maintaining and cultivating a positive attitude and directing our energy towards productive things. It helps to ponder on what our desired outcome is and how we want to feel as a result. Meditation, journaling, studying the law of attraction and folks like Esther Hicks, Dr. Joe Dispenza, and Developmental Biologist Bruce Lipton can really help with tools for upgrading our attitudes and what we give our attention to.EARTHLY LUCK The 3rd and final kind of luck we talk about in Feng Shui is Earthly Luck! My favorite because it is everything we can physically do that is actionable and specifically refers to Feng Shui. So everything from feng shui cures, adjustments and actions you take physically in the world towards your goals is Earthly Luck! Earthly Luck also includes all kinds of actions we take in the physical world towards our goals like classes, exercise, networking, meditation, Feng Shui etc. So the 3 kinds of luck are Spiritual, Human and Earthly! If you cultivate all three of these, then you have your best shot at living your best life. ENERGETIC FARMING I think of Feng Shui in terms of energetic farming. Creating a supportive setting at home is like tending to your garden. For example, if you want to invite love into your life, you have to make physical room for it. Perhaps you clear out some space in your closet for that special someone you haven’t met yet. That said, making room for love doesn’t guarantee that the love of your life will enter your life immediately upon these changes. What it does do is plant the seed for that love to enter and confirm your participation and collaboration with the universe. It’s your invitation for love to enter. Astrology helps us to know when to plant the seeds and when we might anticipate their blooms. While we can’t control exactly when things will bloom, we can definitely control whether or not we plant and cultivate our energetic garden! If you don’t plant the seeds and care and nurture them, then you can’t expect anything to bloom. But if you are planting and cultivating you can have confidence in that your dream