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Elderly Care: What Every Family Must Know

Michelle Cromer January 6, 2026 Leave a Comment

Welcome back to Creating a Meaningful Life.

Today, we’re talking about something that touches every family sooner or later: elderly care. How do we support and honor those who’ve walked before us—our parents, our grandparents—as they enter this sacred season of life? In this heartfelt and practical conversation, Michelle and Perla explore the essential steps that can make all the difference for families.

Together, they break down:

Why keeping an accurate and updated list of prescription medications is critical—especially during hospital visits.
The importance of documenting health history, surgeries, and past illnesses so families and doctors aren’t left guessing.
How Registered Nurses play a central (and often unsung) role in patient care and family support.
Tips for tracking office visits, asking the right questions, and advocating for loved ones with confidence.
The difference between palliative care and hospice care—and why understanding this distinction matters for families facing tough decisions.

This episode is both grounding and empowering. It’s a reminder that elderly care is not just about logistics—it’s about love, dignity, and creating a supportive environment where our loved ones feel truly seen and valued.

If you have aging parents or grandparents, now is the time to start these conversations, gather records, and prepare with compassion. This episode will guide you every step of the way.

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Activate Prosperity Energy with Feng Shui at Mount Shasta

Michelle Cromer January 5, 2026 Leave a Comment

What if you could travel to a place to activate prosperity: Mt Shasta Prosperity.

We often think of it as numbers in a bank account. But what if prosperity is something bigger — a flow, a current of energy that nourishes every part of our lives? And what if you could go to a place that activates that energy for you?

In Feng Shui, the prosperity area — the Southeast corner — is connected to Wood, fed by Water. Growth and nourishment. Which is why I traveled to Mount Shasta, a place where the snowmelt becomes rivers, flowing out to sustain valleys and lives far below. Shasta reminds us: prosperity is about circulation, not holding on too tightly.

Pilgrims come to Shasta for clarity, healing, and manifestation. Legends say ancient beings live within her, guiding those who listen. Whether you believe in the myths or not, one thing is certain: this mountain radiates vitality.

Standing there, I realized: prosperity is not about holding on tightly. It’s about trusting the flow, allowing resources, love, and energy to move through us, nourishing others along the way. Just like Shasta’s streams, prosperity multiplies when it circulates.

Whether you travel or not to Mount Shasta, here is a chi-enhancing practice you can do:

Visualize your “Wealth Forest”: In meditation, picture yourself walking through a dense, green forest where each tree is a stream of income or a source of abundance.
Anchor with an Object: Bring back a stone, coin, or plant. Place it in the Southeast corner of your home.
Flow Offering: create a ritual of “flow” by donating a small amount regularly to your church, synagogue, temple, charity, or the homeless — prosperity multiplies when it circulates.

Mount Shasta teaches us that prosperity is a living energy. It’s not about accumulation — it’s about circulation, generosity, and trust in life’s natural flow.

So, the next time you feel stuck or worried about money, close your eyes. Picture a mountain spring, tumbling down into rivers that nourish the land. Let your chi move like that water — clear, abundant, unstoppable.

Because prosperity isn’t just money. It’s vitality. It’s generosity. It’s the flow of life itself.

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Health Chi: Finding Balance at the Center

Michelle Cromer December 29, 2025 Leave a Comment

Feng Shui Bagua showing the glowing center Tai Chi representing health, balance, and vitality

Health is not just the absence of illness — it is balance. In Feng Shui, the center of the Bagua, known as the Tai Chi, represents vitality, harmony, and wholeness. When the center is clear and strong, every other part of your life flows. When it’s cluttered or stagnant, all areas — from relationships to prosperity — feel out of sync.

To understand how to strengthen our health chi, we can look to sacred places around the world that embody balance, stillness, and vitality. These sites act as mirrors, reminding us how to return to our own center.

Sacred Sites for Health Chi

Kyoto Zen Gardens — Kyoto, Japan — Zen Gardens

The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
The Great Pyramid stands as a monument of balance — aligned with the cosmos, perfectly proportioned, rooted in the earth. Standing before it, you feel steady and timeless.
Practice: Stand tall, feet rooted, crown lifted. Imagine yourself as a pyramid — strong, balanced, and aligned.
Kyoto, Japan — Zen Gardens
In Kyoto, Zen gardens invite clarity. Rocks, sand, and moss are arranged with simplicity, creating harmony for the mind and spirit.
Practice: Sit in silence, real or imagined. Ask yourself: what clutter can I clear from my space and from my heart to let health flourish?
Santa Fe, New Mexico — Ten Thousand Waves
Nestled among piñons and junipers, this Japanese-inspired spa offers hot water, fresh mountain air, and deep renewal.
Practice: As you soak or shower, imagine stress flowing out with the water. With each breath, invite fresh chi into your body.
Iceland — The Blue Lagoon
Geothermal waters bubble up from the earth, rich in minerals, renewing the body and soothing the skin. Floating in the Blue Lagoon feels like being held by the earth herself.
Practice: Place your hand on your belly, breathe deeply, and affirm: “I am grounded, vital, and whole.”

Chi-Enhancing Practices for Health (Wherever You Are)

Clear the Center: Keep the center of your home uncluttered and open to allow chi to flow.
Earth Anchors: Place something grounding in the center — a ceramic bowl, a round stone, or a yellow crystal.
Movement Ritual: Walk slowly in a circle around your space, imagining energy spiraling into your center, strengthening your health.
Morning Breath: Each day, take three deep belly breaths, saying: “I am vibrant. I am balanced. I am whole.”

Health chi is about honoring the center — within your home, within your body, within your spirit. The Great Pyramid, Kyoto’s gardens, Santa Fe’s hot springs, and Iceland’s Blue Lagoon all remind us that vitality comes from balance.

When you clear your center, you invite life force energy to flow freely. And when your center is steady, everything else in your life has the strength to flourish.

So ask yourself: What can I do today to nourish my center?

Numerology & the Chi of Your Home: How Your Address Shapes Energy

Michelle Cromer December 24, 2025 Leave a Comment

Welcome back to Creating a Meaningful Life.

Have you ever wondered why some homes feel nurturing and calm, while others feel restless or overly busy? The answer may be written right on your front door.

In this episode, we explore the powerful connection between numerology and Feng Shui, and how your home’s address number sets the chi—the energetic tone—for your entire space.

You’ll learn:
✨ The energetic meaning of numbers 1–9
✨ How to calculate your home’s numerology number
✨ What each number reveals about your home’s personality
✨ Simple Feng Shui ways to balance your space if the energy feels off

Numbers are more than math—they’re living energy patterns. And when you align your home’s chi with your intentions, you’re not just creating a house… you’re creating a sanctuary.

🌿 Take a moment to calculate your home’s number and reflect:
Does it mirror what you already feel?
Does it support what you need in this season of life?

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Spiritual Girls Trip: When Travel Becomes a Journey of the Soul

Michelle Cromer December 23, 2025 Leave a Comment

We all have that one friend who is either on a trip, planning a trip, thinking about a trip, or just getting back from a trip. That friend for me is Laurel Geise.

Laurel and I met in the summer of 2005 while checking emails in the business center at an airport hotel in Bangkok. Laurel, a Florida business executive, was the perfect balance of business meets Zen; she looked as if she would be equally comfortable in a boardroom or on a hike in the Himalayas. But it wasn’t until I heard her infectious laugh that I knew we would be lifelong friends. Her laughter starts from within and then travels to her eyes, which are the color of hot cocoa, sprinkled with tiny flecks of gold like mini marshmallows. Just being around her snickers and giggles is enough to transport me far, far away from any worries I might have.

Over the years, we have made an effort to travel to spiritually-based places like Tibet, Peru, Sedona, Kathmandu, and Naples. Every time Laurel calls about our next great adventure, I get that tingly feeling that spreads to my brain right down to my fingers and toes. I need the buzz of the new, the thrill of the unknown, the seeking of new answers that push my limits. Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the mysterious.

Every spiritual trip we have taken has become a quest to discover who we truly are, what life is about, and why we are here. But nothing could have prepared me for our recent spiritual quest to Israel. “l’ai pas vu venir” – I didn’t see it coming. I was a religious studies major in college, yet I didn’t expect Israel to affect me so completely. So deeply. Even though so many have walked all the same steps in this Holy Land, we made our own footprints. We entered paths where others have found meaning and even transcended, but to answer the question of our own lives, we had to show up and take our own steps. The only genuine safety in the world comes from risking oneself completely to become oneself more fully. Laurel and I did this.

I know I won’t ever be the same. This trip has cracked open something in me. I feel the opening up of an entire way of seeing and being present in the world. It’s not every day I get to slip behind temple doors, peek into ancient scenes, and see levels of the world that have timeless meanings and wild intelligence even amidst modern settings.

It’s good to be home, yet there is sadness and a longing I feel, having to wake up from the dream we shared. When I saw my lime green suitcase and Laurel’s black one coming out of the carousel at the end of our trip, I lost it. I sobbed and sobbed. And I cried on and off for days after. I know this was a physical release of a soul-filled experience.

Each journey we have shared has offered me a nugget of truth. In Israel, I discovered that the outward trips we have taken have led me to an inward journey that has shown me how to bring more presence to my daily life, the ability to be more conscious, and permission to become uniquely and bizarrely myself.

I don’t know where our next girls’ trip will take us, but I do know that I will always be ready for the next one with mi amiga del alma, a friend of my soul. Because in the end, life is not about the destination or the journey, as so many have said. It’s about who walks with you and the friends you make along the way.

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