7 Ways to Relieve Anxiety Using Feng Shui

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Relieve Anxiety with Using Feng Shui

I recently had a client who reminded me of the goddess Artemis. She was young, fit, and very competitive at work. Now that she is working from home, like the rest of us, she was riddled with anxiety because she doesn’t like working from home, and she felt as if she was losing her edge. She gave me permission to discuss the solutions that helped her ease a little of her anxiety. And I hope this helps y’all with the same.

  1. Lighting: Increasing the light helps to elevate your mood so open the curtains or turn on a lamp.
  2. Organize: Clutter causes anxiety and confusion and suffocates chi. Increase the flow of chi by taking out any objects that do not bring you joy. Only keep what you love, toss, donate or repurpose the rest.
  3. Nature: Harness the calm of nature by adding plants, which research shows, improves memory and focus and lessens stress and anxiety. And they add visual appeal and remind us that we are connected to the natural world.
  4. Balance the Elements: The five elements of wood, water, metal, earth, and fire should be represented in every room. Too much or too little of an element will make the room feel unstable. Items such as plants (wood), glass (water), stones (metal), pottery (earth,) and candles (fire) are examples of using the elements in your space.
  5. Natural Material: Change out furnishings with natural materials rather than synthetics. This helps to add to healthy chi in the work shape.
  6. Artwork: Add artwork that inspires and uplifts you. Ironically my client had the same Artemis painting that hangs in my office –the goddess with her beautiful stag. I told her that from my Scott Irish roots were the perfect symbol of power, nobility, and freedom.
  7. Colors: Select colors to reflect the mood you hope to evoke. For example, red will energize a room. Blue will create a soothing and relaxing atmosphere. White is purifying and represents new beginnings.

Everything in our space reminds us of who we are, what we are, and if we look a little deeper, what we will become.

Feng Shui invites us to open our eyes and re-examine our choices because there is a powerful connection between our experiences of comfort, health, happiness, and productivity. Having a pleasing and relaxing space to work in is crucial to nurturing ourselves and relieving anxiety.

Are you suffering from anxiety from all the chaos in the world today?  I offer several types of Feng Shui Consultation. Find out how I can help you. Learn more here.

Have any Feng Shui questions? Feel free to contact me at michelle@michellecromer.com and sign up for your Power Color or visit me on Facebook at Michelle Cromer Feng Shui.

8 Ways Feng Shui Can Help with Gossip

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Can Feng Shui Help with Gossip?
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In Texas, we have a saying, “If a dog will bring you a bone, he will take a bone.” In other words, listen carefully to how a person speaks about other people to you. This is how they will speak about you to other people. If you are the subject of gossip, here eight Feng Shui tips that can help.

  1. Don’t care: Release the need to care what anyone is saying about you. Ever. My grandmother used to tell me that what someone says about me is not my business. Meaning it’s their business. When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how others see you.
  2. Bed placement: Take a look at where your bed is in your bedroom. Is it in a commanding position? This means that when you are lying in bed, you are facing the door without being directly in front of it. By simply shifting your position, your perspective will change and the chi in your home will support you.
  3. Sound: There are vibrations moving through your home and your life which sound can cut through and transform your chi. Anything will work as an instrument, singing bowls or bells. I clear my space each day with bells I bought in Tibet in 2005. Each week I start at my front door and ring my bell clockwise around the first floor of my home.
  4. Oranges: Believe it or not, oranges are like gold when it comes to clearing out negative energy. The shape and the color invoke bright, yang, solar energy. Make sure to eat them and I like the number nine because it is so auspicious in Feng Shui.
  5. Sage: Sage is so effective in clearing out a space. Since you have gossip around you I would also sage myself. Just light the sage and start at your feet make small clockwise circles beside your body and then continue over your head. As you do this, imagine the gossip is floating away like sage smoke.
  6. Plants: Plants are my go-to for strengthening and clearing a space. Make sure they don’t die!
  7. Black tourmaline: Consider having a small bowl of black tourmaline and place it in the middle back section of your home – the fame and reputation section. They will absorb and harmful energy.
  8. Rose essential oil: Rose oil will support the love you give and receive and symbolically keep you surrounded by that high-frequency vibration.

Gossip and misinformation will feel unfair but stay above it, trusting the other people will eventually see the truth.

Have any Feng Shui questions? Feel free to contact me at michelle@michellecromer.com and sign up for your Power Color or visit me on Facebook at Michelle Cromer Feng Shui.

7 Tips on How Feng Shui Can Help You Find a Job

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Can Feng Shui Help you Find a Job?
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Due to COVID, so many careers have taken a turn or a detour and many have been looking for a job for a while so those detours might feel like dead ends. However, feng shui can help. The emphasis is on the word “help.” Feng Shui can be used as a support vehicle, however, it’s not magic. You need to take action like sending out resumes and networking.

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Here are a few tips to help you move your chi, bring harmony and create the flow needed to find the job you want.

  1. The Front Door – clean it up, use it, buy a new mat, and leave the light on symbolizing that you are lighting the way for new opportunities.
  2. Let it Flow -The back left corner of your home is your wealth and prosperity power section. This area likes a water feature, symbolizing the flow of money. This will help generate more chi. The water feature can be a photo of a waterfall, just make sure the visual has the movement or flow of water, nothing still, stormy or turbulent. Mirrors can also bring the energy of water to this area.
  3. Get rid of bad chi – If you want a big change then get rid of bad chi which consists of broken items, negative thoughts, and any clutter.
  4. Have no fear –Think of three or four past successes, perhaps obstacles you have overcome, and when fear creeps into your consciousness think of these successes to anchor you in present-day awareness.
  5. What will you wear on your first day? Sit quietly and visualize what you are wearing that first day. The way you present yourself that first day sets the chi for this job. So, find that power dress, shirt, or suit that will represent your success, and that will showcase dedication.
  6. Have fresh green plants in your home – plants symbolically represent growth and new opportunities.
  7. Believe – Most importantly believe that you will get the job that will serve your highest purpose. Keep positive, stay optimistic, and don’t lose hope. Be open to the possibility that the job might come in an unexpected way, in an unexpected place, from an unexpected company.

Have any Feng Shui questions? Feel free to contact me at michelle@michellecromer.com and sign up for your Power Color or visit me on Facebook at Michelle Cromer Feng Shui.

7 Ways to Adopt a Feng Shui Mindset Surrounding COVID19

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feng shui mindsetThere is a great deal of fear globally surrounding the pandemic. Some are already getting vaccines; others will have to wait months. There is even fear surrounding the vaccine itself. I want to encourage all of y’all, regardless, to adopt a perspective that steps away from all the fear. I know that can be easier said than done.

Why don’t we collectively repattern our chi? A common phrase in Feng Shui is “where attention goes energy flows.” We are all made of energy and right now a billion-plus people are focusing on the virus. Here are some manageable things you can do right now:

1. Meditate and Pray-these two energy modalities always allow me to gain clarity on any challenges or fears I might have.

meditate and pray

2. Be in Nature –research shows that just 20 minutes in nature will lower your stress hormone levels. If this isn’t possible where you live then own a window or listen to nature sounds or look at videos of nature or even photographs.

3. Your kitchen – no matter where your kitchen is in your space it always represents your health so clean off the counters, get rid of clutter, use all your burners on the stove to symbolically ignite your health.

eat cleanly4. Eat as cleanly as possible– choose foods with healthy chi like fruits and vegetables and if you eat meat, make sure to bless the spirit of the animal before you eat it and thank it, a lesson I learned from my grandmother. And don’t forget your Vitamin D, Zinc, and Vitamin C.

5. Exercise – move your chi every single day. This not only will boost your natural defenses and raise your immunity levels. Do weights, run yoga, bike, even if you are quarantined inside your space you can still find a way to exercise.

6. Stay connected – I never knew how much connection and community meant to me and I bet you are feeling the same way. Reach out to friends and family to check-in. My friend Francine and I talk once a week about a new verb from another language and culture we’ve learned. I still go to the store each week from some widows on my block. I am acutely aware that I might be the only person they interact with in person all week so I make sure I slow down and take extra safety precautions around them.

7. Burn Sage – Open your windows and doors if possible and burn sage which will clear out all the negative chi. Native Americans and other indigenous people have burned sage for centuries as a way to cleanse a person or space and promote healing and wisdom.

Hang in there! I hope these suggestions offer a different platform of how you can repattern your chi and releasing your fear and replacing it with a more grounded perspective. I hope these help. Stay safe and well.

Have any Feng Shui questions? Feel free to contact me at michelle@michellecromer.com and sign up for your Power Color or visit me on Facebook at Michelle Cromer Feng Shui.

8 Ways to Feng Shui Your Kitchen

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Your kitchen is the heart of your home, and no matter where it is located in your house; it represents your health and wellness. Feng shui-wise, it is the most important part of your home. It is also a feng shui symbol of wealth and prosperity. The ancient Chinese felt that the place in the home where food was prepared, namely the kitchen, was incredibly important to maintain as a safe, well-designed, and healthful space. Because of the importance placed on this room, various feng shui guidelines were established.

Below are a few tips that have stood the test of time in order to make sure your kitchen nourishes and sustains life.

  1. Paint colors: It is always best to go with a color that you love and are drawn to.
  2. Plants: Herb gardens and plants add not only beauty and calm but they symbolize healthy growth.
  3. Stove: A significant feng shui symbol of wealth and the fire element, the stove is a powerful appliance. Rotate through the stovetop burners to distribute the energy evenly and ignite healthy passion in all aspects to all the home’s inhabitants. Keep the stove clean and in excellent condition.
  4. Clutter-Free: It is critical for the chi to flow freely in this area.
  5. Doors: If you have a bathroom door that opens up into your kitchen, make sure to keep that door closed at all times. This will help to block the healthy energy from “going down the drain.”
  6. Lighting: Some kitchens abound in natural light, which is fortunate. It is a good idea to keep this space as cheerful and sunny as possible, so make sure this area is well lit.
  7. Well maintained: Make sure all the appliances are in working order, broken dishes should be replaced and chipped paint should be touched up. Ensuring a well-maintained kitchen will signify that the people in the home are capable of maintaining and caring for themselves.
  8. Balance the Elements: So many modern kitchens easily have fire (stove), water (sink), metal (appliances), and earth (color) represented, but it often takes a proactive stance in order to ensure that the wood element is represented in the kitchen. It’s not hard – you don’t need to redo your cabinets to be wood or anything like that.
    Incorporating wood could be something as simple as placing fruit into a wooden bowl on the kitchen counter, or leaving a wooden cutting board or butcher block visible, as long as you actually use it, of course.

How are you and your family feeling? Is anyone chronically sick? How are the family finances? Look at your kitchen first and determine how you can incorporate some meaningful and symbolic solutions.

For more ideas on how you can Feng Shui your kitchen, watch this video.

Have any Feng Shui questions? Feel free to contact me at michelle@michellecromer.com and sign up for your Power Color or visit me on Facebook at Michelle Cromer Feng Shui.

Michelle Cromer